user:Golbez

I won't be interacting with the community anymore. I'll still edit. But I'm done doing anything for you people apart from what I randomly run in to.
I was one of the core people who made the hurricane articles one of the powerhouses of Wikipedia.
I added 'ongoing trials' to current events.
I gnomed a lot of early work with the congressional delegations, and am now working on getting governor lists featured.
I made hundreds, perhaps thousands, of maps of districts and divisions.
I am an administrator, since September 29, 2004.
I have a few featured images, and about a dozen featured lists.
The Haiti comment below is my favorite - if he's right, then I've objectively made the world a better place.
The RickK award below is also a favorite, because it honors one of Wikipedia's early greats who was driven away by an apathetic people.
I [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=406728814&diffmode=source killed] Gabrielle Giffords, and I stand by that decision, as it was the correct, sourced one at the time.

Barnstars

Image:Original Barnstar.png hereby award you this barnstar for several reasons: You have over 8000 edits, you're funny, any wikipedian who's been around for more than a week should recognize you, I haven't seen you being uncivil, and you are all around a great user.]]

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"I am not 100% sure. I think that that map is the first one in whole Internet to be written in Haitian. Not in English, nor in French. That is amazing!"

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Updated DYK query

|On 2 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Territorial evolution of the United States, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Image:Barnstar-stone2-noback.png, hereby award Golbez the Epic Barnstar for his exceptional work in researching, writing, and illustrating the Territorial evolution of the United States. Keep up the good work! 02:33, 2 August 2006 (UTC)]]

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Updated DYK query

|On 6 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Territorial evolution of Canada, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Nice job on Territorial evolution of Canada. This is for putting Canada on the map, so to speak! Outriggr 00:53, 7 August 2006 (UTC)