A topical barnstar is for a topic or area of substantial interest to users of Wikipedia.

Image What to type Category Description
The Barnstar of National Merit {{subst:The Barnstar of National Merit|message ~~~~}} Geography The Barnstar of National Merit

The Barnstar of National Merit may be awarded to a user who contributes significantly to expand or improve Wikipedia's coverage of any given country.

This barnstar was proposed by Redux on February 23, 2005, and was designed by Zscout370.

For national variations, see Barnstar of National Merit or Commons, the national variations.

Template Barnstar {{subst:The Template Barnstar|message ~~~~}} The Template Barnstar

The Template Barnstar may be awarded to a user who contributes significantly to create or improve useful templates and infoboxes.

This barnstar was introduced by Smurrayinchester on January 8, 2006.

The LGBT Barnstar {{subst:The LGBT Barnstar|message ~~~~}} Category:LGBT.
See Sexuality
The LGBT Barnstar

The LGBT Barnstar is awarded to users who make significant changes that expand Wikipedia’s knowledge about homosexuality, bisexuality, transexuality, LGBT life and culture, notable LGBT people, events and movements, sociological issues, and population statistics.

This barnstar was proposed by Dev920 on November 11, 2006, and was designed by Ouro.

The World War Barnstar {{subst:World War Barnstar|message ~~~~}} Category:Wars.
See World War
The World War Barnstar

The World War Barnstar is for users who contribute especially well to World War related articles.

Barnstar idea by Kayau, and design by Kingpin13, 11:40, July 9, 2009 (UTC).