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==Intention, method, and goal==

Precise construction

::::conveys exact assertion,

:::::::::but grasping snowflakes

::::::::::::::fallen on outstretched fingers

::::::::::::::::::::wants infinite forgiveness.

==About this editor==
*For better security, I created another account [[User:BusterD public]], which I used to log on from remote and portable locations
*Constructions I started or influenced can be found [[User:BusterD/Content|here]]
*[https://tools.wmflabs.org/xtools/pcount/index.php?name=BusterD&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia My edit count as BusterD], [https://tools.wmflabs.org/xtools/pcount/index.php?name=BusterD_public&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia and as BusterD public]; my administrator stats are [[User:BusterD/adminstats|here]]
*Pages I wanted to construct or improve can be found [[User:BusterD/Improve|here]]
*I prefer to discuss most changes on article talk pages for fullest transparency of process.
*A page containing analogies I saw used (some by myself), can be seen [[User:BusterD/Analogies|here]].
*Even ''this'' page has been vandalized 34 times. Thanks, vandalfighters!

==About my contributions==
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... that '''[[Alexander Hamilton Bowman]]''' helped build [[Fort Sumter]] and later served as the superintendent at [[West Point]] during the [[American Civil War]]? ([[Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2009/April#21_April_2009|02:40, 22 April 2009 (UTC)]])

... sportswriter '''[[Dick Gordon (sports writer)|Dick "Scoop" Gordon]]''' earned his nickname for reporting at [[The Daily Princetonian]] in 1930, and filed his last sports story for the [[Villager (Saint Paul, Minnesota)|Villager]] in 2008?  ([[Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2011/August#6_August_2011|08:00, 6 August 2011 (UTC)]])

... that [[College Football Hall of Fame]] inductee '''[[Jim Holder]]''' set the [[NAIA]] record in 1963 for most yards gained in a season, rushing for 1775 yards in just ten games?  ([[Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2012/August#15_August_2012|08:00, 15 August 2012 (UTC)]])

... that Hollywood stunt coordinator and second unit director '''[[Allan Graf]]''' played offensive guard for the undefeated NCAA national champion [[1972 USC Trojans football team|USC Trojans football team]] in 1972?  ([[Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2012/July#13_July_2012|16:00, 13 July 2012 (UTC)]])

... that the annual '''[[Gary Con]]''' gaming convention in [[Lake Geneva, Wisconsin]] originated as a get-together for friends and family after the March 2008 funeral for [[Dungeons & Dragons]] creator [[Gary Gygax]]?  ([[Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2014/January#29_January_2014|00:00, 30 January 2014]])

... that U.S. Navy Captain '''[[John Hoskins (officer)|John Hoskins]]''' (pictured), his foot severed by explosion aboard [[USS Princeton (CVL-23)]] during the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]], became first commander of the new [[USS Princeton (CV-37)]] the next year?  ([[Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2015/September#7_September_2015|00:00, 8 September 2015 (UTC)]])

... that [[Cologne]]-born character actor Erwin Hiller, portraying the Frenchman '''[[Marcel Hillaire]]''', toured U.S. college campuses with a one-man stage show celebrating [[French literature]]?  ([[Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2014/December#1_December_2014|06:11, 2 December 2014 (UTC)]])

... that the English physicist and television technology developer '''[[Boris Townsend]]''' (pictured) described [[colour television]] as a "judicious combination of human imperfections and clever technical solutions"?  ([[Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2018/January#19_January_2018|15:00, 19 January 2018 (UTC)]])

... that before she entered the U.S. Army in 1942, '''[[Jane Douglass White]]''', a songwriter for '''[[soldier's shows]]''', had already composed the tune which would become the official "'''[[Song of the Women's Army Corps]]'''"?  ([[Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2021/July#7_July_2021|00:00, 8 July 2021 (UTC)]])
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'''[[User:{{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>PAGENAME}}]]''' has been identified as an '''''Awesome Wikipedian''''',<br />
and therefore, I've officially declared today as [[User:Rlevse|{{{nickname|{{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>PAGENAME}}}}}'s day]]!<br />
For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian,<br />
enjoy being the Star of the day, dear {{{nickname|{{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>PAGENAME}}}}}!

Peace,<br />[[User:Rlevse|<b style="color:#090;">R<span style="color:#0A0;">l</span><span style="color:#0B0;">e</span><span style="color:#0C0;">v<span style="color:#0D0;">s</span>e</span></b>]]<br /><includeonly>~~</includeonly>~<includeonly>~~</includeonly>

<small>A record of your Day will always be kept [[User:Rlevse/Today/Archive|here]].</small>
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 6px solid cyan; color:black;" | As my personal thank you for your enrichment of the project with your very many good article contributions and your unfailingly sensible input in discussions at every level, please accept this exquisitely tasteful, but distinctly unmilitary, barnstar. &nbsp;[[User:Roger Davies|<span style="color:maroon; font-variant:small-caps">'''Roger&nbsp;Davies'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Roger Davies|'''talk''']]</sup> 12:19, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Your courage and patience at your Rfa are commendable and I am confident that should you decide to seek the tools in the future, you will be awarded them. [[User:MONGO|MONGO]] 01:28, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Your kindness is appreciated. [[User:Abt7217tc|Abt7217tc]] ([[User talk:Abt7217tc|talk]]) 05:32, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | For your labor intensive AfD nomination of multiple pointless lists. Thank you. [[User:Niteshift36|Niteshift36]] ([[User talk:Niteshift36|talk]]) 22:15, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Happy New Year [[User:Montalban|Montalban]] ([[User talk:Montalban|talk]]) 08:43, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you, BusterD! I enjoyed your visit to our school and hope our Wikipedia page on Riverview School comes out well! Thank you for the WikiKitten! [[User:KBSully|KBSully]] ([[User talk:KBSully|talk]]) 00:54, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | BusterD, thank you for your contributions on Silver Lake Joint School District 1. Your work is appreciated. Because of your contributions and tips/pointers on our page, I honor you with the newest barnstar on Wikipedia! [[User:KBSully|KBSully]] ([[User talk:KBSully|talk]]) 17:13, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
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