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10 year veteran with over 100,000 edits. Reverts vandals, rehabilitates articles, fixes protection templates and, in general, cleans up the messes some editors make.
Hello to all at Wikipedia,
I live in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
I joined Mar. 25, 2005. My interests include history, reading and, especially, British television and films.
In 1978 I saw Vincent Price in the one man play Diversions and Delights, written by John Gay. It was set in a Parisian theater and Price played an aging Oscar Wilde relating memories of his life and works. The performance was extraordinary and started a life long interest in Wilde. The last decade has seen an outpouring of interest in, and publications about, Oscar and the people in his life. I have read most of it. I have, also, done a fair amount of research about his visit to Leadville, Colorado, and been privileged to stand on the very stage where he spoke to the citizens of that mining boom town in 1882.
Update of Aug 10, 2006
Editing here has been a fun learning experience as I have both made mistakes and helped to improve (I hope) several articles in my 17 months here at wikip. I am proud to say that I have talked at least three friends into becoming contributors here. I came upon this userbox today and it seemed a perfect description of what I like doing here so I thought that I would add it to my page. One of my favorite wikignome projects is to take Award (Academy, Tony etc) links that are red and turn them blue by finding the way that they are phrased on their wikipages.
Articles started
Not many as others are better at it
I have finally taken the plunge and created a few articles on my own. They are mostly stubs about English actors and television shows. I hope that some of you wikipedians from the UK, and elsewhere, will add to, and improve, them when you have a chance.
I am quite proud to have received this and I hope to continue to help in any way I can here at wikiP:
The Original Barnstar
Great job on wikipedia, expecially fixing small little tidbits here and there. I Arjun am proud to give you your first barnstar. You deserve it!
Having been a fan of this show for years this award is very special:
The WikiProject Doctor Who Award
This award is presented to MarnetteD for his sterling work cleaning up Doctor Who serial articles. Good job! —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 00:18, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
This is an award of a different sort. It is a nice one to pass along to others so feel free to do so at anytime.
Jupiter12 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
The pleasure of rewatching the series while working on its page has been enhanced by the reception of this award.
The Original Barnstar
For your hard work on the I, Claudius article, I award you this barnstar. Cheers! -- Merope 23:15, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Another smile that is much appreciated
WarthogDemon has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
For patiently and tirelessly extending good faith (and playing The Heavy when necessary) on the George Harrison article. --prhartcom (talk) 19:27, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
I don't know if I have the authority to do this but I am following the Wikipedia policy of being bold and awarding you:
The Barnstar of Diligence
Thanks for all your hard work on the Zoë Wanamaker article! Zarcadia (talk) 11:15, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
The Vandal Eliminator Award
I award you this VEA for eradicating the massive amount of vandalism on the page Dracula. Myself and the other RCP members appreciate your effort! Bped1985 (talk) 14:27, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Long overdue. Doctalk 09:59, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy
You deserve this :))) jmarkfrancia (talk) 16:46, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar
Thank you for all your great work over the years. Span (talk) 00:37, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, MarnetteD. You deserve this prize as much as anyone for your unfailing courtesy.
Our motto: "It's only hard if you make it hard"
The PENISS Prize
On behalf of the People Encouraging Niceness (and/or Eschewing Nastinesss) InSociety Society, I hereby award you the PENISS Prize.
The prize is the highest (and sole) honour in the gift of the Society and is awarded irregularly, on merit. It entitles the awardee to the postnominal letters P.E.N.I.S.S. (in appropriate contexts, of course).
It confers automatic membership of the Society, and it thus bestows the power to award the prize to others*, and they to others, in perpetuity. .
Remember, the more PENISSes in the world, the better for all of us. What a nice thought. Please continue your good work!
* To present this award to others, simply type {{subst:User:JackofOz/PENISS}} on their talk page, and then sign and date your post.
Because each day you come here and offer your time and experience, leaving Wikipedia a little better than it was before. Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 17:39, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
The Invisible Barnstar
Michael, For all your tireless work in the background, particularly in removing non-sourced additions and vandalism from BLPs. When I see your name on the history, I know that is one mess that I shall not need to clean up! I do hope your tiresome visitor has left for good.— | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 21:29, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Thanks for your work on the Broadchurch page! Starhunterfan (talk) 12:57, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
The Civility Barnstar
Thank you for your support of me during a recent situation regarding another editor. I really appreciate it, Daniellagreen(talk)(cont) 23:58, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
For removing the protection icons from articles where protection has expired. Day after day, week after week, by hand. Your hard work in this minor but important matter is much appreciated. (P.S. I wonder if someone can write a bot to do this? Because you do lots of other, more interesting stuff here too.) MelanieN (talk) 16:40, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Congratulations for having made more than 100,000 edits to Wikipedia! MelanieN (talk) 23:21, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
100000 Edits
Congratulations on reaching 100000 edits. You have achieved a milestone that only 345 editors have been able to accomplish. The Wikipedia Community thanks you for your continuing efforts. Keep up the good work!
Editor of the Week
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for your determination and dedication to help the encyclopedia grow. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)
I nominate User MarnetteD to be Editor of the Week. MarnetteD has been here for more than 10 years and has made more than 100,000 edits to Wikipedia. Most of their work goes unnoticed: reverting vandalism, fixing incorrect protection templates, tidying up. But in their quiet way they have been making Wikipedia a better place for a long, long time. This nomination was seconded by User:L235
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For your efforts to protect existing content every day. Much appreciated! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:25, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
For checking every single archived cite the bot makes - I know it's a pain but your effort and help with it is extremely appreciated :),
Thanks for your contributions here and Keep up the great work :),
Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 14:13, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Chasing after Cyberbot II is a big job. Your work speaks for itself. —cyberpowerChat:Online 13:54, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
Easter Egg
A gift for your valiant efforts in combating the serial egger. Chrissymad❯❯❯Talk 17:55, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
great of your effort mustafdesam (talk) 10:16, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
You do a lot of work here protecting articles and improving sourcing. You rarely seem to be rewarded for it! Sorry it's not a Criterion film but this is the best I can do. ;-). ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:24, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Thank you for good work. Koreangauteng (talk) 02:10, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to you for your dedication in fighting vandalism by Flopmn on users talk pages. Autarch (talk) 04:14, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
So, I'm giving you this bar star since you are clearing the bare URL tag backlogs with all the automated tools currently down/broken ... so yeah, you are apparently doing them manually. Yeah ... that's some dedication right there. Steel1943 (talk) 02:38, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
English films gnome
Thank you for beginning quality articles about English films and their people, such as Mel Martin and Rod Steiger on screen and stage, for service from 2005 as a vigilant gnome, fighting vandalism, bare urls and "mankind" with kindness, - Citizen of the World, you are an awesome Wikipedian!
You are recipient no. 2410 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Thank you for fixing the references on Samuel Arama before I got around to it Pi(Talk to me!) 08:56, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For watching over a fellow editor's talk page while they are recovering from surgery. MelanieN (talk) 00:00, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
Okay, so I don't always click the "thank" option on the numerous times you fix many of the rawlinks I can't fix using reflinks. I could. But I actually thought you might get irritated by dozens of thanks from me. But don't think I don't notice, and don't appreciate all that work you do. Gnomes like you make this project better. Kudos. Bravo. Well done old chap. Onel5969TT me 00:12, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
I have noticed that you are cool under pressure, unstintingly polite and are one of the more diplomatic editors around. It’s a breath of fresh air! Thank you. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 01:09, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
The Civility Barnstar
Everywhere I look on user Talk pages, you are unfailing pleasant, polite, and thanking others.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:24, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
The Patroller's Barnstar
Thank you for your fight against vandalism. 𝗩𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿 ℣ 04:06, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
Creative 404 (et al) messages
Mostly for my enjoyment
While most dead link messages are dull there are some that have a creative and/or fun person in charge of making them. I've seen quite a few over the years and didn't think to record them. This rectifies thst.
