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'''Weekly instructions''' |
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'''Weekly instructions''' |
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* In consideration of RL time restraints, the award is usually given on a Saturday night. It can also be delivered on Friday if a clerk is not available on the weekends. When creating a banner for the Hall of Fame please use '''the Sunday date'''. |
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*- Open the recipients talk page and click on 'New section' (I usually use "Editor of the Week" as my section title, but that's not normative), you'll want to post the ] template into the new section. This template is mostly self-explanatory, and I have found that contrary to the instructions, unless I missed something, you don't actually need to use a special diffs template for any diffs found within the nomination statement. |
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* Open the recipients talk page and create a new section or thread. I usually use "Editor of the Week" as my section title. You'll want to post the ] template into the new section, remembering that this type of template should always be ''substituted''. This template is mostly self-explanatory, and I have found that contrary to the instructions, unless I missed something, you don't actually need to use a special diffs template for any diffs found within the nomination statement. |
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*- '''For the "briefreason" field, I usually began with the word 'your' so that the resulting sentence will make better sense''' |
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*- Fill out the template and save it on the nominee's talkpage. |
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* Incorporate the template with the appropriate ] information onto the nominee's talkpage. |
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* Add their name to recipient listing @ ]. Save the new diff # for display in the reason column. |
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* Go to ] and create a new EddyBanner. Abbreviate the nomination to compress the information within the banner. |
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*- Go to ] and create a new EddyBanner |
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*- Go to the ] and remove appropriate ((<---)) from previous week and ((--->)) from current week. |
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* Go to the ] and remove appropriate ((<---)) from previous week and ((--->)) from current week. |
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*- Go to ] and change the date at the bottom of the page |
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* Go to ] and change the date at the bottom of the page |
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*- Go to Nominee's talk page and add {{{subst:Template:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Project main page}}} within the Award, just under the "userbox creator" which places it off to the right side allowing space for Congrats! |
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* Go to Nominee's talk page and add {{{subst:Template:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Project main page}}} within the Award, just under the "userbox creator" which places it off to the right side allowing space for friends and visitors to congratulate. |
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*- Once recipient responds, add it to ] |
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* Once the recipient responds, add it to ] |
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*- If the recipient is an editor that displays "topicons", add ] to the top of their user page |
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* If the recipient is an editor that displays "topicons", add ] to the top of their user page |
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'''Whenever I begin to wonder if what I do around here is worthwhile, I go to ] and remember all the smiles and good feelings that the Eddy Awards have brought to people over the years. It really uplifts my spirits. ]<small>]</small> (UTC) 22:49, 22 March 2024 (UTC)''' |
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'''Whenever I begin to wonder if what I do around here is worthwhile, I go to ] and remember all the smiles and good feelings that the Eddy Awards have brought to people over the years. It really uplifts my spirits. ]<small>]</small> (UTC) 22:49, 22 March 2024 (UTC)''' |
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Since then, I promised to listen to the voice that speaks to greatness... in myself and in others. I have been facilitating the ] program for over 10 years. I am a ]. I believe it is possible for human behavior to improve and develop and grow, especially in arenas where we are required to interact with each other. Making positive, non-political contributions to the planet is essential to Bahai practices and a bedrock of my Faith. I reluctantly drift into hot bed political articles but am wary of the drama that can result. I strive to be the best editor I can be. I am not a perfect editor. I have learned from past mistakes and, more than likely, I will make more down the line and learn from them. My constant hope is that the environment of Misplaced Pages will become calmer and more balanced, and that healthy collaboration will become the focus of all editors, now and to come. While some of the more troublesome WP arenas are political, the focus is not. The focus should always be OUR READER, or stated more distinctly, OUR VISITOR. Quite simply, I want to be left alone. Not bothered by vindictive editors, to enjoy the pleasure of WikiLife at some non-toxic level of article/essay creation and facilitating Editor of the Week. I want to enjoy the unspoken bond that can exist between editors and enjoy giving out awards. No emotional see-saws, tension, protagonists, provocative provocateurs. I reject the drama of untimely name-calling and ] ladened replies. It doesn't work here any better than it works in RL. I work to see barriers dissolve in the face of mutual respect and humanity. I like to make editors smile. |
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Since then, I promised to listen to the voice that speaks to greatness... in myself and in others. I have been facilitating the ] program for over 10 years. I am a ]. I believe it is possible for human behavior to improve and develop and grow, especially in arenas where we are required to interact with each other. Making positive, non-political contributions to the planet is essential to Bahai practices and a bedrock of my Faith. I reluctantly drift into hot bed political articles but am wary of the drama that can result. I strive to be the best editor I can be. I am not a perfect editor. I have learned from past mistakes and, more than likely, I will make more down the line and learn from them. My constant hope is that the environment of Misplaced Pages will become calmer and more balanced, and that healthy collaboration will become the focus of all editors, now and to come. While some of the more troublesome WP arenas are political, the focus is not. The focus should always be OUR READER, or stated more distinctly, OUR VISITOR. Quite simply, I want to be left alone. Not bothered by vindictive editors, to enjoy the pleasure of WikiLife at some non-toxic level of article/essay creation and facilitating Editor of the Week. I want to enjoy the unspoken bond that can exist between editors and enjoy giving out awards. No emotional see-saws, tension, protagonists, provocative provocateurs. I reject the drama of untimely name-calling and ] ladened replies. It doesn't work here any better than it works in RL. I work to see barriers dissolve in the face of mutual respect and humanity. I like to make editors smile. |
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===Beware of Bamboozalers=== |
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{{mbox|text='''One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If people are bamboozled long enough, they tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. They are no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured them. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to themselves, that they have been taken (for a ride). ] is a prime example.''' |
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*Political Lesson #1---Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.— Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World |
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*Political Lesson #2---If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you. President LBJ |
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*Political Lesson #3---exPresident Trump is a poor man's idea of a rich man, a weak man's idea of a strong man, and a stupid man's idea of a smart man. ANON}} |
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===Gleanings=== |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: blue; color: white; font-weight: bold;">'''I Used to be Indecisive---Now I'm Not So Sure'''</div> |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: blue; color: white; font-weight: bold;">'''I Used to be Indecisive---Now I'm Not So Sure'''</div> |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: pink; color: white; font-weight: bold;">'''Creating a Collegial Editing Environment on Misplaced Pages Would be Just Fine if it Wasn't for All Those Other People'''</div> |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: green; color: white; font-weight: bold;">'''Creating a Collegial Editing Environment on Misplaced Pages Would be Just Fine if it Wasn't for All Those Other People'''</div> |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: red; color: white; font-weight: bold;">'''Silence is Consent'''</div> |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: red; color: white; font-weight: bold;">'''Silence is Consent'''</div> |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: purple; color: white; font-weight: bold;">'''I literally avoid the word "literally". It should be banned until people are literally taught what it means. However, I do use the word "litter" which has a completely different meaning'''</div> |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: bold;">'''Misplaced Pages editors are NOT stenographers'''</div> |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: bold;">'''Misplaced Pages editors are NOT stenographers'''</div> |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: red; color: white; font-weight: bold;">'''Note to members of ], "If you die, please move your name here so we know you are not just loafing"'''</div> |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-weight: bold;">'''Note to members of ], "If you die, please move your name here so we know you are not just loafing"'''</div> |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: blue; color: white; font-weight: bold;">''''Once you have been bit a dozen times by the same editor it's ridiculous to extend your hand to them, expecting a handshake in return when you know in your heart of hearts, they are going to bite you. As it says somewhere, AGF is not a suicide pact. It can be ignored.'''</div> |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: blue; color: white; font-weight: bold;">''''Once you have been bit a dozen times by the same editor it's ridiculous to extend your hand to them, expecting a handshake in return when you know in your heart of hearts, they are going to bite you. As it says somewhere, AGF is not a suicide pact. It can be ignored.'''</div> |
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==Predictions== |
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: We put thirty ] together and call it a ]; |
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: But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the wheel depends. |
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: We turn ] to make a ]; |
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: But it is in the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the vessel depends. |
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: We pierce doors and windows into a wall to make a ]; |
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: And it is on these spaces where there is nothing that the usefulness of the house depends. |
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: We spend endless hours to create an online ]; |
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: But it is on the 'to be edited' space that the effort lives. |
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: '''Therefore, just as we take advantage of what is, we should recognize the usefulness of what is not'''. |
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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: red; color: white; font-weight: bold;">'''It's Tough to Make Predictions. Especially about the Future'''</div> |
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*Almost ten long years ago, I was visiting the talk page of my unforgettable very best Wiki Friend, {{ping|Writegeist}}, and I said the following, |
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*Almost ten long years ago, I was visiting the talk page of my unforgettable very best Wiki Friend, {{ping|Writegeist}}, and I said the following, |
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*And find it I did. Facilitating the weekly Editor of the Week awards has kept me safe and sane and far from the Drama of '''HOT''', "in the Moment", "It's happening as we edit", articles that can drain energy and forbearance and bring tension into the Real World. ]<small>]</small> (UTC) 10:55, 19 August 2024 (UTC) |
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*And find it I did. Facilitating the weekly Editor of the Week awards has kept me safe and sane and far from the Drama of '''HOT''', "in the Moment", "It's happening as we edit", articles that can drain energy and forbearance and bring tension into the Real World. ]<small>]</small> (UTC) 10:55, 19 August 2024 (UTC) |
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==="Writegeist, my brother, you are older than me..."=== |
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First, in case you think I might be some Johnny- (or Joanna-) come-lately to the Computer Interweb, I'll have you know I started the first-ever blog in 1909: ''A Gentleman's Discourse on the Trouser Gusset, the Hobble Skirt, the Advisability of Thornproof Tweed Undergarments, and Sundry Other Sartorial Matters of Concern to the Aspiring Aviator.'' It was published in ''Compo-Serve'' (motto: ''Per Compostum ad Astra''), which at that time was the premier organ for distinguished ''pensées'' on the twin arts of composting and aviating. R-e-s-p-e-c-t! (It's a little-known fact, which really deserves a Wikpedia article all to itself, that I inspired Mr. Redding's song.) |
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Following in the illustrious footsteps of my blog, Misplaced Pages editors sometimes dispense advice on their user pages. I advise joining the ], ], and noting ]. Oh, and beware of advice from strangers. |
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Nothing in Misplaced Pages should be relied on as fact (and the ] should be avoided wherever avoidance is found to be possible). Misplaced Pages is a humorous parody of ] and ] , the only online encyclopedias that are edited with high regard for accuracy, verifiability and ]. If you find content in Misplaced Pages that you can corroborate as factually correct it's just coinkidink and you should edit it ]. |
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File:1920 olympics poster.jpg| My grandfather was a participant |
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File:American kestrel-Midwest.JPG| Adolescent ] which I fed for three days in 2012 |
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File:American kestrel-Midwest.JPG| Adolescent ] which my daughter and I fed for three days in 2012 |
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I am a continually learning member of the Misplaced Pages experience/family/social group/society...whatever you want to call it. I was born in Belgium and came to America in 1951. I have lived in America for 72 years. I was taught by BVM nuns and Franciscan brothers. I have been finding my way around the many nooks and crannies of Misplaced Pages since I wondered "Who the heck is Sarah Palin"...over 16 years ago. One of many interests has always been articles about the Flemish language. I also monitor articles relating to the region of my birth (which was once collectively known as the Low Countries). Promoting and prolonging whatever it is that Misplaced Pages tries to be has become important. Maybe it is the concept of something that I contributed to living into eternity or maybe it is just trying to write a good, clear, concise sentence. Whatever it is, I'm still having fun! Except for the time I was put up for "the Mop". My demise through the false presentation and words of a editor still sting ten years later. I would have been a good administrator. Better than most I would now dare to say. But, it wasn't to be. Now I have attained ELDER status--self-proclaimed.
Since then, I promised to listen to the voice that speaks to greatness... in myself and in others. I have been facilitating the Editor of the Week program for over 10 years. I am a Baháʼí. I believe it is possible for human behavior to improve and develop and grow, especially in arenas where we are required to interact with each other. Making positive, non-political contributions to the planet is essential to Bahai practices and a bedrock of my Faith. I reluctantly drift into hot bed political articles but am wary of the drama that can result. I strive to be the best editor I can be. I am not a perfect editor. I have learned from past mistakes and, more than likely, I will make more down the line and learn from them. My constant hope is that the environment of Misplaced Pages will become calmer and more balanced, and that healthy collaboration will become the focus of all editors, now and to come. While some of the more troublesome WP arenas are political, the focus is not. The focus should always be OUR READER, or stated more distinctly, OUR VISITOR. Quite simply, I want to be left alone. Not bothered by vindictive editors, to enjoy the pleasure of WikiLife at some non-toxic level of article/essay creation and facilitating Editor of the Week. I want to enjoy the unspoken bond that can exist between editors and enjoy giving out awards. No emotional see-saws, tension, protagonists, provocative provocateurs. I reject the drama of untimely name-calling and sarcasm ladened replies. It doesn't work here any better than it works in RL. I work to see barriers dissolve in the face of mutual respect and humanity. I like to make editors smile.
First, in case you think I might be some Johnny- (or Joanna-) come-lately to the Computer Interweb, I'll have you know I started the first-ever blog in 1909: A Gentleman's Discourse on the Trouser Gusset, the Hobble Skirt, the Advisability of Thornproof Tweed Undergarments, and Sundry Other Sartorial Matters of Concern to the Aspiring Aviator. It was published in Compo-Serve (motto: Per Compostum ad Astra), which at that time was the premier organ for distinguished pensées on the twin arts of composting and aviating. R-e-s-p-e-c-t! (It's a little-known fact, which really deserves a Wikpedia article all to itself, that I inspired Mr. Redding's song.)