What I stand for
"I would sooner lose in a right cause than win in a wrong cause. As long as I can distinguish between right and wrong, I shall do what I believe to be right—whatever the consequences" William E. Borah
"No public official who conscientiously discharges his duty will desire to deny those whom he serves the right to discuss his official conduct."
The New York World, August 13, 1896
"Among the free peoples who govern themselves there is but a small field of usefulness open for the men of cloistered life who shrink from contact with their fellows. Still less room is there for those who deride of slight what is done by those who actually bear the brunt of the day; nor yet for those others who always profess that they would like to take action, if only the conditions of life were not exactly what they actually are. The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he be a cynic, or fop, or voluptuary. There is little use for the being whose tepid soul knows nothing of great and generous emotion, of the high pride, the stern belief, the lofty enthusiasm, of the men who quell the storm and ride the thunder. Well for these men if they succeed; well also, though not so well, if they fail, given only that they have nobly ventured, and have put forth all their heart and strength."
Theodore Roosevelt, Citizenship in a Republic, 1910
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words of reason and trust |
Thank you for speaking up with decency and fairness, treating editors as living people, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:41, 16 February 2012 (UTC) |
- I'd rather have this than a real Yogo sapphire! But thank you, I do try.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:45, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
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"I may not be perfect, but I'll always try" … "What if I change the world?" ... "and I'll savor every moment of this"
Barnstars, Medals, and Awards
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The Barnstar of Good Humor The best edit on the whole RFA page today. --Dlohcierekim 23:27, 12 January 2009 (UTC) -
The 25 DYK Medal It is with great honor that I bestow this distinguished award in recognition of your contributions to DYK and crossing the 25-article mark, the first threshold towards making this a regular habit. Your articles have largely covered historical figures who lack the two main criteria for articles; being very notable in the past or barely notable right now. So many articles for so many people who lived just decades ago have gotten lost in the shuffle and you earned this medal by researching, creating and expanding articles on an era that has largely been ignored. My heartiest congratulations on this achievement and the hope that this will be a continuing effort on your part. Keep up the great work! --Alansohn 17:26, 24 April 2009 (UTC) -
The Anti-Flame Barnstar Thanks for your calm and deliberate actions, combined with a gentle mix of light-heartedness and civility, in light of the events of July 21 and 22, 2009. --QueenofBattle 15:58, 22 July 2009 (UTC) -
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar For your keen eye on removing vandalism which was over one year old in the article, Kennel, I award you this barnstar for meeting the challenge set on WP:reward. Well done :) --Ottawa4ever 20:36, 12 August 2009 (UTC) -
The Four Award Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work all through on United States Senate election in California, 1950. --TonyTheTiger 21:56, 21 August 2009 (UTC) -
The California Star Thanks for all the work on 12th congressional 1946, et al. --Optigan13 00:10, 7 September 2009 (UTC) -
The Four Award Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work all through on California's 12th congressional district election, 1946. --Dylan620 22:14, 12 September 2009 (UTC) -
The Original Barnstar For your excellent article contributions to a wide range of subjects. Keep up the good work! --Juliancolton 04:20, 2 October 2009 (UTC) -
The Biography Barnstar I would have given you an anti vandlaism award but ive done so already for that challenge i believe. I think this award though is more just for the work youve been doing but consider it just the same as if it were for anti vandalism as well. I will make note though on reward board that you met the challenge twice. Good keen eye. Keep up the good work. --Ottawa4ever 21:19, 15 October 2009 (UTC) -
The 50 DYK Medal This to celebrate your contribution Wehwalt. Some really interesting articles - so many biographies and an occasional non bio You are certainly laying down the law with your contribution. Can I just tell you that the 100 award is a great shade of gold! So don't let me deter you from going on to a century. Thanks again from me and the wiki. --Victuallers 11:07, 8 November 2009 (UTC) -
The Flaming Joel-Wiki Award For your absolutely outstanding work on Nikita Khruschev, I award you the Flaming Joel-Wiki Award (see the article here). --Ceranthor 22:32, 26 November 2009 (UTC) -
The Barnstar of Diligence Thanks for listening and going the extra mile by offering to check out that image history to ensure we're "telling the (hi)story" as honestly as we can on WP. And if there are any others from the same source, perhaps, that I've not yet seen...! ;) Cheers, David. --Harami2000 07:46, 2 January 2010 (UTC) -
The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal Wow! Up to 50 and beyond... Very fine work. Congratulations! --Binksternet 16:24, 28 January 2010 (UTC) -
The Barnstar of Justice Thanks for all the work you have done to improve Antonin Scalia. I was so impressed with your tireless editing that I was inspired to create this Barnstar for you. Great Work! Best Regards, John --JPMcGrath 07:00, 15 February 2010 (UTC) -
The Cal Poly Pomona Medal Awarded to Wehwalt who significantly improved the Cal Poly Pomona-related article Jerry Voorhis and raised it to FA status. --Marco Guzman, Jr 23:16, 19 February 2010 (UTC) -
The High Scaler Barnstar For virtually and academically scaling new heights in order to help chip away at and improve the foundation for the new featured article, Hoover Dam! Thanks again, I just got back Wikipedia today to read the good news. Thanks for addressing the comments and seeing it though, you were the main editing force. I will keep a good eye on it until September 30th. Pity some of those awesome pictures had to go. --NortyNort 07:55, 3 July 2010 (UTC) -
The Four Award Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on "Bring Us Together". --Little Mountain 5 23:25, 11 October 2010 (UTC) -
The Featured Article Barnstar To Wehwalt: for your patience and diligence in getting all those articles to Featured Status. Well done. --Malke 2010 01:44, 21 November 2010 (UTC) -
The Sparky Barnstar For helping numerous users (myself included) in so many facets of Wikipedia while at the same time crafting numerous pages into Featured Articles, you have made Wikipedia a better place. With that, I hereby award you The Sparky Barnstar. Congrats! :) --Neutralhomer 01:49, 21 November 2010 (UTC) -
Awesome Wikipedian User:Wehwalt has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, so I've officially declared today as Wehwalt's Day! For being a great person and awesome Wikipedian, enjoy being the star of the day, Wehwalt! --Neutralhomer 05:04, 4 December 2010 (UTC) -
The Teamwork Barnstar I award you this barnstar of teamwork for helping me get the 1907 Tiflis bank robbery article ready for the mainspace. I greatly appreciate all the help you gave me, and this is the least I could do to show my appreciation. --Remember 23:00, 16 December 2010 (UTC) -
The Music Barnstar Please accept this star as a token of thanks for your help in getting Frederick Delius to FA standard. This was truly the work of many hands, and your particular contribution was much valued. Congratulations, too, on Allegro, with the Jets surely to follow soon. --Brianboulton 22:13, 8 February 2011 (UTC) -
The Editor's Barnstar You exhibited fine editorial skill in using a specific mark of punctuation to achieve a desired rhetorical effect in two edits* in Me and Juliet. Thank you for appreciating the power of the dash. *This one and the subsequent one. --Dr Aaij 16:50, 18 February 2011 (UTC) -
The Barnstar of Good Humor While assessing TFA points on Luton Town F.C., gave total as minus 29. Made me laugh anyway. --Cliftonian 03:49, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
Featured articles
Featured article firsts
Principal writer of:
- First article about a single election to be a featured article, United States Senate election in California, 1950.
- First article about a Soviet leader to be a featured article, Nikita Khrushchev.
- First article about a British prime minister to be featured, Neville Chamberlain.
- First article about a Canadian prime minister to be featured, John Diefenbaker.
- Only article about an Australian prime minister to be featured.Gough Whitlam (Former featured article rewritten and salvaged).
- First member of the Nazi Party to have a featured article, Albert Speer.
- First article about a Broadway musical, Flower Drum Song.
- First article on a US coin type, Shield nickel.
Imperial Triple Crown jewels
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Thank you for contributions to the project, Great work, especially on Albert Speer - I see you were able to address several issues during the FAC. May you wear the crowns well. Cirt (talk) 04:15, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Congratulations!
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Stellar work, my friend. May your work outlast your hopefully (un)successful ArbCom candidacy. ;) Best, ceranthor 22:32, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
Cal Poly Pomona-related Jerry Voorhis article
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Awarded to Wehwalt who significantly improved the Cal Poly Pomona-related article Jerry Voorhis and raised it to FA status.
--Marco Guzman, Jr (talk) 23:16, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Musical activities
Thanks to access provided by the bands involved, I've been able to take pictures of the following bands and include the images in their articles. I thank the bands for their courtesy in allowing me to help build an encyclopedia:
Articles
“ | Wehwalt seems to have taken the Wiki title for being a lawyer who knows how to write cogently and comically ... | ” |
— Wikipedia Review, June 29, 2009 |
I am an attorney, and have varied interests. I intend to improve the articles in which I have an interest.
For articles I've started or greatly expanded in 2009 and 2010, go here
Current long term project
Articles to be written for it
- Mark Hanna PR done, awaiting FAC
- Garret Hobart GA
- Cross of Gold speech, next.
- United States presidential election, 1896
- Spanish American War (possibly)