Hello, and welcome to my user page. Please feel free to leave a message on my talk if you want to chat or think I've messed something up.

Addendum: Sometimes I stay away from editing for months at a time. Or I might be on a forced wikibreak. Either way, I'll be back, but perhaps not for quite a while.



Links to remember

  1. Common Outcomes of AfD
  2. My Sandbox
  3. User:Altamel/Primary Sources
  4. Mass purging reference errors via the API sandbox
  5. X!'s tools @ Labs
  6. FA Guides
  7. Customized user warnings and notices. Userpage stalkers, feel free to steal use these boilerplates.
  8. This list should not be too long, else something has gone badly wrong

Editing tools

Frequently used edit summaries

Added reference/replaced ((unreferenced)) with ((refimprove)). [[Wikipedia:Unreferenced articles|You can help!]]

Added reference and removed ((unreferenced tag)). [[Wikipedia:Unreferenced articles|You can help!]]

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Awards/Recognition
The Press Barnstar
Congrats on your mention in the press, regarding the changes to the page of a Canadian MP. You came across as the good guy, and you proved to the world once again that Wikipedia is patrolled and vandalism is removed. Well done! --MelanieN (talk) 19:43, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
The One-Month Cup
Exactly one month ago, you welcomed me to Wikipedia. I thank you for this, as now my editing skills have greatly increased, and I have found my place within the community of contributors. Just thought I'd show my appreciation! The best, Coderenius (talk) 17:35, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

welcome and support

Thank you for quality articles such as Thaddeus Hyatt, beginning with Freddy Goes to Florida more than ten years ago, for welcoming new users, for supporting candidates for adminship, for tech solutions and lavish greetings, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:14, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Your anti-vandalism work at Irvine, North Ayrshire was phenomenal! Keep up the great work! Jith12 (talk) 21:48, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:48, 28 July 2013 (UTC) Allen3 talk 10:52, 10 April 2014 (UTC)