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Johannes S. Andersen Northrop N-3PB SS Empire Endurance Halvdan Koht SS Kommandøren
Trygg class torpedo boat HNoMS Heimdal (1892) Battle of Dombås Battle of Ronaldsway Willis Lent HNoMS Sæl Ivan Sidorenko HNoMS Honningsvåg HNoMS Kjell Kjeld Stub Irgens Anne Margrethe Strømsheim Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.12 Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.8 Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.10 Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.9 Castle Rushen Odd Isaachsen Willoch Joachim Rønneberg Arne Sunde SS Sanct Svithun SS Irma (1905) SS Henry Fredrik Kayser SS Dronning Maud (1925) Gunnar Heiberg Lauritz Sand SS Barøy (1929) Hans Gabrielsen Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1901 Lillebil Ibsen Skorpa prisoner of war camp SS Bergensfjord Lise Lindbæk Norman Lind Odd Starheim Johannes S. Andersen Gerda Grepp Kristian Welhaven Landsverk L-120 Hjalmar Welhaven Odd Lindbäck-Larsen Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.1
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.2 Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.3 Kristian Laake Lom prisoner of war camp HNoMS Tor (1939) MS Palatia (1928) HMY Alexandra SS Vigrid Turtagrø Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.4 Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.5 Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.7 Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.6 Kristian Løken SS Nordnorge (1923) HNoMS Storm (1898) MTB 345 Capture of Egersund Capture of Arendal SS Sirius (1885) SS Kommandøren Mona Røkke Nansenflua City Nord HNoMS Brand (1898) Caesar Hull Rolf Hauge Altenhus Fortress Birger Fredrik Motzfeldt Hans Aasnæs Kristian Krefting SS Bosnia (1898) Anna Karoline Thorleiv Røhn MS Sinfra MV Norsel (1945) Sakura Hauge Operation Leader Kari Løvaas Eriksen M/25 Thomas Hjalmar Westgård Niels Larsen Bruun
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This user has visited 20 of the 205 countries in the world.
 
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Plundered from Travellingcari who borrowed from RodW who purloined from Trident13 who shimmied it away from Bucketsofg who plagiarized it from Grutness who lifted idea from Moriori who half-inched from Calton who nicked it from Salsb who stole it from Guettarda who borrowed it from White Cat

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 This user is a fan of Waylon Jennings.
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LSThis user's as free as a bird, now.
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  This user named his rifle Charlene.
  This user knows that life is about one shot... one shot.


PULP The truth is...you're the weak, and I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin' Ringo...I'm tryin' REAL HARD to be the shepherd.
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Games

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 This user plays Risk.
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nbDenne brukeren har norsk som morsmål, og skriver bokmål.
en-3This user can contribute with an advanced level of English.
de-1Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.
sv-2Denna användare har kunskaper på mellannivå i svenska.
da-2Denne brugers kendskab til dansk er på mellemniveau.
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This user has been a Proud Wikipedian since 16 June 2005. 
  This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 5 months and 7 days.
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 This user is one of the 2000 most active English Wikipedians of all time.
1,135As of last count, this user is #1135 of active Wikipedians.
 1135 The highest rank which this user achieved was #1135 in the list of Wikipedians by number of edits
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Awards

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Barnstars
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  The Norwegian Barnstar of National Merit 
For your fine contributions to Norwegian articles and Norwegian military history in particular. Inge 10:41, 1 October 2007 (UTC)


  The Copyeditor's Barnstar
For copyeditting USS New Jersey (BB-62), the Mainpage Featured Article for October 15, 2008, I herby present you with The Copyeditor's Barnstar. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 01:52, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 
Norwegian Barnstar of National Merit: Grand Star 
For your extended history of superior contributions to Norwegian articles it is my honor to award you the Norwegian Barnstar of National Merit with Grand Star. Skål - Williamborg (Bill) 04:36, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


  WikiProject Ships Barnstar
Awarded to Manxruler for his excellent work in bringing the SS Empire Endurance article up to GA class. I laid the foundation, but I couldn't have done it without you! Mjroots (talk) 21:12, 21 March 2012 (UTC)


  The Minor Barnstar
Such is the nature of most your edits, but the major edits are highly and equally appreciated! Geschichte (talk) 09:51, 3 June 2012 (UTC)


  The Barnstar of Diligence
Thank you very much for identifying my mistakes and letting me fix them...........Greatly appreciated!   ƬheStrikeΣagle sorties 05:47, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Chevrons
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  Military history service award
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a total of one Milhist article at either PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period July to September 2016. Thank you for your ongoing support of Wikipedia's reviewing processes. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 12:37, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
Awesome gems
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Norwegian people
Thank you, historian, for quality articles on people in history, such as resistance fighterJohannes S. Andersen], and for sharing your fascination with ships such as SS Empire Endurance, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Medals
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  The 25 DYK Medal
Well done Manxruler. Such a Norwegian eclectic contribution to the DYK project. Biographies, motor torpedo boats ... etc Lots of contributions. Thank you from me and the wiki. Not bad for someone on wikibreak. Happy yuletide from me and the Nesse Victuallers (talk) 21:47, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


  The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
You broaden our horizon for Norway's people and ships! Looking forward to more discoveries in that field, Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:55, 14 June 2011 (UTC)