User:Donner60
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My current areas of content contribution are mainly American Revolutionary War spies, including Culper Ring additions, and American Civil War railroads. I have some research and even some writing done for additions to the Appomattox Campaign article, and some of the articles on battles of that campaign which now have short articles. I hope to get back to those soon; certainly well before next March. Other areas mentioned in my "to do" list below currently have a lower priority for me.
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 | This user has written or expanded 19 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. |
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 | This user has made over 49,100 edits to Wikipedia. |
| 968 | As of September 19, 2014, this editor was number 968 on the List of Wikipedians by number of edits. |
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This user has rescued 1 article by improving it in the face of pending deletion. |
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| AfD | This editor has commented/!voted on 26 Articles for Deletion. 23 matched consensus, 2 no consensus |
 | This user has nominated 42 pages for speedy deletion: 40 deleted, 2 kept (1 expanded, 1 mistaken tag: user page). |
| VAN | This user has reverted vandalism many times and has warned many vandals. |
| vn-185 | This editor's user page, talk page, or subpages have been vandalized 185 times. |
| 121+ | This user has made more than 121 reports to Administrator intervention against vandalism.
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| RfA RfB | This editor has !voted or commented on 41 Requests for Administratorship; 3 Requests for bureaucratship |
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Except for a one-minute mistaken block, this user is block free - (see my block log here!). |
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This editor has discovered 2 hoax articles, which have been deleted |
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Thank you veterans. |
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References to Wikipedia policies, guidelines, instructions: Includes many of the reasons for edit reversions
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Sub-pages, Including Bibliographies, References
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User:Donner60/Wikipedia article links A few references, links and odds and ends. User:Donner60/Military History Library moved, renamed User:Donner60/Wikipedia style links User:Donner60/Colonial era bibliography. Moved, renamed User:Donner60/Draft of article User:Donner60/AmericanRevolutionBibliography Moved, renamed User:Donner60/Wikipedia style templates. User:Donner60/American Civil War bibliography User:Donner60/American Civil War bibliography from Internet Moved, renamed unneeded and non-working User:Donner60/Krinkle/RTRC User:Donner60/ACW References American Civil War facts and sources for reference and future edits User:Donner60/Draft of part of Union brevet generals list Moved, renamed User:Donner60/EditCounterOptIn (was a failed effort to opt in to edit counter; subsequently moved substantive Union general section of brevet Union general list from here to offline for editing and reducing; some key information can be found in Union generals list in main article space). |
My DYK Articles
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RE:Did you know nominations/James Cameron (Union colonel)I also forgot to notify you about my reply here, but that was only because I gave it a green light for the first time. Truly the best referenced DYK I've seen so far. Lajbi Holla @ me • CP 09:28, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Congratulation on a fabulous article. Miss Ivonne (talk) 18:36, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Did not copy in correctly on talk page so template is from article page.
DYK from articles created: May 10, 2014 DYK ...that American spy Anna Strong signaled members of the Culper Ring during the American Revolutionary War with her petticoat? 2,937 page views on May 10, 2014. August 1, 2013 DYK... that in June 1863, at the Battle of Fairfax Court House (courthouse pictured), 87 men of the Union Army charged a division of at least 2,000 Confederate soldiers? 7,291 page views on August 1, 2013. Lead hook. May 17, 2013 DYK ...that Richard Buck opened the first session of the Virginia General Assembly at Jamestown, Virginia on July 30, 1619 with a prayer? 564 page views on May 17. December 30, 2012 DYK ... that Charles W. Adams, a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War, was a grandfather of Helen Keller? 1498 page views December 30; 205 page views December 31. October 17, 2012 DYK ... that Confederate Major General J.E.B. Stuart's Chambersburg Raid was his second ride around McClellan? 1704 page views October 17. October 1, 2012 DYK ... that Jeptha Vining Harris, a Mississippi militia general during the American Civil War, was the son of Jeptha Vining Harris, a Georgia militia general during the War of 1812? 989 page views October 1. September 22, 2012 DYK ... ... that Confederate Colonel William Henry Harman was killed at the Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia, the town where he was born? 973 page views September 22. September 12, 2012 DYK ... ... that Colonel Joseph H. Tucker, twice commander of the Camp Douglas (Chicago) prison camp during the American Civil War, was never mustered into the Union Army? 1503 page views September 12, 186 page views September 13. August 18, 2012 DYK ... that the 48th Georgia Infantry Regiment of Confederate Lt. Colonel Reuben Walker Carswell was in a brigade commanded by Carswell's mentor as a lawyer, Brigadier General Ambrose R. Wright? 569 page views. August 15, 2012 DYK ... that Virginia militia (Confederate) brigadier general Gilbert S. Meem moved to Seattle, Washington, in 1892 and was appointed postmaster by U.S. President Grover Cleveland? 1,033 page views on August 15, 2012. Overlap to August 16: 12. August 11, 2012 DYK ... that Confederate Colonel Robert Johnson Henderson's division commander persuaded Henderson to sign his parole at the end of the American Civil War as a brigadier general? 1,489 page views, August 11, 2012. August 5, 2012 DYK... that a brigadier general commission for Confederate Colonel Francis Marion Walker arrived at his headquarters the day after he was killed at the Battle of Atlanta in the American Civil War? 1,251 page views, August 5, 2012. August 4, 2012 DYK... that Union Colonel James Cameron, killed at the American Civil War First Battle of Bull Run, was a brother of U.S. Secretary of War Simon Cameron? 1,088 page views, August 4, 2012. July 23, 2012 DYK ... that on January 15, 1861, Florida militia colonel William Henry Chase demanded the surrender of Fort Pickens at Pensacola, Florida, which he had designed and constructed as a U.S. Army captain? 2,142 page views, July 23, 2012. July 20, 2012 DYK ... that Confederate General John Bell Hood appointed Colonel Moses Wright Hannon an acting brigadier general after Hannon's men seized more than 1,000 cattle from the Union Army? 1,477 page views, July 20, 2012. July 12, 2012 DYK ... that Confederate Army Colonel Levin Major Lewis was hit by a spent musket ball that stuck in his forehead at the Battle of Lone Jack in Missouri during the American Civil War? 6,369 page views, July 12, 2012. 7,191 page views July 12 and 13, 2012. July 10, 2012 DYK ... that Confederate Army Colonel Wilburn Hill King acted as a general officer for more than a year but was never legally promoted? 3,190 pages views, July 10 and 11, 2012. December 28, 2011 DYK ... that Alabama's first superintendent of public education, Confederate brigadier general and college professor William F. Perry, had little or no formal education? 2,430 page views, December 28 and 29, 2011. December 5, 2011 DYK ... that Confederate brigadier general Alfred E. Jackson was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson because of his kindness toward Johnson's family during the Civil War?" 7,600 page views, December 5 and 6, 2011. 8,401 page views between November 18, 2011 and December 29, 2011. |
AfDs I have reviewed
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Individual AfD's reviewed by Donner60 as of March 19, 2014: 26, 23 !votes matched consensus, 1 !vote did not match consensus, 2 !vote results had no consensus. Since one of the no consensus conclusions resulted in a keep where I !voted to keep, maybe I should note 24 of 26 !votes matched the final result. My !vote on the other no consensus item was "merge."
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Speedy Deletion nominations/Hoax article deletions
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Speedy deletion nominations and results. The Battle of Allentown nominated simultaneously by Mediran and Donner60. Deleted.
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My On this day Article
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A June 17 anniversary from one of the new articles that I created appeared on the On this day section of the Main Page on June 17, 2012: |
My Barnstars, Compliments
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I thank User:Bullmoosebell, a brave defender of our nation and our liberties and energetic Wikipedia contributor for the following barnstars. His contributions to our country far outweigh my meager contribution to Wikipedia. I express here my admiration for him and his work and display these awards with pride because he bestowed them. Copied from my talk page.
Quite an honor from Gerda Arendt, a truly awesome Wikipedian:
A cookie for you!
Thanks to Amit for this one:
Thank youThank you for protecting the Salem, MO from vandals. How can we report or block IP 108.239.141 for vandalism? Thank you again! Taram (talk) 07:46, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Precious again hero of reviewing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:02, 18 July 2012 (UTC) A year ago, you were the 186th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated in br'erly style, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:23, 18 July 2013 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
A barnstar for you!
Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
We are wondering about the educational background of our top medical editors. Would you please complete a quick 5-question survey? (please only fill this out if you received the award) Thanks again :) --Ocaasi, Doc James and the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation
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Reports to AIV and Dispositions; Page protection requests
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The counter in Snottywong's tools showed I had 56 edits to AIV as of October 8, 2013. The first was 03:13, 18 October 2012. The most recent as of October 8, 2013 was 03:46, 4 October 2013. I went through the contributions and found 46 reports and some other edits because of format mistakes or which were made to add further information about a reported vandalism. My user box showed 46+ reports as of that day, which was an error of 1 if the + sign is taken into account. I have kept the number of reports in the user box at 1 fewer than the number of reports actually made to AIV to account for the + sign. Donner60 (talk) 06:13, 8 October 2013 (UTC) As of September 19, 2014, I have made distinct reports on 122 different vandals to AIV; so user box shows 121+. Of those, 118 resulted in blocks, 2 were deleted by non-administrators (one on January 1, 2013); 1 no action because warnings out of order, no vandalism after final warning, 1 no action during 9-hour backlog, then removed from list due to no further vandalism. Following are the exact dispositions of the reports. I also supported the report of User:KyleTastic which resulted in the temporary block of 166.137.244.128 on August 19, 2014.) Results of Donner60 Reports to AIV to September 19, 2014 125.255.116.123 blocked 31 hours by Jayron32 18 October 2012 I made a page protection request for Unreal Tournament on June 3, 2014 due to persistent vandalism from several IPs contemporaneously. Protected by Go Phightins! until June 7. I supported a page protection request for Four (One Direction album) on September 9, 2014 due to persistent vandalism by several users. Indefinitely protected by Phil Knight.
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One-minute mistaken block
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I have no blocks except for the one-minute block by mistake described in the following talk page item. I certainly plan to keep it that way but I suppose I could make a bad inadvertent mistake some day. As long as this is the only instance in which it appears that I had a block, and despite the triviality of this, I thought I would note my clean record to date by keeping the following discussion about the mistaken block available here since I will eventually archive it from the talk page. Donner60 (talk) 03:09, 4 June 2013 (UTC) I ran an admin score on snottywong's tools today just to see what would come up. The bot cannot take into account that a block was a mistake or the fact that it lasted for one minute means it must have been a mistake. The score was reduced from 513 to 399 as a result of the block. 500 is a sort of minimum acceptable score although the bot page cautions that the score can not (or does not) take into account certain favorable or unfavorable matters which might change the outcome. I don't know this in order to promote a candidacy for administratorship but merely to point out that one's standing or reputation might suffer from having a block. Whether or not this perception is accurate, or really matters to anyone, I thought I should note the mistake. Donner60 (talk) 07:24, 19 September 2013 (UTC) Oops!Sorry, misclicked and blocked you by mistake. Obviously you're not a vandal. Trout me as you wish. DMacks (talk) 02:38, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
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Some RfAs have been closed so quickly that I have not seen them in time to !vote. Since I have begun to participate in RfA and RfB comments and !voting, I occasionally have missed a candidacy that runs all or most of the seven day period. I could not make up my mind in a few cases. I have three neutral !votes, one of which was a special case where I wanted to comment on the procedure. I think a neutral !vote is seldom useful so I try to avoid them unless I wish to comment on a candidacy I could not support, and might even oppose at the time of the nomination, but did not want to pile on. If it appears to me that a request will inevitably fail and I have no comment or word of encouragement for the future, I rarely would consider adding to the oppose !votes. My support percentage would be lower if I had enter such !votes. I was inclined to oppose most, maybe all, of the failed candidacies that I examined but that I did not vote on from the date I began to participate. I know of no way to count the number of these, at least easily, but I suppose they could have numbered about 10 as of summer 2014. In retrospect, when more information was uncovered by later !voters, I might well have changed a very few of my support !votes. I missed the new information for at least one candidacy before it was withdrawn and I let one or two slide because the ultimate outcome became obvious and although changing !votes occurs, it is infrequent enough that I do not want to change one of mine unless it is important to do so because it would affect the outcome or I thought I should not leave a way off the mark rationale unchanged. RfAs Supported: • Rcsprinter123_2 • Anna_Frodesiak • Kelapstick_2 • Singularity42 • Anne_Delong • Kevin_Gorman • SuperMarioMan • Callanecc • Little_Mountain_5 • TCN7JM • Cerebellum • Lugia2453 • TLSuda • Cindamuse (R.I.P.) • MER-C_3 • Fourthords • Mattythewhite_2 • Trappist_the_monk • FreeRangeFrog • Grandiose • Mentoz86 • Yaris678 • Hahc21_3 • MusikAnimal • Zad68 • Randykitty • Acather96 • Trevj • Go Phightins! • Deor • StringTheory11 • Solarra • Mkativerata • Philg88 • Dodger67 Neutral: • Mdann52 • Incnis_Mrsi • Armbrust Opposed: • Jinkinson • TheAustinMan_2 • Arumpostasest RfBs Supported: • Acalamari_2 • Worm_That_Turned • Writ_Keeper Neutral: Opposed: |
Welcome templates placed
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Welcome templates placed As of May 11, 2014, I am keeping track of my welcome templates placed or other welcomes. I have little or no such activity previously. I now think that perhaps at least some of the new editors that I see in vandalism patrolling or in checking new edits to articles on my watchlist might benefit or be persuaded to edit constructively by having a welcome template with a little advice placed on their talk page. Most of these editors will probably be IP users but at least a few already will have user names. I am keeping this list mainly for statistical reasons and perhaps will remove it or not keep it up after a time if it seems to be getting too long. While keeping track of the users can allow me to check back to see if constructive edits are made, I realize that anyone who becomes a constructive user is likely to register, which will make any follow-up impossible. An early check back on some early users did not show any constructive editing. A few of these users had constructive edits but most of them had one or two nonconstructive or test edits. I placed the welcomes mainly to encourage the nonconstructive, though not necessarily vandalistic, new editors to be constructive. Since their initial nonconstructive edits were minor, I thought they could be good candidates for encouragement. • 11 May 2014 User:96.239.134.106 • 16 May 2014 User:206.255.202.147 • 16 May 2014 User:185.16.69.171 • 16 May 2014 User:69.178.69.28 |
Barnstars given to others
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I should take more notice of others' good work and have started this list to keep track. Sometimes I have been reluctant to award barnstars because (1) many of the good contributors already have quite a few and another coming from me, especially if I have not worked with them much or at all, seemed almost presumptuous; (2) it seems to me that the trend of giving these to others has been rapidly declining (maybe because of (1)?); (3) I often have only seen a little or someone's work, a snapshot so to speak and (4) I wonder about whether I am really able to make such judgments. I suppose these are not adequate reasons. The special barnstar and a few others do seem to have been created to cover number 3 in my catalog. The list has the ones I found by an edit search summary on May 27, 2014, with others added as or near when I have "awarded" them. I am not looking for any recognition or reciprocity. I simply realized that I should be more generous with praise, as others have been to me.
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I have seen many user pages with quotations. So I thought I would add a few. With any luck (1) I won't put in too many and (2) the quotes will be of interest to anyone who might look at them - few persons as I would expect that to be. "The notions that participants often failed to record their true opinions and that we, at a distance of more than a century and a third, can detect what they really thought strike me as highly problematical. Northerners and Confederates simply perceived some events differently and responded accordingly." Gary W. Gallagher, Lee & His Army in Confederate History. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8078-5769-4. p. xi. "Statistics can never measure the true loss in any war, but casualty totals include life and death figures and must be considered. Used in perspective they can give added meaning to any conflict. In the Civil War exact totals in most categories are impossible to ascertain and there has been much argument and controversy involving them. Herein we have used all major studies of numbers and losses and in many cases have had to draw our own conclusions. But in broad terms the figures can be said to be within reasonable range of the truth. Exact counting was difficult then; it is, to understate the matter, impossible today." Long, E. B. The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac, 1861–1865. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. OCLC 68283123. pp.709-710. "The nations were caught in a trap, a trap made during the first thirty days out of battles that failed to be decisive, a trap from which there was, and has been, no exit." Barbara Tuchman, The Guns of August, New York: Macmillan, 1962. OCLC 192333. p. 524.
"Writing history is a very tough job—and one of the most exhausting." B. H. Liddell Hart, Why don't we learn from history? "A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge." B. H. Liddell Hart "The past is never dead. It's not even past." William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun, 1951, Act 1, sc. 3. "It is not what we don't know that troubles us, it is what we know but isn't so." - Mark Twain "The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." - Mark Twain "At the end of the day, we're not an education resource. We're an entertainment brand." Nancy Dubuc, CEO, A+E Networks, speaking about subsidiary: The History Channel. From: Felix Gilette, "The Duck Whisperer," Bloomberg Businessweek, June 24-June 30, 2013. p. 72. "In poetry, as in painting and sculpture, it is necessary that the imitator should be well acquainted with that which he undertakes to imitate, and expert in the mechanical part of his art. Genius will not furnish him with a vocabulary: it will not teach him what word most exactly corresponds to his idea, and will most fully convey it to others: it will not make him a great descriptive poet, till he has looked with attention on the face of nature; or a great dramatist, till he has felt and witnessed much of the influence of the passions. Information and experience are, therefore, necessary; not for the purpose of strengthening the imagination, which is never so strong as in people incapable of reasoning — savages, children, madmen, and dreamers; but for the purpose of enabling the artist to communicate his conceptions to others." Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Dryden" Edinburgh Review 47 (January 1828) 1-36. "Out, damned spot; out, I say." Macbeth, Act V, Scene 1. "If a vandal insults you, it is a reliable indicator that you are doing something right." - User:Antandrus "Articles don't need to be "fully" referenced. Not every sentence needs sourcing." Dr. ☠ Blofeld 19:25, 11 July 2013 (UTC) "A lunatic is easily recognized. He is a moron who doesn’t know the ropes. The moron proves his thesis; he has logic, however twisted it may be. The lunatic on the other hand, doesn’t concern himself at all with logic; he works by short circuits. For him, everything proves everything else. The lunatic is all idée fixe, and whatever he comes across confirms his lunacy. You can tell him by the liberties he takes with common sense, by his flashes of inspiration, and by the fact that sooner or later he brings up the Templars...There are lunatics who don’t bring up the Templars, but those who do are the most insidious. At first they seem normal, then all of a sudden..." Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. ISBN 978-0-15-132765-2.
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To Do
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To-do: Finish revisions to Culper Ring article and articles concerning American Revolutionary War spies. Occasional DYK reviews and submissions; AfDs; CSDs and a few hours per week of recent changes (anti-vandalism) patrol, including any needed reports to AIV. |