Balon Greyjoy

Balon Greyjoy

This user has been on Wikipedia for 10 years, 4 months and 18 days.

This editor is a
Master Editor III
and is entitled to display this
Bufonite Editor Star.

This user helped promote 4 to featured article status.

This user has helped promote 4 good articles on Wikipedia.

This user was identified as an awesome Wikipedian on April 12, 2021.

This user received the Editor of the Week award for the week beginning July 11, 2021.

This user is one of the 2500 most active English Wikipedians of all time.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Spaceflight.

This user has reviewed 14 Good Article nominations on Wikipedia.

This user is married.

This user uses Huggle to deal with vandalism.

This user contributes using:
Mozilla Firefox

This user contributes using Linux.

This user is a Captain in the
United States Air Force.

This user was awarded the
United States Air Medal for meritorious achievement while in aerial flight.

This user has been awarded the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.

This user can program in Python.

MAThis user has a Master of Arts degree in International Relations.

BAThis user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology.

Personal references

Creating a citation

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WP:SPACEFLIGHT assessment template

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Converting units

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Archiving a talk page

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Pageviews

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Earwig

https://tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/

AFD stats

https://tools.wmflabs.org/afdstats/

Other

Copy Patrol

Infrequently used tools

Things I want to do

Geology articles to improve

Article	Current	Goal	Notes
Galápagos hotspot	B	FA

Computer articles to improve

Article	Current	Goal	Notes
Steve Jobs	B	FA

Spaceflight articles to improve

Space Shuttle-era astronaut biographies

Article	Current	Goal	Notes
Frederick D. Gregory	Start	GA
Guion Bluford	Start	FA
Ronald McNair	Start	GA
Andrew J. Feustel	Start	GA
Christa McAuliffe	B	FA
Story Musgrave	Start	FA
Charles Bolden	C	FA

Space Shuttle

Article	Current	Goal	Notes
Space Shuttle Discovery	B	GA
Space Shuttle design process	C	FA
Space Shuttle orbiter	C	FA
Space Shuttle external tank	B	FA
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster	C	FA
Canadarm	C	GA

I did a thing!

• Thomas P. Stafford February 7, 2018
• Wally Schirra May 20, 2018
• Scott Kelly March 14, 2019
• Deke Slayton May 5, 2019
• Space Shuttle May 10, 2020 July 11, 2020
• John Young November 3, 2020 December 26, 2020
• Space Shuttle Challenger disaster October 6, 2021 November 17, 2021
• Space Shuttle Columbia disaster November 17, 2022 December 16, 2022

Articles created
Commons Quality Images

Awards

My self karan 7298925171K (talk) 09:54, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Captain! I just joined the spaceflight project crew and am working on early automatic spacecraft. I just wanted to say hello and thank you for your service (in Wikipedia and the armed forces :) ) Neopeius (talk) 04:53, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

		The Glennstar
		You are hereby awarded with the Glennstar for conspicuous achievement in the field of crewed spaceflight for Scott Kelly (astronaut) and other efforts. Neopeius (talk) 22:38, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

		The SPFLT Achievement Patch
		For your substantial contribution to WP: SPFLT. Neopeius (talk) 17:09, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR

I award you the honorary title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR for your diligent work in reviewing the Yuri Gagarin article. GA reviewers do not get enough credit and I do not want to let this moment pass without recognizing your contribution to this project. Your meticulous review will greatly benefit the more than 1 MILLION!!! people that visit the article each year. THANK YOU! --- Coffeeandcrumbs 08:08, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	For your diligence for the Manual of Style. Trillfendi (talk) 20:14, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

In the interest of promoting good cheer and bonhomie, you are hereby granted the coveted: Random Smiley Award (Explanation and Disclaimer)

WildChild300^Talk 03:29, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

	The Three-Quarter Million Award
	For your contributions to bring Space Shuttle (estimated annual readership: 816,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Three-Quarter Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg (talk) 13:56, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

		The ISSstar
		You've just been great, Balon! Thanks for being such a light in Spaceflight. Neopeius (talk) 11:28, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

	The Million Award
	For your contributions to bring Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (estimated annual readership: 1,974,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! {{u|Sdkb}} talk 02:12, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

	The Million Award
	For your contributions to bring Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (estimated annual readership: 1,160,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg (talk) 13:44, 2 February 2023 (UTC)