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Ipigott is short for Ian Pigott. Born in Newcastle in the north east of England in 1943, I am now retired and share my time mainly between Denmark and Luxembourg where I have lived since 1973. Before that, I was in Montreal, Canada.
My principal interests are IT and culture in the widest sense as well as multilingualism, machine translation, history, new energy resources, public speaking, walking, cycling and exploring the quieter areas of Europe, in particular - but not exclusively - in Denmark, France and Luxembourg. I also try to encourage ordinary citizens to participate in building up knowledge resources on the web. Wikipedia is a great catalyst in this connection. I am fluent in Danish, French, German and Spanish and have a good reading knowledge of the other Scandinavian, Germanic and Romance languages but prefer to spend most of my editing time on the English Wikipedia in view of its extensive readership.
I always appreciate reactions and additional contributions to the articles I have started. If you wish to contact me by email on items you would not like to discuss on Wikipedia or on other Wikimedia pages, you are welcome to write to my Wikipedia user name at yahoo dot com.
Main areas of interest have included:
Architecture of Denmark, Church frescos in Denmark, Culture of Denmark, Danish art, Danish sculpture, Music of Denmark, Photography in Denmark, Danish Culture Canon, Skagen Painters and the related P. S. Krøyer's paintings of Marie; and Luxembourg: Architecture of Luxembourg, Luxembourg art, Photography in Luxembourg and Music of Luxembourg as well as expansion of the List of castles in Luxembourg and related articles
Carl Nielsen and his major compositions, on the novella Ved Vejen and on the Danish architects Jørn Utzon and Bjarke Ingels and their principal worksAalborg, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Odense, Roskilde and Skagen (together with Port of Skagen) Sue Bailey Thurman, Malouma, Fatima Massaquoi, Inès de Bourgoing, Maymie de Mena, Nina Simonovich-Efimova, Mary Hayley, Carmen Casco de Lara Castro, Vera Gedroits, Margot Fonteyn, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Oei Hui-lan, Eugénie Hamer, Addie Brown and Inter-Allied Women's Conference.Uppsala Cathedral, several churches especially those with frescos and a number of biographies (e.g. Anna Palm de Rosa)Cortina d'Ampezzo and Claudia CardinaleJean Sibelius article in connection with his 150th anniversary on 8 December 2015, and helped a bit with his tone poem The OceanidesSee here for a list of the pages I started (the most recent appear at the top). I say "started" advisedly as the better articles have all benefited from the work of other editors. If you are more interested in my most recent additions, you can find them here. For those interested in statistics, you can find my overall edit counts here.
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Super Silver WIR education award (and bar) |
| Hi Ian, thought it important to mark your creation of Elisabeth Söderberg... your 24th article in our year long Women in Education editathon. It also has to be noted that someone I know has run 300 editathons... amazing. This ethereal barnstar comes with a thick layer of virtual silver plating and thoughtful polishing. Victuallers (talk) 09:10, 15 March 2024 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| Hey Ipigott, Thanks you so much for your work on Wikiproject Women in Red. And thanks for adding me too! please stay safe and stay Healthy! Youknowwhoistheman (talk) 11:18, 7 March 2024 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| Hello, Ipigott! Your name has delighted my notifications countless times with new page reviews and article assessments, and browsing your userpage leaves me in awe of such a talented contributor. Here's a barnstar to say thank you for all your much-appreciated work! IgnatiusofLondon (talk) 15:52, 6 March 2024 (UTC) |
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The Brunei Barnstar of National Merit | |
| I want to sincerely thank you for all of your hard work and incredible commitment you have put into reviewing articles of Women in Red. Your tireless efforts have not gone overlooked! Pangalau (talk) 09:58, 25 January 2024 (UTC) |
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The New Page Reviewer's Bronze Award | |
| For over 1,000 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC) |
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
| I present this award to you, Ian, as a token of appreciation for all the time you spend helping new Women in Red editors. Your calmness and attention to detail are exactly what's needed. Thank you for what you do and for being you! Rosiestep (talk) 20:27, 3 January 2024 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| Thank you for your tireless contributions to the New page patrol. Your efforts are immensely valued. Thilsebatti (talk) 08:50, 16 November 2023 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| so much thanks for your kindness about Women in Red. i hope be useful user. —Patricia (Talk) 11:12, 28 August 2023 (UTC) |
NPP Award for 2022
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| Amazed at how quickly you were able to source Aarhus! I just went to resume where I left off and was pleasantly surprised at how much you did yesterday. Thanks for everything you do here! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:25, 26 January 2023 (UTC) |
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The New Page Reviewer's Iron Award | |
| For over 360 article reviews during 2022. Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:11, 2 January 2023 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diligence | |
| For your hard work on the list of female neuroscientists Justyouraveragelechuga (talk) |
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Women in Green Editathon — October '22 | |
| Thank you for your excellent contributions to GA nominations Enriqueta Medellín, Laura Bergt and Enriqueta Legorreta at the WiG Wildcard Edition editathon! Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 14:14, 12 November 2022 (UTC) |
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The New Page Reviewer's Iron Award | |
| For over 360 article reviews during 2021. Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:44, 16 August 2022 (UTC) |
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Women in Red Translation Contest |
| Ipigott Thank you for your additions June 2022 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:35, 1 July 2022 (UTC) |
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The Wikipedia Motivation Barnstar | |
| Thank you for pointing out x-tools. You make this place a bit better and I'm grateful! I hope to work with you here in the future. PigeonChickenFish (talk) 06:27, 14 June 2022 (UTC) |
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Women in Red Translation Contest contest |
| Ipigott Honorable mention 8 articles Thank you for your additions May 2022 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:26, 1 June 2022 (UTC) |
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Women in Red Translation Contest |
| Ipigott Thank you for your additions April 2022 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:34, 1 May 2022 (UTC) |
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Equity Award |
| Thanks for all that you do to make Wikipedia more gender-balanced, from writing articles to encouraging others to reviewing, and assessing articles. It is appreciated. CT55555 (talk) 14:17, 14 April 2022 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| Thank you for all your work on the rating of women's articles new and previous, it is always great fun for me to find you have looked one of mine over (almost right away) and assessed it, or for previous ones have updated the rating - mostly/always in a positive direction!
Thank you for your contribution tirelessly to WiR activities and for the encouragement this brings to (still relatively) new editors in this field! Kaybeesquared (talk) 12:24, 18 December 2021 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| Just a note in appreciation of your tidying up of articles today! It's so appreciated. Lajmmoore (talk) 20:37, 12 October 2021 (UTC) |
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Women in Red Women in Latin America contest |
| Ipigott Thank you for your additions August 2021 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:36, 1 September 2021 (UTC) |
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Women in Red Women in Latin America contest |
| Ipigott Thank you for your additions July 2021 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:51, 1 August 2021 (UTC) |
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Women in Red Women in Europe contest |
| Ipigott Thank you for your additions June 2021 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:34, 1 July 2021 (UTC) |
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Women in Red Women in Europe contest |
| Ipigott 50 articles Second Place May 2021 Congratulations! WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:15, 1 June 2021 (UTC) |
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Women in Red Women in Europe contest |
| Ipigott Thank you for your additions April 2021 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:30, 1 May 2021 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
| I award this barnstar to you on behalf of the many tasks you do behind the scenes to support Women in Red's membership. Thank you, Ipigott! Rosiestep (talk) 14:59, 28 April 2021 (UTC) |
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Mary Wollstonecraft Award 2021 | |
| On behalf of WP:WPWW, with appreciation for the women writer biographies you created during first quarter 2021. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:19, 2 April 2021 (UTC) |
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Women in Red Women in Africa contest |
| 4 articles Ipigott Third Place February 2021 Congratulations! |
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Women in Red Women in Africa contest |
| Ipigott Thank you for your additions January 2021 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:38, 1 February 2021 (UTC) |
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The Special Barnstar |
| Ian, thank you for your dedication to helping the project close gaps that exist and Wikipedia to find a soul with which to feel. Your contributions are immeasurable. It is so important, this human experience we live. Never take it for granted. Your colors shine and I am grateful to have seen them on display. Tsistunagiska (talk) 16:35, 10 December 2020 (UTC) |
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'Women in Red Women in Asia contest October |
| Ipigott - Thank you for your participation! (11 articles) WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:44, 2 November 2020 (UTC) |
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
| I've noticed over and over again when you add a new member to the Women in Red Opt-In lists. Mostly, I say nothing about it, but I wanted you to know how much I appreciate that you do this action, which is quite important as it supports how we share news about our activities. Thank you, Ian. Rosiestep (talk) 13:55, 7 June 2020 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| Thank you for the French feminists wikidata that I juste discovered. Veryyy useful. Secotyne (talk) 15:33, 6 June 2020 (UTC) |
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Goddess Barnstar | |
| I would like to award you this barnstar for the amount of work and effort you've put into WIR Less Unless (talk) 14:24, 8 April 2020 (UTC) |
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The Editor's Barnstar |
| Thank you very much for your support with Art+Feminism 2020 in Malta, especially your input on the Adelaide Conroy article by a regular participant in these annual edit-a-thons. -- ToniSant (talk) 18:07, 10 March 2020 (UTC) |
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The "Every-day" Award |
| Hi Ian, so thankful to see that stuff just magically happens on the Women in Red project. I finally figured out how to get a "Woman of the Day" picture to renew every day.... and this pic (I hope) will keep changing till at least the end of the month. Thank you. Victuallers (talk) 13:41, 12 January 2020 (UTC) |
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The Red Maple Leaf Award | |
| This maple leaf is awarded to Ipigott for creating the new list article List of Canadian women writers in French during the third year of The 10,000 ChallengeofWikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 17:20, 26 November 2019 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar | |
| This is for your valuable efforts on contributing to Wikipedia. Thank you. PATH SLOPU 15:31, 20 October 2019 (UTC) |
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The Special Barnstar |
| Amazing body of work you do here, even one month!! We're very lucky to have you as an editor! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:51, 3 September 2019 (UTC) |
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar |
| Today we asked our WikiScholars participants what surprised them the most about learning how to edit Wikipedia over the past few months. Mentally I was prepared for the bad surprises, the "I didn't realize it would be so hard for xyz reasons." But someone said that they were surprised at how welcomed they felt and they mentioned you specifically for coming to their talk page and writing encouraging words about their work. So thanks for going out of your way to welcome new users to Wikipedia. It really does leave an impression :) Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:12, 16 August 2019 (UTC) |
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
| Thank you for your above and beyond work on Vera Strodl Dowling and Kathleen Fox (aviator). I am impressed on these lengthly articles that you made for them and hope to send some more notable women in aviation your way for creation. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 05:01, 22 December 2018 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar | |
| Thank you for creating so many articles about castles in Luxembourg!Zigzig20s (talk) 12:37, 19 October 2018 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| great article on Georgia Skovgaard, thanks Peabodybore (talk) 19:37, 6 March 2018 (UTC) |
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The Special Barnstar |
| Brilliant support to the Women in Red project. I see that its jumped from 17.41 to 17.48%. Wow! Brilliant. Don't understand why but great to see and good to know that you are doing so much support. Well done. Victuallers (talk) 13:37, 12 February 2018 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of European Merit | |
| I, Vami_IV, award the Barnstar of European Merit to Ipigott for their participation in the European 10,000 Challenge, no matter how minor. Ipigott, you are an invaluable part of Wikipedia and I always appreciate seeing your work. Enjoy the barnstar, you earned it. –Vami_IV✠ 02:29, 20 November 2017 (UTC) | ||
| this WikiAward was given to Ipigott by Vami_IV✠ on 02:29, 20 November 2017 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| Thank you Ipigott for your amazing work on expanding the missing women list(s)!. Ear-phone (talk) 19:11, 18 October 2017 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| For your hard work on the missing women lists and general effort towards women articles! Thankyou Ipigott. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:07, 14 September 2017 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| Thank you so much for keeping up this list: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/List! I wanted to make sure you know how much I appreciate all the many things that you do, and that they are noticeable and important. Rosiestep (talk) 14:02, 24 June 2017 (UTC) |
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The Resilient Barnstar |
| 16.97% - Well done for creating these figures, Ian.
It looks as if we will see a milestone of 17% very soon. Victuallers (talk) 12:23, 22 May 2017 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
| This barnstar, awarded in the place of the national barnstar of Denmark, is awarded to Ipigott for his immense contributions to Wikipedia's coverage of Denmark. Gott mit Uns! Vami_IV✠ 16:47, 3 April 2017 (UTC) |
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Wikidata barnstar |
| Thank you, Ian, for the women in engineering redlist and for all the others, too. Appreciate what you do! Rosiestep (talk) 17:42, 9 January 2017 (UTC) |
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Editor of the Week | |
| Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week - 17 September 2016 for your vast, multilingual promoted content additions. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project) |
User:SusunW submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| Always amazes me how committed you are to Women in Red long term. You never seem to tire or lose interest. Keep up the great work you do! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:09, 28 August 2016 (UTC) |
 
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Women in Photography worldwide online edit-a-thon
Starting now: Women in Entertainment and Women in Jewish History |
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The Mary Wollstonecraft award for all your contributions on Women Writers | |
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Women Writers worldwide online edit-a-thon
(check out our next event Women in Photography worldwide online edit-a-thon) |
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The Women's History Barnstar | |
| For your excellent article Y Gymraes, what a lovely little treasure to find. Hats off! FruitMonkey (talk) 21:08, 29 April 2016 (UTC) |
A Barnstar to thank you for your contributions | |
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Women's History Month worldwide online edit-a-thon
(check out our next event Women writers worldwide online edit-a-thon) |
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The Citation Barnstar |
| Thanks for the help so far on my article. I know you are all busy this month on the Art+Feminism so I appreciate it. I hadn't seen that citation style before. I'm fascinated and it's great to learn new things. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 23:21, 4 March 2016 (UTC) |
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar |
| Your assistance on Parti des déshérités de Madagascar is greatly appreciated. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:05, 25 February 2016 (UTC) |
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Barnstar of thanks |
| Thank you, Ian, for creating and sending out the WiR invitations and thank yous for each event, plus compiling potential and actual participant lists. You are appreciated! Rosiestep (talk) 15:37, 27 January 2016 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| Your contributions to the Women in Red edit-a-thon this month have been nothing short of stellar so far! Keilana (talk) 19:40, 17 November 2015 (UTC) |
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The Technical Barnstar |
| For your hard work and effort in organizing editathons and invitations for the women project. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:21, 26 October 2015 (UTC) |
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Featured Article Star |
| A hearty congratulations on your first featured article. Almost achieved the impossible in promoting Carl Nielsen here!! Hope to see many more. Thankyou for all of your hard work on this, and that goes for Mirokado, Smerus and anybody else who helped edit and review it too, especially Nikkimaria, Brian, Tim and SchroCat! Thanks also to Gerda Arendt as without her comment to Crisco I'd not have even considered nomming!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:17, 5 June 2015 (UTC)]] |
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All-Around Amazing Barnstar | |
| I have no idea how you got through all those articles. You are truly an amazing mentor and an inspiration. SusunW (talk) 16:07, 8 April 2015 (UTC) |
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Mary Wollstonecraft Award | |
| The Mary Wollstonecraft Award is awarded to contributors who have helped improve the coverage of women writers and their work on Wikipedia through content contributions, outreach, community changes and related actions. In particular, thank you for your efforts with the WikiProject Women writers start-up; your ideas and contributions are much appreciated. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:21, 29 November 2014 (UTC) |
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Danish Barnstar of National Merit |
| For your hard work in getting the top five Danish cities to GA status. Congratulations!! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:48, 2 August 2014 (UTC) |
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Coordinator Award |
| Thank you for once again taking a lead in coordinating women's biographies during Women's History Month, this time emphasizing women of dance. Rosiestep (talk) 23:13, 22 February 2014 (UTC) |
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
| Congratulations on promoting Copenhagen to GA! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:13, 23 January 2014 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| Excellent work on Skagen related articles of late. Very impressive stuff. We'll have Skagen up to GA by the end of the month and, um, Uppsala Cathedral! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:07, 15 October 2013 (UTC) |
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The Good Article Barnstar | |
| Thank you Ipigott for helping to promote Aalborg to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of goodwill from me. --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 01:31, 25 September 2013 (UTC) |
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
| If I may say so, I think Swedish churches suddenly got a whole lot better coverage! Thanks for getting me going on the frescos! Yakikaki (talk) 20:50, 9 September 2013 (UTC) |
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| For your impressive work on improving coverage of women on wikipedia. ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 13:48, 30 April 2013 (UTC) |
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Expanded list of women photographers award |
| Thanks for adding to wikipedia's coverage with all the new and expanded bios! Rosiestep (talk) 14:20, 4 April 2013 (UTC) |
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
| Thank you for your help regarding copyedit of Amdavad ni Gufa. Nizil (talk) 19:44, 18 December 2012 (UTC) |
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Danish Barnstar of National Merit |
| For your amazingly productive contributions over the past few weeks and the quantity of good quality starter articles. You are exactly the sort of editor wikipedia needs. Keep up the great work! ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 17:15, 27 November 2012 (UTC) |
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The Danish Barnstar of National Merit | |
| For your tremendous contribution to the coverage of Danish culture and art on Wikipedia Ramblersen (talk) 14:24, 8 April 2010 (UTC) | ||
| this WikiAward was given to Ipigott by Ramblersen (talk) on 14:24, 8 April 2010 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Fine Arts | |
| For your invaluable contributions to a wide range of articles on arts and culture, and in particular the overarching topic improvements to architecture, painting and photography. Your efforts surely made a great difference for many editors and readers. Elekhh (talk) 05:35, 22 December 2010 (UTC) |
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The Classical Barnstar | |
| For your work on Carl Nielsen which raised the article to B-class and the creation of related articles, significantly improving the coverage of this composer. Mirokado (talk) 08:13, 29 December 2010 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| For your excellent work writing Danish sculpture!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:07, 10 February 2012 (UTC) |
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The Teamwork Barnstar | |
| ToKaldari, Ipigott, and WereSpielChequers: Thank you for helping make Wadsworth Jarrell a Good Article! I really appreciate the keen eye and contributions you made to improve the article. Much #wikilove to you all and I hope to work with you on another GA soon! SarahStierch (talk) 14:12, 14 July 2011 (UTC) |
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WikiProject Architecture Award | |
| For your outstanding contributions to Wikipedia's coverage of Architecture of Denmark and Jørn Utzon's oeuvre, as well as your role in stimulating a friendly collaborative editorial environment. Elekhh (talk) 21:55, 18 October 2011 (UTC) |
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The Editor's Barnstar |
| Bellavista - another great contribution to architecture! Whiteghost.ink 01:23, 4 November 2011 (UTC) |
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WikiProject Architecture Award | |
| Thanks for all your great work improving and adding to the List of female architects, as well as the many new articles you have created as a result. I've no idea how you find the time!! Sionk (talk) 02:01, 1 March 2012 (UTC) |
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Golden Wiki Award Thanks for your recent contributions! 66.87.0.137 (talk) 13:45, 31 March 2012 (UTC) |
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The Special Barnstar |
| For being an outstanding wikipedian and assisting in articles and translations. You are a credit to the site! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:49, 23 April 2012 (UTC) |
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The Brilliant Idea Barnstar |
| For creating Neoclassical architecture in Milan. Spectacular work! Why didn't I think of that! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:35, 30 August 2012 (UTC) |
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The Copyeditor's Barnstar |
| I greatly appreciate your assistance with translation and the bibliography of encyclopedias, so a small token of my appreciation of your help and interest. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:47, 3 October 2012 (UTC) |
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| This Barnstar is for your tireless contributions to Wikipedia related to the Archives of American Art. Thank you and I look forward to your continued contributions! SarahStierch (talk) 15:20, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
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