User:Dabbler

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Why Dabbler?

Dabbler by name because I am a Dabbler by nature. I like to know a little about a lot and it shows!

I have been around here...

This user has been on Wikipedia for 20 years and 1 day.

14,000+This user has made more than 14,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

My interests

Some specific interests:

• Royal Navy 1775-1816,
• Trampolining as a sport,
• Isle of Man,
• Arthur Ransome,
• Patrick O'Brian,
• Fixing spelling errors

Awards etc.

Nemo of honour for not letting me sink in the abyss of English spelling and style.

The Working Man's Barnstar Well done on all your work for Swallows and Amazons JP Godfrey (Talk to me) 21:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

		The Good Article Barnstar
		Thanks Dabbler for helping to promote Patrick Moore to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give someone a pat on the back today. --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 01:37, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	Awarded for service in the War of 1812 Ian Furst (talk) 13:06, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Your extraordinary precision on the common loon is much appreciated! Thank you very much. Adityavagarwal (talk) 00:50, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

My DYKs

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article HMS Rose (1757), which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article W. G. Collingwood, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Josias Rowley, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Israel Pellew, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Winter Holiday, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Pigeon Post, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Did you know? was updated. On 1 December, 2007, a fact from the article K. B. Quinan, which you recently created, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On July 25, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article HMS Cockchafer (1915), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

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