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I want to know if the following note is a template: “I just chose your article on [[article]] to be a Rising Star. That means it is one of the best new articles on wikiHow. Congratulations, and thanks for the great contribution!” Everyone leaves this note when giving a User a Rising Star on a new article they did a good job on, so it looks like a template. But is it a template or personalized note given by Boosters in NAB? Please help with this. Thank you.

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It is a message that is automatically sent when a Booster checks the Rising Star checkbox in the "action’ subsection. So yes, it could be considered a template, but not really.

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Thank you!!

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It sends automatically? ( I didn’t know that )

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It is an automated template that boosters use when they believe an article in question they are reviewing inNAB is rising star material. When a rising star template is used, the automated message not only goes onto the person’s talk page, but also on the discussion page at the same time, AND the Rising Star RSS Feed, which are all automatic. Rising star templates are basically only used by boosters IN NAB; not used by anyone. If anyone wishes to give out a congrats to another person, they can sift through http://www.wikihow.com/Category:Award-Templates . Many boosters tend to use a variety of the author templates, the {{article}}, as well as http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Awards/Thanks2

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Are you a Booster yourself?

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Yes, I became a booster a year after I created my account; months after becoming an administrator.

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Did you pass?

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She changed the text, LOL, so yes, she did pass. (; June Days

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What if you don’t click on “Mark as Patrolled?” Does the note still get sent to whoever started the article?

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yes it does. patrolling doesn’t change anything unless you edit or revert it.

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It’s “Mark as Patrolled” in the Take Action section of New Article Boost.

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I have no idea what you are saying.

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Look at the pictures in the article [[Use the wikiHow New Article Boost App]]

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@Adelaide1230 Informative, arent they?

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I don’t know if she looked or not.

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@Byankno1 the pictures ARE informative! very