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My Awards

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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

		The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
		for your efforts with Australian articles Gnan garra 00:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This is for your tireless contributions and work on the Recent Deaths section. I stride to make my edits like yours. Keep up the good work! Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 22:38, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		Death Star
		This Death Star award is again for all your hard work on the Recent Deaths pages. Kiwipat (talk) 23:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Barnstar of Recovery
		I am honored to award you this barnstar for your work in improving the article Kelley Abbey in the face of pending deletion. Your diligent WP:AFTER improves the project for all its readers. Great job! Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 19:45, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	For your excellent speedy deletion tagging :). Ironholds (talk) 11:57, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		Good catches on the Sandy Hook article Amadscientist (talk) 12:49, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	For excellent work objectively streamlining over-referencing at Victoria Leigh Soto. Jokestress (talk) 12:22, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

	The Hard Worker's Barnstar
	For formatting the references on the annual "Deaths in XXXX" pages into a less-unwieldy more-efficient format, thus reducing pageload times. — Wylie pedia 03:36, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Nicos Anastasiades - Well spotted, he created eight such articles before I could get a block in! Ronhjones ^(Talk) 23:48, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

	The Special Barnstar
	Your userpage is brilliant!, I had literally laughed out loud & I thought me laughing at 4am would be impossible but seems not :) Thanks! :), Regards, -→Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 03:19, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

HI! THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK!

JackGann (talk) 07:11, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Multiple Barnstar

Thank you for fixing my linkrot on the Alan Henning page. --108.176.24.195 (talk) 02:05, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	Dylann Ceriani is a very good contribution that also solved an unpleasant problem. Thank you very much for your work on it. BDD (talk) 16:32, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Way to pounce! I went to do this exact edit a minute after you... stop reading my mind!

EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 01:16, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Thank you for correcting the Powers Boothe article. I was going to revert it myself, but I figured I'd discuss it in the Talk page. I'm glad someone did it, though. DTXBrian (talk) 02:24, 15 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		I hereby award you this barnstar for your tireless contributions and upkeep of the Deepak Sathe page which got merged recently ; your efforts are appreciated. Keep up the good work! Jehowahyereh (talk) 06:01, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thank you for responding to my call for help on Talk:Grenfell_Tower_fire and your tireless contribution to the page. Gxrneyme (talk) 01:17, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		Thank you for reverting the recent vandalism on Deaths in 2022! Renewal6 (talk) 11:11, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

		The Current Events Barnstar
		In recognition of your contributions to the article Killing of Nahel Merzouk. --Cdjp1 talk 15:56, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of tea for you!

We all aim at accuracy and edit in good faith :) Varoon2542 (talk) 18:32, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A fox for you!

Thank you for your correction on the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting‎ article. I know it's a hot topic and emotions are high but I'm glad there was someone who was willing to make that important correction.

Dr vulpes (Talk) 05:13, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My DYK

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A beer for you!

You probably need one about now. Here's hoping for a better year, in particular, one necessitating fewer new articles on terrorist attacks. E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:28, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Christchurch mosque shootings

Thanks for keeping the international reactions under control. AIRcorn (talk) 08:51, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I wish to add my thanks as well. We are a country in shock trying to come to grips with the horror. NealeFamily (talk) 08:55, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

For your work on Christchurch_mosque_shootings.

Stuartyeates (talk) 08:21, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A bowl of strawberries for you!

Thanks for your work on the GT page! MartiniShaw (talk) 14:47, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fame at last...

How does Wikipedia deal with a mass shooting? A frenzied start gives way to a few core editors. No mention of me though:). Nice diagrams, and a quick look at the page histories of shooting incidents will show a core of regular editors.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 17:30, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

HI WWGB, I'm a researcher at Sydney Uni and would like to contact you. I'm not sure how best to do this and hoping this message somehow reaches you....Doctor 17. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doctor 17 (talk • contribs) 08:45, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This initial contact led to this article. WWGB (talk) 02:49, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Were you aware?

I assume that you have been made aware of this. But, in the event that you were not, I wanted to point it out to you and bring this to your attention. Your name was mentioned in this article: How does Wikipedia deal with a mass shooting? A frenzied start gives way to a few core editors. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 23:46, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you...

... for the revert - but as far as I know I DIDN'T DELETE ANYTHING! This is as weird as the fact that I'm continually being 'logged-out' despite requesting a year-long log-in. Cheers! Shir-El too 08:48, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Shir-El too: Here is the diff of your edit. You may not have intended to, but your edit removed sourced material. Most likely an edit conflict with another editor. WWGB (talk) 09:48, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you again! Cheers! Shir-El too 17:17, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Killing of Jordan Neely

Hello. Where in Killing of Jordan Neely, or its references, does it say that Neely "threatened to kill a woman and her child"? Wikishovel (talk) 07:02, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikishovel: Sorry, that was an accidental rollback (fat fingers). Thanks for reverting it. Regards, WWGB (talk) 07:11, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, and thanks for your quick reply. Wikishovel (talk) 07:15, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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December 1989

The person who added those unsourced individuals has also reverted almost all my previous edits where I added inline links. I am happy to accept your reversions if you deal with him also. I am going to have to redo hours of work. Bryan Krippner (talk) 10:45, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bryan Krippner:Please direct me to articles where your inline links were reverted. Which editor did that? I will gladly restore your work if it was removed inappropriately. Regards, WWGB (talk) 10:52, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Understanding of what constitutes a "blog"

Hi @WWGB:, appreciate your revert was made in good faith but that is a personal website within a university site's extension. The fact that a page is called "books and blog" does not make it a blog in itself. The BBC and Guardian websites have "blogs". They're not the type of blog we disallow on Wikipedia (such as blogger, word press sites). Thanks Jkaharper (talk) 11:32, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @WWGB:, in relation to jatz a reminder that photographs of product serving suggestions on blogs created by producers can be useful but you should not necessarily assume specifics or truthfulness of those serving recommendations without additional written references. Appreciate your good faith efforts. Thank you. 2406:3400:21D:8560:E05D:CA17:8B4B:1B74 (talk) 05:03, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator Elections: Call for Candidates

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A barnstar for you

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This is for your tireless contributions to Deaths in 2024. Pachu Kannan (talk) 15:34, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Robert L. Smith (politician)

Being bold, I redirected this as ATD. Bearian (talk) 15:46, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Administrator Elections: Discussion phase

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Administrator Elections: Voting phase

Administrator Elections | Voting phase

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In the voting phase, the candidate subpages will close to public questions and discussion, and everyone who qualifies for a vote will have a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote tallies cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's tally during the election. The suffrage requirements are different from those at RFA.

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Discussion

Open to hearing your comments @ Talk:2022 Buffalo shooting wizzito | say hello! 02:56, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Misclick?

[4]. It breaks the schedule section. Feel free to self revert if you want. –Novem Linguae (talk) 07:13, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks,

Fixed. WWGB (talk) 07:16, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]