User:The joy of all things

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Yorkshire born and bred. Was in exile for many years, but happily moved back to Yorkshire in December 2017. I have spent nigh-on 30 years in the Royal Air Force, and now I work in the NHS.

I edit mostly about Yorkshire, but also I edit a lot on rivers, roads, railways and (of course), the Royal Air Force.

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enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
This user lives in Yorkshire.
This user was born and lives in England.
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100,000 Edits Award.
What did you do?This user includes edit summaries in their contributions and thinks that everybody should use them as well.
This user has been on Wikipedia for 8 years, 7 months and 18 days.
450This user is ranked 450 on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits.
This user is ranked 1590 on the list of Wikipedians by articles created.

Awards[edit]

The Copyeditor's Barnstar
A joy to review. Your article on Nicola Thorp, while short, sets an exemplary standard for start class articles in sourcing, writing style and layout. Please make more articles. I'll be following your contributions. Great work! Edaham (talk) 09:50, 13 April 2018 (UTC)


The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank you for you time and knowledge, I am just starting out as an editor on Wikipedia, and would be glad for any tips, tricks and input. I am struggling to get pictures uploaded at the moment (and keep the bots happy), including a few photos (not mine) but I know have no copyright limitations as they have been distributed for free use. Regards MakingWrongsRight Makingwrongsright (talk) 13:45, 27 August 2019 (UTC)


The Original Barnstar
For your amazing full rewrite of RAF Dishforth!!

Tait as airborne forces commander of Colossus can be wound into the Colossus paragraph in the text, however. Buckshot06 (talk) 18:26, 17 March 2022 (UTC)


The Content Creativity Barnstar
Thank you for creating Beckett Street Cemetery. Articles like this are extremely useful resources for those of us who create local historical biographies, and your hard work on this one is much appreciated. Power to you! Storye book (talk) 18:07, 27 December 2022 (UTC)


The Good Article Rescue Barnstar
This is presented to you by the GAR process in recognition of your sterling work in helping Northallerton retain its Good Article status. Please feel free to display the GA icon on your userpage. Keep up the good work! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:26, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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  • <ref>{{cite book|last1=Chrystal|first1=Paul|title=The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales|date=2017|publisher=Stenlake|location=Catrine| isbn=9781840337532|page=|edition=1}}</ref>
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  • <ref>{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-869103-3 |page= |edition=4}}</ref>
  • <ref>{{cite web |title=2015 Population Estimates Parishes |url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf |website=northyorks.gov.uk |access-date= |page= |date=December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|archive-date=4 June 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>
  • <ref>{{Quick-stations-5 |page=212 }}</ref>
  • <ref>{{cite book |title=Parliamentary Papers Poor Law Unions volume 49, part II |date=1862 |publisher=HMSO |location=London|page= |oclc= 145367615}}</ref>

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