User:Gwillhickers

Greetings!

-- Just your average history buff here. Since the beginning when its pages began showing up in search results I have been an avid reader of the history pages found here at Wikipedia and in the Public Domain, and greatly appreciated, as most of the history pages here have been years in the making, forged with the scrutiny of peer review, with great time, research and human effort being contributed to the many pages of knowledge that have culminated here at this point in our history, as it once did also at the

. Wikipedia, at this late date, is the richest source of information, new and old, in the entire world.

Early American and British Naval History, Postal History and History in general are my interests and sailing ships and rare and vintage postage stamps are my love. An interest in history was part of what brought me into the world of

stamp image or philatelic page

, providing a topical and literary cross reference and do so with the hopes that the two areas of interest will serve to enhance the other. Humbly we go forth.

Humiliter nos deinceps This user is a citizen of theUnited States of America State of California This editor is a Grandmaster Editor First-Class and is entitled to display this Mithril Editor Star with the Neutronium Superstar hologram. This editor is a Grand High Togneme Laureate and is entitled to write the Book of All Knowledge: 3rd Edition and attach the library barcode.

~ Recent contributions ~ ~ Articles created ~

This user helped promote Ulysses S. Grant to featured article status.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko to featured article status .

This user helped promote George Washington to good article status.

This user helped promote USS Monitor to good article status.

This user helped promote Pony Express to good article status.

This user has written or expanded '83' articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page.

( Other such items listed below )

General Editing Activity

Most of my writing and editing has been in early American history, and in the related naval history and postal history areas. When not involved in that capacity I spend time providing citations and creating bibliographies for various history pages that need them, often adding other sources in further reading. After years of 'hunting and gathering' for sources in early American, British and related naval history I have sorted them out by subject and time period and created the

,, hoping they will serve to encourage interest in readers and help fellow editors build articles with well cited writing.

User / Interests

pending changes reviewer rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify )

This user has file mover rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user has file mover rights on Wikimedia Commons This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user uploads images on Commons and has a User Page there. {{Wiki}} This user is an advanced writer in the MediaWiki language. This user has page mover rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

WikiProject U.S. Presidents This user is a participant in WikiProject Ships.

This user is interested in the American Revolution This user is interested in the American Civil War. This user is interested in the French Revolution.

This user is a member of WikiProject Military history. This user is interested in the War of 1812. This user is interested in philately.

This user collects Postal History This user is a current or former student of Mohawk Valley Community College This user attends or attended Syracuse University. Go 'Cuse!

The Wikipedia Library .

Gwillhickers has uploaded 6 Valued Images to Wikimedia Commons and over 2400 other images. original account This user is a participant of WikiProject Bibliographies

Common Editing Policy & Guideline NaV-AiD

Consensus Consensus is a normal and usually implicit and invisible process across Wikipedia. Any edit that is not disputed or reverted by another editor can be assumed to have consensus. Should that edit later be revised by another editor without dispute, it can be assumed that a new consensus has been reached. The consensus process The three-revert rule When to revert Always provide an edit summary Arguing the point, not with the editor. Disruptive editing Signs of disruptive editing Repeatedly disregards other editors' questions or requests for explanations concerning edits -- or -- objections to edits; Repeatedly disregards other editors' explanations for their edits. Rejects or ignores community input: Campaign to drive away productive contributors See Also: - Links included in the "See also" section may be useful for readers seeking to read as much about a topic as possible, including subjects only peripherally related to the one in question." Repeated Links Overlinking and underlinking What generally should not be linked MOS - Image size / "...a good reason to do so..." + "...500 pixels tall and 400 pixels wide, so that they can comfortably be displayed on the smallest displays..." Writing better articles HTML is okay if used sparingly

Awards

The Barnstar of Diligence For your work on minor Frigate and Sloop of War articles. Wee Curry Monster talk 11:38, 20 October 2011 (UTC) The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Thank you very much for all of your contributions and refinement of pages like Thomas Jefferson and James Fenimore Cooper. Keep it up!Sadads (talk) 14:50, 19 June 2012 (UTC) The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar Thank you for helping with the Tadeusz Kościuszko GAN, I was about to start addressing the issues today - but I see you did it all for me. Thanks / Dziękuję :) PS. Also, I think Casimir Pulaski will be passed in few days, that will make two most popular Polish-American milhist personas into GAs :) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:41, 21 April 2013 (UTC) The Original Barnstar For creating Edmund Bacon (1785–1866), a new article with unusual depth. 78.26 (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 17:28, 13 June 2013 (UTC) The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class For your assistance with Poland-related articles, such as Tadeusz Kościuszko, I award you The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland. Dziękujemy! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:31, 17 September 2013 (UTC) Editor of the Week Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Wikipedia Editor Retention Project ) 17:14, 20 October 2013 (UTC) The Tireless Contributor Barnstar (For work on the Thomas Jefferson article.) Happy Barnstar day!! Audiluver (talk) 23:34, 24 April 2014 (UTC) The Original Barnstar Loved this philatelic article - U.S. Parcel Post stamps of 1912-13! Extremely well written. AshLin (talk ) 02:50, 25 May 2014 (UTC) The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 1st Class Well, you actually what I thought was impossible: despite my nay-saying, you succesfully pushed Tadeusz Kościuszko to a FA-level. Thefefore, it is my pleasure to award you The Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 1st Class on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland. Hurra! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:40, 26 May 2014 (UTC) The Copyeditor's Barnstar Congrats on getting Tadeusz Kościuszko to featured article! MONGO 00:51, 27 May 2014 (UTC) Above Average History Buff Thank you for helping to culminate "pages of knowledge", for quality articles such as Awesome Wikipedian ! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:13, 17 June 2014 (UTC) The Editor's Barnstar 1930 Graf Zeppelin stamps Well done. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:52, 22 June 2014 (UTC) The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Thanks for helping make Wikipedia a better place. All the best :) Aerospeed (Talk) 02:55, 19 September 2014 (UTC) Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Gulf Fritillaries Mating 0019.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 13:32, 28 October 2014 (UTC) The Epic Barnstar For your 2014 contributions to multiple history related articles you are hereby award this Epic Barnstar. Congratulations! For the Military history Wikiproject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 07:36, 29 January 2015 (UTC) Super Mediation Particpant Award Thank you for your dedication, patience and flexibility at mediation. Cheers! -- — Keithbob • Talk • 20:01, 25 September 2015 (UTC) A beer for you! Thanks for your edits at Tadeusz Kościuszko. I think after you are done we can nominate it for a Good Article, wouldn't you agree? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 17:05, 11 February 2013 (UTC) Actually, I was thinking about putting in a TJF section just for those particular references...see you got to it first. Huzzah! Shearonink (talk) 20:54, 21 July 2016 (UTC) The Tireless Contributor Barnstar I just browsed your user page and am very impressed by your contributions. Carmelsuttor (talk) 18:30, 25 April 2018 (UTC) The Teamwork Barnstar Your contribution to John Mason Loomis was very helpful. As was your proactive DYK review. User: Doug Coldwell started it all, but it is better because we worked it together. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:46, 4 October 2019 (UTC) Hook update Your hook reached 5,128 views (427.3 per hour), making it one of the [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics/Monthly DYK pageview leaders/2021/February#|most viewed hooks of February 2021 — theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 01:04, 12 May 2022 (UTC) ]] – nice work! The Special Barnstar To Gwillhickers for creating the Bibliography of the United States Constitution and developing it into a comprehensive tool for researching the U.S. Constitution. Of all the Barnstars that apply—Brilliant, Tireless, Creative, Amazing—"Special" is most appropriate in describing how this article will be regarded by future scholars and students. Allreet (talk) 18:04, 21 June 2023 (UTC)