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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...==
{{User Wikipedian for|year=2004|month=11|day=21}}
{{User contrib|14000}}

==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.==
[[Image:Nemo Aronax viewbay diver.jpg|thumb|'''[[User:Rama/Nemo of honour|Nemo of honour]]''' for not letting me sink in the abyss of English spelling and style.]]
{{award2|image=Working_Man's_Barnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Well done on all your work for [[Swallows and Amazons series|Swallows and Amazons]] <br>[[User:JP Godfrey|JP Godfrey]] <small>([[User talk:JP Godfrey|Talk to me]])</small> 21:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC) }}
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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The [[WP:GA|Good Article]] Barnstar'''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Thanks Dabbler  for helping to promote [[Patrick Moore]] to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and [[WP:BARNSTAR|give someone a pat on the back]] today. --[[User:Sp33dyphil|Sp33dyphil]] ©<sup>[[User talk:Sp33dyphil|hat]]</sup><sub style='position: relative; left: -1.5em;'>[[Special:Contributions/Sp33dyphil|ontributions]]</sub> 01:37, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Barnstar of Good Humor'''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Awarded for service in the War of 1812 [[User:Ian Furst|Ian Furst]] ([[User talk:Ian Furst|talk]]) 13:06, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Your extraordinary precision on the [[common loon]] is much appreciated! Thank you very much. {{p|:)}} [[User:Adityavagarwal|Adityavagarwal]] ([[User talk:Adityavagarwal|talk]]) 00:50, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
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==My DYKs==

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|'''[[:Template:Did you know|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 [[:Template talk:Did you know|the "Did you know?" talk page]].
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|'''[[:Template:Did you know|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 [[:Template talk:Did you know|the "Did you know?" talk page]].
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|'''[[:Template:Did you know|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 [[:Template talk:Did you know|the "Did you know?" talk page]].
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|'''[[:Template:Did you know|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 [[:Template talk:Did you know|the "Did you know?" talk page]].
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|On [[Wikipedia:Recent_additions#July 25 2009|July 25, 2009]], '''[[:Template:Did you know|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 [[:Template talk:Did you know|Did you know? talk page]].
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|text = On [[Wikipedia:Recent_additions#28 April 2011|28 April 2011]], '''[[:Template:Did you know|Did you know?]]''' was updated with a fact from the article '''''[[Rewards and Fairies]]''''', which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ''... that [[Rudyard Kipling|Kipling]]'s '''''[[Rewards and Fairies]]''''' includes "[[If—]]" which has been voted Britain's most popular poem?'' You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page <small>([[User:Rjanag/Pageview stats|here's how]], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201104/Rewards_and_Fairies quick check])</small> and add it to [[WP:DYKSTATS|DYKSTATS]] if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the [[:Template talk:Did you know|Did you know? talk page]].
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|text = On [[Wikipedia:Recent_additions#3 June 2013|3 June 2013]], '''[[:Template:Did you know|Did you know?]]''' was updated with a fact from the article '''''[[St. James on-the-Lines]]''''', which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ''... that the design of the church of '''[[St. James on-the-Lines]]''' did not look enough like an English church for the Bishop of Toronto?'' The nomination discussion and review may be seen at [[Template:Did you know nominations/St. James on-the-Lines]]. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page <small>([[User:Rjanag/Pageview stats|here's how]], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201306/St._James_on-the-Lines quick check])</small> and it will be added to [[WP:DYKSTATS|DYKSTATS]] if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the [[:Template talk:Did you know|Did you know? talk page]].
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[[WP:Did you know|The DYK project]] ([[T:TDYK|nominate]]) 18:04, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

==Under construction==
[[User:Dabbler/John Thomson |Under construction John Thomson]]
[[User:Dabbler/Skipton Climo|Under construction Skipton Climo]]