Schwede66
Joined 2 October 2009
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Kia oraEdit
Welcome to my user pages. Kia ora is a Māori language greeting that has entered New Zealand English and is translated as an informal "hi".
Wikipedia interestsEdit
Having chosen New Zealand as my home, I take an interest in anything from my adopted country. I have a special interest in:
- geography (built environment and water),
- history
- people
- politics
- civil engineering
- transport (especially cycling)
- and somehow, I've become interested in rowing; between December 2017 and August 2018 I wrote articles for the European Rowing Championships covering the editions from 1893 to 1973 (65 articles) plus started circa 450 rowing bios in support of that exercise
Related projectsEdit
I have an account on flickr, but I don't hold photo files there. The account's purpose is to hunt for photos that are suitable for Wikipedia. I am active on Commons, where I upload my own photos and those from flickr that have a suitable licence. Since 2017, I've been reasonably active on Wikidata. Prior to 2009, I had a separate account for another Wikipedia project and ArbCom agreed to courtesy vanish the account for privacy reasons.
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BarnstarsEdit
DYK MedalEdit
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The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal | |
| Congratulations for reaching the 25 DYK milestone! Well done for all your good work, especially on New Zealand politician biographies. XLerate (talk) 04:39, 24 June 2010 (UTC) |
I've added your username to Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of DYKs also. XLerate (talk) 04:39, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
BarnstarEdit
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The New Zealand Barnstar of National Merit | |
| for your efforts with the New Zealand Politics task force and all-round hard work. | ||
| this WikiAward was given to Schwede66 by dramatic (talk) on 09:21, 13 September 2010 (UTC) |
Congrats from DYKEdit
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The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal | |
| Congratulations on hitting the big 5-0 in DYK. Keep up the good work! - The Bushranger One ping only 23:33, 3 January 2011 (UTC) |
The 100 DYK MedalEdit
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The 100 DYK Medal | |
| Many thanks are in order: your wide-ranging contributions to Wikipedia have resulted in one hundred of your newly created or expanded articles appearing on the Main page, in the "Did you know?" section. You are a great asset to the encyclopedia. Moonraker (talk) 09:31, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
Researcher's BarnstarEdit
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Researcher's Barnstar | |
| I am pleased to present you with the Researcher's Barnstar in appreciation for your fine work in researching Christchurch's buildings. Excellent work. Thank you. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:23, 30 October 2011 (UTC) |
A barnstar for youEdit
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The Modest Barnstar | |
| Thanks for your recent contributions! 67.80.64.128 (talk) 12:24, 10 April 2012 (UTC) |
An award for youEdit
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Golden Wiki Award
You are among the top 5% of most active Wikipedians this past month! 66.87.0.140 (talk) 22:50, 24 April 2012 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!Edit
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The Original Barnstar |
| For writing our article on the Implosion of Radio Network House - the quality genuinely amazed me. Have you considered nominating it for good article status? Ironholds (talk) 03:04, 22 September 2012 (UTC) |
Well doneEdit
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The 200 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal | |
| We see you are on a Wikibreak and that is well deserved - after creating 200 articles that make it to DYK. Articles about your chosen country of New Zealand - and I see some made it to GA status. Thanks from the the Wiki and me. Victuallers (talk) 09:49, 10 January 2013 (UTC) |
Another barnstar for you!Edit
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The Helping Hand Barnstar | |
| Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction on big and little things. Keep that good and gentle advice coming, please. Herewhy (talk) 04:24, 16 June 2019 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!Edit
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The Original Barnstar |
| For your work on Auckland railway electrification – seen and appreciated. Thank you! JoshuaWalker | Talk 22:37, 16 May 2015 (UTC) |
