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Þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg!


I was once a great poet among the Heodenings, until I was displaced and sent wandering by Heorrenda, a more skillful poet.[1] When my travels carry me into the more unfrequented regions of Wikipedia, I tend to potter about,[2] making small emendations.

I also have an alternative (non-admin) account, Trout Slap Replica,[3] for editing on non-secure computers.

Notes

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  1. ^ With thanks (and apologies) to Saforrest, who wrote thus here.
  2. ^ When I haven't mislaid my spectacles—as P. G. Wodehouse wrote (in Leave It to Psmith), "no man ... can hope to potter with any good result if the world is a mere blur".
  3. ^ A conflation of this and this.

Articles I've started (no doubt inadvisedly) on my travels

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Stellate tchotchkes (and a codex and an intromittent organ and a bauble)—to show that they're appreciated

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Stuff that no one's interested in except for me and perhaps the barnstar givers

Deor has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
and therefore, I've officially declared today as Deor's day!
For your awesome contributions all around,
enjoy being the Star of the day, Deor!

Cheers,
bibliomaniac15
03:04, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Editor of the Week
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7  12:53, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

The Rescue from Deletion Barnstar
In appreciation of your excellent research and editorial skills that resulted in the preservation of the article Ozark Southern English. Job well done!

Ecoleetage (talk) 14:44, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For a quick revert on Prayer, the article I intend to bring up to WP:FA status.  Blanchardb -MeMyEarsMyMouth- timed 22:51, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For your efforts in protecting Apollo, I award you this star. Law Lord (talk) 17:00, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thank you for your tireless anti-vandalism efforts, and your other contributions to Wikipedia. Radagast3 (talk) 01:36, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Your Wikiholism is a boon to us all PanydThe muffin is not subtle 19:18, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For fixing a ten year question at WP:RD in ten minutes! S.G.(GH) ping! 14:00, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For amazing work in the vital but under-recognized field of geocoding -- The Anome (talk) 19:34, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Thanks Deor for adding location details (coords) to Pwllgwaelod and Dinas Head. You're a star! Hogyn Lleol ★ (chat) 07:31, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
and still more co-ords - thanks again. This means that we can now map all these around the centre of Monmouth. We need to find some Open Street Map peeps to help! Thanks for your help. Victuallers (talk) 00:10, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
The Minor Barnstar
For superbly copy editing my work on the Prince Albert Impact Crater article, I hereby award you the Minor Barnstar. Thank you for your help! Kevyn (talk) 02:09, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your tireless efforts to clean up geographic coordinates in Wikipedia articles. Thank you. —Stepheng3 (talk) 03:39, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
For all those things that make a great Wikipedian! Patience, always AGF, and especially the countless hours of Reference Desk help, even with 1960 songs! Marketdiamond (talk) 15:53, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
The Reference Desk Barnstar
Your answer here was spot on, and the work deserving of recognition. μηδείς (talk) 03:10, 20 October 2012 (UTC)}
The Working Man's Barnstar
Thank you for supplying the county codes for a large amount of articles i have created, and shortening down my over specific co-ordinates. Where do you get the county codes from? Gavbadger (talk) 20:13, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Thanks for all your contributions to the geocoding of articles! The Anome (talk) 18:08, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar
for all your hard work in adding coordinates to Dorset and Hampshire geography articles. Thank you! Bermicourt (talk) 17:06, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy
For incredible politeness and a great job at the Teahouse clearing up an issue. Best, Matty.007 20:39, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
The Minor barnstar
For your work with adding coordinates to articles. I keep seeing you on my watchlist. --Jakob (talk) 18:33, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Thanks for all your help on this, I have sent the copyright letter! Tricia Pwilby14 (talk) 21:55, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
I am really impressed by your work. Yor are doing and excellent job in coordinates. ًًًً Ameen Akbar (talk) 19:01, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
Dogstars
Stars for the stellar help you've been providing for years by sharing your knowledge and experience at the reference desks, canine for bringing the "WOOF (RDD)—Wikipedian Order of Old Farts, Reference Desk Division" to our attention, and making me laugh. ---Sluzzelin talk 00:21, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
well done ! Buddhikad 17:14, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Many thanks for your fantastic work on geocoding railway stations in Pakistan! The Anome (talk) 16:22, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Thanks for always keeping an eye on Louise Nevelson. It's one of the proudest articles I have ever written on, and your vigilance means a lot. <3 Missvain (talk) 02:02, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank you for the move RIT RAJARSHI (talk) 04:56, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Thank you for all your efforts. And hope to see you back once we get these issues resolved. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:15, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
thanks JABBAR BAGHI (talk) 23:04, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Also for your contributions to Leros, along with Martin of Sheffield. BigAvgeek123 (talk) 16:10, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
To show appreciation of your Reference Desk answer about the stereotype mats i was cataloging, I award you this Gutenberg Bible I stole from the New York Public Library. I award you this, so you have one of printings finest achievements for answering my question abut printing!--Found5dollar (talk) 13:37, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Our motto: "It's only hard if you make it hard"

The PENISS Prize
On behalf of the People Encouraging Niceness (and/or Eschewing Nastiness) In Society Society, I hereby award you the PENISS Prize.

The prize is the highest (and sole) honour in the gift of the Society and is awarded irregularly, on merit. It entitles the awardee to the postnominal letters P.E.N.I.S.S. (in appropriate contexts, of course).

It confers automatic membership of the Society, and it thus bestows the power to award the prize to others*, and they to others, in perpetuity. .

Remember, the more PENISSes in the world, the better for all of us. What a nice thought. Please continue your good work!

small emendations

Thank you for quality articles such as Thomas Blackburn (entomologist), Cosmographia (Bernardus Silvestris) and Claude Houghton, for service from 2006, for "small emendations" such as geocoding of articles, for "all the cool kids were doing it, so ...", for giving "really useful, detailed, clear" answers at the Teahouse, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2244 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:57, 8 July 2019 (UTC)