User:Donner60

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 11 years and 7 months.

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This user has created 89 articles on Wikipedia.

This user has written or expanded 17 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page.

This user has now retired.

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AfDThis user has commented/voted on 19 Articles for Deletion

VANThis user has reverted vandalism many times and has warned many vandals.

vn-25This editor's user page, talk page, or subpages have been vandalized 25 times.

This user has reviewed 26 DYK articles on Wikipedia.

This editor is a Veteran Editor II and is entitled to display this Bronze Editor Star.

A fact from an article by this user appeared in the On this day section of the Main Page on June 17, 2012.

This user has reanimated 1 article by improving it for reinstatement.

HThis user had access to HighBeam through The Wikipedia Library.

QThis user used to have access to Questia through The Wikipedia Library.

First edit: July 18, 1999

User:Donner60/Sandbox

User:Donner60/Wikipedia article links Articles which I have created or to which I have substantially contributed, DYKs, DYKs reviewed, a recent edit count, plus a few references. I subsequently have added some of the information to this page. I may find time to combine it all on one page, or at least delete the duplications from one of the pages.

User:Donner60/ACW References American Civil War library, bibliography (form of references)

User:Donner60/AmericanRevolutionBibliography Moved, renamed User:Donner60/Wikipedia style templates.

User:Donner60/Colonial era bibliography. Moved, renamed User:Donner60/Draft of article

User:Donner60/References

User:Donner60/Wikipedia style links

User:Donner60/Draft of part of Union brevet generals list Moved, renamed User:Donner60/EditCounterOptIn (was a failed effort to opt in to edit counter; moved substantive Union general section of brevet Union general list here for editing and reducing; some key information can be found in Union generals list in main article space).

My to-do list includes expanding/revising the articles on the American Civil War West Virginia campaign and the individual battles of that campaign, except Philippi which is already detailed; revising/expanding or writing articles on several other battles that occurred in 1861 and 1862 especially; writing at least brief biographies of any Civil War generals or officers often identified as generals or even important colonels for whom there are no pages and for which there are adequate sources; (finished all the legally appointed and commissioned Confederate generals previously without articles); expanding/revising articles on generals which are stubs, incomplete or have obvious errors; expanding/revising the article on the Appomattox campaign and the individual battles of that campaign (the first two of which I have substantially expanded already). I had hoped to stay ahead of the 150th anniversary dates of the Civil War. I am behind on the time goal due to the time I have spent on lists and biographies. I do not intend to add an article for every small battle or skirmish that was fought but I think there are still some notable engagements for which articles need to be added and other articles that need to be expanded. I will occasionally add or add to an article on American history or biography which is not connected with the Civil War. I have been working on a list of members of the Virginia House of Burgesses and have written a few biographies of members. I also have added some DYKs and correspondingly done some DYK reviews.

I also occasionally revert vandalism, mostly to articles which have made it to my watchlist, or correct obvious errors in articles that I happen to read or come across. Since the beginning of October 2012, I have been doing recent changes patrol and reverting vandalism generally, not just from my watchlist pages. While this appears useful, and unfortunately, appears to be necessary, I do not plan to do this as regularly as I have been doing it after June 2013. I intend to return mostly to my previous writing and editing priorities with recent changes review for perhaps a few hours per week. I have also commented/voted on some articles for deletion and expect to do that occasionally.

I thank User:Bullmoosebell, a brave defender of our nation and our liberties and energetic Wikipedia contributor for the following barnstars. His contributions to our country far outweigh my meager contribution to Wikipedia. I express here my admiration for him and his work and display these awards with pride because he bestowed them. Copied from my talk page.

The Barnstar of Diligence

You edit with passion & adequate references, and your extensive service to Wikipedia speaks volumes of your tenacity to keep Wikipedia credible & fortuitous as a reference source. Your edits are in keeping with the proper Manual of Style of Wikipedia, the Policy on Good Faith Edits, and the heritage of the United States Military. Keep up the great work! Bullmoosebell (talk) 07:28, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	You've gone through much toil and hard work to keep the integrity of Wikipedia, while associating the proper channels and adherence to good faith edits. Seemingly overdue, you've earned the Barnstar of Defense. Bullmoosebell (talk) 07:26, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Quite an honor from Gerda Arendt, a truly awesome Wikipedian:

	hero of reviewing
	On your second Wiki-birthday, thank you for your collaborative reviewing for DYK, unafraid of a triple nom, seeking contact with all editors, commenting with precision, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:02, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Thank you for promptly responding to the inappropriate edit on the Summary Execution page. You are a very diligent editor! Netrogeractor (talk) 22:36, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK from articles created

December 5, 2011 DYK ... that Confederate brigadier general Alfred E. Jackson was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson because of his kindness toward Johnson's family during the Civil War?" 7,600 page views, December 5 and 6, 2011. 8,401 page views between November 18, 2011 and December 29, 2011.

December 28, 2011 DYK ... that Alabama's first superintendent of public education, Confederate brigadier general and college professor William F. Perry, had little or no formal education? 2,430 page views, December 28 and 29, 2011.
2,610 page views between December 17 and December 29, 2011.

July 10, 2012 DYK ... that Confederate Army Colonel Wilburn Hill King acted as a general officer for more than a year but was never legally promoted? 3,190 pages views, July 10 and 11, 2012.

July 12, 2012 DYK ... that Confederate Army Colonel Levin Major Lewis was hit by a spent musket ball that stuck in his forehead at the Battle of Lone Jack in Missouri during the American Civil War? 6,369 page views, July 12, 2012. 7,191 page views July 12 and 13, 2012.

July 20, 2012 DYK ... that Confederate General John Bell Hood appointed Colonel Moses Wright Hannon an acting brigadier general after Hannon's men seized more than 1,000 cattle from the Union Army? 1,477 page views, July 20, 2012.

July 23, 2012 DYK ... that on January 15, 1861, Florida militia colonel William Henry Chase demanded the surrender of Fort Pickens at Pensacola, Florida, which he had designed and constructed as a U.S. Army captain? 2,142 page views, July 23, 2012.

August 4, 2012 DYK... that Union Colonel James Cameron, killed at the American Civil War First Battle of Bull Run, was a brother of U.S. Secretary of War Simon Cameron? 1,088 page views, August 4, 2012.

August 5, 2012 DYK... that a brigadier general commission for Confederate Colonel Francis Marion Walker arrived at his headquarters the day after he was killed at the Battle of Atlanta in the American Civil War? 1,251 page views, August 5, 2012.

August 11, 2012 DYK }... that Confederate Colonel Robert Johnson Henderson's division commander persuaded Henderson to sign his parole at the end of the American Civil War as a brigadier general? 1,489 page views, August 11, 2012.

August 15, 2012 DYK ... that Virginia militia (Confederate) brigadier general Gilbert S. Meem moved to Seattle, Washington, in 1892 and was appointed postmaster by U.S. President Grover Cleveland? 1,033 page views on August 15, 2012. Overlap to August 16: 12.

August 18, 2012 DYK ... that the 48th Georgia Infantry Regiment of Confederate Lt. Colonel Reuben Walker Carswell was in a brigade commanded by Carswell's mentor as a lawyer, Brigadier General Ambrose R. Wright? 569 page views.

September 12, 2012 DYK ... that Colonel Joseph H. Tucker, twice commander of the Camp Douglas (Chicago) prison camp during the American Civil War, was never mustered into the Union Army? 1503 page views September 12, 186 page views, September 13.

September 22, 2012 DYK ... that Confederate Colonel William Henry Harman was killed at the Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia, the town where he was born? 973 page views, September 22.

October 1, 2012 DYK ... that Jeptha Vining Harris, a Mississippi militia general during the American Civil War, was the son of Jeptha Vining Harris, a Georgia militia general during the War of 1812? 989 page views, October 1.

October 17, 2012 DYK ... that Confederate Major General J.E.B. Stuart's Chambersburg Raid was his second ride around McClellan? 1704 page views October 17.

December 30, 2012 DYK ... that Charles W. Adams, a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War, was a grandfather of Helen Keller? 1498 page views December 30; 205 page views December 31.

May 17, 2013 DYK ... that Richard Buck opened the first session of the Virginia General Assembly at Jamestown, Virginia on July 30, 1619 with a prayer? 564 page views on May 17.

A June 17 anniversary from one of the new articles that I created appeared on the On this day section of the Main Page on June 17, 2012:
1861 – American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the earliest military movements of troops by train in the world.