Wikipedia:Million Award

An article's readership can be determined with the Page view statistics tool, accessible through the "View History" tab of an article. Simply enter the article's name and choose a one-year date range, such as 1/1/YYYY - 12/31/YYYY for the previous calendar year. If the article appeared on the Main Page during that one-year period, or if most of the article's views came during an unusual 1- or 2-day spike, then exclude those days or select another one-year period if possible, or use the readership for a recent 90-day period and multiply by 4. (Or multiply by 4.06, if you have a calculator handy and want to be more precise.) If you find yourself doing more math than this, or searching your article's history for the highest-readership 90-day period, you're taking this award much too seriously.

The exact method of calculation is ultimately up to the editor awarding it (including self-awarding), and should be guided by personal honor and common sense. Like any user page bling, the Million Award exists only for editor encouragement and fun, and should never be subject to dispute over who "deserves" it. The Million Award should generally only be given for an article's current readership, not for past spikes. However, a Million Award is not revoked if an article's popularity later declines.

The Million Award is intended only for editors, and confers no special status on the article itself.

Three tiers of the Million Award exist:

{{User MAward| article name}}

{{User MAwardFA| article name}}

{{User HMAward| article name}}

{{User HMAwardFA| article name}}

{{User QMAward| article name}}

{{User QMAwardFA| article name}}

Use {{}} to put a MA icon in the top right of your user page as seen on this page.

Use {{subst:Millionaward|Article name|Annual view count|GA/FA}} on a user's talk page to reward their efforts.

{{subst:Millionaward|Article X|1000000|GA}}

{{subst:Millionaward|Article X|500000|GA}}

{{subst:Millionaward|Article X|250000|GA}}

(see for further examples)

The table below lists some of the articles and editors that have been awarded the highest tier of the Million Award. Editors are welcome to add themselves or others to the list. Entries should be removed only by the user themselves, except in extreme cases of dishonesty (such as listing an article never promoted to GA or FA) or vandalism. Like the award itself, this list exists only for encouragement, not for strict record-keeping.

If you believe one of your articles qualifies for a Million Award, but would prefer that another editor double-check and give the award, please leave a request on .

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