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A barnstar for you!

  The Original Barnstar
Thanks for dropping me a line about Jackson Peebles. Your empathy and consideration is greatly appreciated. Drmies (talk) 18:42, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for the barnstar, Drmies. Of course I would trade every barnstar I've ever been given if it could undo the tragedy, but I suppose it cannot. Prayers with the family. Go Phightins! 20:06, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
I am very saddened and somewhat angry with myself for not having gotten to know this young man while I had a chance. I spent most of my life less than 10 miles away from him and I never knew we had that in common. He did great things while he was here, and I hope I can pick up some of what he has done and help. I will be redoubling my efforts at the Teahouse in his memory. If you have any specific ideas of what else I can do in his memory, drop me an email. It is still the same. I used to be Gtwfan52. John from Idegon (talk) 22:02, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 November 2013

Idea

What would you think if we awarded Jackson the next WER/Eddy award? I sense that Wikipedia was very important to him and awarding him would convey to his family and loved ones how important he was to this/our internet community. I'm just going with my gut and I haven't considered any negative response. I don't know. What do you think? ```Buster Seven Talk 00:06, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

  Like John from Idegon (talk) 01:24, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
I think that's a fine idea. Go Phightins! 02:11, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

I have started a rough draft at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Accepted nominations. Please feel free to assist and rewrite. The quote is from Jackson's blog: it seems to embody the type of person he was. If you go to the talk page at his Video and Interactive Tutorial Project you can sense his wonderful nature and determination. Its full of "This will be done", "I'll make sure to do this", "I'll get on that." Reading about his real life accomplishments truly adds to the sadness of his passing. This was a very special young man and Wikipedian. We could easily create a "wall of words" award just trying to capture his humanity and spirit. I don't want to over do it. I wonder if we should "lift" some of Ocaasi's comments. We have a few days...```Buster Seven Talk 08:07, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

True; I think what you have is good ... we could flesh it out to be about the length of other nominations. I would say we should present it as from the EotW project. Also, we should double check with Khazar2 that he does not mind his nominees being held back for one more week for this posthumous award. If he does, we can simply award two. Go Phightins! 11:33, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
Not at all. This is a great idea; thanks to you guys for putting it together. -- Khazar2 (talk) 12:48, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
  • I think this will be a very fitting tribute. AutomaticStrikeout () 00:20, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
  • I fully support this. I am still a little taken aback by his passing.--Mark Miller (talk) 05:17, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Thank you all for this award from EotW. I wasn't aware of the sad news then, though I would have wanted to give him a fitting tribute myself. Thank you for atleast getting it done from EotW. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 00:27, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Userbox for Jackson

We usually display the userbox a day or two after the "Eddy" gets presented. Please see Template:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Project main page/sandbox for vetting. ```Buster Seven Talk 16:49, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

I did some revision. Let me know what you think. Go Phightins! 20:14, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
User:The Interior did the final re-write. Thanks to all. ```Buster Seven Talk 23:31, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
It was a wonderful way to say goodbye and memorialize a great editor! Thanks again.--Mark Miller (talk) 02:07, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Signpost "In the Media"

Hello there. I understand you were one of the writers for the Signpost section "In the Media". I would love to pick your brain to get a handle on the two last authors direction in order to best decide where to go from there. You can e-mail me, respond here or start a new thread on my talk page. Thanks.--Mark Miller (talk) 03:53, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi Go Phightins!, I have seen your articles in 'In the Media' for the Signpost, and am joining up. I was wondering if you had any tips on how to write posts, e.g. a certain format? Thanks in advance, Matty.007 19:06, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi Mark Miller and Matty.007. If you would send me an email here, that would be preferable. ITM is drafted in a Google Doc to which you will need access. I am also going to ping ITM colleagues Jayen466, Keilana, and Andrewman327. To all ITMers: I suggest a calendar that rotates the responsibility of ITM amongst us - of course we sometimes all will not be able to work on it every week, but if we have a rough idea of who is heading up what issue, it could facilitate better communication, which seems to be somewhat of a hindrance. Thanks Mark and Matty for your willingness to help! Go Phightins! 22:40, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
E-mailing you!--Mark Miller (talk) 02:09, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Precious again

ball rolling
Thank you for quality contributions (rather than quantity), playing with cheerfulness, fairness and respect, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 03:59, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 309th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated in br'erly style, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:35, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

I am sorry, Gerda, I thought I had already thanked you for this kind gesture, but apparently I did not. Thank you again! Go Phightins! 22:40, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
My pleasure! - "Remember" - a work by Purcell was just introduced on my talk, and I remembered singing it ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:45, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

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Have a great thanksgiving! AutomaticStrikeout () 22:29, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks to both of you, and you too! Go Phightins! 01:51, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

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The Cole Hamels to-do list. Feel free to play with it. öBrambleberry of RiverClan 17:47, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks . . .

. . . for the barnstar, although as you'll see from the section above on my talk page not every appreciates my decisions at FFD :-) NtheP (talk) 22:47, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Well you can't please everyone, I suppose :-) Go Phightins! 22:50, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
just getting irritating now though. Three times I've said go to Del review and they're not taking the hint. NtheP (talk) 22:52, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

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PhilStar

  The Philadelphia Phillies Barnstar
I hereby award The Fightin' PhilStar to Go Phightins! for his utmost love for the Philadelphia Phillies WikiProject. He has shown great enthusiasm when helping others, and has made many contributing efforts to the project! Keep up the great work :) Newyorkadam (talk) 04:12, 5 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam
Thank you so much! I am frankly laughing right now, as I was thinking about heading over to your talk page and posting a message about my happiness for finding another editor with such great aptitude for baseball articles. Let me know if you would ever like to collaborate, and this is quite possibly my favorite barnstar yet! Go Phightins! 04:15, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
I'm actually considering a current project where I'm going to expand a stub and try to get it to be a FA. I was thinking maybe doing it on a baseball article, more specifically a Phillies article. Are you interested? If so, do you have a specific article you wanna expand? Newyorkadam (talk) 12:16, 5 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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I think with Eric's condensation of the steroid section and my final reference additions, I think you can give it the pass or fail. We worked hard for it and thanks for your willingness to review it. Sportsguy17 (talkcontribssign) 02:33, 10 December 2013 (UTC) Sportsguy17 (talkcontribssign) 02:33, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

  The Barnstar of Diligence
A collaborative environment also needs a willing, hardworking, and commited reviewer and you were just that. Through the multitudes of pings and talkbacks, you helped an article get to GA. I look forward to future works with you . Sportsguy17 (talkcontribssign) 02:22, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. Let me know if I can help you in a future project endeavor. Go Phightins! 23:42, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 December 2013