User:Ottawa4ever

SEMI-RETIRED

What does this mean? In my view- not as active as i was when i began editing Wiki. The edits I will be making though will be for maintaining current page work/creations/ or obvious corrections needed for particular pages. I will also still be actively involved in RFA requests. I expect this semi retirement to last indefinitely due to various time commitments in the foreseeable future. .

Awards

Looking for O4E Challenges, please click here

The Canadian Content Award Awarded to Ottawa4ever for their tireless devotion to the improvement of the Alma College article and in doing so, helping to preserve the memory of a Canadian architectural gem, now lost to us forever.Deconstructhis (talk) 19:48, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

		The Userpage Shield
		For protecting my userpage. Thank you very much! -Tanner (talk) 17:29, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

		The Running Man Barnstar
		For your contributions to women's hockey articles like the Clarkson Cup, I award you The Running Man Barnstar. Maple Leaf (talk) 17:13, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

I like awards but I often like to give these out in excess as well :)

Its good to point out some information about barnstars. The option to give them out requires nothing more than actually giving a different user the award. If I've come across a user account that i think (even if its something small)deserves recognition, they will get an award. There is no true definition or rules to follow in giving these awards out at this time. Though my criteria today is more stringant than say a few years ago, That said I do issue challenges for users on Wikipedia:Reward board regularly. A full list of awards that I am offering can be found here, the challenges though are meant to be difficult to do and are not easy; O4E Challenges

Further Reading for those who stray on this page

A collection of essays regarding vandalism has been created by various users they can be found at

Wikipedia:Vandalism won by 2009 by wikid77 published Feb 2009

Wikipedia:Vandalism does not matter by skomorokh published July 2008

Wikipedia:Vandals versus Trolls by Viriditas Dec 2007

Created Pages and Current Projects

• Alma College (St. Thomas) (created- Trying to develop article, pov and updates ref fixes still needed C Class right now) Still in Progress
• Hartland MacDougall (created- Created through nominating another article for deletion, Still needs a good copy edit)
• Robert MacDougall (created- Created out of Hartland Macdougall, Still needs a good copy editcopy edit)
• Robert Jones (Ice Hockey) (created- confused him with another goalie and established his notability instead :)
• Tom Paton (Ice Hockey) (DYK created- July 23 2009 at 573 views, copy edit article)
• Old St. Thomas Church (DYK created- October 17 2009 at 1300 views, copy edit article, add a few more pics and expand info on trinity church)
• Cheapside Street Whisky Bond Fire (DYK nominator -November 25th 2009 at 3700 views, felt article needed promotion as it was a notable event)
• Montreal Stars (DYK created and expanded 5x - Febuary 4th 2010 at 895 views, felt article needed promotion as it was a notable and quite historic woman's professional ice hockey team)
• Neil R. Darrach (DYK Created- Feburary 2010 at 326 views, C-Class creation, Notable Canadian Archetect, some referencing still required)
• Fabian Joseph (DYK expanded 5x -March 21st 2010 at 1200 views. Notable olympian. Clean up still required and prose checking)
• Study club fire of 1929 (DYK created - April 13 2010 at 2500 views, article still requires some clean up)
• Shirley Davidson (Ice Hockey) (DYK created - May 15 2010 at 2700 views, article still requires some expansion)
• HMCS St. Thomas (K488) (DYK created - August 2010 at 7800 views, Article stands at B class (first B class largely due to help by other editors, but its great), needs a free image still some candidates. Some available in newspapers and online.)

Future Article Projects

Unless someone beats me to it ;)

• Expansion of St Thomas, Ontario (history section in paticular (may branch into stub article))
• General clean up, current priority (Alma College)

Tool box

found this and many thanks to its creator;{{User:Fuhghettaboutit/Toolbox}}

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