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Milestones

2011  November 23 — Harris Switch Tower was featured in DYK, after creating it  September 13 — St. Peter's Kierch was featured in DYK, after creating it  September 3 — Academy Hall (Edinboro University of Pennsylvania) was featured in DYK, after creating it  August 21 — Riverside Inn (Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania) was featured in DYK, after creating it  July 24 — Jersey Bridge was featured in DYK, after creating it  July 12 — Eagle Hotel (Waterford, Pennsylvania) was featured in DYK, after creating it  June 6 — Sturgeon House was featured in DYK, after creating it  June 2 — Elizabethtown (Amtrak station) was promoted to GA  May 10 — Elizabethtown (Amtrak station) was featured in DYK, after 5× expansion  April 23 — PRR 4800 was promoted to GA  March 24 — PRR 4876 was promoted to GA  February 19 — Johnstown Inclined Plane was promoted to FA  January 13 — Inclined Plane Bridge was featured in DYK, after creating it  January 3 — Richards Medical Research Laboratories was featured in DYK, after nominating it for Bilpen 2010  December 11 — Sachs Covered Bridge was featured in DYK after expansion with Doncram October 20 — Edit #12,500 to Presque Isle State Park (combined portals)  October 11 — Wheatland (James Buchanan House) was featured in DYK after 5× expansion  September 16 — Hamilton Watch Complex was featured in DYK, after creating it  September 10 — Mill Creek (Lake Erie) was featured in DYK, after creating it  August 7 — Pinckney State Recreation Area was featured in DYK, after expansion with Dincher July 7 — Edit #12,000 to Wikipedia:Peer review/West Virginia/archive2 (reviewed article)  June 26 — Torpedo (petroleum) and Torpedo, Pennsylvania were featured in DYK, after creating them  June 19 — Pithole, Pennsylvania was promoted to FA  June 16 — Pithole Stone Arch Bridge featured in DYK, after creating it  April 18 — PRR 7002 featured in DYK, after creating it  April 10 — PRR 520 featured in DYK, after creating it  April 5 — Olomana (locomotive) featured in DYK, after creating it  April 3 — PRR 460 was promoted to GA  April 1 — PRR 460 featured in April Fool's DYK, after creating it March 26 — Edit #11,500 to Mount St. Peter Roman Catholic Church (merged and redirected article)  February 6 — PRR 4859 was promoted to GA  January 17 — PRR 4859 featured in DYK, after creating it  January 15 — Dickson Tavern featured in DYK, after rewritting it 2009 November 21 — Edit #11,000 to Wyoming Seminary (reverted vandalism)  November 3 — Pennsylvania State Capitol was promoted to FA   September 2 — Mount Hope Estate featured in DYK, after nominating it for Cmadler August 27 — Edit #10,500 to Bitzer's Mill Covered Bridge (add NRHP refnum)   August 6 — Mummy Cave featured in DYK, after nominating it for Acroterion and Nyttend   July 30 — Pennsylvania State Capitol featured in DYK, after expanding it June 7 — Edit #10,000 to National Register of Historic Places listings in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (disambiged link) April 29 — Edit #9,500 to Erie Zoo (reverted vandalism)   April 5 — City of Detroit III featured in DYK, after creating it March 12 — Edit #9,000 to Jackson Ferry Shot Tower (added category)  March 7 — Kinzua Bridge was promoted to FA February 7 — Edit #8,500 to Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 142 (cleaned up)   January 26 — Stephen Etnier featured in DYK, after nominating it for Etnier January 21 — City of Erie (sidewheeler) and Tashmoo (sidewheeler) featured in DYK, after creating them January 10 — Edit #8,000 to National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa (added new listing) 2008 December 17 — Philadelphia Phillies (NFL) and National Football League (1902) featured in DYK, after nominating it for Pennsylvania Penguin   December 13 — State Street Bridge (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) featured in DYK, after expanding it December 10 — Edit #7,500 to National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island (switched date template; fixed redirects)   December 4 — Erie Land Light featured in DYK, after expanding it November 17 — Edit #7,000 to Gudgeonville Covered Bridge (reverted vandalism)   October 20 — Waterford Covered Bridge featured in DYK, after creating it October 10 — Edit #6,500 to Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 24 (created)   September 18 — 2007 Painesville, Ohio derailment featured in DYK, after nominating it for NSRAILS   September 13 — Daniel Dobbins featured in DYK, after creating it  August 24 — B-36 tracked gear edit.jpg promoted to FP, after nominating it August 12 — Edit #6,000 to Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre (fixed fort name)   July 26 — Monocopter featured in DYK, after nominating it for Francisgraham   July 18 — Erie Plating Company featured in DYK, after nominating it for Smokris   July 4 — Erie Gauge War featured in DYK, after creating it July 18 — Edit #5,500 to James D. Weaver (added infobox, categories)  July 2 — Kinzua Bridge was promoted to GA   June 26 — Mennonitism in Mexico featured in DYK, after nominating it for Sfrantzman   June 13 — Philip Cochran featured in DYK, after nominating it for Foofbun   May 8 — Fersommling featured in DYK, after nominating for Alphageekpa April 20 — Edit $5,000 to Talk:Hempfield Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (add wikiproject tag)   April 13 — Ligonier Valley Railroad featured in DYK, after nominating it for Canadian2006   April 11 — Battle of Sugar Point featured in DYK, after nominating it for Yngvarr and 72.74.205.52   April 5 — 1944 Appalachians tornado outbreak featured in DYK, after nominating it for JForget   April 3 — The King v. Haas featured in DYK, after nominating it for Jim Simmons   March 24 — Intelligencer Journal featured in DYK, after creating / expanding it March 5 — Edit #4,500 to Template talk:Did you know (replying to a comment about a hook)   February 26 — Philadelphia Election Riot featured in DYK, after nominating it for SummerPhD   February 2 — Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (2001) featured in DYK, after nominating for Pnoble805 January 28 — Edit #4,000 to Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (2001) (added hatnote) 2007 December 20 — Edit #3,500 to User:Niagara/box-header (changed color scheme)  November 26 — Presque Isle State Park was promoted to FA, with help from Dincher, Ruhrfisch, et al.  November 1 — Presque Isle State Park was promoted to GA, with help from Dincher  October 20 — Brig Niagara 1913 edit.jpg promoted to FP, after nominating it October 20 — Edit #3,000 to Presque Isle State Park (added name origin)   October 10 — Kinzua Bridge featured in DYK, after creating it   September 19 — Gudgeonville Covered Bridge featured in DYK, after creating it September 12 — Edit #2,500 to John Kanzius (reverted vandalism) August 2 — Edit #2,000 to Peach Street (cleaned up)   July 24 — United Refining Company featured in DYK, after creating it  July 7 — Erie, Pennsylvania was promoted to FA, with help from Trey July 7 — Edit #1,500 to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection (redoing request after I botched it)   July 6 — Donald Walter Trautman was featured in DYK, after expansion  June 2 — Erie, Pennsylvania was promoted to GA, with help from Trey May 28 — Edit #1,000 to Erie, Pennsylvania (cleaned up "Recreation" section) April 12 — Edit #500 to Erie, Pennsylvania (add city nickname) 2006 July 5 — Edit #1 to WJET-TV (fixing an anchor's start year)

Top 10 articles

Created Kinzua Bridge PRR 4859 PRR 460 Mill Creek (Lake Erie) Pithole Stone Arch Bridge Erie Land Light Erie Gauge War Gudgeonville Covered Bridge Daniel Dobbins Waterford Covered Bridge Expanded Pennsylvania State Capitol Pithole, Pennsylvania Johnstown Inclined Plane Presque Isle State Park Erie, Pennsylvania Wheatland (James Buchanan House) Elizabethtown (Amtrak station) PRR 4800 PRR 4876 PRR GG1

Awards

Four Award Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Kinzua Bridge. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:43, 21 August 2011 (UTC) The Liberty Walking Barnstar I award this barnstar to Niagara for helping me upload my first fair use file and for helping improve numismatic coverage on Wikipedia. Thanks! -RHM22 (talk) 20:43, 28 February 2011 (UTC) The Tireless Contributor Barnstar for many contributions to Pennsylvania articles, such as the Johnstown Inclined Plane, and culminating in the Erie, Pennsylvania Featured Article status. DThomsen8 (talk) 01:37, 4 February 2011 (UTC) The WikiCup 2010 Ribbon of Participation Awarded to Niagara, for participation in the 2010 WikiCup. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 08:58, 1 November 2010 (UTC) The NRHP Table-izer Barnstar I award you this Barnstar for your contributions in table-izing multiple states' NRHP list-tables. As one editor put it, just before midnight U.S. Eastern time on July 4, Hey, between us we got it all done. Hooray!! In fact we met multiple goals in table-izing list-articles covering all 83,973 NRHPs nation-wide during February 2008 to July 4, 2009. Thanks so much for coming through on all those difficult territories, recently; it would not have been possible to finish without your doing that. Hope you had a great Fourth! -- Doncram, 5 July 2008 The Original Barnstar A barnstar for your contributions bringing Kinzua Bridge to FA. Nice work. IvoShandor (talk) 07:18, 26 March 2009 (UTC) The Article Rescue Barnstar For cleaning up and improving Amelia S. Givin Free Library, and in the process very possibly saving the article from a future deletion.WackoJackO 12:42, 9 April 2009 (UTC) The Teamwork Barnstar Thanks for helping along with others in the recent, successful rollout of the new {{infobox NRHP}} infobox. Your support and specific assistance in getting it done is appreciated! We did a good job, as evidenced by no subsequent problems being reported, although it affected 20,000 or so articles. And it was sure more enjoyable working as a team to get it done. Thanks! doncram (talk) 19:50, 28 February 2009 (UTC) The Punxsutawney Phil Star of Merit To Dtbohrer for outstanding work creating, expanding, and correcting Pennsylvania legislative district pages.--Protocop (talk) 00:52, 1 February 2009 (UTC) What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar Thanks so much for solving the Potter County map problem! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:46, 11 December 2008 (UTC) I don't know how you thought of it but I am glad you did. Dincher (talk) 02:48, 11 December 2008 (UTC) Pennsylvania State Parks Groundhog Award, with Featured Article Star This award is given with respect and admiration to Dtbohrer for assistance in helping Black Moshannon State Park become a Featured Article from Ruhrfisch and Dincher (talk) 18:20, 27 April 2008 (UTC) Imperial Triple Crown Jewels I, Durova, am pleased to award these imperial triple crown jewels to Dtbohrer for outstanding contributions to Wikipedia's coverage of Pennsylvania. Thank you for building a better encyclopedia. DurovaCharge! 05:23, 3 December 2007 (UTC) Pennsylvania State Parks Groundhog Award This Groundhog Award is presented to Dtbohrer for your edits to Presque Isle State Park, especially those in support of its FAC, for your references added, and not least for checking a list of several hundred birds. This award entitles you to free admission to all Pennsylvania state parks, but the hunting of groundhogs in them is still strictly prohibited. Given with respect and admiration, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 15:38, 26 November 2007 (UTC) The Editor's Barnstar For helping so much with Erie —treyjay–jay 02:50, 8 July 2007 (UTC) The Excellent Userpage Award I Congratulations, you've won the contest! You have won by a long shot, with the fact that it has lots of information, plus it is the best designed. Congrats again! (→O - RLY?) 02:29, 16 July 2007 (UTC) The Excellent Userpage Award II You were a finalist of the Best User Page Contest! Congratulations! Marlith T/C 03:40, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

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Use of photos outside of Wikipedia... Kinzua Bridge panorama.jpg, July 2010 newsletter of the Lancaster chapter of the National Railway Historical Society EMTA Gillig 0718.jpg, All Aboard Erie

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