I award you this barnstar for the numerous excellent photographs of East Asia and elsewhere User:ZeimusuI've been waiting for the day when I would find that someone uploaded pictures to Maroon (people)!
The Tibetan Award of Compassion
For your outstanding work on imagery and patience at trying to improve Tibetan and Himalayan related articles. Hereby I present you this coveted Dalai Lama award. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦"Expecting you"Contribs 11:01, 21 June 2007 (UTC)]]]]
The Rosetta Barnstar
For your contributions, translations, hard work, and efforts to improve Wikipedia. Congratulations! PHG 05:23, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
The Society Barnstar
For your contributions to articles on Indian social groups Amit 10:22, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Having seen your efforts on Jat-related pages I am awarding you this Most Highly Honoured Nasal Index barnstar for your efforts to maintain reason against the forces of the ethnocentrism Paul B 18:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Dear John you are doing an excellent job on Jat People page by enriching it with true facts & fighting vandalism.User:Kshatrap 09:06, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
The Outspoken Barnstar
I award this Barnstar to John for his great efforts in maintaining Jat Wiki Page unbiased. Neeraj Shokeen 13:55, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
The Vandal Whacking Stick
This should come in handy on the Jat people page. --Amit 11:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
I, PericlesofAthens, award John Hill with this Working Man's Barnstar for his diligent efforts in changing "shanyu" to "chanyu" across multiple articles on Wikipedia in an extensive "seek and destroy" mission. Well done, sir! Pericles of AthensTalk 00:31, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
I noticed that your edits are impressive and your varied input makes highly interesting reads. As small a contributor as I am, I think you deserve my praise in form of this Original Barnstar. Qwrk (talk) 14:42, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
The Book writer's Barnstar
Congratulations John for being able to combine fantastic work on Wikipedia with real-world publishing! I will be one of the first to purchase your new book Through the Jade Gate to Rome on Amazon!! PHGPer Honor et Gloria 20:20, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar
Hi John, thank you very much for uploading so many nice photos on Wikipedia and Commons. Cheers. Human3015TALK 18:29, 9 September 2015 (UTC)