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Todd, Charles (2010). The red door. New York: William Morrow. ISBN978-0061726170.
Woods, Stuart (2009). Dead in the water. New York, NY: Harper. ISBN978-0061711916.
Lewis, Michael (2017). The undoing project : a friendship that changed our minds. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN978-0393254594.
Meyer, Stephenie (2016). The chemist : a novel. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN978-0316387835.Todd, Charles (2016). No shred of evidence. New York, NY: William Morrow. ISBN978-0062386199.
Baldacci, David (2016). No man's land. New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN978-1455586516.
Towles, Amor (2016). A gentleman in Moscow. New York: Viking. ISBN978-0670026197.
Shetterly, Margot (2016). Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race. New York, NY: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN978-0062363602.
Pulley, D. M. (2016). The buried book : a novel. Seattle: Lake Union Publishing. ISBN978-1503936720.
Noble, Thomas (2002). The foundations of Western civilization. Chantilly, VA: Teaching Co. ISBN978-1565855342.
Gaiman, Neil (2016). Ocean at the end of the lane. New York, NY: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN978-0062459367.
Connelly, Michael (2016). The wrong side of goodbye : a novel. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN978-0316225946.
Harari, Yuval (2015). Sapiens : a brief history of humankind. New York: Harper. ISBN978-0062316097.
Finished Prior
Books read in 2016
DeFede, Jim (2002). The day the world came to town : 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland. New York: Regan Books. ISBN978-0060559717.
Child, Lee (2016). Night School : A Jack Reacher Novel. New York: Delacorte Press. ISBN978-0804178808.
Professor Donald J. Harreld An Economic History of the World since 1400
Christie, Alix (2014). Gutenberg's apprentice : a novel. New York: Harper. ISBN978-0062336026.
Milner, Greg (2016). Pinpoint : how GPS is changing technology, culture, and our minds. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN978-0393089127.
Backman, Fredrik (2014). A man called Ove : a novel. New York: Atria Books. ISBN978-1476738024
Patterson, James (2005). 3rd degree. New York: Warner Books. ISBN978-0446696647.
Silva, Daniel (2016). The black widow. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN978-0062320223.
Kalanithi, Paul (2016). When breath becomes air. New York: Random House. ISBN978-0812988406.
Tucker, K. A. (2014). Burying water : a novel. New York: Atria Paperback. ISBN978-1476774183.
Philbrick, Nathaniel (2014). Bunker hill : a city, a siege, a revolution. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN978-014312532
Connelly, Michael (2016). The crossing : a novel. New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN978-1455524143.
Ellenberg, Jordan (2015). How not to be wrong : the power of mathematical thinking. New York, New York: Penguin Books. ISBN978-0143127536.
Hawley, Noah (2016). Before the fall. New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN978-1455561780.
Kidd, Sue (2015). The invention of wings. New York, New York: Penguin Books. ISBN978-0143121701.
Dorren, Gaston (2015). Lingo : around Europe in sixty languages. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN978-0802124074.
Chernow, Ron (2004). Alexander Hamilton. New York: Penguin Press. ISBN978-0143034759.
Northup, Solomon (2014). Twelve years a slave. New York: Graymalkin Media. ISBN978-1631680021.
Eskens, Allen (2014). The life we bury : a novel. Amherst, NY: Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books. ISBN1616149981.
Bohjalian, Chris (2016). The guest room : a novel. New York: Doubleday. ISBN978-0385538893.
Feinman, Jay (2014). Law 101. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0199341696.
Greaney, Mark (2009). The gray man. New York: Jove Books. ISBN978-0515147018.
Balson, Ronald (2015). Saving Sophie : a novel. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN978-1250065858.
Connelly, Michael (2012). The drop : a novel. New York: Grand Central Pub. ISBN978-0446556699.
Rosen, William (2012). The most powerful idea in the world : a story of steam, industry, and invention. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN978-0226726342.
Hannah, Kristin (2015). The nightingale. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN978-0312577223.
Galbraith, Robert (2013). The Cuckoo's Calling. New York: Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company. ISBN978-0316206853.
Cassino, Mark (2009). The story of snow : the science of winter's wonder. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN978-0811868662.
Koontz, Dean (2014). Innocence : a novel. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN978-0553593693.
Richman, Alyson (2011). The lost wife. New York: Berkley Books. ISBN978-0425244135.
Patterson, James (2013). 12th of never. New York: Grand Central Pub. ISBN978-1455515790.
Weir, Andy (2014). The Martian : a novel. New York: Crown Publishers. ISBN978-0553418026.
Shapiro, Barbara (2013). The art forger : a novel. Chapel Hill, N.C: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. ISBN978-1616203160.
Lagercrantz, David (2015). The girl in the spider's web. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN978-0385354288.
Books read in 2015
Irving, John (2012). A prayer for Owen Meany. New York: William Morrow. ISBN978-0062204097.
Brooks, Michael (2008). 13 things that don't make sense : the most baffling scientific mysteries of our time. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN978-0307278814.
Ashley, Kristen (2014). The will. United States: Kristen Ashley. ISBN978-0692208878.
Taylor, Alan (2013). The internal enemy : slavery and war in Virginia, 1772-1832. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN978-0393073713.
Lehane, Dennis (2015). World gone by : a novel. New York: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN978-0060004903.
Christie, Agatha (2011). And then there were none. New York: Harper. ISBN978-0062073488.
Scalzi, John (2007). The android's dream. New York: Tor. ISBN978-0765348289.
Stringer, C (2009). Standing tall : a memoir of tragedy and triumph. New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN030740627X.
Larson, Erik (2015). Dead wake : the last crossing of the Lusitania. New York: Random House Large Print. ISBN978-0804194617.
Wodehouse, P. G. (2013). Something fresh. United States: CreateSpace. ISBN978-1486149346.
McCullough, David (2015). The Wright brothers. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN978-1476728742.
Baldacci, David (2015). Memory man. New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN978-1455559824.
Grisham, John (2012). The litigators : a novel. New York: Dell. ISBN978-0345530561.
Kline, Christina (2013). Orphan train : a novel. New York: William Morrow. ISBN978-0061950728.
Jacobs, Harriet (2001). Incidents in the life of a slave girl. Mineola, N.Y: Dover Publications. ISBN978-0486419312.
Binchy, Maeve (2013). A week in winter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN978-0307475503.
Stephenson, Neal (2015). Seveneves : [a novel. New York, NY: William Morrow an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN978-0062190376.
Moran, Alan (2015). Climate change : the facts. Woodsville, New Hampshire: Stockade Books. ISBN978-0986398308.
Brien, Tim (2009). The things they carried : a work of fiction. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN978-0618706419.
Cussler, Clive (2012). Devil's gate : a novel from the NUMA files. New York: Berkley Books. ISBN978-0425246764.
Gladwell, Malcolm (2014). David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants. New York: Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company. ISBN978-0316204378.
Richards, Laura (2007). Florence Nightingale. Chapel Hill, N.C: Yesterday's Classics. ISBN978-1599152202.
Seifer, Marc (1996). Wizard : the life and times of Nikola Tesla : biography of a genius. Secaucus, N.J: Carol Pub. ISBN978-1559723299.
Piketty, Thomas (2014). Capital in the twenty-first century. Cambridge Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN978-0674430006.
Weatherford, J (2004). Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world. New York: Crown. ISBN978-0609809648.
Schulberg, Budd (2004). On the Waterfront. L.A. Theatre Works.
Murray, Elizabeth (2015). Forensic history : crimes, frauds, and scandals. Chantilly, VA: The Great Courses The Teaching Company. ISBN978-1598039085.
Patterson, James (2013). Now you see her : a novel. New York, NY: Vision. ISBN978-1455515516.
Patterson, James (2011). Private. New York, NY: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN978-0446572569.
Sedaris, David (2005). Dress your family in corduroy and denim. New York: Back Bay Books. ISBN978-0316010795.
Greaney, Mark (2014). Full force and effect. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN978-0399173356.
Baldacci, David (2015). The escape. New York, NY: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN978-1455521166.
Brown, Daniel (2013). The boys in the boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. New York: Viking. ISBN978-0143125471.
Archer, Jeffrey (2014). Be careful what you wish for. New York, N.Y: St. Martin's Paperback. ISBN978-1250034465.
Fleming, Sarah Lyons (2014). So Long, Lollipops:. Podium Publishing.
Hawkins, Paula (2015). The girl on the train. New York: Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA. ISBN978-1594633669.
Hazen, Robert (2013). The origin and evolution of earth from the big bang to the future of human existence. Chantilly, VA: Teaching Co. ISBN978-1629970219.
Harris, Joanne (2007). Five quarters of the orange. New York, NY: Harper Perennial. ISBN978-0061214608.
Connelly, Michael (2014). The burning room : a novel. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN978-0316225939.
Grisham, John (2014). Sycamore Row : a novel. New York: Dell Books. ISBN978-0345543240.
Reilly, Bill (2014). Killing Patton : the strange death of World War II's most audacious general. New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN978-0805096682.
John McWhorter (2013). The Story of Human Language (Audio). The Great Courses.
Koryta, Michael (2014). Those who wish me dead. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN1444742566.
Jemielniak, Dariusz (2014). Common knowledge? : an ethnography of Wikipedia. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN978-0804789448. (ISBN is hardcover, I am reading Kindle version)
Catmull, Edwin (2014). Creativity, Inc. overcoming the unseen forces that stand in the way of true inspiration. Westminster, MD New York: Books on Tape Random House Audio. ISBN978-0804127448.
King, Stephen (2012). The shining. New York: Anchor Books. ISBN978-0307743657.
Miller, Walter (2006). A canticle for Leibowitz. New York: Eos. ISBN978-0060892999. abandoned
Baldacci, David (2014). King and Maxwell. New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN978-1455521241.
Roth, Veronica (2011). Divergent. New York, NY: Katherine Tegen Books/an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN978-0062024022.
Kaku, Michio (2014). The future of the mind : the scientific quest to understand, enhance, and empower the mind. New York: Doubleday. ISBN978-0385530828.
Patterson, Richard (2011). Silent witness. New York: St. Martin's Paperbacks. ISBN978-0312381646.
Collins, Wilkie (2003). The woman in white. London New York: Penguin Books. ISBN978-0141439617.
Eggers, Dave (2013). The circle : a novel. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN978-0385351393.
Hitchens, Christopher (2012). Arguably : essays. New York: Twelve. ISBN978-1455502783.
Tartt, Donna (2013). The goldfinch. New York, NY: Hachette Audio. ISBN978-1600247118.
Philbrick, Herbert (1952). I Led Three Lives: Citizen, 'Communist', Counterspy. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
Balson, Ronald (2013). Once we were brothers. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN978-1250048127.
Connell, Evan (1993). Mr. & Mrs. Bridge. Beverly Hills, CA: Dove Audio. ISBN978-1558004306. (abandoned - boring)
For your numerous and valuable contributions I award you the original Barnstar! Maple Leaf (talk) 15:11, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
For your great and valuable help with creating the article Joe McKinney (author) with me I award you the Teamwork Barnstar. Stickulus (talk) 23:17, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
On May 10, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kelly Faris, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On June 11, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kamie Ethridge, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 18 June, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Paul Legrand, which you recently nominated. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
For your outstanding work, keeping WP:FEED users well-fed. Please take a moment to pat yourself on the back, for doing good things. And then, get back to it :-) Chzz ► 06:04, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
On 30 October 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Oliver Filley House, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
The Photographer's Barnstar
Congratulations to Sphilbrick! You took Second Place by adding 108 images to the Connecticut WikiProject during the Autumn 2010 Photo Contest! Great work!! Markvs88 (talk) 17:10, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
The Invisible Barnstar
Thank you for all that you do that the average reader would not notice, but is essential to making Wikipedia function efficiently. Moxy (talk) 21:05, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar
You made a big task seem so much simpler. Merci beaucoup! ~dee(talk?) 15:35, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
The Socratic Barnstar
When you said you posted a note that invoked my name, I certainly didn't expect to see a complete explanation of the intent of my own comment! And, though, in my opinion, my original comment was straightforward enough, your explanation perfectly captured the essence of what I was trying to say, delivering my point as well as it could have possibly been delivered by anyone. You did this for the candidate, of course, so they understood what the problem was, but thank you very much from me all the same, for explaining my comment as well as anyone (myself included) could have. Regards, SwarmX 23:12, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
For putting geocoordinates on hundreds of WikiProject Connecticut articles, I am happy to present Sphilbrick with this barnstar! Thanks for all your hard work! Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:49, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Before you got to work, the article on a coach of the stature of VanDerveer was the next thing to a stub?? And now, the DYK aside, it's GA-level at least? Very well done. Ravenswing 02:02, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
The Multiple Barnstar
For your tireless work as a volunteer responder, helping frustrated people of all kinds with their Wikipedia-related problems, always maintaining a cheerful demeanor with them, notwithstanding the extreme frustration at times. Moreover, for always working to enhance the volunteer response and responders. You are truly a credit to the project, thank you! -- Avi (talk) 20:43, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
For cleaning out the CSD:G13 category almost as fast as HasteurBot can stuff records in. Unfortuntely the gold plating makes the broom no longer practical as a cleanup tool. Hasteur (talk) 21:51, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
You're cleaning up so much AfC junk that I can't see any exciting Recent changes anymore. Remember you're a volunteer; we don't really get ten dollars for every deleted article. Also, why didn't you just send Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Nazi Zombies to mainspace??? Deletionist! Drmies (talk) 17:26, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Thank you. Edgepedia (talk) 15:04, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
The fluorine barnstar
For your sourcing work in the chemical reactivity section.71.127.131.41 (talk) 03:45, 14 September 2013 (UTC) (UTC)
The Progressive Barnstar
I couldn't find a barnstar that would adequately thank those involved in making the template editor user right RFC a reality, so I created this new one. The Progressive Barnstar recognizes those courageous enough to work towards a vision for change at Wikipedia. Sphilbrick, your musings in the Administrators' noticeboard thread that got this RFC started were critical -- especially in that you were the one to first point out Trappist the monk's RfA, a prime example of the issue that requires addressing. I consider it a success at this point, no matter what the eventual outcome, and I thank you. equazcion(talk) 06:28, 18 Sep 2013 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
This is for your efforts on behalf of crediting authors of images in accordance with the Creative Commons requirements. GeorgeLouis (talk) 18:14, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
The Barnstar of Diligence is awarded in recognition of a combination of extraordinary scrutiny, precision and community service.
To Sphilbrick, for his diligence and tirelessness as an arbitration clerk. Thank you for your work yesterday, on the clerks' mailing list, and for all your other effort in the role. AGK[•] 11:37, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
That speedy deletion of those harassment talk pages was really fast- good job! Lixxx235 (talk) 14:16, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
As one of the editors who helped answer my question(s) at the Teahouse concerning my mistaken csd/afd two step with regards to the article Norman Alvis I hereby present you with this Teamwork Barnstar. Thanks for the help, I can see now both why and how I screwed this matter up so badly, which will hopefully translate into fewer mistakes of this nature down the road. With my sincere thanks, TomStar81 (Talk) 01:29, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
On 24 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article USA Women's 3x3 Teams, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that despite having only two players in a three-on-three basketball game, the 2011 USA Women's U18 3x3 Team took a game to overtime, almost winning a medal? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The Working Man's Barnstar
You are hereby awarded this Working Man's Barnstar (first class) in recognition of your many contributions to Wikipedia's basketball articles, including your tireless work to improve women's college basketball and WNBA player biographies, an often overlooked area of our basketball coverage. You are entitled to display this decoration with pride on all appropriate occasions to your status as a Working Man. Congratulations. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 06:28, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
I am truly sorry about making the mistake. Thank you for the deletions.☾Loriendrew☽☏(ring-ring) 01:48, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
This barnstar is self-explanatory for your outstanding unused drafts deletions. SwisterTwistertalk 18:07, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
The Administrator's Barnstar
Hey thanks for moving an article to my userspace as a draft before deleting it. Consideration means a lot. Makkachin (talk) 02:34, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
For deleting all my Userspace pages, will you delete this as well? Pyrusca (talk) 18:17, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
Thanks for helping with my mass deletions based on G13. Happy New Years! 1989 (talk) 16:22, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar
Sphilbrick, thank you so much for spending a good several hours helping to clear Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old, which was at over 400 files when I checked it yesterday. This is the epitome of the kind of behind-the-scenes janitorial work that typically gets overlooked by the community, and I wanted to let you know that your time and dedication is much appreciated.
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar is awarded to those who work tirelessly and endlessly on the more laborious or repetitive of Wikipedia tasks. Mz7 (talk) 05:05, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Awarded for your contributions to the article Auxiliaries. Awarded by Cdjp1 on 16 August 2017.
On 3 October 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tajama Abraham, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tajama Abraham survived Hurricane Hugo by hiding in a commercial refrigerator with her family? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tajama Abraham. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Tajama Abraham), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The Original Barnstar
Thank you for your intro to wikipedia. Please help me contribute more and be an active part of wikipedia. Sreerampinnamaraju (talk) 04:13, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
For all your behind-the-scenes work to keep OTRS running like a well-oiled machine! — JGHowes talk 22:09, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
The Women in Red barnstar
You certainly deserve a Women in Red barnstar for all the informative articles you have written on women in sports over the past 12 years. Really impressive work.--Ipigott (talk) 11:28, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
for the thankless task of deleting all those sock articles. Onel5969TT me 03:07, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar
Whenever I go to try to fix a copyvio, I always see "page fixed - Reviewed by Sphilbrick", so, that's nice. JJP...MASTER![talk to] JJP... master? 17:28, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar
Thank you for helping out at CCI. I'm glad to see that you are working together with Hongqilim to clear out their CCI case, and that it's almost done :) I hope to see you around CCI more often. Keep up the great work! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:02, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
The following map identifies the states I've visited and for how long.
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Wikiconference USA (Washington D.C., 2015)
Wikimania 2017 (Montreal, 2017)
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Committed identity: 51bbf24f8d4833c72424524bbb6f49b022e9d6249c806d13caefa4087c2297479ecc10f8caf89a13a4260295fc49b5e677c9a2452c3580ded230ca3dd83af76e is a SHA-512commitment to this user's real-life identity.