Yeah, seriously, what is up with the whole "barnstar" giving thing?  All the barnstars I've ever received are on my user page, all seven of them (actually I've received about two more but I just refused to put those up because they were, essentially, given by the barnstar-giving cabal).   I've been here for two and a half years (since 12/19/05) and have seven while these users have several dozen in 3-4 months?  I'm not saying that I want a ton of barnstars, I'm just saying that they lose all "value" lately.  The barnstars I received (and other "old farts" too) have been for significant work like the checkuser investigation I dug up or the massive clean-up I did on a bunch of articles that Redvers found.  Today, though, it appears that a barnstar is just because you're a "Wikifriend" of another user.   *Shrug*