User:Chris The Speller
I started out correcting spelling mistakes, and for a while found myself fixing and cleaning a ton of disambiguation pages. I also add to articles when I notice that information is missing, and sometimes this mushrooms into major copyediting.
- Misspellings can be fun and helpful
Sometimes careless fingers can provide new, useful words. Here are some actual misspellings I have found and fixed, along with my proposed definitions:
- Pyramoid
- (adjective): shaped more or less like a pyramid
- Fundametal
- (noun): a metallic element from the bottom row of the periodic table
- Succumbled
- (verb, past tense): lost its determination and broke into small pieces at the same time
- Startling facts I have learned while working in Wikipedia
- "Hamilton's miniatures are generally of small size ..."
- Places in the US with names that don't make it easy to guess which US state they are in
| Jersey Shore |
| Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania |
| Kalifornsky |
| Kalifornsky, Alaska |
| Pacific (not Pacific, California [more than 120 miles from the ocean!], or Pacific, Washington [more than 90 miles!]) |
| Pacific, Missouri and Pacific, Wisconsin |
| Sweet Home |
| Sweet Home, Arkansas (also Kentucky, Oregon and Texas). You were thinking Alabama, perhaps? |
| North |
| North, South Carolina |
| Countries that wanted Chris to leave so bad they issued him a passport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Places Chris has stayed in or flashed through:
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All other US states except AK, AL, LA, MS |
| Idea and layout borrowed from User:Calton, who borrowed it from others | ||
Articles Chris has written
and is proud of
- George Lichty
- Wayne King
- Dream a Little Dream of Me
- Tom Brookshier
- Thomas D. Howie
- Patrice Munsel
- John Sprunt Hill House
- Elga Andersen
- Unity Building (Chicago)
and would like to forget
I've already forgotten.
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I, Gaius Cornelius hereby award you this Minor Barnstar for all your brilliant minor edits! Gaius Cornelius 18:14, 13 November 2005 (UTC) |
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I award this Workingman's Barnstar to Chris the speller in the hopes that he will continue living up to his user name, and keep showing up in my watchlist for fixing my spelling errors. Fluzwup (talk) 01:14, 21 November 2005 |
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ÁÈÎÖŪ This Spelling Tireless Contributor Barnstar is presented to Chris the Speller for his continous contributions in Wikipedia. Presented by Tony the Marine 15:16, 29 November 2005 (UTC)]] |
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A barnstar for a tireless wikignome. Your work is appreciated! Gflores 08:50, 5 March 2006 (UTC)]] |
 | For dedication to improving and expanding Wikipedia. Good job! Sharkface217 02:26, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Good job! :-) 16:14, 14 November 2006 (UTC) |
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The Philippine Barnstar Award I hereby give you this Philippine Barnstar Award for your diligent efforts and untiring assistance to my Philippine-related articles. Keep up the good work! --Pinay06(Talkâ¢Email) 18:21, 20 December 2006 (UTC) |
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I award you, Chris the speller, the very rare "No.1" Medal for your dedication and hard work in Wikipedia - well done! Tony the Marine 17:16, 21 December 2006 (UTC)]] |
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The Minor Barnstar Chris, for fixing all the spelling mistakes, I award the Minor Barnstar. Keep up the good work! Kamope userpage talk contributions 23:34, 11 January 2007 (UTC) |
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The Working Man's Barnstar I hereby award Chris the speller this Barnstar for outstanding work in correcting my poor spelling - Manxruler 17:44, 27 January 2007 (UTC) |
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Because of your dedication and your excellent work in Wikipedia, I have inducted you to my "Wall of Honor" Tony the Marine 21:30, 2 March 2007 (UTC) |
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The Invisible Barnstar Almost no-one gives recognition for the "invisible" dab work, but you deserve it. – sgeureka 07:39, 22 November 2007 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diligence For your continuous efforts in improving and correcting spelling errors, both on mine and other user-created article, I award this barnstar as a matter of thanks. Chris (talk) 18:55, 26 July 2008 (UTC) |
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I award this The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar to Chris the speller , for his work maintaining high standards of spelling on Wikipedia! FeydHuxtable 25 August 2008 |
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The Barnstar of Diligence For kindness to all through dilligent wikignomery across many articles and several years Dakinijones (talk) 15:06, 4 December 2008 (UTC) |
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The Working Man's Barnstar For correcting the spelling of 'on board' in ~100 articles in the last 2 days. Crazy :) Rror (talk) 15:36, 1 July 2009 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diligence This is in recognition for correcting spelling errors and other typographical errors in literally thousands of articles daily since October 24, 2005. Dan Dassow (talk) 16:47, 11 October 2009 (UTC) |
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The Copyeditor's Barnstar Phor yur gr8 wrk on Wikipedia fr fxing te errers of ppl lyke mi whu kan’t spel :D Wiki San Roze 12:45, 12 February 2010 (UTC) |
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The Minor Barnstar Peeple like me need poople like you! Amandajm (talk) 04:43, 26 February 2010 (UTC) |
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The Great Arkansas Barnstar I award you the Great Arkansas Barn Star for your work on cleaning up my numerous spelling and capitalization errors in the series, History of the Arkansas National Guard. Thanks for the hard work! Aleutian06 13:41, 8 November 2010 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar I would like to give you this barnstar for your tireless and often thankless work on Wikipedia. Though I've never communicated with you personally, you've corrected mistakes on many articles that I've contributed. Your work spans thousands of articles in every category, and is invaluable to the project as a whole. Best, -RHM22 (talk) 00:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC) |
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The Great Arkansas Barnstar I award you this Great Arkansas Barnstar for your efforts to correct my spelling in the article, Arkansas Militia and the War with Mexico? Aleutian06 (talk) 13:30, 17 February 2011 (UTC) |
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The Minor Barnstar Thank you! Andreas Philopater (talk) 19:29, 25 February 2011 (UTC) |
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The Cleanup Barnstar Hi Chris, I noticed your very helpful spelling corrections recently when you appeared on my watchlist, so I'd like to award you this barnstar as a token of appreciation for the hard work you do. Best wishes, SlimVirgin 16:55, 22 April 2011 (UTC) |