User:Samwalton9

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I'm a Wikipedian based in the UK. My contributions here are primarily to articles on video games and scientists, you can find a list of the articles I've created or done any major work on below. I edit an assortment of articles which take my interest in addition to these. As an admin I tend to contribute at AfD, CSD, and on edit filters.

I also work on The Wikipedia Library and Moderator Tools at the Wikimedia Foundation, for which I may edit from Samwalton9 (WMF). Edits, statements, or other contributions made from this account are my own, and may not reflect the views of the Foundation.

If you want to ask me a question or otherwise speak to me please feel free to post on my talk page. If you think there is an obvious (policy based!) reason to revert an admin action I've taken then go ahead - don't feel required to ask me first, but please let me know if you've done so.

I have some alternative accounts which I use(d) for various testing purposes, a currently inactive bot account SW9Bot, and a doppelgänger account Sam Walton.

Articles I started

An orange tick denotes that another editor was responsible for the Did You Know/Good Article/Featured Article.

Other contributions

These are articles or pages that I feel I contribute(d) to significantly.

Bloons TD - Rewrote with {{User|Bananasoldier}}.
15px Dota 2 - Helped with writing and maintenance and uploaded both images prior to GAN.
File:Symbol question.svg Firefly Online - Wrote with {{User|Bananasoldier}}.
File:Symbol question.svg Ivy Parker - Wrote with {{User|Brinacor}}.
Leiden Observatory - Expanded this while on a placement at the observatory, making use of resources there.
List of Honest Trailers episodes - Think I have RSI from writing this in one go.
File:Symbol question.svg Mary Ellen Best - Wrote during YMT editathon with {{User|Gcbeale}} and {{User|Nicoleebeale}}.
File:Symbol question.svg 15px Merseyside Skeptics Society - Rewrote with {{User|MrBill3}}.
Sakurai's Object - Had this as the subject of a project for my degree; expanded the article alongside it.
St Catherine's Chapel, Lydiate - Rewrote after visiting.
File:Symbol question.svg 15px The Castle Doctrine - Wrote with {{User|Tezero}}.
Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter

Barnstars and other nice things

{{WikiCookie|Conferred for superlative work in clearing large portions of the WP:VG/R backlog. Kudos to you, Samwalton9! -Thibbs (talk) 15:00, 29 June 2013 (UTC)}}

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

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thanks for fulfilling my requests for Make Something Unreal and Proteus (video game). - hahnch e n 16:14, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

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

style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For your contribution that may very well prove to be the final piece in the Dota 2 GAN puzzle, I award you the Valued Picture Barnstar. After creating and editing the article for two years, I believe we may be at that impasse we have only hoped for. Thank you. DarthBotto_talk•cont 22:47, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

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

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | You are hereby awarded the Barnstar of Awesome for your amazing work alpha-testing The Wikipedia Adventure. Over 180 bugs were identified and 143 of them have been fixed already! (The rest are catalogued as known bugs).

You. Are. Awesome. Check out your name in the game credits here: WP:TWA/About.

Thank you again :) --User:Ocaasi 17:34, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

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style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | You are hereby awarded the Second Secret Truly Special Barnstar of Awesome for your invaluable second attempt at testing The Wikipedia Adventure. Do you even know how helpful you are? You are Extremely helpful. You've helped make the project complete, and for that, I thank you.

--Ocaasi 14:26, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

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Congratulations, Samwalton9! You're receiving a Brownie because you reviewed 27 articles during the recent AFC Backlog elimination drive! Thank you for you contributions to Wikipedia at-large and helping to keep the backlog down. We hope you continue reviewing submissions and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! --Mdann52talk to me! 19:28, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

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

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thanks for finding the archived version of the site, that was immensely helpful! Mat ty.007 11:51, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

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

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | For your great help @ Wiki Webchat..! Joseph 09:56, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

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|style="font-size:1.65em; padding:0; height: 1.1em;" | The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar

style="border-top: 1px solid gray;" | A barnstar to you for reviewing 75 or more submissions during the WikiProject Articles for creation March 2014 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks for your work to improve Wikipedia!
Posted by {{User0|Northamerica1000}} on 10:20, 12 April 2014 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk), on behalf of WikiProject Articles for creation

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

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Just wanted to say that I had noticed your response to the woman whose daughter created a neologism at the Teahouse and was particularly impressed with your clarity and kindness. :) Thanks for making us all look good! Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 12:29, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

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

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thanks for everything! URDNEXT (talk) 22:31, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

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style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Brilliant work today! Hope to see you again soon! PatHadley (talk) 20:56, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for your copyedits on Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park. They have increased the quality of the article and have brought it one step closer to Good Article status. Just thought I would show some appreciation! Coderenius (talk) 00:52, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

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

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | I would like to present to you this highly specialized barnstar. You began clearing out the years old requested filters backlog, initiated the edit filter mailing list, and made the long-overdue guideline a reality. Thank you for all of your considerable efforts to improve edit filter management across the project. — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:41, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

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style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Thank you for being a helpful and thoughtful editor. And Adoil Descended (talk) 20:03, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | Outstanding Contributions Award

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Sam, your efforts at motivating and nominating editors for RfA are absolutely commendable.

While others editors talk, you're walking the talk. For these nomming efforts and much more, you're an outstanding contributor.

Keep up the great work Sam! :)

Lourdes

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style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For your patience in helping with WikiHow516 on IRC =) Nerd1a4i (talk) 16:15, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

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style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Nice job writing Mary M. Crawford! Very interesting article. What an impressive and exemplary woman. Glad it made it to the Main Page! ComputerJA (☎ • ✎) 16:32, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

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style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | For your perseverance with Alexander Street! Thank you! Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:13, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | When I couldn't find anyone else to help. You did so - gracefully and generously. You are a paradigm of being a great person and a wonderful editor. MaskedSinger (talk) 15:24, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

File:Video Game Barnstar Hires.pngThe Video game Barnstar

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...for getting a shiny star on Proteus (video game) Cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:21, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

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style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Proteus (video game). « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:06, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

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The Invisible Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray; width:100%;" | This award is given to {{BASEPAGENAME}} for collecting more than 20 points doing redirect reviews, in the May 2023 NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your help in bringing down the backlog. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 01:40, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Recall

If the community thinks I've done something so wrong that I can no longer be trusted with the administrator toolset (through the consensus of a well participated discussion at an appropriate noticeboard such as WP:AN or WP:ANI), then I will happily resign my sysop rights.

Category:Wikipedia administrators open to recall