User:LonelyBeacon

The Beacon is taking a short wikibreak and will be back on Wikipedia It would be more correct to say that I am pretty sure that I will be back. I have taken some time to reflect on my actions of late, and I still cannot help but think that I acted not only within the spirit but the letter of policy, despite what administrators are claiming. This has left me in what I see as a conundrum that I find very frustrating, as I am interpreting what I have been told as "you can't remove uncited, unreferenced, non-notable people who claim to be alumni from schools." I always maintain that I could be in the wrong, but after several days of contemplation, I am not seeing where I went wrong. I am anticipating this break to be multi-month, but that could change.

Greetings!
Over my time on Wikipedia, I have switched jobs a bit. Initially, I was more of a vandal hunter. While I still do that, I have spent more time in the last year or so doing article maintenance and referencing.

I am generally bold in doing so, and sometimes, I may accidentally revert an edit that was legit. Please accept my apologies in advance. Leave a message on my Talk Page so that I can get back to you and apologize more personally.

Links I commonly use:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Assessment#Assessment summaries
• WP:WPSCHOOLS/AL
• WP:WPSCHOOLS/AG#WNTI
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Assessment#Quality scale
• WP:BCLASS
• List of Colors

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Major contributions

Some articles, for better or worse, I have heavily contributed to:

• Alsip, Illinois
• Highland Park High School (Highland Park, Illinois)
• History of Oak Park and River Forest High School
• Illinois High School Association
• List of New Trier High School alumni
• Mount Carmel High School (Chicago)
• Oak Park and River Forest High School
• Proviso East High School
• Wheaton Warrenville South High School
• Maine East High School
• Maine South High School
• Maine West High School

Userboxes

This user is a participant in WikiProject Schools.
UIUC This user is or was a student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.	This user graduated from Eastern Illinois University.
BS This user has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.	MS This user has a Master of Science degree in Physics.
X This user is strictly apolitical.
This user has a keen interest in physics.	This user enjoys skygazing and astronomy.	This user is awed by the Earthrise photo from Apollo 8.
This user admires all expressions of nature.	This user loves the Autumn.	This user is a certified scuba diver.
This user is a bibliophile.	This user is interested in art history.	This user enjoys Classical music.
This user enjoys jazz music.
MLB This user is a Major League Baseball fan.	This user enjoys playing poker.
4 This user has visited 4 of the 208 countries in the world.	This user has visited 38 of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. 38	This user has clinched 19.5% of the Interstate Highway System.
This user believes that a user's edit count does not necessarily reflect on the value of their contributions to Wikipedia.	This editor is a Veteran Editor III and is entitled to display this Silver Editor Star.

Awards

I am not one to go hunting for awards, but I am grateful to any editor who takes time to say something nice about my work. This gallery isn't so much about what I have done as it is about saying "thank you" to those editors.

DYK

On 26 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Jordan ^Contribs 08:09, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Barnstars

		The Schools Barnstar
		I award this barnstar to LonelyBeacon for significant contributions to a number of school articles improving Wikipedia's coverage on important schools and enabling them be potential good article candidates. Camaron · Christopher · talk 15:29, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

		The Guidance Barnstar
		Hi LonelyBeacon! I would like to thank you for giving me the encouragement and guidance to become a better contributor here at Wikipedia. Keep up the good work on the school articles! Benny the mascot (talk) 04:22, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

		Civility Award
		For keeping cool St. Rita of Cascia High School despite being the subject of repeated personal attacks. Camaron · Christopher · talk 13:06, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

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Have a good weekend!!! Benny the mascot (talk) 02:46, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	For All of your hard work. Iankap99 (talk) 21:14, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

		The Schools Barnstar
		This ìs your second schools barnstar. It comes in recognition of the continuation of your 'lonely' and tireless work and thousands of edits for over two years, gnoming away at the improvement of school articles. There is no need for me to add "Keep up the good work"  :) Kudpung --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:43, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

	The Non-Fossilized Teeth Award
	This award awarded to the awardee for sticking it to Ucucha on my talk page. Well done. Drmies (talk) 01:25, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

	The Citation Barnstar
	For your assistance at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. I thought that request would sit there for days or weeks. I really appreciate your help! HuskyHuskie (talk) 04:12, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

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