User:Drmies/Barnstars

Nice things from nice people
Well, they're not all barnstars per se, and not all of them are nice, but I thought it'd be nice to have a long list of all those colorful things on one page.

2011

 * There was a reason for this, at one time.


 * That was a wonderful series.

Puff!
There it is! Consider yourself cursed...

Vasco Amaral (talk) 21:19, 30 August 2011 (UTC) 

A kitten for you!
i just felt like you needed some sort of kitten!

Kevin (talk) 04:03, 6 October 2011 (UTC) 


 * That's really nice of you, after I was not so friendly to you. Don't pay me no mind; I'm just an old out-of-fashion'd Codger. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 21:01, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Thank you for the talk page protection and looking out for me! :] Hope things are well.

– GorillaWarfare (talk) 01:16, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Some stroopwafels for you
Thanks for helping on the DYK's. Here is a pack of stroopwafels. I hope you don't mind I ate a few of them already. ;) SpeakFree (talk)(contribs) 22:30, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Xmas

 * Thank you for the barnstar! And, I hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! :) Wilhelmina Will (talk) 08:50, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

2012

 * If I may respond to your question (as Drmies is likily sleeping), but you will find the answers at this message on your talk page and this message on your talk page. On a related note, nice trophy! --kelapstick(bainuu) 07:14, 6 February 2012 (UTC)


 * [A beer for cleaning up RPP.]

Wilhelmina Will (talk) 10:43, 14 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Best...Barnstar...Ever...--kelapstick(bainuu) 06:29, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

100,000 edits

 * Singing your praises as well, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:19, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * 1 April was yesterday, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:11, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Leaky Bucket Award
Thanks for your valiant attempt to clean up a mess. Too bad the bucket leaks. Lady of  Shalott  02:51, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Lady. Was it worth it? Be careful lest you get slammed with a canvassing warning. I'm famously partisan. Drmies (talk) 03:00, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * BTW, we have a Dutch book with that title. I find it very tedious. That article needs some serious improvement. Drmies (talk) 03:04, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah it does. Of course, your bucket doesn't so much have a hole as someone kicked it over and made sure the mess spread all out again. I couldn't think of a song that matched the spilled bucket analogy though. Maybe Bieber will sing one and Tweet about it. Lady  of  Shalott  03:23, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, you might find: you get what you need.

Happy adminiversary!
In an extraordinary and surprising display of competency, you've somehow managed to be an admin for one whole year without destroying Wikipedia. It's hard to believe it's only been a year – it seems like you've been an admin forever. You've done an exemplary job, and you've made the literally hundreds of people who supported your RfA very proud. Thanks for your dedication to the position, and congratulations! M AN d ARAX •  XAЯA b ИA M  11:13, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Well said, Mandarax! Hear, hear! Lady  of  Shalott  11:46, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * wow, has it been that long? kelapstick(bainuu) 11:53, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, congratulations! Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:02, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Congratulations, Drmies! I'd leave another image of food and drink, but methinks you've had enough already. Speaking of which, it's almost time for my breakfast. Nice of Mandarax to acknowledge your milestone by giving you the, er, finger. Very best, 99.153.142.225 (talk) 12:04, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * And in an amazing coincidence (giving the finger?), |newswell|text|Frontpage|p this man, who has held the family jewels, is in the paper today. I guess he's notable! Drmies (talk) 12:56, 27 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Happy adminversary! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:03, 27 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Montgomery, eh? It just occurred to me that I've got a painting in a Birmingham gallery--don't ask how it got there. Let me know if you're ever there with 7 minutes to kill. 99.153.142.225 (talk) 13:09, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll be sure to check it out--where is it? As a matter of fact, the girls are in Birmingham today. If you have any work at the zoo, I'll tell them to have a look. Drmies (talk) 17:32, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Work at the zoo.... maybe not an inappropriate idea. I'd prefer to share the information off-Wiki, if possible. 99.153.142.225 (talk) 18:44, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * My cousin is a birdkeeper at the B'ham Zoo (currently that is - she's worked all over there). Lady  of  Shalott  22:21, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Of course. I don't know if you have access to the email function, or if you still have an account--but Mandarax has my contact info as well. Drmies (talk) 19:07, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Message sent. Cheers, 99.153.142.225 (talk) 21:09, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * And received. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 00:56, 28 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Congrats, friend. Too bad you aren't here, I have a bottle of Moldavian champagne that needs a special occasion, and this would be worthy.   Dennis Brown  -  2&cent;   &copy;  16:31, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks to everybody! This is greatly appreciated, and at lunchtime I'll toast you all with something delicious, though not yet anything from Cantillon Brewery, unfortunately. Drmies (talk) 17:32, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Tangents

 * Note: I've "coined" words before, only to later discover that someone else had previously come up with 'em, but I was pretty sure adminiversary would be all mine. Alas, I've now checked, and I found that it had appeared on three other user talk pages. I have, however, created a unique word to describe such words created by me: portmandaraxteau. This word is both a portmanteau and an autonym. Going further out on one of my famous tangents... for an old discussion in which I mention one of my favorite portmanteaux, see this. And further still... I was reminded of another very funny portmanteau, from  Arrested Development: Tobias created a new category for himself which combined analyst and therapist, so on his business cards he referred to himself as an analrapist. M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  00:01, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, I should've known: analrapist exists! Too bad that redirect couldn't be expanded into a DYK.... M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  00:47, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Mandarax, I totally thought you were a grown-up. It's a good thing some Beauty and the Beast thing is on TV or my Sippi might see that horrible word you just posted on my talk. Drmies (talk) 00:55, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hehe, I might've actually thought you were serious if I didn't know it was coming from the creator of the testicular barnstar.... M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  01:46, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I do like "portmandaraxteau". I lack the originality for such fancy footwork; I'm glad creativity is not dead yet. Drmies (talk) 01:51, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I like the plural: portmandaraxteaux. As for your lacking originality, that's just plain ridiculous – you're overflowing with creativity. Also, I've thought about it; that is a pretty horrible word and a concept which a small child should not be exposed to, so I've struck the offending word above. M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  23:18, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Testicular barnstar? For articles about Rocky Mountain oysters? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:53, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * No, just a vile joke on my part. Let's forget about it. Drmies (talk) 01:59, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Right, we're all adults here, and Wikipedia iz zeriouz bizznezz. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:01, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Lipstick
Thanks for taking care of Paloma Picasso's red period. It was the Seinfeld of articles – the article about nothing! I must say you were more generous than I would've been. Again, the article really wasn't about anything; all it said was that her favorite color is red and she likes wearing red lipstick. This was absolutely an article on one of the most inconsequential subjects I can possibly imagine, written by a now-banned user, apparently solely for the purpose of creating an April Fools' Day DYK. My most significant contribution to Wikipedia may have been derailing that DYK and keeping this garbage off of the Main Page. M AN d ARAX •  XAЯA b ИA M  05:23, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * April Fools? Hmm. Maybe, since Mbz1 has done a lot of good work, if memory serves me right. Drmies (talk) 14:00, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

200 DYK
For your copy edit to the Ashleigh Brennan‎ article. Thanks for the editing assist. :)

LauraHale (talk) 03:05, 29 June 2012 (UTC) 


 * Drmies is one of the project's best contributors IMO; without his help I'd have found it very difficult to get the Green Children up to snuff, and his The Man in the Moone is one I very much look forward to helping get some kind of blob or star in the future. Malleus Fatuorum 01:56, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I never said he wasn't : He helped me a lot with den Chinezenmoord (FA on the Indonesian Wikipedia and translated into Spanish btw) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:01, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * And Javanese. Drmies, you rock. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright, enough of these unseemly outbursts of emotion among men. Malleus Fatuorum 02:08, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Sounds like someone needs a hug... Dennis Brown - 2&cent;    &copy;  02:11, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I can't feel my toes... I don't have any toes! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:14, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

The Mongolia Barnstar of National Merit

 * John, I like the gift as I like the giver: thank you very much. Drmies (talk) 22:57, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

[This is another] barnstar for you!
I have no idea how that happened, but it might have something to do with this section-name already existing above. (>_<;;)

Anyway, your help on Tanka in English is much appreciated! And please see Talk:Tanka in English for a new relevant discussion forum/my evolved opinion on your edit to the opening paragraph :D

elvenscout742 (talk) 06:04, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

2013

 * Unfortunately, I didn't get a block warning or template to paste on this page--let this note function as a hair shirt.


 * You brown-noser. Drmies (talk) 02:46, 22 January 2013 (UTC)


 * That's really nice, Pink--thanks! Drmies (talk)

Ah thank you Crisco

 * Thank you, Crisco. I wonder what gave you the idea to award me a barnstar: it makes me feel really special. BTW, I'm tweeting this from the library bathroom. Drmies (talk) 15:34, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The wonders of the modern world. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:23, 27 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I don't know, dude... Drmies (talk) 00:45, 1 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Why does he get a star? He has been sitting by the pool drinking expensive bier all day, children doting over him for father's day, neglected his obligations at Wikipedia.  Actually, I'm jealous. Dennis Brown / 2¢ / © / @ 23:27, 16 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I second that (in fact, I wish I'd thought of it first ;-) -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 21:27, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * (apologies for the fanboyism) I third it - especially the attached advice. Being a parent is rewarding, but hard at the same time exhausting - if we could find a WP equivalent of "who wants to go to the swings and run around for half an hour?" to get all that hyperactivity out of people, then life would be easier. Ritchie333  (talk)  (cont)   22:16, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

2014
For this brilliant comment.

The Banner talk 14:23, 3 May 2014 (UTC) 