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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]

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]

Join the club

Hi. Because I am retired, I never realised until very recently that you have also been a victim of harassment from Chris Sherlock. Perhaps the community needs to step up its vigilance for such characters - on second thoughts, perhaps not, the victims of such people usually end up with the thin end of the wedge as I and many others have. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 14:17, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry...

Sorry I blocked you! I tried to get the IP blocked quickly, and I guess it got too complicated for me. Bishonen | tålk 12:30, 16 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

@Bishonen: That's OK, I understand such things can happen. And thanks for blocking the troll. He has been stalking me for a while using different IP addresses. I do have one request. I have been around Wikipedia since 2006 and have a clean record (no blocks). Is it possible to remove today's snafu ([2]) from the bottom of the block log page? Although it is evident that the block was immediately reversed, I would prefer to keep my unblemished record. Thanks, WWGB (talk) 12:40, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think it's possible, if you're sure. I've never done it before, but I hope it'll work. Done. I'm very proud of my own block log, for my part! (The block by Jimbo is the star item.) A "clean" block log is uninteresting, IMO. But I've cleaned yours, according to your preference. Bishonen | tålk 12:56, 16 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

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 Sorry I blocked you! {{blush}} I tried to get the IP blocked quickly, and I guess it got too complicated for me. [[User:Bishonen|Bishonen]] &#124; [[User talk:Bishonen|tålk]] 12:30, 16 January 2023 (UTC).
 :{{ping|Bishonen}} That's OK, I understand such things can happen. And thanks for blocking the troll. He has been stalking me for a while using different IP addresses. I do have one request. I have been around Wikipedia since 2006 and have a clean record (no blocks). Is it possible to remove today's snafu ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3AWWGB]) from the bottom of the block log page? Although it is evident that the block was immediately reversed, I would prefer to keep my unblemished record. Thanks, [[User:WWGB|WWGB]] ([[User talk:WWGB#top|talk]]) 12:40, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
+::Yes, I think it's possible, if you're sure. I've never done it before, but I hope it'll work. Done. I'm very proud of [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3ABishonen my own block log], for my part! (The block by Jimbo is the star item.) A "clean" block log is uninteresting, IMO. But I've cleaned yours, according to your preference. [[User:Bishonen|Bishonen]] &#124; [[User talk:Bishonen|tålk]] 12:56, 16 January 2023 (UTC).