User:Joseywales1961

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Joseywales1961
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GMT
Education and employment
OccupationRetired Soldier, Training supervisor
EducationBBA, PG Cert EU Law & Policy
UniversityDCU
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs
HobbiesWalking my dogs
MoviesThe Outlaw Josey Wales
BooksMilitary biographies, History
Account statistics
JoinedAugust 2006
  • 2 of my dogs enjoying themselves at Lough Ennell in 2017
    2 of my dogs enjoying themselves at Lough Ennell in 2017
  • Newborn October 2023 Baby sister Willow
    Newborn October 2023 Baby sister Willow


Information

new page reviewer rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify
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This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)
pending changes reviewer rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify
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This user has page mover rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)
This user has been on Wikipedia for 17 years, 7 months and 24 days.
This user is a tutor at New Page Patrol School
This user has participated in 6 Backlog Drives with the New pages patrol.
This user has successfully nominated or updated 36 articles featured in the In The News section on the Main Page.
This user tries not to break Wikipedia
View my articles created Here
AfD Stats Here
New Page Review Stats Here
This user has been thanked by: These users
Counter-Vandalism Unit Academy
graduate.
This user has thanked: These users
This user is a fan of Scottish football.
This user comes from Ireland
enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
This user is owned by 3 Springer Spaniels
The best ever country singer was George Jones.
This user drives a Dacia Duster
This user is a retired Irish Army Coy-Sgt.
This wikipedian served in UN-led peacekeeping force(s).
This user served in
peacekeeping
force(s).


DCUThis user attended Dublin City University.
DThis user attended Dorset College.
This user is a member of
WikiProject Military history.
This user is a Roman Catholic.
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Win11This user contributes using Windows 11.
This user contributes using a
MS Surface Pro 6.
Firefox This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.

Old Account I lost access to

Lost account

I made this account in 2006 which was dormant and forgot about for many years and I edited as

User:Xyzspaniel
from 2012 until about 2018. To enforce a wikibreak/retirement?, I scrambled the password on that account (and hadn't a recovery email) needless to say I lost control of that account but I could revive (and rename) this account through email so here I am now!

Articles created

Articles I created

I have created 46 main space articles see my log here

Football

Irish Bishops

Irish Politicians

Military

Misc

  • Robert Grace (singer)
  • Max (English Springer Spaniel)
  • United States Bowen, Colorado Disambiguation page

Spanish Bishops

These show up on my log but were NOT originally created by me

and 20 Simple English Dog articles

Redirects

I don't keep count of these but my log is here


Committed Identity

My details

Places I have set foot in!

My travels

The "Home" Countries

Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland England Scotland Wales
Courtesy of the Army
Albania Austria Belgium Cyprus Egypt
Germany Greece Hungary Israel Jordan
Kosovo Lebanon Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Cyprus
North Macedonia State of Palestine Serbia Slovenia Syria
Turkey
Holidays
Croatia Fuerteventura Gran Canaria Lanzarote Lithuania
Mallorca Montenegro Portugal Spain Tenerife
Pictures from days gone by

Sub-pages

My Sub-pages
Subpages for this user:

Awards, Barnstars etc.

Military medals, Wikipedia barnstars, cookies etc.
My military awards

Service Medal with Bar (15+ years service), Peacekeepers Medal

UNIFIL Medal (5 awards), NATO medal for Macedonia

Wikipedia Editing
CVU Academy Graduate
Hi, Joseywales1961, On behalf of the
talk
) 09:40, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
The Real Life Barnstar
Thank you Josey Wales! :) Yeah, sorry for being gone from Wikipedia for so long. With all the work I get, its hard to find time these days to edit. I'll definitely try to get back to editing. With endless gratitude from New York. Dantheanimator (talk) 01:37, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks for noticing the vandalism on my user page! P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 21:28, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence Thanks JW for diligently reading through all submissions on
WP:ITNRD and providing your notes. I know we often do not credit editors who read each article and provide their feedback, as much as we credit creators, nominators, and updaters. I wanted to use this chance to say, "Thank You!" Ktin (talk
) 05:25, 23 November 2020 (UTC)


The Original Barnstar
Best of luck Md Nahid Islam Sumon (talk) 15:46, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks for your participation in the November 2021 New Pages Patrol drive

The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia   
For reviewing more than 500 articles during the backlog drive.
The Teamwork Barnstar
For re-reviewing at least 25 articles during the backlog drive.
Thank you for reviewing or re-reviewing 1605 articles, which helped contribute to an overall 1276-article reduction in the backlog during the drive. (t · c) buidhe 12:11, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

February 2022

The Reviewer Barnstar
Thank you for reviewing many of my newly created pages! Your help is appreciated.  Thomas Whitebread|  23:40, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

NPP Award for 2020

The New Page Reviewer's Iron Award

For over 360 article reviews during 2020. Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:58, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Here is a barnstar to show appreciation for the NPP reviews you did back in 2020. We realize this is late, but NPP fell behind in some coordination activities. We are just getting caught up. If you don't want to receive "old" barnstars, please just ignore this and reply (with a ping) to let us know not to send you any more. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:58, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

NPP Award

The New Page Reviewer's Gold Award

For over 5,000 article reviews during 2021. Well done! Keep up the good work! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:17, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

NPP Backlog Drive Awards

The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia   
This award is given to Joseywales1961 for collecting more than 500 points doing reviews and re-reviews, in the October NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 10:07, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Unnecessarily complicated Gears Award

This award is given to Joseywales1961 for collecting more than 150 points per week doing reviews, in the October NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 10:07, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
This award is given to Joseywales1961 for doing over 25 re-reviews, in the October NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 10:07, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

NPP
Award for 2022

The New Page Reviewer's Silver Award

For over 2,000 article reviews during 2022. Well done! Keep up the good work! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:03, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

The New Page Patroller's Barnstar

Just wanted to thank you for your efforts over at NPP. It's a truly thankless job, so, well, thank you.Onel5969 TT me 15:03, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

May 2023 NPP Drive Award

Tireless Contributor Barnstar

This award is given to Joseywales1961 for collecting more than 100 points doing redirect reviews, in the May 2023 NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 01:30, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Barnstar

The New Page Patroller's Barnstar

Thank you very much for being an NPP school teacher. It really boosts the quality of new page patrollers. I am glad we have folks like you stepping up to teach. Great job :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 11:58, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

October 2023 NPP backlog drive – Streak award

Planetary Gear Award

This award is given to Joseywales1961 for collecting more than 100 points per week in the October 2023 NPP backlog drive. Thank you so much for your continuous contributions to the drive! Hey man im josh (talk) 01:28, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

October 2023 NPP backlog drive – Points award

The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia   
This award is given to Joseywales1961 for collecting more than 500 points during the October 2023 NPP backlog drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to the drive! Hey man im josh (talk) 01:41, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

October 2023 NPP backlog drive – Re-reviews award

The Teamwork Barnstar
This award is given to Joseywales1961 for doing over 25 re-reviews, in the October 2023 NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to the drive! – DreamRimmer (talk) 03:39, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

NPP Awards for 2023

The New Page Reviewer's Bronze Award

For over 1,000 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

January 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award

The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia   
This award is given in recognition to Joseywales1961 for collecting more than 500 points during the January 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 16,070 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 22:31, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

January 2024 NPP backlog drive – Streak award

Planetary Gear Award

This award is given in recognition to Joseywales1961 for collecting at least 100 points during each week of the January 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 16,070 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 23:01, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

January 2024 NPP backlog drive – Re-reviews award

The Teamwork Barnstar
This award is given to Joseywales1961 for doing over 25 re-reviews, in the January 2024 NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to the drive! – DreamRimmer (talk) 11:28, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

ITN Credits

ITN & RD nominated or updated

On 2 January 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Prosper Grech, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:06, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

On 4 January 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Marian Finucane, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:23, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

On 8 January 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Larry Gogan, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:44, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

On 24 January 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Seamus Mallon, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 23:51, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

On 9 April 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Prine, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Step hen 00:01, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

On 30 April 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Michael Robinson (footballer), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 00:06, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

On 14 May 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Renato Corti, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. qedk (t c) 12:21, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

On 28 May 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Paul Shrubb, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Step hen 23:15, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

On 9 June 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Tony Dunne, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:00, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

On 16 June 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Madigan (politician), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 22:28, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

On 23 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ruth Lewis, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Step hen 10:24, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

On 22 September 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article David Cook (Northern Ireland politician), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:29, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

On 30 September 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Waddy (British Army officer), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:12, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

On 7 November 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Jim Marurai, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 07:37, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

On 8 November 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Seymour Topping, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Step hen 22:21, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

On 16 November 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Doug Supernaw, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 15:00, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

On 17 December 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Awesome Again, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. – John M Wolfson (talkcontribs) 00:43, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Nice work! – John M Wolfson (talkcontribs) 00:43, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

On 26 December 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Fitzpatrick (footballer, born 1946), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:00, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

On 1 January 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Tommy Docherty, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:15, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

On 10 January 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Michael Apted, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 09:30, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

On 27 February 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gary Halpin, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT• C 01:26, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

On 28 February 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Manfred Gerstenfeld, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT• C 02:02, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

On 9 March 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Kind (horse), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Step hen 05:23, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

On 24 March 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Frank Worthington, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. TJMSmith (talk) 13:27, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

On 8 May 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Bo (dog), which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 21:36, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

On 16 July 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2021 European floods, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 04:09, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

On 1 August 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Albert Vanhoye, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 21:28, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

On 28 September 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Caressing (horse), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Step hen 10:37, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

On 27 October 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Walter Smith, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 08:44, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

On 13 November 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ron Flowers, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 05:26, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

  • Good job on the sourcing for this, thanks. Was hoping that someone would be able to help when I nominated it, so much appreciated. Joseph 2302 (talk) 10:01, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

On 16 November 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Bertie Auld, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 03:46, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

On 30 November 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Republicanism in Barbados, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Step hen 04:07, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

On 17 February 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Luigi De Magistris (cardinal), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 13:21, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

On 26 March 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Barrington Patterson, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. – Muboshgu (talk) 04:55, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

On 27 October 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Rock of Gibraltar (horse), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Step hen 23:48, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

On 8 January 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Frank McGarvey, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 23:00, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

On 25 October 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Bobi (dog), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 11:04, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

On 17 March 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Charlie Bird, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 05:13, 17 March 2024 (UTC)