User:MarnetteD



{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100% align="center" ! style="background:#F5DEB3"| A sort of a bio Hello to all at Wikipedia, I live in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. I joined Mar. 25, 2005. My interests include history, reading and, especially, British television and films. In 1978 I saw Vincent Price in the one man play Diversions and Delights, written by John Gay. It was set in a Parisian theater and Price played an aging Oscar Wilde relating memories of his life and works. The performance was extraordinary and started a life long interest in Wilde. The last decade has seen an outpouring of interest in, and publications about, Oscar and the people in his life. I have read most of it. I have, also, done a fair amount of research about his visit to Leadville, Colorado, and been privileged to stand on the very stage where he spoke to the citizens of that mining boom town in 1882.

Update of Aug 10, 2006
Editing here has been a fun learning experience as I have both made mistakes and helped to improve (I hope) several articles in my 17 months here at wikip. I am proud to say that I have talked at least three friends into becoming contributors here. I came upon this userbox today and it seemed a perfect description of what I like doing here so I thought that I would add it to my page. One of my favorite wikignome projects is to take Award (Academy, Tony etc) links that are red and turn them blue by finding the way that they are phrased on their wikipages.
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Awards
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100% align="center" ! style="background:#F5DEB3"| Shiny gifts I am quite proud to have received this and I hope to continue to help in any way I can here at wikiP:

Having been a fan of this show for years this award is very special:

This is an award of a different sort. It is a nice one to pass along to others so feel free to do so at anytime.



has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. --Jupiter12 00:01, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

The pleasure of rewatching the series while working on its page has been enhanced by the reception of this award.

Another smile that is much appreciated 

WarthogDemon has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. -WarthogDemon 01:08, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't know if I have the authority to do this but I am following the Wikipedia policy of being bold and awarding you:

Hi, MarnetteD. You deserve this prize as much as anyone for your unfailing courtesy.

* To present this award to others, simply type   on their talk page, and then sign and date your post.

Congratulations. --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  01:13, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Editor MelanieN submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate User MarnetteD to be Editor of the Week. MarnetteD has been here for more than 10 years and has made more than 100,000 edits to Wikipedia. Most of their work goes unnoticed: reverting vandalism, fixing incorrect protection templates, tidying up. But in their quiet way they have been making Wikipedia a better place for a long, long time. This nomination was seconded by User:L235

You are recipient no. 2410 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Creative 404 (et al) messages
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100% align="center" ! style="background:#F5DEB3"| Mostly for my enjoyment While most dead link messages are dull there are some that have a creative and/or fun person in charge of making them. I've seen quite a few over the years and didn't think to record them. This rectifies thst.
 * Wax poetics
 * Dalhouse University
 * Hawke's Bay Today News
 * Wizards.com - of course
 * Chessvariants
 * ABC (US) I did enjoy the show they use :-)
 * Said Alice