Dabbler by name because I am a Dabbler by nature. I like to know a little about a lot and it shows!

This user has been on Wikipedia for 20 years and 10 days.

Some specific interests:

• Royal Navy 1775-1816,
• Trampolining as a sport,
• Isle of Man,
• Arthur Ransome,
• Patrick O'Brian,
• Fixing spelling errors

The Working Man's Barnstar Well done on all your work for Swallows and Amazons JP Godfrey (Talk to me) 21:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

		The Good Article Barnstar
		Thanks Dabbler for helping to promote Patrick Moore to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give someone a pat on the back today. --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 01:37, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	Awarded for service in the War of 1812 Ian Furst (talk) 13:06, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Your extraordinary precision on the common loon is much appreciated! Thank you very much. Adityavagarwal (talk) 00:50, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

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The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

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