These are some nice acknowledgments I've received.

• File:Enjoy being the Star of the day, JackofOz!

Metta Bubble 06:29, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

		An Award
		I award this Barnstar of Diligence to JackofOz for the endless patience and care he takes in answering questions about all manner of things great and small on all flavours of the Reference Desk. His knowledge, diligence, sense of humour and cool under pressure are an example to all of us mortals. Cheers! — QuantumEleven

Thank you for fixing my horrible spelling on the Moonlight Sonata Article.--Seadog--fly on....littlewing

Whoa!! --HappyCamper 03:35, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

That is one awesome award I must say. :-) --HappyCamper 05:06, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Your service to Wikipedia is most deserving of this barnstar. Good job! Sharkface217 21:42, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

As someone who appreciates Zara Bate, Zeffirelli, Zaremba, Dr. Zhivago, and, of course, Piazzolla, I am very pleased to pass on this somewhat randomly received encyclopedic award to an entirely non-randomly selected editor. (You were the first z-user who came to mind and I hope you know how much your contributions are appreciated here). ---Sluzzelin talk 10:01, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Well it was done surrepitiously, but here's the zany, snazzy award, for all to see. ---Sluzzelin talk 10:22, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations! Sluzzelîn hereby pins you with the NightFalcon’s award for having a "Z" in your name while at the same time managing to do lots of great work here on Wikipedia! Feel free to give it to anyone else who is doing lots of good work while still having a "Z" in their name! Sluzzelin

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		For making critical comments about my buttocks, I award you this Barnstar. Bottoms-up! --Dweller 15:56, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Ah, no problem at all, my dear JackofOzDude. I suppose the matter of fighting came up when I suggested that we step outside and sort it out! I further suppose that where we are playful with the language, there are opportunities for misunderstandings. The price one (or two) pays (or pay). Here, have a rotating ball:

– Noetica^♬♩ Talk 08:53, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

thanks, wanted to do it, procrastinated ... but you can always count on Jack! I know you dislike barnstars (thankfully I gave you a different prizzzze), but I would like to point out that I've always found your transfer of RD info into article space a source of inspiration, and occasionally I've even tried to emulate. If the desks should ever be up for deletion, you will be one of our strongest arguments for keep. Take care. ---Sluzzelin talk 11:04, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

He he he. Actually, what I meant was that I dislike giving barnstars. Receiving them ... well, that's a different matter entirely.  :) You're very welcome, my friend, and thanks for the compliment. -- JackofOz (talk) 22:32, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

		Barnstardust Melodies
		For gazillions of tireless contributions, using the reference desk as a fulcrum for the encyclopedia's improvement. ---Sluzzelin talk 10:13, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't soliciting one, really I wasn't, but that's just beautiful. Thank you, Sluzzelin. -- JackofOz (talk) 07:30, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

		The Reference Desk Barnstar
		For being such an amazing WP:RD contributor of course! Personally I’m glad to have your perspective and assistance on the classical music questions too. Rock on --S.dedalus (talk) 01:00, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey, that's much appreciated. Thank you, S. -- JackofOz (talk) 01:23, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

		The Reference Desk Barnstar
		Thank you for contributing to my "greatest" poll on the Reference Desk! --Ye Olde Luke (talk) 05:02, 13 November 2008 (UTC))

		The Special Barnstar
		In addition, your selection for Greatest Musician, Beethoven, tied for first! Congratulations! --Ye Olde Luke (talk) 05:15, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

JackofOz has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as JackofOz's day! For your contributions to both the RefDesk and classical music articles, enjoy being the Star of the day, JackofOz! Cheers, bibliomaniac15 00:35, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey, thanks, Biblio. Very much appreciated. It's not my birthday, but 19 March will always be a special day for me from now on. And you've used green, my favourite colour.  :) -- JackofOz (talk) 00:43, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Enjoy!

JackofOz has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, so I've officially declared today as JackofOz's Day! For being a great person and awesome Wikipedian, enjoy being the star of the day, JackofOz! Signed, Neutralhomer A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, click here. Have a Great Day...Neutralhomer • Talk • 05:09, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Wow, what can I say! Thank you, Neutralhomer. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 05:45, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

You're Welcome! :) Keep up the great work! :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 05:57, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Welcome in the club, you deserved it sooner. To celebrate: the Martinu is approved for DYK, with the British premiere (please forgive me), for the personal reason that the 2009 IDRS conference was dedicated to Evelyn Barbirolli and William Waterhouse, the latter misleading imho, what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:47, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

		Civility Award
		Having stumbled across a few threads lately that you've been involved in, I've been impressed with your civil and above-board responses to some intemperate editors. You haven't been inappropriately meek, but you have been unfailingly civil, and I congratulate you, sir. Colonel Tom 09:33, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Wow. Thank you, sir. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 18:01, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

I agree with this. Jack's a class act. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 19:52, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Double wow. All I would say is, it takes one to know one. Thanks, Antandrus. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 19:56, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

	musical company
	Thank you for adding a German cellist to the countless enjoyable biographies and Chopin's Polish song, first heard when I young. Enjoy the company on the German Portal's DYK! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:00, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

My pleasure, Gerda. Thanks. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 18:33, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for working on Elizabeth Connell! I would like to see her on DYK, but can't tell who contributed how much, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:44, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

I saw Connell once, as Kostelnička in Jenůfa. How powerful! I was amazed, when I read she'd died, to find she was still a red link. I would have started it myself but time was lacking.

Still so many articles to write - don't let anyone ever tell you Wikipedia is almost done. Hah! We haven't even scratched the surface. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 19:59, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

I linked her a few times. Should I nominate? Who are the authors? She had almost 2k hits already! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:12, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Normally the originator gets the credit, but he/she is still a redlink, so I dunno how that works on DYK. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 20:23, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

It can be shared by many! Even in retrospect - I had an article where a friend contributed a lot a few minutes after it appeared on the Main page, and was told how to give credit. - But first we should solve that the text is still more or less what the obituary says. (So the "originator" doesn't deserve too much, it would work otherwise.) Will you? I welcome the red link, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:44, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Congratulations on reaching your 1,000th article! (Jack in the Box (Satie)) ... discospinster talk 03:48, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Responded on poster's talk page.

	The Original Barnstar
	For your contributions! Helen-Heller (talk) 08:12, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

	Australian Wikimedian Recognition (AWR)
	Thank you for your contributions on English Wikipedia that have helped improve Australian related content. :D It is very much appreciated. :D Enjoy your Australia Day and please continue your good work! Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:36, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, and same to you.

Btw, is this the only gong I'll be getting today? I scoured the paper for my name among the AC recipients, but they must have mucked up the copy from Government House, or something.  :) -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 22:47, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, me too. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:52, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the eleventh recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, it still applies, repeated in br'erly style. - See my talk for poem and pic of the day ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:27, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda. I don't know what I've done to deserve this extraordinary outburst, but I appreciate your thinking of me. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 10:39, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

The outburst was a year ago OTD, but still applies, especially recently for Edward Clark! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:43, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Oh, him. :) I'm glad you liked it. That makes the effort worthwhile. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 10:45, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

I also liked your moves from Solemnis to solemnis. Mozart wrote more than one of them, but the others are known under funny titles, so are many termed Missa brevis, several in identical keys, - perhaps redirects with the KV # would help? We have all these BWV, latest BWV 232a, - I felt it was needed, because that part has a different composition and performance history than the complete one, both just a start, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:07, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply at Talk:1975 Australian constitutional crisis#I do not understand the Parliamentary strategy section! stillnotelf is invisible 18:50, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 22:12, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Off to see the wizard? Sorry, couldn't resist.....and stroopwafels are indeed like lembas.... Lectonar (talk) 17:29, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

How lovely! Thanks, Lectonar. They'll come in handy to keep my blood glucose up, on my journey to visit my friend the Cornish Ogre.

Actually, I'm killing a number of birds:

• visiting No. 2 son in Canberra, who's just bought his first house with his g/f
• catching up with my Mum and No. 1 sister in Bowral and Mittagong.
  • I also plan to finally, finally, finally visit the International Cricket Hall of Fame. Back story: My folks moved to Bowral in about 1971, and when I lived in Canberra (1974-2002) I visited them there countless times (my Dad's buried there). I'm a cricket lover from wayback, yet never once did I manage to visit the Bradman Museum, which is now part of the International Cricket Hall of Fame. I even started its WP article last year. So now, finally, I get to actually go there.
• attending a close friend's milestone birthday party in Sydney, and staying with No. 2 sister there
• getting away from this god-forsaken hell-hole for a bit  :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 17:51, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)Looks like you have a nice journey ahead. I wish you safe travels and I will miss your posts at the various ref desks. Cheers, MarnetteD | Talk 17:55, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks to you, Marnette. BTW, no issues with stalking; it's one of my favourite pastimes, along with eavesdropping, voyeurism and lurking. Not to mention rum, sodomy and the lash!  :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 18:08, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Do they always have to be done in that order or do you mix them up occasionally . With your interest in opera I wonder if you know the question that receives the answer "9 W." Its an oldie and a groaner. I think I first heard it from Tom Lehrer waay back in the 1960's but I don't think he originated it. Here is another Lehrer treat for your enjoyment. MarnetteD | Talk 19:13, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

It's ringing a little bell. Let me guess. A journalist asks Richard Wagner, "Herr Wagner, do you spell your name with a V?". -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 19:32, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Ding ding ding. You got it - though the way I heard to question phrased was "Do you spell that with a V, Mr Wagner?" Works either way - I think Lehrer told the joke while singing Alma though I am not sure how it fit in there now. Enjoy the rest of your week. MarnetteD | Talk 19:47, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

How synchronistic. Listening to Lehrer singing "Alma" was, believe it or not, what got me fully involved in WP. I remember exactly the circumstances. I was driving eastwards down Bridge Rd in Richmond (Melbourne) one Saturday morning in early December 2003, the Lehrer song was on the radio, and I realised that, although being a longtime Mahlerphile, I knew very little about Alma Mahler. So, when I got home I checked her out and got up to speed. A day or two later I registered my username. The rest, as they say, is history. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:01, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Wow. That is a remarkable coincidence and reading it gave me a tingle along my spine. Thanks for sharing the memory. I have wondered a time or two what it would have been like to be a student in one of his classes. I also wonder if, as the years passed, he had students who knew nothing about his career as an entertainer. Happy early WikiP 10th anniversary wishes! The "history" is greatly to this encyclopedia's benefit. MarnetteD | Talk 20:11, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

You ar too kind. Thanks again. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:47, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	For your excellent research and writing on Stanley Bruce who was a great figure, which the ongoing success of the nation of Australia bears out. You constructively contributed with two other main contributors to the Good Article on the historic figure. Well done! - Adam37 Talk 20:48, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

I suspect my involvement was minimal, but thanks anyway. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 08:37, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		Thanks for being a positive influence on the ref desks over the past few years, and keeping a civil tone, even when I'm sure it tests your powers of restraint :) SemanticMantis (talk) 22:53, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Wow, thank you, Semantic Mantis. Yes, it is often challenging and I don't always contain myself. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:21, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) You are great! :) Miss Bono ^{[hello, hello!]} 11:54, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Oh, stop it, you lot. You'll give me a big head.  :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 13:28, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

That's a good thing, sometimes, as long as you don't become a megalomaniac :), seriously, you do a good job at the ref desk. Miss Bono ^{[hello, hello!]} 13:43, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Miss Bono. I appreciate it. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 19:45, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

:D Miss Bono ^{[hello, hello!]} 20:35, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

To JackofOz, No 'beer summit' required, a raised mug for always interesting, colorful and informative contributions at the Reference Desks! Market St.⧏ ⧐ Diamond Way 00:47, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

How very nice of you. Thank you, Marketdiamond. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 01:24, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

		The Reference Desk Barnstar
		For long service at the Reference Desk, providing comments both entertaining and informative. RomanSpa (talk) 11:15, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

	The OBOD Barnstar
	The OBOD Barnstar is awarded to a user as a gesture of appreciation for keeping alive the ancient mystical feeling generated by seeing the venerable "Orange Bar of Doom". Martinevans123 (talk) 20:28, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

I am honoured beyond my humble powers of expression. Thank you. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:39, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

		The Guidance Barnstar
		For Jack's help. HOTmag (talk) 11:36, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For Jack's diligence. HOTmag (talk) 11:36, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For Jack's kindness. HOTmag (talk) 11:36, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Your contributions to the Godowsky article were amazing! JohnDVandevert (talk) 22:18, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

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