Well, this is maybe nothing major in Sparky's history, but I think it is worth to mention, that an "independent" site, UK based, chosen Sparky Linux to be included in a quite common discussion about a lightweight, optimized Linux distro, that provides a great user experience via a very well designed, and configured, window manager interface.
It is not a huge surprise to me, Sparky is friggin' great!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/09/lightweight_linuxes/?page=2Mike