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Some people just want to spoil it for everyone else. They are succeeding.

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Any help in expanding these would be very much appreciated!

Odds & sods

Notes and Queries

• User:DuncanHill/For further research
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The Generosity of Others

		The Original Barnstar
		for all your recent hard work Reedgunner 14:52, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

The Working Man's Barnstar I, Dweller, award you the working man's barnstar for your tireless contributions to the project since you joined. Misplaced Pages is stronger for the contributions of people like you. We're glad to have you on board. --Dweller 14:06, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		You truly showed the spirit of Misplaced Pages in helping our friend the sitting duck. Your kindness is not unnoticed! Love,Neranei (talk) 01:35, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For making a difference. Sluzzelin talk 00:54, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

		The Minor Barnstar
		For the fine photo of Poldice. It may be a small thing, but it made my day. Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:14, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

		The Categorisation Barnstar
		For all the nice categorization work on James Ranald Martin and several other pages. Keep going! Prashanthns (talk) 14:29, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

		The da Vinci Barnstar
		For an awesome level of work in resolving the AN/I Derailment! LaughingVulcan 15:22, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For diligent work on WP:Cornwall over the years Andy F (talk) 19:56, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Thanks for your ongoing contributions - much appreciated. Stalwart111 (talk) 00:09, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

		The WikiProject Barnstar
		To DuncanHill for diligently and constructively contributing to WP:Cornwall over many years. Andy F (talk) 21:13, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

		The WikiProject Cornwall Barnstar
		For all your excellent work maintaining and contributing to WikiProject Cornwall over the years. The deserved first recipient of this award! Zangar (talk) 16:34, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

		The Disambiguator's Barnstar
		Thanks for all your hard work on disambiguation pages, it's appreciated. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 20:31, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

historic English persons

Thank you for quality articles such as Jonathan Couch, Henry Augustus Smyth, William Oliver (physician) and Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, for adding categories, - Duncan, repeating (10 April 2009 and 1 February 2010): you are an awesome Wikipedian!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for coming back quickly with a helpful reply at the Reference desk! Thanks, Thatoneweirdwikier Say hi 14:22, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	For intelligent, helpful, and in-depth copyediting of many articles, including several of mine. Your work does not go unnoticed. Thank you! Eddie891 Work 01:38, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for making clarifications on Queens of Industry. Lajmmoore (talk) 09:08, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	For fixing Signal (software)! I'm happy to take over for you if you're tired of removing hyphens! AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 00:19, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		I hereby award this barnstar to editor DuncanHill for diligent efforts to improve the quality of references in our articles. FeydHuxtable (talk) 10:01, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For your tireless work tracking and identifying User:DuncanHill/LTA - your commitment is appreciated! ~TNT (she/they • talk) 11:56, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

		The Guidance Barnstar
		Dear colleague, Thank you for finding the time to offer advice and guidance to your fellow editors, especially about the existence of useful tools, as you did for my benefit, here. With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee. 16:00, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		Awarded for your unending efforts in tidying up citations in articles. Awarded by Cdjp1 (talk) 28 February 2023

I don't do barnstars, but here's a picture of a barn near where I used to live. MinorProphet (talk) 06:01, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	For suggestions made during the spinoffs from Black market in wartime France Elinruby (talk) 21:43, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		Thank you for your contributions to Misplaced Pages (u t c m l ) 🔒 ALL IN 🧿 18:46, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	I feel very embarrassed about the Harv and Sfn error I had in my recent edit. You are extremely kind to pick it up and quietly correct it. MatthewDalhousie (talk) 01:50, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

DuncanHill's Awesome Wikipedian day is 10th April.

This user has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian and was awarded his own day.

DYK

On 27 November, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Mawe, 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.

On 18 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Rogers (divine), 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.

On 20 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jonathan Couch, 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.

On 26 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Ralfs, 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.

On 12 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dr William Oliver, 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.

Some small triumphs

Removing decade-old vandalism, which has been reproduced widely across the internet.

Removing a "quotation" which was in fact from a satirical work

Correcting a FOURTEEN YEAR OLD error

Another decade-or-more-old error

Another ten year error

Error caused by relying on a "Reliable Source"

Quotation incorrectly sourced for six years

Queen Victoria's Coronation mis-dated for 5 years

Two year-old tosh

Nine year-old error, widely reproduced

One historian copies another historian's howler

Reference says OPPOSITE of what it is being used to support

Complete falsehood, over ten years old

Two years old

Historical impossibility

Twelve year old mis-attribution

Four year old bollocks, sourced to a trade union publication

The posthumous Bishop of Penrith

Nobody reads the references

Two and a half year old vandalism

Wrong son, nearly two years old

Nine year old error

Fixing an sfn/harv reference error that was nearly 7 years old

An eleven year old error, claiming a man wrote a book 21 years after his death

Ten year old vandalism

Six year old error caused by someone fixing what they thought was a spelling mistake

Lincoln is not London!

Ten year old misattribution of a quotation

References undefined for over TEN YEARS.

The right man in the right job!

Bunk debunked

Democrat? Republican? Does anyone care?

A Bishop in the House of Commons?

Six year old vandalism

Sixteen years, wrong name of Act, and wrong date of expiry

Lloyd George resources

I am gradually compiling a list of resources relating to David Lloyd George, including my own library. It can be found here.

Service award

This editor is a Vanguard Editor and is entitled to display this Unobtainium Editor Star with the Neutronium Superstar hologram.

This user has been on Misplaced Pages for 18 years and 6 months.