User:LonelyBeacon

{{Wikibreak|The Beacon| It would be more correct to say that I am pretty sure that I will be back. I have taken some time to reflect on my actions of late, and I still cannot help but think that I acted not only within the spirit but the letter of policy, despite what administrators are claiming. This has left me in what I see as a conundrum that I find very frustrating, as I am interpreting what I have been told as "you can't remove uncited, unreferenced, non-notable people who claim to be alumni from schools." I always maintain that I could be in the wrong, but after several days of contemplation, I am not seeing where I went wrong. I am anticipating this break to be multi-month, but that could change.}}

Greetings!

Over my time on Wikipedia, I have switched jobs a bit. Initially, I was more of a vandal hunter. While I still do that, I have spent more time in the last year or so doing article maintenance and referencing.

I am generally bold in doing so, and sometimes, I may accidentally revert an edit that was legit. Please accept my apologies in advance. Leave a message on my Talk Page so that I can get back to you and apologize more personally.

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Major contributions

Some articles, for better or worse, I have heavily contributed to:

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Awards

I am not one to go hunting for awards, but I am grateful to any editor who takes time to say something nice about my work. This gallery isn't so much about what I have done as it is about saying "thank you" to those editors.

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | The Schools Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | I award this barnstar to LonelyBeacon for significant contributions to a number of school articles improving Wikipedia's coverage on important schools and enabling them be potential good article candidates. Camaron · Christopher · talk 15:29, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | The Guidance Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Hi LonelyBeacon! I would like to thank you for giving me the encouragement and guidance to become a better contributor here at Wikipedia. Keep up the good work on the school articles! Benny the mascot (talk) 04:22, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: bottom; height: 1.1em;" | Civility Award

style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For keeping cool St. Rita of Cascia High School despite being the subject of repeated personal attacks. Camaron · Christopher · talk 13:06, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

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Have a good weekend!!! Benny the mascot (talk) 02:46, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

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style="border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For All of your hard work. Iankap99 (talk) 21:14, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | The Schools Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | This ìs your second schools barnstar. It comes in recognition of the continuation of your 'lonely' and tireless work and thousands of edits for over two years, gnoming away at the improvement of school articles. There is no need for me to add "Keep up the good work" :) Kudpung --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:43, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | The Non-Fossilized Teeth Award

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | This award awarded to the awardee for sticking it to Ucucha on my talk page. Well done. Drmies (talk) 01:25, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | The Citation Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | For your assistance at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. I thought that request would sit there for days or weeks. I really appreciate your help! HuskyHuskie (talk) 04:12, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

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