My primary interests are military aviation and naval history, but I also sneak around making insidious edits to any other topic I come across that needs a bit of improvement. Although I havecreated quite a few pages...and60 userboxes.
The Bushranger has been identified as anAwesome Wikipedian, so I've officially declared today asThe Bushranger's Day! For being a great person and awesome Wikipedian, enjoy being the star of the day, The Bushranger!
Awarded toThe Bushranger for the high number of Did You Know articles written during the 2011 WikiCup. Congratulations!J Milburn andThe ed17. 21:18, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons, for placing first in the December 2017Military History Article Writing Contest with a staggering 229 points from 53 articles. Well done and congratulations,AustralianRupert (talk) 08:09, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
Congratulations for being nominated as one of themilitary historians of the year for 2011 in recognition of your huge 'behind the scenes' contributions to the project as well as fine work on many articles. For the Coordinators,Nick-D (talk) 03:37, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
TheWikiChevrons are hereby bestowed upon The Bushranger for his fine effort in the February 2011Military History monthly article writing Contest, placing first with a total of 60 points from 14 articles. Well done! Cheers,Ian Rose (talk) 13:35, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
TheWikiChevrons are hereby bestowed upon The Bushranger for his great efforts in the January 2011Military History monthly article writing Contest, placing first with a grand total of 214 points from 43 articles. Well done! Cheers,Ian Rose (talk) 06:47, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a Milhist article at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period October to December 2017. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes.Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 04:55, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste{{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space
I award you this barnstar for creating three awesome userboxes that I now have on myuserbox page, and also for all the effort you made in creating dozens more. So add this userbox to all the others on your user page!—EdGl 04:05, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
I appreciate your expanding of thePeacekeeper Rail Garrison Car page. Thanks for going above and beyond on an article that frankly I was unsure of its notability. Also, thanks for the other things as well on this project, but mainly that. Have a nice day!Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:13, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
For doing what virtually no other editor on the Aircraft Project has been able to do: keep a sense of humour while in a deep philosophical discussion about article categories.Ahunt (talk) 00:03, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
I feel compelled to award you this barnstar. While developing theTops In Blue article, I've got to bothWP:WikiProject Military History andWP:DYK with questions or requests and I didn't get the results I had hoped for until you came along to save the day. Thanks so much for advocating on my behalf in both these projects! v/r -TP 02:51, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Good Humor
For your closure ofthis AfD. --Lear'sFool 05:24, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
I see you many time closing and reviewing AfDs, which can be many time a tedious thing to do. Just a recognization for that! :)♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛TalkEmail 11:21, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
Researcher's Barnstar
I am both pleased and honored to present you with theResearcher's Barnstar in appreciation for your superb work in finding sources showing suitablenotability for the articleZen (2007 film). Excellent work!Schmidt,MICHAEL Q. 08:32, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
For having the conviction and common sense to do the right thing because it's the right thing, because you know it's the right thing, and for no other reason.causa sui (talk) 17:47, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Good Humor
For pointing out that there is a 'me' in 'team' after I went through the trouble of pointing out that there was no 'I' in 'team', I hereby bestow upon you this Barnstar of Good Humor. However you choose to put it to use, rest assured that we will be happy with your decision.TomStar81 (Talk) 00:18, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
"Yo dawg ... " made me LOL, even if it might qualify as something awful to say by the ArbCom standards [shudder].ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 22:31, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for taking part in the March 2012 Move to Commons Drive. We made good progress!Cloudbound (talk) 21:37, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
The All-Around Amazing Barnstar
Thank you for participating in theJanuary 2012 MTC Drive. The drive was a big success. As a result of the drive thousands of files was transferred and many files was nominated for deletion because of copyright issues or because they were not usable. For your big work transferring files to Commons you are hereby awarded this barnstar.Cloudbound (talk) 20:04, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
For your efforts in the deletion of transferred files, you are also awarded the Admin's Barnstar.Cloudbound (talk) 20:05, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For the articles' you created and their quality...quite few?.I find many!..Srikar Kashyap (talk) 13:14, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Good Humor
I don't know how you can keep up the humour while working at ANI. You, sir, are a saint.Ishdarian 02:36, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
For tireless work (histsplit and blocking) over 2016 disambiguation hijackings. Thank you!Alex Shih (talk) 03:51, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Thank you for dealing with the various newly reported hijacked articles and their hijackers.Softlavender (talk) 07:52, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
The WikiProject Barnstar
For your content work and continued support to Wikipedia as an administrator I am pleased to personally award you with this barnstar and add you to my2017 New Years Honours List. Thank you for your contributions to WikiProject Military History. Regards,AustralianRupert (talk) 13:01, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
You just summed up the whole bloody shabbang in one sentence. Short of making that policy, take this. Happy New Year; another tempting opportunity to do it all*over*again...and again...and again... >SerialNumber54129...speculates 09:51, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
This is for all the terrific hooks you keep coming up with for all the aviation and fighter planes articles that you create. It's hard not to keep slotting them into the lead slot for all the great images you supply as well. Thanks for making our job building DYK prep sets so much easier! Best,Yoninah (talk) 00:51, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
I've seen you doingA LOT of various admin work recently, so I wanted to let you know that someone is watching and appreciates all the effort you put into the wiki!Thank you~Gwennie🐈｟💬📋｠ 04:27, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
For Being a Birder BIRDS ARE AWESOME!!!Josephseagullstalin 05:57, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Dirty, rotten, scheming Inclusionist Cabalist!!:P I award you the highly dubious distinction of being the "Cabalist of the Day" award: Askari Mark(Talk) 18:31, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Tireless Contributor award for your diligence and persistence in expanding articles. Bzuk(Talk) 13:47, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
I was surprised to see you've apparently not yet been recognised for your excellent work greasing the wheels at Did You Know? Your efforts haven't gone unappreciated! -DustFormsWords (talk) 04:06, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
First you attained 25 DYK creations and expansions, now you achieve 25 nominations. Ni-i-ice. Thanks for bringing others' articles to light!Binksternet (talk) 03:08, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
You've done great work on military-related articles over the past year. Congratulations on getting to 50!PM800 (talk) 00:01, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations to The Bushranger! Over 100 articles that you created or expanded have been featured on the "Did you know..." section of the main page. Keep up the good work!28bytes (talk) 00:25, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
For finding the wheat among the chaff and bringing it to DYK, the Project thanks you.The Interior(Talk) 19:04, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Well done! You are to be congratulated for helping nominate 100 new or expanded articles toT:TDYK to be mentioned on the Main page in the"Did you know?" section. Your effort to bring attention to the editing work of others has been a great encouragement to continued volunteerism on this, the greatest online encyclopedia in the world. The wiki thanks you!Binksternet (talk) 23:55, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Well done for reaching the 200 DYK milestone! You are at 201 and counting :-) — AARON •TALK 17:10, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your tireless contributions in a seemingly thankless job of sniffing outsocks.
Your efforts are greatly appreciated and a comfort to those of us who can'tduck fast enough. The abuse you endure and the time you spend has not gone unnoticed.Atsme📞📧 01:33, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
I,Chrislk02, award you these wiki wings for your excellent work with aircraft manufacturer navigation templates! Keep up the great work.-- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 15:03, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
I am primarily granting you this barnstar for your AN/I closures. They are seriously quite amazing.JJP...MASTER![talk to] JJP... master? 22:23, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Good Humor
You have officially received a second barnstar of good humor from me. Congratulations!JJP...MASTER![talk to] JJP... master? 19:05, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Good Humor
"Sharp object taken away". Made my day.~ ToBeFree (talk) 08:06, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thanks for your hard workSliekid (talk) 05:18, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Good Humor
It's always a delight to readWP:ANI close titles from you; they never disappoint, and I'm glad that a neglected feature ofTemplate:Archive top is finally making a resurgence thanks to you. WP:ANI is not an easy place to work in either, so seeing one of your close titles always brings a smile to a grim page. Thank you. Regards,User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me |Contributions). 04:41, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
For helping me move my new article to mainspace; adding portals, categories, and related lists; and fixing the mess I made when moving drafts!Tylermack999 (talk) 15:33, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For excellent usage of the term "cromulent", your work clearly helps to embiggen the communityJac16888Talk 21:46, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Thank you for being such a regular presence on ANI these days. Despite a recent election that brought us a dozen new admins, it seems like we could use more administrators patrolling noticeboards and I always know that you will be checking on ANI throughout the day, closing complaints at an appropriate time. It's appreciated! I wish we could clone you.LizRead!Talk! 04:51, 16 February 2025 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy
Thank you for resolving ongoing edit war withHailie Deegan's page. I simply don't have the energy to deal with trolls like that these days, so I'm glad to see they've been blocked. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 04:43, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Good Humor
For your consistent good humor and cool head onWP:ANI.Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:55, 26 March 2025 (UTC)
The Closer's Barnstar
Good close of a rambling discussion at ANIChetsford (talk) 12:46, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
I highly appreciate your well-reasoned closing statement. Best wishes,Jusdafax (talk) 18:28, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thank you for block that user's talk page access so quickly.Iljhgtn (talk) 23:41, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar
For solid decision making in AfDs, both as an admin and as a regular participant.gidonb (talk) 03:10, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
The Resilient Barnstar
You embody the spirit of this award entirely. Even when you may or may not be in the wrong, you always listen and respect opposing viewpoints.MrAureliusRYell at me! 14:20, 27 August 2025 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
For being bold and making the difficult decision at this AfD. Well done.–DMartin 17:52, 9 September 2025 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
For resolving the mess created by Warrenmck and sock and Randy Kryn with aboomerang.Robert McClenon (talk) 17:02, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
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