User:TomStar81

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About Me I joined in September 2004, and I have picked up some of the tools of the trade, but I still have not mastered everything (yet...). Feel free to correct me if I screw something up, but please do sonicely. Since I joined Wikipedia I have steadily expanded my horizons here, and have been know to drop welcome messages on the talk pages of new users who happen to edit articles I track on my watchlist. I am a member of theMilitary history Wikiproject,which seeks to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of military history. In August of 2007, I was elected by the members of the Military history Project to serve as a coordinator for the project. Coordinators oversee the internal operations of the project and to ensure that the project remains active and healthy on Wikipedia as the encyclopedia continuously evolves. On July 8th, 2008, I became anadministratorhere on the English Wikipedia, and as such now have a few extra buttons to employ for the betterment of Wikipedia. I also now have a globalized account meaning that TomStar81 on any other Wikimedia project is me as well. In addition to this primary account, I maintain a separate account from which I edit when not logged in from a secured location. I was elected Lead Coordinator for the Military history Project in September 2009, a position I held until September of 2010. In September of 2018, I was unanimously elected as the third Coordinator Emeritus of the Military history Project. Although a frequent contributor to the encyclopedia I took a leave of absence from Wikipedia in early November 2008 for personal reasons. While working offline I redesigned my user page, using the layout pioneered byPhaedriel(talk·contribs) but substantially tweaking it so that it would reflect my interests. I remained off Wikipedia until early 2009, where upon I returned. Occasionally, if I am bored or if I have nothing better to do with my time I will check the recent edits log to check for vandalism, or cruise aimlessly through the articles that pop up when I click on "Random Article" to further my own knowledge and to see if I can improve the page(s) in any way. Lately I have been active here in a severely reduced capacity, owing to difficult real life circumstances surrounding me and what is left on my family. While I do check back here occasionally I find that the free time I have to do so and the joy I get from helping are both rather limited these days, which has helped keep me in a state of reduced activity. Despite this I am and will for the time being remain a wikipedian, and an administrator. Anyway, if I can help with something, then I will definitely try, and if I can't, I may be able to at least point you in the general direction of assistance. Oh, and uh, one more thing: My Spelling is Atrocious, so if I made it, and it's misspelled, please fix it. You will be doing us all a favor;-) —TomStar8104:53, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC) Discovering Wikipedia I discovered Wikipedia by accident when searching for information concerning the space ships in theUniversal Century(UC)Mobile Suit Gundamanimeseries back in August '04, and was immediately intrigued with the possibility of writing material that could be published and read on the internet. As an ISP user I created articles for nearly all the UC era space vessels, and at the encouragement ofAqua008(talk·contribs) decided to register an account on Wikipedia in September 2004. I chose the name "TomStar81" because I had a (now defunct)Cartoon Orbitaccount dedicated to Toonami, but the Cartoon Orbit people required users to choose prefabricated names. After much thought I settled on "TomHameStar81" for my Cartoon Orbit account name — "Tom" as a salute to the host ofToonami,"Hame" for the Kamehameha attack inDragonball Z,"Star" for anime seriesOutlaw Star,and 81 because a two digit number was required and 77 (my favorite two digit number) had already been taken, and I wanted a number that would at least add or subtract to seven (8-1=7, thus the 81) — and shortened that to "TomStar81" for use on Wikipedia. I should note here that I have no preference on whether you pronounce the number as "eighty-one" or "eight one;" I usually switch between the two options myself, so feel free to use whichever one you prefer. Initially, my editing was by choice confined to the anime series and video games of the first person shooter and real time strategy genres that I had played here and there, most of which had military-based themes. Owing to the military based themes I did some editing of the military related articles here, but at the time we had no single unified Military History project, so my editing was not so much to help the military projects as it was for my own interest. Joining the Military History project Around 2005-2006 two major events occurred that lead to a radical reevaluation of what exactly I do here. First, the vast majority of oldCommand & Conquerpages I had labored to improve wound up at afd and were ultimately deleted. In the aftermath of losing so many articles — most in a few mass-nom afds — I swore I would never again create a page concerning an aspect of fiction on Wikipedia. At just about the same time as the mass deletions were occurring the formerly independent Wikiproject Battles, Wikiproject Wars, and Wikiproject Military took the unprecedented step of merging to form a single unified Military history Wikiproject, and I officially joined because of a vested personal interest in both World War II and battleships; since then, most of my editing has been for the military history project, although I do edit outside the scope of military history project now and again, usually when I am bored or looking to exercise admin privileges. Since joining the military history project I have become a driving force behind the improvement of our warship article, in particular theIowa-classbattleships.Without bragging, I do believe that I am the first Wikipedian here on the English Wikipedia to have gotten a battleship class article to Featured Article status, and am numbered among the first to have helped create a ships-exclusive Featured Topic. This in turn seems to have inspired others to take up the challenge of writing about individual ships, as the number of Featured Articles on ships has gradually increased since I began working on them. To better coordinate the ongoing effort to improve Wikipedia's Battleship related articles, I foundedOperation Majestic Titan,the very first special project of the Military history Project. My administrator policy My administrator policy has always been thatadministrators be thou for the contributors.As anadministrator(or admin for short) I firmly believe that it is my duty to assist contributors to the best of my ability and within the confines of all applicable policies and guidelines. I realize that I am only human, and therefore I will inevitably make a mistake or two in exercising administrative privileges on Wikipedia. In light of this, I invite my fellow administrators to fix any mistake I make here on Wikipedia. I will not consider it wheel-warring if you reverse my admin actions as long as you leave me a civil note telling me what you've done and why and as long as you're open to discussion with me should I disagree. I seek to learn from my mistakes, but learning can only be accomplished if both parties in a disagreement over a course of action are willing to talk to each other in a civil manner. Finally, I am and always have been an administrator open to recall. To recall me I ask that you initiate arequest for comment,explaining in detail the the action(s) that I have taken in the incident(s) that occurred. Ifconsensusemerges during the request for comment that I have acted inappropriately then I will resign my adminship. Adminship is wonderful privilege to be entrusted with, but if you are not enough without the admin tools, you will never be enough with the admin tools. What I am currently up to That which I need I do not want, and that which I want I can no longer have.TomStar81(Talk) 09:25, 16 May 2014 (UTC)	Lest We Forget "For the families of the seven, we cannot bear, as you do, the full impact of this tragedy. But we feel the loss, and we're thinking about you so very much. Your loved ones were daring and brave, and they had that special grace, that special spirit that says, 'Give me a challenge and I'll meet it with joy.' ...We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God'." —Speech Delivered to the Nation byPresidentRonald Reaganfollowing the explosion of theSpace ShuttleChallenger.
	Wikipedia:Babel en-us -NThis user is anative speakerofAmerican English. es-0Este usuariono entiendeespañol(o lo entiende muy difícilmente). Search user languages TomStar81 at a glance This user is the owner of multiple Wikipedia accounts in a manner permitted bypolicy. This user has been editing Wikipedia for more thanten years. This user is anadministratoron theEnglish Wikipedia.(verify·RfA) This user has been anadminfor 16 years, 1 month and 29 days. This user is acoordinator emeritusof theMilitary history WikiProject. I'm an awesome Wikipedian! This user has been identified as anAwesome Wikipedianand was awardedhis own day. This userlives in the United States of America. This user isproud to be anAmerican. This usersupportsthe troops. In Memoriam:9/11 Lest we forget… This user is a member ofOperationMajestic Titan,a special project ofWikiProject Military history. This user is a member of the World War II task force ofWikiProject Military history. This user lives in The Lone Star State. This user has an undergraduate degree inHistorywith aminorinPolitical Science. BAThis user has aBachelor of Artsdegree. アニメThisuseris ananimeotaku. This usercontributesusingFirefox. This user contributes usingMicrosoft Windows 10. This user usesGoogleas a primary search engine. ft-lbThis user usesAmerican Measurements. C&C This Userrefusesto callGeneralsa Command and Conquer game This user knows thatbattleships rule the waves,not the bloodybird farms! This userobjects to theWikimedia Foundation'sdeaf ears,and has resolved torefuse to useWikipedia's Media Viewerin protest. There were1344 Daysthat the sun rose on a world withoutToonami. This is the4486th daysince thesince the return of Toonami. It is approximately2:16 AMwhere this user lives.
	Dear Madam, I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, Abraham Lincoln - Letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
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Pages I have created These are a few of the pages that I have created: Magellanclass Ra Cailumclass Ra Cailum Irishclass Zanzibarclass Birmingham Time Crisis 3 Grey Phantom Nahel Argama Silent Scope ColumbusClass Publicclass Alexandriaclass Papuaclass Pazockclass Space Ark Endraclass Dogos Gear Jupitrisclass Temptation Dozle Zabi Kycilia Zabi Bikini atomic experiments AMA-X2 Neue Ziel Space Colony (Gundam) Blue Submarine No. 6 Two Front War Operation British Universal Century Superweapons 16 "/45 caliber Mark 6 gun Light bar Wikipedia:Inline Citation Live fire exercise Template:blackproject Nauticus, The National Maritime Center Fort Selden Compression stroke Exhaust stroke American Empire (Ghost in the Shell) Randy Powell Armament of the Iowa class battleship United States Naval Gunfire Support Debate 14 "/45 caliber gun

Pages I have contributed to These are a few of the pages that I have contributed to: Salamisclass Supertanker Iowaclass battleship USS Iowa USS New Jersey USS Missouri USS Wisconsin USS Constellation USS Enterprise USS America USS John F. Kennedy USS Nimitz USS Dwight D. Eisenhower USS Carl Vinson USS Abraham Lincoln USS George Washington USS Ronald Reagan USS George H. W. Bush CVN-21 Fort Bliss Area 51 (video game) Izumo class battleship Toonami United Nations Nearly everyOhio-class ballistic missle submarines Most of theLos Angeles-class attack submarines Battle of Midway Musaiclass Degwin Sodo Zabi Gihren Zabi Garma Zabi O'Neill cylinder Shakuras Sarah Kerrigan Submarine Virginiaclass submarine Admiral DuGalle StarCraft universe StarCraft: Ghost Zeratul Albion 600-ship Navy Char Aznable RX-78 mobile suit series Minovsky Physics USS Stethem Earth Federal Forces Battle of Loum Main characters of Fullmetal Alchemist State Military characters of Fullmetal Alchemist Vertical Launching System [adult swim] Ship commissioning USS Yorktown Kirov-class battlecruiser Motoko Kusanagi Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars USS Lake Erie Aurora aircraft List of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex episodes USS Texas

Featured Works These are some of the featured works I have contributed to USSMissouri Iowaclass battleship USSWisconsin Battle of Midway Able Archer 83 Armament of the Iowa class battleship USSNew Jersey USSKentucky USSIllinois Montanaclass battleship USSIowa Iowa-class battleships Image:USS Pennsylvania moving into Lingayen Gulf.jpg Image:GoldenSpikev3.jpg Image:ISS Aug2005.jpg Image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif Image:Cuban missiles.jpg Image:Us declaration independence.jpg Image:B-1B over the pacific ocean.jpg Image:Eisenhower d-day.jpg Image:Mug and Torus morph.gif Image:Animated gun turret.gif Image:We Can Do It!.jpg Image:USS SHAW exploding Pearl Harbor Nara 80-G-16871 2.jpg Image:Punch Rhodes Colossus.png Image:Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office, November 1963.jpg Image:Iowa 16 inch Gun-EN.svg Image:Japanesesuicide.jpg Image:Korean War, train attack.jpg Image:Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (color).ogg Image:Eichmann trial news story.ogg Image:V-2 rocket diagram (with English labels).svg File:Letter of Resignation of Richard M. Nixon, 1974.jpg File:Jacques-Louis David, The Coronation of Napoleon edit.jpg File:USS Yorktown collision.jpg File:England Expects Signal.svg

Barnstars, Awards, and Honorable Mentions Barnstars and Medals For your great contributions toCommand & Conquerrelated articles, I,Jareand,hereby award you theBarnstar.Keep up the good work! (March 2006) For your welcoming messages to new Wikipedians, including me, I,Imaninjapirate,hereby award you theRandom Acts of Kindness Barnstar.Keep up the kindness! (November 2006) For being super nice, I hereby award you your very own barnstar. Thanks for awarding me a barnstar when most people would have held a grudge against me instead. Oh, and good job in nominating pics that almost always get unanimous support! I'm a tab bit jealous. And don't worry, I'm not gonna kill you.;)JumpingcheeseCont@ct(May 2007) Congrats on your election as an assistant coordinator. In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. I wish you luck in the coming term. (August 2007) In recognition of your constant vigil in improving all articles related to theIowa class battleships,I hereby award you this Tireless Contributor's Barnstar. Keep up the good work!MBK004(November 2007) I hereby award you thisSpecial Barnstarin recognition of taking care of the issues that popped upherewhen I was unable to. Thanks again, -MBK004(December 2007) In recognition of your diligent contributions towards thevarious reviews of military history articles,I am delighted to award you theContent Review Medal.Kirill(December 2007) For tagging and assessing1000articles inTag & Assess 2007,by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with thisMilitary history WikiProjectService Award.--ROGERDAVIEStalk(December 2007) For your fine work on2000articles inTag & Assess 2007,by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with thisTireless Contributor's barnstar.--ROGERDAVIEStalk(December 2007) For your excellent work on3000articles inTag & Assess 2007,by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with thisWorking Man's barnstar.--ROGERDAVIEStalk(December 2007) For your outstanding work on4000articles inTag & Assess 2007,by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with thisBarnstar of Diligence.--ROGERDAVIEStalk(December 2007) For your remarkable work on5000articles inTag & Assess 2007,by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with thisBarnstar of Diligence.--ROGERDAVIEStalk23:52, 1 January 2008 (UTC) (January 200) By order of the Coordinators of theMilitary History WikiProject—for your outstanding work inTag & Assess 2007—I award you thisSilver Wiki.You are an example to us all. --ROGERDAVIEStalk(January 2008) For your work on Illinois related articles, especiallyUSS Illinois (BB-65),I hereby award you the WikiProject Illinois Barnstar. Keep up the good work! --Dual Freq(talk) 22:02, 22 January 2008 (UTC) Congratulations on your election as an Assistant Coordinator of the Military history Wikiproject. In honour of your achievement, I present you with these stars. Good luck for your coming term. --ROGERDAVIEStalk(February 2008) In gratitude for your coordination services to theMilitary history WikiProject,from August 2007 to February 2008, please accept this barnstar.--ROGERDAVIEStalk18:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC) Not for one but for a flurry of interesting ideas to improve theMilitary history WikiProject,--ROGERDAVIEStalk(March 2008) For, um, making me splutter my morning coffee all over the monitor:)))) And yes, it's the Brit version. --ROGERDAVIEStalk(March 2008) I award you this barnstar in recognition of your contributions of exceptional quality and unceasing commitment to MILHIST and the Wikipedia community.SoLando(Talk) (March 2008) For your awesome generosity in buying beers for all the members and coordinators of theMilitary history WikiProject,I award you with this tasteful barnstar. --ROGERDAVIEStalk03:40, 15 May 2008 (UTC) (May 2008) I hereby award you, TomStar81, this barnstar for your work on improvingMontana class battleshipconsiderably. Well done! —Wackymacs(talk~edits)(June 2008) For your admirable tenacity and single-minded determination in gettingMontana class battleshiptofeatured articlestatus, please accept theMilitary history WikiProjectWikiChevrons.--ROGERDAVIEStalk(June 2008) In recognition of your contribution in improvingMilitary historyarticles through A-Class and Peer Reviews, during the period March-May 2008, please accept thisContent Review Medal of Merit,--ROGERDAVIEStalk(July 2008) Awarded for a witty and clever response to an RFA oppose atthis RFA.Good luck btw.Stifle(talk) (July 2008) For your kind and ready assistance to a fellow-editor in need, examining copyright concerns atSU-122.Moonriddengirl(talk)(August 2008) For your help with improving futureMilhist drivesat the2008 Tag & Assess workshop,please accept this WikiProject Barnstar. --ROGERDAVIEStalk(August 2008) In recognition of your help improvingMilitary historyarticles through theMilitary history review processin June, July and August 2008, please accept thisContent Review Medal of Merit,--ROGERDAVIEStalk(September 2008) For showing Wikipedians that fairness can win more supporters than bickering. For handling our disagreement with class: taking a step back, and finding a productive way to express and resolve your frustrations. Your spirit is admirable!Randomran(talk) (September 2008) Congratulations on your election as Coordinator of the Military history Wikiproject. In honour of your achievement, I present you with these stars. I wish you luck in the coming term. --ROGERDAVIEStalk(October 2008) In gratitude for your coordination services to theMilitary history WikiProject,from February 2008 to September 2008, please accept this barnstar. --ROGERDAVIEStalk(October 2008) By the order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded theWikiChevrons with Oak Leavesin recognition of both your long and distinguished service as a coordinator of this project from August 2007 to October 2008, and of your exemplary contributions to articles on the vessels of the U.S. Navy. --For the coordinators,Kirill(prof)(November 2008) By order of the Members of theMilitary History WikiProject,for "extensive contributions to the excellent Iowa class battleship article series", I award you thisBronze Wiki.--ROGERDAVIEStalk(January 2009) By order of the coordinators of theMilitary history WikiProject,you are hereby awarded theA-Class medalfor prolific work on three articles:United States Naval Gunfire Support debate,USSIowa(BB-61)andUSSTexas(BB-35),which were all promoted toA-Classbetween August 2008 and February 2009. Thanks for your hard work, friend! —Ed17(Talk/Contribs)(February 2009) In recognition of your three and a half year effort to attain aFeatured Topicon theIowa-classbattleships,I hereby award you theEpic Barnstar.Congratulations! -MBK004(February 2009) For your leadership ofThe Military History WikiProjectfrom September 2008–March 2009, please accept this WikiProject Barnstar.Cam(Chat)(March 2009) Congratulations on your re-election as aCoordinatorof theMilitary history Wikiproject!In accordance with tradition and in recognition of your appointment, I present you with these stars.Roger Daviestalk(March 2009) By order of theMilitary history WikiProject coordinators,for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject'sPeerandA-Classreviews, I am delighted to award you thisWikiChevrons.Roger Daviestalk(April 2009) Thank you very much for helping deal with the copyright crisis over Easter weekend. Your help was very much appreciated.Roger Daviestalk(April 2009) By order of theMilitary history WikiProject coordinators,for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject'sPeerandA-Classreviews, I am delighted to award you thisWikiChevrons.Roger Daviestalk(July 2009) Thank you for the information.MythSearchertalk(July 2009) In recognition of your long and distinguished history of creating, expanding and improving high-quality articles on the ships of theIowa-class,resulting in aFeatured Topicalong with providing theimpetusto drastically improve the coverage of all battleships worldwide within the project. You earned this award a long time ago, so please accept my apology on behalf of the entire WikiProject for our oversight of your achievements.MBK004(August 2009) For your distinguished and outstanding contributions to the creation and development of multiple Feature Articles, I take great pleasure in presenting you with the Featured Article Medal. Well done! Cheers,Abraham, B.S.(talk) (August 2009) Congrats on your election as Lead Coordinator of the Military history Project! In honour of your achievement, I present you with these stars. I wish you and all staff luck in the coming term. Cheers,Ian Rose(talk) (September 2009) I have the happy duty of presenting you with this award for taking first place in the2009 Academy Content Drive.Thank you for contributing the following articles to theAcademy:"Using external links","Departments of the Military history Project","Deleting an article","Writing a good article introduction","Setting up drives","Using the A-class review toolbox","What do Milhist task forces do?","How can I help the project?","Writing featured articles","Creating and Maintaining Black Project Articles","Pop culture and our position on it","Barnstars, Awards and Honorable Mentions",and"Did You Know requests". Good luck finishing out your last semester:)Maralia(talk) (November 2009) Congratulations on your election as lead coordinator for the Military history Project. In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. —Ed(talk•majestic titan)(March 2010) In gratitude of your service as lead coordinator for the Military history Project from September 2009 to March 2010, I hereby award you this WikiProject Barnstar. —Ed(talk•majestic titan)(March 2010) For being the main driving force and father of theOperation Majestic Titain,as well as your incredible work on theIowa-classFeatured Topic, I am pleased to award you theTitan's Crossin Bronze. Good job and keep up the amazing work!White Shadowsyou're breaking up(June 2010) By order of theMilitary history WikiProject coordinators,for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject'sPeerandA-Classreviews during the period July-December 2009, I am delighted to award you theWikiChevrons.Roger Daviestalk(August 2010) By order of theMilitary history WikiProject coordinators,for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject'sPeerandA-Classreviews during the period January-June 2010, I am delighted to award you theWikiChevrons.Roger Daviestalk(August 2010) For willingly throwing yourself into the meatgrinder that isWP:FPCwith the Baghdad Airstrike Video, and for defending the occasionally absurd oppose rationales with calm civility, honour and integrity. (Full citation here)Cam(Chat)(Prof)(September 2010) Congratulations on your election as Coordinator of the Military history Project! In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars.Ian Rose(talk) (September 2010) By order of theMilitary history WikiProject coordinators,for your devoted work on the WikiProject'sPeerandA-Classreviews for the period 1 April-30 September 2010, I am delighted to award you thisContent Review Medal.Roger Daviestalk(October 2010) In gratitude for your service as the lead coordinator of the Military History WikiProject from March to September 2010, please accept this WikiProject Barnstar. With thanks,EyeSerenetalk(October 2010) As adevice,I offer you my gratitude for being a really personable coord and some kind of amenschin the form of theCool Award.bahamut0013wordsdeeds(October 2010) I'm looking at the work you've done and involvement in the Military History WikiProject (and particularly US Military History task force). I'm totally amazed at the great work you have done.:) Sorry to hear that you are on wikibreak and look forward to having you back in full soon as possible. --Aude(talk)(November 2010) By order of theMilitary history WikiProject coordinators,for your devoted work on the WikiProject'sPeerandA-Classreviews for the period Oct–Dec 2010, I am delighted to award you thisContent Review Medal.Cheers,Ian Rose(talk) (January 2011) Honorable Mentions On15 May,2007,Did you know?was updated with a fact from the articleUSS Iowa turret explosion,which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on theDid you know? talk page.([ May 2007]) Hello TomStar81. Congratulations and thanks for your support at theMilitary history taskforce elections.I hope our coordination would continue to be for the benefit of the Encyclopedia. -FayssalF-Wiki me up®([ August 2007]) Thanks so very much for supporting the recentFACofHispanic Americans in World War II.It was successful andHispanic Americans in World War IIhas been promoted! I'm looking forward to hopefully gettingHispanic Americans in World War IIon the front page. In the mean time, please accept thisBeeras a token of my gratitude. Salud!Tony the Marine([ August 2007]) Hello TomStar81. Thanks for your support at theMilitary history elections.With your aid I was able to commision this ship to help plunder the coast of Military history. Na, just kidding. If you ever require any astance all you have to do is ask and you will see my ship on the horizon.Kyriakos([ September 2007]) You are among the best Wikipedians with whom I have had the pleasure of inter-acting with, Therefore I have inducted you into my"Wall Of Honor".Please accept this is plaque on my behalf.Tony the Marine(talk) (December 2007) It gives me great pleasure to award thistriple crowntoTomStar81in recognition of substantial contributions to Wikipedia's naval coverage.DurovaCharge!(January 2008) Well done Tom. I wish you another six months of happy military mopping, more good times reading articles atWP:MHRand success with your own article writing on American military history and the battleships. And hopefully another big period of growth forWP:MILHIST.Blnguyen(February 2008) Hello TomStar81. Thanks for your support at theMilitary history elections.With your aid I was able to commision this ship to help plunder the coast of Military history for the third time. Na, just kidding. If you ever require any astance all you have to do is ask and you will see my ship on the horizon.Kyriakos(talk) 12:58, 29 February 2008 (UTC) Thank you very much for your support in the recent Military history Wikiproject elections. I went into it expecting to just keep my seat and was astonished to end up with the lead role. I anticipate a rather busy six months:) --ROGERDAVIEStalk13:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC) (UTC) On30 March,2008,Did you know?was updated with a fact from the articleMontana class battleship,which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on theDid you know? talk page.--Wizardman04:10, 30 March 2008 (UTC) Dhatfield(talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promoteWikiLoveand hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend, and remember:"All men are created equal, but ambition, or lack of it, soon separates them."Cheers, and Happy editing! You made my week and I think that maybe my time is better spent editing Milhist than getting grief onwp:FPC.Good luck with the RfA, although I doubt you'll need it with your credentials:) Cheers.Dhatfield(talk) (July 2008) Congratulations on your successful RfA! All you get is a mop and this crappy t-shirt:) (Roger Davies left the shirt, several others left thank yous and good luck messages as well, so this honorable mention goes to the community as a whole:) (July 2008) Thank you very much indeed for your help with and commitment to Tag & Assess 2008. May I please trouble you to comment at thepost-drive workshop?Your feedback will help us to improve the next drive. Thanks in advance, --ROGERDAVIEStalk10:22, 1 August 2008 (UTC) (August 2008) It gives me great pleasure to award theseimperial triple crown jewelstoTomStar81in thanks for substantial contributions to Wikipedia's marine military coverage. Cheers,Casliber(talk·contribs) (August 2008) Thank you very much for your much appreciated support in the recently concluded September 2008 Military History Wikiproject Coordinator Elections. I was thoroughly surprised to walk away with a position ofCoordinator.Thank-you for your support, and I assure you that I will do my best to serve this spectacular project well. Esteemed Regards,Cam(Chat) (October 2008) Thank you very, very much for your constructive criticism on thesuccessful FACthat theUSSNevada(BB-36)recently went through. Looking back, I see that it was definitelynotready before you came along...but thanks to your help, it was passed today.:D Cheers, —Ed17for PresidentVote for Ed(October 2008) On18 October,2008,Did you know?was updated with a fact from the article14 "/45 caliber gun,which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on theDid you know? talk page.Keep up the good work!~User:Ameliorate!(with the!) (talk)(October 2008) I just noticed that yourUSSIowa(BB-61)article made it to FA - terrific!NancyHeisetalk(February 2009) I wish to thank you for your gracious support during my bid for a position as Coordinator of the Military history Wikiproject in the recent March 2009 elections. I was initially apprehensive to stand for election as I was unsure on how well I would be received, but I am pleasantly surprised and delighted to have been deemed worthy to represent my peers within the project. I assure and promise you, I will strive to do my upmost to justify your trust in myself with this esteemed position. Thank you,Abraham, B.S.(talk) (March 2009) I'm honored to have been elected as a coordinator of theWikiProject Military historyand most sincerely thank you for your vote of support. I will endeavor to fulfill the obligations in a manner worthy of your trust. Many thanks. —Bellhalla(talk) (March 2009) OnJuly 21, 2009,Did you know?was updated with a fact from the articleColorado class battleship,which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page(here's how)and add it toDYKSTATSif it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on theDid you know? talk page.Wizardman(July 2009) OnAugust 22, 2009,Did you know?was updated with a fact from the article16 "/45 caliber Mark 6 gun,which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page(here's how)and add it toDYKSTATSif it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on theDid you know? talk page.Wikiproject: Did you know?(August 2009) OnAugust 25, 2009,Did you know?was updated with a fact from the articleUSS Missouri grounding incident,which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page(here's how)and add it toDYKSTATSif it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on theDid you know? talk page.Martin(MSGJ·talk)(August 2009) As Halloween is my favorite holiday, I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough togive me a barnstar or smile at me,supportive enough toagree with me,etc., a Happy Halloween! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk(October 2009) Happy ThanksgivingTony the Marine(talk) (November 2009) December21st2012FreakHappy Thanksgiving!has given you aTurkey!Turkeys promateWikiLoveand hopefully this has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a turkey, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy Thanksgiving! Spread the goodness of turkey by adding {{subst:User:December21st2012Freak/Thanksgiving Turkey}} to their talk page with a friendly message.December21st2012FreakHappy Thanksgiving!(November 2009) I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough togive me a barnstar or smile at me,supportive enough toagree with me,etc., a Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk(November 2009) ...per[1];)Nick-D(talk) (November 2009) Welcome back, Hope you're rested and ready to go!Auntieruth55(talk) (March 2010) On 11 September 2010,In the newswas updated with a news item that involved the articleSalvatore Giunta (Medal of Honor),which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on thecandidates page.--Mkativerata(talk) (September 2010) TomStar81has been identified as anAwesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today asTomStar81's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear TomStar81! Peace, Rlevse (October 2010) Happy ThanksgivingTony the Marine(talk) (November 2010) Happy ThanksgivingTony the Marine(talk) (November 2011) Couldn't find a Turkey so I guess Falafel, everyone loves Falafel. Happy (belated) thanksgiving. 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