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1 Hi!
2 The Cost of Freedom is Always High
3 Pages I Have Created:
4 Pages I Have Contributed To:
5 Featured Works
6 Awards
- 6.1 Barnstars and Medals
- 6.2 Honorable Mentions

[edit] Hi!

TomStar81 at a glance

This user lives in the
United States of America.

This user is proud to be an American.

This user supports the troops.

In Memoriam: 9/11
Lest we forget…

This user is a member of the
World War II task force
of the Military history WikiProject.

This user lives in
The Lone Star State.

This user is a college student.

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This user uses American Measurements.

~~C&C~~

This User refuses to call Generals a Command and Conquer game

This user knows that Battleships rule the waves, not the bloody bird farms!

This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

About me

I joined in September 2004, and I have picked up some of the tools of the trade, but I still have not mastered everything (yet...). Feel free to correct me if I screw something up, but please do so Nicely.
I Live in El Paso, Texas, and am currently attending the University of Texas at El Paso. I am an avid computer gamer, and spend the rest of my time either watching TV or reading books. I'm not an expert in any particular field, but I am knowledgeable in a wide range of subjects including (but not limited to): Meteorology, Transportation, History, Military Science, Historical Interpretations of the American Constitution, the Legal Process, and cartoons, with a special eye on anime and Adult Swim, and the old Toonami. I have also been told that I can think outside the box, but I'm not sure how true that is.
Since joining Wikipedia I have been steadly expanding my horizons here, and have been dropping welcome messages on the talk pages of new users who happen to edit articles I track on my watchlist. I am not an administrator, but I have entertained the possibility of eventually becoming an administrater here on the English Wikipedia. In January of 2008 I became one of the non-administrative Users on Wikipedia to revieve rollback rights, enabling me to revert multiple instances of vandalism rapidly and efficiently. I also have an account on the Commons repository after noticing that a large number of the pictures I originally uploaded for use in articles pertaining to the United States Navy have since migrated over to the commons or to pages on Wikipedia sites in other languages. I am a member of the Military history Wikiproject, which seeks to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of military history, and the World War II task force, a task force operating under the Military history Wikiproject which aims to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of World War II. Occasionally, if I am bored or if I have nothing better to do with my time I will check the recent edits log to check for vandalism, or cruise aimlessly through the articles that pop up when I click on "Random Article" to further my own knowledge and to see if I can improve the page(s) in any way.
I have found that my schoolwork at the University of Texas at El Paso has been getting harder, so I have been spending somewhat less time here than I have in the past, and I have been using this site more as a source and less as a recreational hobby. This has been especially true during May and December, when we college guys have our finals. Therefore, if you leave a message here during the school year or during finals week it may be a while before I get back to you.
Anyway, if I can help with something, then I will definitely try, and if I can't, I may be able to at least point you in the general direction of assistance.
Oh, and uh, one more thing: My Spelling is Atrocious, so if I made it, and it's misspelled, please fix it. You will be doing us all a favor ;-)
—TomStar81 04:53, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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Special Thanks
I Would like to take a moment to thank Aqua008 for encouraging me to register, and for helping me with my questions. You Rock!

[edit] The Cost of Freedom is Always High

Lest We Forget

"For the families of the seven, we cannot bear, as you do, the full impact of this tragedy. But we feel the loss, and we're thinking about you so very much. Your loved ones were daring and brave, and they had that special grace, that special spirit that says, 'Give me a challenge and I'll meet it with joy.'
...We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God'."
— Speech Delivered to the Nation by
President Ronald Reagan following the
explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger.

Picture of the day

A map of troop movements during the Waterloo Campaign, leading up to the Battle of Waterloo where Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated. Napoleon's Army of the North came up against a coalition army composed of forces from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Prussia, Hanover, Nassau, and Brunswick. Beginning 15 June 1815, the combatants fought successively in the Battle of Quatre Bras, the Battle of Ligny, the Battle of Waterloo, and lastly the Battle of Wavre.

Map credit: Gsl/I. Pankonin
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My Current Thought/Quote
	"It is not how these men died that made them heros, it is how they lived."

[edit] Pages I Have Created:

Cdr. Wikipe-tan reporting for duty.

Backdropped by a colorful Earth, this full view of the International Space Station was photographed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-114 Return to Flight mission, following the undocking of the two spacecraft.

Astronauts work on the Hubble Telescope during its first servicing mission.

The Rhodes Colossus Striding from Cape Town to Cairo

I found my happy place.

These are a few of the pages that I have created:

[edit] Pages I Have Contributed To:

These are a few of the pages that I have contributed to:

[edit] Featured Works

These are some of the featured works I have contributed to

USS Missouri
Iowa class battleship
USS Wisconsin
Battle of Midway
Able Archer 83
Armament of the Iowa class battleship
USS New Jersey
USS Kentucky
USS Illinois
Montana class battleship
Image:USS Pennsylvania moving into Lingayen Gulf.jpg
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Image:ISS Aug2005.jpg
Image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif
Image:Cuban missiles.jpg
Image:Us declaration independence.jpg
Image:B-1B over the pacific ocean.jpg
Image:Eisenhower d-day.jpg
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Image:Animated gun turret.gif
Image:Rosie the Riveter.jpg
Image:USS SHAW exploding Pearl Harbor Nara 80-G-16871 2.jpg
Image:Punch Rhodes Colossus.png
Image:Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office, November 1963.jpg
Image:Iowa 16 inch Gun-EN.svg
Image:Japanesesuicide.jpg
Image:Korean War, train attack.jpg
Image:Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (color).ogg

[edit] Awards

Barnstars and Medals

For your great contributions to Command & Conquer related articles, I, Jareand, hereby award you the Barnstar. Keep up the good work! (March 2006)

For your welcoming messages to new Wikipedians, including me, I, Imaninjapirate, hereby award you the Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar. Keep up the kindness! (November 2006)

For being super nice, I hereby award you your very own barnstar. Thanks for awarding me a barnstar when most people would have held a grudge against me instead. Oh, and good job in nominating pics that almost always get unanimous support! I'm a tab bit jealous. And don't worry, I'm not gonna kill you. ;) Jumping cheese ^Cont@ct (May 2007)

Congrats on your election as an assistant coordinator. In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. I wish you luck in the coming term. (August 2007)

In recognition of your constant vigil in improving all articles related to the Iowa class battleships, I hereby award you this Tireless Contributor's Barnstar. Keep up the good work! MBK004 (November 2007)

I hereby award you this Special Barnstar in recognition of taking care of the issues that popped up here when I was unable to. Thanks again, -MBK₀₀₄ (December 2007)

In recognition of your diligent contributions towards the various reviews of military history articles, I am delighted to award you the Content Review Medal. Kirill (December 2007)

For tagging and assessing 1000 articles in Tag & Assess 2007, by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk (December 2007)

For your fine work on 2000 articles in Tag & Assess 2007, by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this Tireless Contributor's barnstar. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk (December 2007)

For your excellent work on 3000 articles in Tag & Assess 2007, by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this Working Man's barnstar. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk (December 2007)

For your outstanding work on 4000 articles in Tag & Assess 2007, by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this Barnstar of Diligence. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk (December 2007)

For your remarkable work on 5000 articles in Tag & Assess 2007, by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this Barnstar of Diligence. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 23:52, 1 January 2008 (UTC) (January 200)

By order of the Coordinators of the Military History WikiProject—for your outstanding work in Tag & Assess 2007—I award you this Silver Wiki. You are an example to us all. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk (January 2008)

For your work on Illinois related articles, especially USS Illinois (BB-65), I hereby award you the WikiProject Illinois Barnstar. Keep up the good work! --Dual Freq (talk) 22:02, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations on your election as an Assistant Coordinator of the Military history Wikiproject. In honour of your achievement, I present you with these stars. Good luck for your coming term. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk (February 2008)

In gratitude for your coordination services to the Military history WikiProject, from August 2007 to February 2008, please accept this barnstar.--ROGER DAVIES ^talk 18:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Not for one but for a flurry of interesting ideas to improve the Military history WikiProject, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk (March 2008)

For, um, making me splutter my morning coffee all over the monitor :)))) And yes, it's the Brit version. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk (March 2008)

I award you this barnstar in recognition of your contributions of exceptional quality and unceasing commitment to MILHIST and the Wikipedia community. SoLando (Talk) (March 2008)

For your awesome generosity in buying beers for all the members and coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, I award you with this tasteful barnstar. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 03:40, 15 May 2008 (UTC) (May 2008)

I hereby award you, TomStar81, this barnstar for your work on improving Montana class battleship considerably. Well done! — Wackymacs (talk ~ edits) (June 2008)

For your admirable tenacity and single-minded determination in getting Montana class battleship to featured article status, please accept the Military history WikiProject WikiChevrons. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk (June 2008)

Honorable Mentions

On 15 May 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article USS Iowa turret explosion, 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. ([ May 2007])

Hello TomStar81. Congratulations and thanks for your support at the Military history taskforce elections. I hope our coordination would continue to be for the benefit of the Encyclopedia. - FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} ([ August 2007])

Thanks so very much for supporting the recent FAC of Hispanic Americans in World War II. It was successful and Hispanic Americans in World War II has been promoted! I'm looking forward to hopefully getting Hispanic Americans in World War II on the front page. In the mean time, please accept this Beer as a token of my gratitude. Salud! Tony the Marine ([ August 2007])

Hello TomStar81. Thanks for your support at the Military history elections. With your aid I was able to commision this ship to help plunder the coast of Military history. Na, just kidding. If you ever require any astance all you have to do is ask and you will see my ship on the horizon. Kyriakos ([ September 2007])

You are among the best Wikipedians with whom I have had the pleasure of inter-acting with, Therefore I have inducted you into my "Wall Of Honor". Please accept this is plaque on my behalf. Tony the Marine (talk) (December 2007)

It gives me great pleasure to award this triple crown to TomStar81 in recognition of substantial contributions to Wikipedia's naval coverage. Durova^Charge! (January 2008)

Well done Tom. I wish you another six months of happy military mopping, more good times reading articles at WP:MHR and success with your own article writing on American military history and the battleships. And hopefully another big period of growth for WP:MILHIST. Blnguyen (February 2008)

Hello TomStar81. Thanks for your support at the Military history elections. With your aid I was able to commision this ship to help plunder the coast of Military history for the third time. Na, just kidding. If you ever require any astance all you have to do is ask and you will see my ship on the horizon. Kyriakos (talk) 12:58, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your support in the recent Military history Wikiproject elections. I went into it expecting to just keep my seat and was astonished to end up with the lead role. I anticipate a rather busy six months :) --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 13:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC) (UTC)

On 30 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Montana class battleship, 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. --Wizardman 04:10, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

This editor is a Veteran Editor III, and is entitled to display this Silver Editor Star. (As of Spring 2007)

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[edit] Hi!

[edit] The Cost of Freedom is Always High

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