-- 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 Ancient Library of Alexandria. 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 Philately (finding a box filled with old stamped letters and postcards in our attic when I was a young man helped a bit also). I sometimes will link a given historical page with the corresponding 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
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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)
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week, for workhorse content creation and improvement over extended period of time with fantastic attitude. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project) 17:14, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
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)
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)
Always precious Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always
