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Dr. Blofeld

Nominated by: Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:54, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Dr. Blofeld has always been a hard-working contributor to the encyclopedia. He has made 443,176 edits since 14 June 2006, and is an outstanding content contributor. He has 1000 DYKs— more than any other editor. With a mountain of GAs (74), along with a load of FAs, I can't see anything wrong with this user. Blofeld has made 91997 articles, almost triple the amount of any other non-bot editor, and more than any account.


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More DYKs than anybody. Great articles. A helpful and calming presence. It is a far far better place because of his presence; and a diminished one because of his absence. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:50, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

 approved trying to get ahold of Jalexander--WMF 08:20, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Trying once again to get ahold of --CCogdill (WMF) (talk) 18:44, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


Ottava Rima

Nominated by: Anonymous User

Why is this user awesome?
Significant contributions to literature articles.


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Submitted through the google doc by a user who wishes to remain anonymous. Jalexander--WMF 04:44, 19 November 2012 (UTC)


SarahStierch

Nominated by: Anonymous User

Why is this user awesome?
"I think that all of Sarah's work at the Teahouse is reason enough."


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Submitted through the google doc by a user who wishes to remain anonymous. Jalexander--WMF 04:46, 19 November 2012 (UTC)


Truthkeeper88

Nominated by: Anonymous User

Why is this user awesome?
Significant contributions to literature articles.


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Submitted through the google doc by a user who wishes to remain anonymous. Jalexander--WMF 04:51, 19 November 2012 (UTC)


Chipmunkdavis

Nominated by: Anonymous User

Why is this user awesome?
Diligent and careful work in geographical and geopolitical articles. Approaches disputes in a reasoned, unflustered manner, while greatly improving and maintaining the quality of the encyclopedia.


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Submitted through the google doc by a user who wishes to remain anonymous. Jalexander--WMF 05:01, 19 November 2012 (UTC)


Bgwhite

Nominated by: LadyofShalott 16:51, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
I think he's probably single-handedly responsible for most of the completed persondata boxes that we have.


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WikHead

Nominated by: Tito Dutta (talk) 18:45, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
WikHead (talk · contribs · count · logs · page moves · block log)
He has more than 100,000 edits. A very polite and friendly editor. I have never seen doing him anything wrong. In a recent discussion he told me, his wiki-energy was running a bit low. He works silently but steadily. IMO, he deserves an appreciation! --Tito Dutta (talk) 18:45, 19 November 2012 (UTC) BTW, he is not an admin! --Tito Dutta (talk) 18:47, 19 November 2012 (UTC)


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Reaching out once again.--CCogdill (WMF) (talk) 18:44, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Sitush

Nominated by: Tito Dutta (talk) 18:53, 19 November 2012 (UTC) Minor changes in the post below, shown in green --Tito Dutta (talk) 19:19, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Sitush (talk · contribs · count · logs · page moves · block log)
Not an admin. Editing for a long time. He has 73,000+ edits. He handles disputes very well, that is a big plus point. Almost every day he gets requests from others for help for suggestions (see his talk page, link above). He is not an admin, but, he is as popular as an admin. I can see he has already posted in this Merchandise giveaways/Nominations too.


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Gene93k

Nominated by: Anonymous User

Why is this user awesome?

This nomination has been included in the list of Merchandise Giveaway Discussions.


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Submitted through the google doc by a user who wishes to remain anonymous! (It took me a couple minutes to get the joke ;) ) Jalexander--WMF 01:30, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Trying to contact in first round of Giveaways restart.--CCogdill (WMF) (talk) 18:44, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


Antanana (Ukrainian Wikipedia admin)

Nominated by: Tito Dutta (talk) 03:35, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?

Non English Wikipedians can be nominated per Wikipedia:Merchandise_giveaways#FAQ

He is a Ukrainian Wikipedia admin. I do not know Ukrainian language or can not even read its alphabet. I have talked with him few times (generally requesting articles in Wikipedia Ukrainian). Firstly, I requested in a Ukrainian admin's talk page, did not get any reply. From there Antanana picked the request and helped me to get that article in Ukrainian Wikipedia. He is a perfectionist by nature. I asked to create an article on Nagarik, he told he wants to watch the film before writing on it. A Ukrainian is watching a Bengali film just to write a requested article, I could not believe that. I have seen (though I can not understand anything in his talk page) he is very helpful, polite to all users.
Add: Antanana is "she", Sorry for the confusion! I did not know! Details --Tito Dutta (talk) 10:33, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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Hu12

Nominated by: Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:31, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Expanding upon the them of unheralded anti-spam workers (see Mean as custard above), this is really a co-nomination for two of the most active editors at WikiProject Spam: Hu12 (talk · contribs) and MER-C (talk · contribs). Merely looking at the edit history of the project talk page (edit stats) and the local MediaWiki spam blacklist (edit stats) shows that without these two editors toiling away in a relatively unnoticed job, we would be inundated with affiliate spam and other junk. Please join me in getting these two editors the recognition they deserve. Send them a "FREE T-SHIRT NOW". :-)


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MER-C

Nominated by: Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:31, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Expanding upon the them of unheralded anti-spam workers (see Mean as custard above), this is really a co-nomination for two of the most active editors at WikiProject Spam: Hu12 (talk · contribs) and MER-C (talk · contribs). Merely looking at the edit history of the project talk page (edit stats) and the local MediaWiki spam blacklist (edit stats) shows that without these two editors toiling away in a relatively unnoticed job, we would be inundated with affiliate spam and other junk. Please join me in getting these two editors the recognition they deserve. Send them a "FREE T-SHIRT NOW". :-)


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Carptrash

Nominated by: BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 16:36, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Extraordinarily knowledgeable on art and architecture, he is generous in sharing his expertise in articles and in adding his own images to Wikipedia. He is also welcoming, encouraging and patient with newbies. (And he's funny.)[2]
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Carptrash has uploaded hundreds (if not thousands) of his own pictures. He is the go to man on architectural sculpture, and has contributed vastly on the subject. A tireless editor. And goes out of his way to help and befriend newbies (I was a beneficiary). He wants this encyclopedia to succeed and grow, and has done a lot to make it happen. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:39, 20 November 2012 (UTC)


Charles Matthews

Nominated by: Hiding T 17:56, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Charles Matthews has been on Wikipedia forever and is one of those editors Wikipedia needs more of. Constantly updating article space, I think everyone must have read something by Charles Matthews. Hiding T 17:56, 20 November 2012 (UTC)


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Is this a joke? The person who abused his power so badly that the entire Arbcom lost their next couple elections, and who resulted in the only case of Arbcom replacing a case with an apology because he abused the Arbcom to fight petty battles, and we're going to name him one of the best Wikipedians?


Hiding

Nominated by: jc37 22:11, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?

(I was only nominating those who had usernames which appeared to be their names (since the shirts have to be sent to "Real Life People" : )

But now that he's here...

There simply isn't enough space on this page to describe all the great good that User:Hiding has done to contribute to the project.

He started or significantly contributed to many of the policies that we all very much take for granted as "solid" policy.

He is a guiding force in the comics project, and was the main admin helping out there before many of the rest of us were admins. And on that subject, it's at the very least partly due to his guidance that many admins are admins. (He helped me, and subsequently co-nominated me, for instance.)

He is a prolific content contributor, and is who I liked to go to when I have a referencing question.

And even with all of this, he is good natured and a pleasure to collaborate with.

For these and many many other reasons, I think that Hiding is an incredibly awesome Wikipedian : ) - jc37 22:11, 20 November 2012 (UTC)


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Rjd0060

Nominated by: —Emufarmers(T/C) 03:53, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
He does a lot for OTRS.


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Uploadvirus

Nominated by: Anthonyhcole (talk) 05:46, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
A delightful human being. Lots of good work on oncology-related articles. [3]
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The Rambling Man

Nominated by: Dweller (talk) 15:46, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
I could write about his anti-vandal work, or his admin work or his crat work. But seriously, just for the insane amount of work he puts in at the understaffed Wikipedia:Featured List process as its director, not to mention unofficial copyeditor-in-chief, helper extraordinaire and general dogsbody, he deserves this. --Dweller (talk) 15:46, 21 November 2012 (UTC)


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Magioladitis

Nominated by: Bgwhite (talk) 22:40, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Never stops working in the background. He never stops being a gnome by never stopping to improve articles. A great editor and person.
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Cla68

Nominated by: The Devil's Advocate (talk) 01:01, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Has contributed many Featured Articles to the project, and he is still contributing content to this site. Most recently he took this sorry little stub on Robert Madgwick and transformed it into the behemoth of an article it is today.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 01:01, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


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MONGO

Nominated by: The Devil's Advocate (talk) 01:10, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
His recent work in bringing Grand Teton National Park to Featured status and continuing to contribute dutifully and constructively to the project more than earn him a shirt.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 01:10, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


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Yunshui

Nominated by: Kevin12xd

Why is this user awesome?
A very patient and helpful user who is very welcoming to new users.


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Mark Arsten

Nominated by: TBrandley 03:21, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Wonderful administrator, reverts vandalism often, participates in articles for deletion discussions, and such, clearly a great editor and admin.


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Anna Frodesiak

Nominated by: TheSpecialUser TSU 03:44, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Anna has been around since 2008 with 55K+ edits; 30K+ to the mainstream. She is a tireless contributor and is always ready to help out. She has created 1300+ articles and has improved numerous articles. According to me, Anna is a valuable asset to the community and certainly deserves recognition for all the hard work that she has been doing around. TheSpecialUser TSU 03:44, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


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Strong support - Not only is she everything mentioned above, but she also has tons of patience, good faith and encourages users to "be a force for good". Anna helped me a lot when I was starting out, teaching me Wikipedia policies and largely improved my discussion skills. One of the kindest users around if you ask me. -- Cheers, Riley Huntley 04:05, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


JackofOz

Nominated by: Joefromrandb (talk) 04:03, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Jack is a delightful editor who contributes and improves content while managing to find the time to provide helpful, often witty, answers at the reference desks.


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Qwyrxian

Nominated by: Sitush (talk) 11:42, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
More easily referred to a "Q", Qwyrxian is not afraid to get involved in awkward disputes relating to a wide range of articles, from a certain problematic group of islands through to weird naming issues for schools in Sri Lanka and on to (top marks from me!) numerous caste-related articles. They are around almost daily, they pay attention to what others say in often heated situations, and their responses are invariably both considered and polite. Much of their work is in response to new contributors who are trying to run before they can walk and who often seem not to have English as their first language: Q's approach generally works pretty well. - Sitush (talk) 11:42, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
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Ekabhishek

Nominated by: Tito Dutta (talk) 01:08, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Ekabhishek (talk · contribs · count · logs · page moves · block log)
An asset of Wikiproject India, has more than 110,000 edits (genuine edits, not bot edit) with 88%+ article edit!
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Grapple X

Nominated by:  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:10, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
A dedicated user who led the pack for much of the WikiCup, one of WP:TXF's most dedicated editors (and there are a few!), and a delegate at WP:FTC. Oh yeah, and seven FAs. What's not to love? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:10, 25 November 2012 (UTC)


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Support: Always works on really weird, interesting FAs (Eraserhead, Twin Peak episodes, etc), helped me the hell out on my first FA, is friendly and always quick to give advice, and just all around produces a lot of quality content. Or maybe I'm just bias cause we like the same stuff... Either way. Bruce Campbell (talk) 01:47, 26 November 2012 (UTC)


Ceoil

Nominated by: Yomanganitalk 02:12, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
He's mediocre at best, but he needs clothing.


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Koavf

Nominated by: Anonymous User

Why is this user awesome?
One of only two users with over a million edits on the English Wikipedia. Need I say more?


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Submitted through the google doc by a user who wishes to remain anonymous! Jalexander--WMF 19:08, 26 November 2012 (UTC)


OhanaUnited

Nominated by: Anonymous User

Why is this user awesome?
Very helpful with the Canada Education Program, making sure that the students and their professors are well supported.


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Submitted through the google doc by a user who wishes to remain anonymous! Jalexander--WMF 19:20, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

On a side note the community member who submitted the nomination was concerned that it would not be seen as important because they had less then 100 edits. I'm making this comment here because I wanted to point out, if the user or others are watching, that if anything that may make it more important. Users who are awesome for new users are incredibly valued. Writers, mentors, trainers, copyeditors and more, I'd love to see nominations from all corners of the wiki. Jalexander--WMF 19:20, 26 November 2012 (UTC)


Richard Bartz

Nominated by: Anonymous User

Why is this user awesome?
This user has given tons of great macro images to Wikimedia projects, and is well deserving of something in return.


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Submitted through the google doc by a user who wishes to remain anonymous! Jalexander--WMF 19:21, 26 November 2012 (UTC)


Masem

Nominated by: Anonymous User

Why is this user awesome?
A great article writer and overall great admin.


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Submitted through the google doc by a user who wishes to remain anonymous! Jalexander--WMF 19:25, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

WLU

Nominated by: Anthonyhcole (talk) 02:32, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
WLU, with a few other brave souls, keeps his eye on quackery and fringe theories, the wild border-land between ga-ga and reason. He knows his stuff and is willing to do the reading when he doesn't. He's (almost) always patient and thoughtful in his dealings with even the most one-eyed obsessives if there's the remotest possibility they're well-meaning (while never signing up to a suicide pact). Boundary riders like him, gentle, respectful and persuasive, make me so proud to be a part of this project.


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Green Cardamom

Nominated by: Tokyogirl79 (talk) 17:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
I only recently started interacting with GC on the various book and publishing related AfDs in the last few months, but that has been long enough to see that he obviously works very hard. He's also very knowledgeable about the literary world and has helped save countless articles from deletion because of this. He also has 17,782 and has created over 200 articles, so he's a good example of a very hard working Wikipedian! I don't mean to spam the board with multiple entries, but GC is an editor that deserves to be rewarded!Tokyogirl79 (talk) 17:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)


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Racklever

Nominated by: ϢereSpielChequers 23:31, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
As well as contributing some great images, Racklever is one of the team who keep on top of our death anomalies, sorting out articles where we are saying that someone is alive, but one or more other languages of Wikipedia say they are dead. ϢereSpielChequers 23:31, 9 December 2012 (UTC)


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Lugnuts

Nominated by: ϢereSpielChequers 23:31, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
As well as creating thousands of articles, Lugnuts is one of the team who keep on top of our death anomalies, sorting out articles where we are saying that someone is alive but one or more other languages of Wikipedia say they are dead. ϢereSpielChequers 23:31, 9 December 2012 (UTC)


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Merlissimo

Nominated by: ϢereSpielChequers 23:31, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Merlissimo is an active editor on several wikis, one of those multilingual people who hold the project together, and one of the ways he does this is by writing code and running Bots. Specifically I came across him when he took a one paragraph design and went off and coded the death anomalies report, he launched the death anomalies on DE wiki and has done most of the work to feed in anomalies from 80 language versions. Including running the bot that produces reports for a dozen different language versions of Wikipedia. ϢereSpielChequers 23:31, 9 December 2012 (UTC)


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Berean Hunter

Nominated by: Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 01:12, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome?
Berean Hunter is an exceptional WP:SPI clerk, keeping the place sock free, a long time contributor with tons of edits in all kinds of areas, a respected admin that knows how to settle problems peacefully and fairly, and an excellent example to us all, old and new.
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AutomaticStrikeout

Nominated by: Anonymous User

Why is this user awesome?
Ambitious editor who does a lot of work in improving baseball articles as well as at AFD.


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Submitted through the google doc by a user who wishes to remain anonymous! Jalexander--WMF 00:25, 15 December 2012 (UTC)


Joshua Jonathan

Nominated by: Lova Falk talk 08:31, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome? A steady hard worker, dealing in a very professional way with disruptive editors. Is responsible for the high quality of lots of articles.

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Dthomsen8

Nominated by Rich Farmbrough, 15:30, 29 December 2012 (UTC).

Why is this user awesome?

  1. Provided "Wikipedia Editor" hats to a bunch of editors
  2. Promotes Wikipedia editing with anyone in Real Life
  3. Does a mountain of work on categorising needed image articles

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Narutolovehinata5

Nominated by: Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:29, 29 December 2012 (UTC) Why is this user awesome? I've not really interacted with Narutolovehinata5 on a regular, daily basis, I admit, but I've seen enough of his edits to know that he works very hard at AfD and deserves some recognition. A look through his talk page archives shows that he has expressed a willingness to work with other users as well. Support


Gareth Griffith-Jones

Nominated by: 7&6=thirteen (☎) 23:12, 29 December 2012 (UTC) Why is this user awesome? He cares. He contributes. Greatly. With feeling and integrity. And so far as I know, in the background without fanfare or drama. He labors in the vineyards of the lord. It has been a pleasure to make his acquaintance. Diolch. Support


SlimVirgin

Nominated by: Anthonyhcole (talk) 02:41, 4 January 2013 (UTC) Why is this user awesome? Genuinely awesome writer and researcher. Contributed massively to the policies of this place. On the side of the angels. Support


Jimbo Wales

Nominated by: Anthonyhcole (talk) 03:07, 4 January 2013 (UTC) Why is this user awesome? Does a very difficult job well. Is personally responsible for a great deal of the high affection the public has for this project. Takes a lot of crap, with far better humour than most of us could muster. Thank you for all you put in here, Jimmy. Support

Exactly! --Tito Dutta (talk) 03:51, 10 January 2013 (UTC)


Wehwalt

Nominated by: 28bytes (talk) 19:09, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome? I'm surprised to discover that no one has nominated the man currently leading the pack in Featured Article nominations, so I'm rectifying that now. If having helped bring a record 79 (!) articles up to featured status doesn't merit a thank you gift, I don't know what does.

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The Blade of the Northern Lights

Nominated by: David1217 What I've done 05:34, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome? The Blade in currently solely focusing on Genie (feral child), taking a break from normal wiki-work. Other times, though, one of the things he does is work as an arbitration enforcement admin, dealing with the most controversial editors in the most controversial topics.

Given the message on my talkpage now, just want to confirm I'm aware of this. Hall of Jade (お話しになります) 15:55, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

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Gerda Arendt

Nominated by: kosboot (talk) 16:29, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome? Has done tons of amazing work for the WikiProject Opera

  • thank you for the nomination! I received a virtual one by somebody who knows me a bit better. Please: I don't want a t-shirt. I don't want a discussion here ;) - All I want is that editors are treated like human beings. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Support "All I want is that editors are treated like human beings." That's why you are so awesome Gerda. I've had only one dealing with you and we were on the opposite sides of the agreement fence. How nice to come away from a disagreement and still like the other editor! You are a good Wikipedia editor and a very nice person to boot. Gandydancer (talk) 19:50, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Support. Gerda. Please allow human editors to give you the accolades you so richly deserve. It makes them feel good to acknowledge your peaceful nature. ```Buster Seven Talk 23:09, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
I dont mind support. But please no t-shirt for the one with the red cat, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:49, 10 January 2013 (UTC)


Hughesdarren

Nominated by: SatuSuro 04:24, 4 January 2013 (UTC) Why is this user awesome? At the Wikipedia birthday in Fremantle the other year I put aside a T-shirt for this tireless user, and never got the t-shirt to him - now is the opportunity for him to get a t-shirt from where it counts! Support

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