User:JGHowes

 

 

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Flying my twin-engine Cessna 310Q airplane

Welcome to my page! I'm happy to be part of the worldwide Wikimedia community, writing articles and contributing photos. I began editing on Wikipedia in 2004, writing on a wide range of topics from sports to early 20th century history, and became an administrator in 2008. My photos have been selected for publication by the Encyclopedia Britannica, the AP, UPI, USA Travel Guide, The Pennsylvania Society, and the National Park Service, among others. I also handle Revision Deletion requests — email me or send an IRC message here (nick "JGHowes").

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A Wikipedia administrator for 16 years, 8 months, and 4 days.

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Unified login: JGHowes is the unique unified login of this user for all public Wikimedia projects.

40,000+ This user has made more than 40,000 contributions to all Wikimedia projects.

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This user has written or significantly contributed to 8 Featured articles on Wikipedia.

This user has written or significantly contributed to two A-class articles.

This user has written or significantly contributed to 15 good articles on Wikipedia.

This user has been a major contributor to 52 articles featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing John Wilkes Booth to Good Article status.

This editor won the Quarter Million Award for bringing Boy Scouts of America to Good Article status.

This user has contributed Commons Valued images

This user received the Editor of the Week award for the week beginning September 16, 2018.

This user has been identified as an awesome Wikipedian.

This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than 15 years.

This user pledges to return to Old-fashioned Wikipedian values.

Selected contributions

-Featured articles    - A-class articles    -Good articles      DYK  "Did you know?"   high views DYK    -Million Award

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Articles I've created

Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church                Gabriel Loire              Royal Parker    DYK              John Walker (organist)    DYK              Douglas Major              Frederick Swann      DYK              Gordon Turk              Towson Methodist Church          DYK                NBC Page              Lassie (1997 television series)              Bermuda Railway              S. Parkes Cadman              G. E. Lowman              Jimmy Lydon              The New Commandment              Anita Nall    DYK              Joy Boys radio show              KILI-FM    DYK              National Railway Historical Society              Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout              Daylight Speedliner (B&O train)              Mount Royal Station              Dorothy Papadakos    DYK              Cypress Creek High School    DYK                The Dawn's Early Light    DYK                Majestic Radios      DYK  Dec. 2020              Ryuk (ransomware)    DYK               Julie V. Iovine    DYK                Richard Leibert    DYK                Ernest T. Campbell      DYK                George A. Palmer    DYK                John-Michael Caprio    DYK                Millie Dienert    DYK                Paul Fiset    DYK   Walter Balderson    DYK   The Eternal Light    DYK Crystal Cathedral organ Tony Jannus Award    DYK Walter Massey (actor) Washington - Chicago Express (B&O train) Leonard T. Schroeder    DYK Fernance Perry    DYK Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Fred Brocklander    DYK Raymond V. Haysbert    DYK Deirdre Imus Washingtonian (B&O train) Rawhide     DYK Robert W. Peterson    DYK Marylander (B&O train)    DYK Jean Pierre Reguerraz Paul Callaway    DYK Benjamin Steinberg (conductor)    DYK   UMPS CARE    DYK   Michael Buie    DYK   Tony Campbell (politician) Template:User UMD and others Valdemars Kletnieks    DYK Titanic International Society      DYK  Oct. 2020 Harriet Lee (singer)      DYK John Clark Mayden    DYK Susan Estes    DYK Rudy Atwood    DYK Frank Thewlis    DYK Wilbur Nelson    DYK Lorin Whitney    DYK Perry F. Rockwood    DYK

Major contributions

William Hillcourt                  Franklin D. Roosevelt                  Eleanor Roosevelt              Terry Sanford                  Hampton National Historic Site      DYK              Capitol Limited (B&O train)                John Wilkes Booth                   Lou Gehrig              Babe Ruth              Bermuda              Bermuda International Airport              The Causeway, Bermuda              Ewart Brown (Premier of Bermuda)              George Washington Birthplace Nat'l Monument              Ocean Grove, New Jersey              Horseshoe Curve (Pennsylvania)              Towson High School              Shenandoah (B&O train)              Pennsylvania Station (New York City)              Dan Thomas (baseball)    DYK              Truman Taylor    DYK  Aug. 2020              Masey McLain    DYK Ed Walker American Guild of Organists Virgil Fox E. Power Biggs Rachel Scott Boy Scouts of America       Gen. James H. Howard    DYK Tony Jannus Michael Phelps Order of the Arrow   D. James Kennedy USS Arizona Memorial Lassie Lassie (1954 television series)   Arthur R. Eldred   Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad      DYK Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy    DYK Karl-Heinz Schnibbe    DYK Hurricane Fabian   William Hanna   Adventure in Washington    DYK

About me

Awards

The Scouting Barnstar -for excellent support of Scouting articles, especially in getting E. Urner Goodman to GA status. — Rlevse • Talk • 17:14, January 1, 2008 The Photographer's Barnstar Thanks for obtaining the image for Divya_Dwivedi. Congratulations! — Speculative Boting (talk) 13 September 2019 The Tireless Contributor Barnstar -for longterm continued support for the Scouting Movement and the ScoutingWikiProject, especially in the area of improving the quality of Scouting articles. — Rlevse • July 2, 2008 The Original Barnstar Thanks for your comments and especially your article edits re:South Florida Council -- Drmies (talk) 27 September 2019 Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these Imperial triple crown jewels for your contributions in the areas of DYK, GA, and FA. Great work, especially on The Royal Blue, quite a comprehensive article. May you wear the crowns well. — Cirt April 8, 2008 The Gandy dancers Barnstar -JGHowes has earned the Railroad workers award for tireless efforts in maintaining the Trains WikiProject --DP67 ^(talk)   10:21, December 22, 2007 The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal Congratulations on having more than 25 articles featured at Did you know in such a fascinating and varying range of topics. Your work is appreciated. — Damien Linnane (talk) 28 January 2019 The 50 DYK Medal    Congratulation — Grimes2 (talk) 13:54, 25 May 2021 (UTC) awarded his own day,}} December 18, 2008           — Rlevse ____________ Ten years! repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian! — Gerda Arendt 18 December 2018 Four Award Created, had displayed as a Did You Know? feature, improved to Good Article status, and improved to Featured Article status Baltimore Steam Packet Company --TonyTheTiger 18 August 2011 Precious prize — Images of history Thank you for quality articles on historic personalities such as Benjamin Steinberg, Franklin D. Roosevelt and E. Urner Goodman, for Baltimore Steam Packet Company, for excellent images, chosen for publication — Gerda Arendt 10 August 2018 The Computing Barnstar For creating the Ryuk (ransomware) article to raise computer security awareness. — Jeremycec (talk) 3 December 2020 The Barnstar of Diplomacy For performing a difficult AfD closure in a highly charged environment where emotions have run high. Sorting out the wheat from the chaff will have been hard — Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 11:41, 10 June 2021 (UTC) The Article Rescue Barnstar Thanks for helping to rescue South Florida Council! --evrik ^(talk) 4 October 2019 Editor of the Week September 16, 2018 in recognition of his kindness toward a fellow editor and his assistance in bringing a profile of her musician and civil rights advocate father, Benjamin Steinberg, to the front page of Wikipedia. His display of sympathy and empathy is a fine example to all Wikipedia editors. Recognized for depth of character, generosity, and selfless devotion — Buster7 15 September 2018 A Wiki Merit Badge Thanks for all your work on South Florida Council! -- evrik 25 September 2019 Lassie Award given to JGHowes for work done in helping to get the Lassie (1954 TV series) article to Good Article status --Vjmlhds 9 January 2014

Background and interests

This user enjoys photography. This user enjoys classical music. This user plays the pipe organ. This user enjoys Johann Sebastian Bach's music. This user is a bass singer. This user is interested in World War II This user is interested in United States history. This user is interested in the British Empire. This user is interested in Ancient Egypt. This user is interested in ancient Rome. This user is interested in Ancient Greece This user is a donor to the Wikimedia Foundation. You can be one, too. ipa-0 ə This user does not understand the International Phonetic Alphabet.   This user is an alumnus of the University of Maryland, College Park. This user has a Master of Business Administration degree. FM This user is an FM radio broadcaster. This user has published peer-reviewed articles in academic journals. This user is a citizen of the United States of America. AmE This user is a native speaker of American English. This user lives in Florida, the "Sunshine State". This user is a native of Maryland the "Free State" Flag of Maryland This user is a commercial airplane pilot with instrument and multi-engine ratings. This user is a former Captain in the United States Air Force. This user is a certified scuba diver. This user is the subject of a Wikipedia article.   This user is a participant in WikiProject Presidents of the United States. This user participates in WikiProject Aviation. This user is a member of the Trains WikiProject This user participates in WikiProject Christianity. This user is a member of the Scouting WikiProject. This user is a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow. This user is a member of the United Methodist Church. This user is the proud owner of a Jaguar V-12 XJS   This user contributes using a BlackBerry smartphone. f This user diligently maintains a facebook profile as 1624997415. 10 10 userboxes on this userpage were created by this user.

Countries visited

6 This user has set foot in 6 continents of the world. This user has visited 50 countries in the world. This user has visited all 50 of the 50 States. 50  Argentina  Denmark  Italy  Slovakia  Australia  East Germany (old)  Japan  South Africa  Austria  Egypt  Latvia  Spain  Bahamas  Finland  Mexico  Sweden  Belgium  France  Morocco  Switzerland  Bermuda  Germany  Netherlands  Thailand  Brazil  Greece  Netherlands Antilles  Turkey  Cambodia  Hungary  New Zealand  United Arab Emirates  Canada  Iceland  Norway  United Kingdom Cayman Islands  India  Poland  Uruguay  China  Ireland  Puerto Rico  Vatican City  Czech Republic  Israel  Russia  Virgin Islands (U.S.)

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