Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge

Guest editors with this badge show initiative and a great drive to learn how to edit Wikipedia.

Experienced editors with this badge have committed to welcoming guests, helping new editors, and upholding the standards of the Teahouse by giving friendly and patient guidance—at least for a time.

Hosts illuminate the path for new Wikipedians, like Tōrō in a Teahouse garden.

The maître d' acts as a community organizer and a moderator who helps to make sure that all aspects of the Teahouse are running smoothly, and that guests have a good experience. The maître d' is not the boss of Teahouse, but acts as a responsible facilitator for the project.

There are no stupid questions, but some are excellent! Good questions are those that reflect serious curiosity about editing and help others learn.

A good answer is one that fits in with the Teahouse expectations of proper conduct: polite, patient, simple, relies on explanations not links, and leaves a talkback notification.

To celebrate the many hosts and guests we've met and the nearly 2000 questions asked and answered during this excellent first year, we're giving out this tasty cupcake badge.