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(I have relocated these very precious kindnesses from others to the top of my talkpage, so they will never be lost or forgotten. I am very grateful for each one.)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	For your well-chosen words at Talk:Christian ethics. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:15, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Phenomenal job on History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance! Your deep grasp of the scholarly literature and your tireless commitment to addressing my large number of comments and generally improving the article is very impressive! Thank you for all your hard work! DocFreeman24 (talk) 14:46, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	For your diligence at Biblical criticism and elsewhere. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 23:56, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Your praises played by Moop Mama, more on my talk, or the Main page ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:20, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Friendship Barnstar
		Thank you again for your kind comments and friendly gesture. You are a fine example of a Kindness Campaign member. History DMZ (talk)+(ping) 04:09, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

P.S. Feel free to take over the 'Gerda's newsletter' idea. I'm going to re-focus on maybe starting a Kindness Campaign newsletter :)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		You definitely deserve this for your work on History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance! HouseBlaster (talk) 17:47, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

A year ago ...

"What do you mean, I can´t rewrite the entire article!?"
... you were recipient no. 1915 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

miss you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:58, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

		The Christianity Barnstar
		You deserve this for your herculean efforts to improve Biblical criticism and respond to the comments at its recent FAC. As Gog mentioned in the closing note, with some additional work it will have a good chance at passing next time around. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 05:04, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Fruits

Ovinus has given you a bowl of peaches! This delicious fruit promotes WikiLove and has hopefully made your day juicier. Spread peachiness and WikiLove by giving someone else some peaches, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend, by adding {{subst:Peach}} to their talk page with a friendly message!

Was thinking of you and your work earlier, Jen. Thanks for everything and I hope you have a good day! I certainly will be... today is a dim light at the end of this year-long tunnel. Warmly, Ovinus (talk) 13:38, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Christianity Barnstar
		Dear Jenhawk777, I award you The Christianity Barnstar for all your hard work in WikiProject Christianity-related articles, especially your recent creation of Evolutionary theodicy. Keep up the good work! Your efforts are making a difference here! With regards, AnupamTalk 04:21, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thank you Jenhawk777 for the message that you left on Gerda's page for me. Truly, the volunteers of these huge projects like WP, LibriVox, DP cannot go the extra mile without people like Gerda and you, who inject fresh energy into the volunteers. The kind words are our only salary, and fortunately we all can pay each other a lot. :) Qapisce (talk) 10:57, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

A superior barnstar for you!

		The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia
		For all the time and effort you have put in — across thousands of edits — to markedly improve numerous articles related to Christianity all these years. The magnitude of the positive impact you have had with regard to Wikipedia's coverage of academic topics related to Christianity is unprecedented; I cannot think of any other editor who has worked so rigorously and improved those topics to the extent that you have. You are a phenomenal editor and your work is awe-inspiring. Thank you for all that you do! — The Most Comfortable Chair 21:12, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

This has touched me so deeply I almost cried. Thank you so, so very much. Jenhawk777 (talk) 21:29, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For tireless and invaluable efforts on creating and improving Christianity-related pages. Avilich (talk) 12:10, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Not the first you receive, but the first I ever hand out. Avilich (talk) 12:10, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Avilich Bless your heart! Thank you so much! This is very kind of you and I appreciate it. Jenhawk777 (talk) 18:10, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Referencing of Conversion to Christianity

A cookie for your work, not sure how much more I can help you with referencing now :).

The content now reads as a proper Wikipedia article as well. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 10:50, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

ActivelyDisinterested Bless you! Thank you! I so deeply appreciate you and all your work. You are still the one I will reach out to when I have a problem, but you have taught me a lot, and this article was just too much to ask someone else to do for me. I would have enjoyed banging my head against a wall more, but hey, I followed your example and got it done. I put it up for peer review and others suggested adding back a theology section which I am beginning work on today. Thank you again. You are a great blessing. Jenhawk777 (talk) 15:22, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

September songs

		The Original Barnstar
		For excellent work on Theodosius I and Massacre of Thessalonica Richard Keatinge (talk) 21:02, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Question from Stickfigurez000 (15:58, 27 April 2024)

Hello! I've never tried or thought about editting a wikipedia article but I was like, why not try it out and see how it works? I saw that under other names for the USA they don't have "the States" which all Europeans, people in the UK, and especially Canadians, exclusively call the US. I just thought, "wouldn't it be fun to add 'the States' since most Americans don't know that we never say the US, or USA and never "America!" haha So ya, that's what brought me here :) --Stickfigurez000 (talk) 15:58, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Why not indeed? Just be sure to follow the rules. There's a lot to learn about how to properly edit on WP, so as not to get your work deleted.

Add "the States" to what exactly? My dad was military and I lived "overseas" for several years and we always referred to "home" as "the states". As far as I know, that's been the practice going back to the world wars. I guess locals picked it up. Since the military is such a small percentage of the population, you are probably right about many not knowing that. But I guess I don't quite get why or where that would be an issue.Jenhawk777 (talk) 16:09, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Have a song: Hugh Laurie's Song for America Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:04, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

I was ready to punch him too ... Jenhawk777 (talk) 18:09, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

The question could be about the lead of United States. I found this 2020 discussion: Talk:United_States/Archive_97#U.S._is_sometimes_referred_to_as_"the_States". "The states" don't seem to be in the article at all atm, but can be found at Names of the United States. Now, have another song: Kicking Ass' song. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:13, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Do you know every article in the entire encyclopedia? You astound me. Jenhawk777 (talk) 18:20, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Meh (but thanks). Even I know "The States", and I know Wikipedians, so I figured it probably had been discussed 1 or 12 times before. Now, on behalf of the backup singer in the second song (puncher in the first), I want it to be known that he writes books:Stephen_Fry_bibliography_and_filmography#Books. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:28, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes he does. I am not a big fan of his, though it is likely a bias on my part. I'm a big fan of you. Jenhawk777 (talk) 18:37, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Likewise! And it's good to know I have fans, I've been in disputes lately, among other things about The Merchant of Venice if you can believe it. Well of course you can, you also know Wikipedians. Well, the other guy is on a 24h block, we'll see what happens. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:50, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Aaaahhh... thank you. If you need me, tell me, I'll be there. Jenhawk777 (talk) 18:56, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

And that went from 24h block to indef with talkpage access revoked. Unless there's socking later, that one can probably be put in the files. So I'm off to my next adventure at [1]. Don't involve yourself, but you might like to watch. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:45, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

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Question from ArelwarendeYy on User talk:ArelwarendeYy (11:40, 28 April 2024)

Hello...How do I create my own page --ArelwarendeYy (talk) 11:40, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Post something - not too personal - something about your interests, why you're on WP, whatever you like that isn't info someone could use to find you and harass you, on your user page - your name page. See that your name is in red? When you post something on that page, it will turn blue. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:20, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:07, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Click on music for a particularly interesting set of three today - it changes almost daily. I took two of the three pics. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:46, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Wonderful! Thank you! Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:21, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Kmd1holding (08:13, 2 May 2024)

macam mana nak buat wikipedia page --Kmd1holding (talk) 08:13, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

@Kmd1holding This is the English language Wikipedia. Many languages have their own Wikipedia. Are you perhaps looking for [2]? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:29, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

???? Jenhawk777 (talk) 16:15, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Paulinefowler666 (16:59, 3 May 2024)

Hi! I have noticed some Wikipedia pages have lists of celebrities in a table, for example this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_guest_stars_(seasons_1%E2%80%9320)

And some celebrities names will have † next to them to symbolise that the celebrity is dead. For example the table of housemates here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Big_Brother_(British_TV_series)_series_20 I was wondering if this is appropriate to put on any sort of article (like the one above) or is this not necessary? I find the idea very helpful, but if it's not needed on every sort of table including celebrities I understand. --Paulinefowler666 (talk) 16:59, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

For lists try this: [3]. For the rest follow this: [4]. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:15, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

That doesn't mention anything about adding † to lists, I was just wondering if it's okay on any list containing deceased celebrities, to signal that they have since passed away, especially on reality shows etc.

Like on the Big Brother one I linked, there is a † next to those who passed away in the table. But on the Simpsons one, there isn't any next to celebrities that passed from that table. I was wondering if it would be acceptable to add the † to those who passed on any sort of table. It wouldn't make sense to be okay on one form of article but not another. Sorry if this doesn't make a lot of sense, but I like the clarification! Paulinefowler666 (talk) 13:45, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

@Paulinefowler666, hi! I have no idea what is "best" here (my guess is no firm rule except WP:BLP etc), but you might be able to get a more informed opinion if you ask at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style. Looking at your table, my reaction is "I can see why someone would want to add that, by I wouldn't bother myself." Hope this helps some. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:33, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

In the press

"But should we not seek the truth? Yes, of course. Nonetheless, as Maher said, like the volunteer writers of Wikipedia, we also must focus on "the best of what we can know right now." That is a statement of intellectual humility, not of relativism. Complex topics and problems do not lend themselves to easy assessments of truth in real time. Through broad sourcing, the Wikipedia model in theory moves us to closer approximations of what is true."

I think that's pretty good. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:16, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

I think that's perfect! Wow! I think I will put it on my name page. Jenhawk777 (talk) 18:30, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

I sure did. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:30, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Have some Swedish-Norwegian Shakespeare:[5] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:28, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Have I told you lately that I appreciate you? Consider this as that. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:15, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:The_Wikipedia_Library#Library_offline?, in case you wondered about that. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:52, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

I also had issues, told them, and within a day they had it resolved and emailed me directly to tell me. They pretty much rock imo. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:34, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

They recently added Haaretz. I'm a fan of one of their writers, Omer Benjakob, he has written some very interesting articles about WP like [6]. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:21, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Arjunsinghramasare (09:18, 18 May 2024)

Hello Sir I have recently edited Data table that was i think 1 year old. after spending more than 2 hours collecting data and editing my publish Data table was deleted by ClueBot Ng citing Vandalism. --Arjunsinghramasare (talk) 09:18, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Send me a link so I can see what happened. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:00, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Moly McMillan on Tom Dunn (golf course architect) (10:06, 21 May 2024)

On the Tom Dunn list of courses. Kingsdown has a [where?] Beside. Dunn was based in Somerset and the Kingsdown in question is very likely the one 'Near Bath'. So to be edited to read similar to the Lansdowne course. Ie. "Kingsdown, near Bath". --Moly McMillan (talk) 10:06, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Sure - if you have a source you can cite, go for it. Jenhawk777 (talk) 21:15, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from KingLuuh (15:41, 22 May 2024)

Hello how do I edit a story. --KingLuuh (talk) 15:41, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

We don't have stories on WP. We have research papers that we call pages or articles, but they are research papers like you would write in college. Do the research, go to edit source on the article, and add what you found to an article including the citation to the reference you used, with the page number, where someone else could find what you have written. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:39, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Drug addict

How to support a person who wants to stop using drugs in the society without hurting their feelings and moral to do the good thing KingLuuh (talk) 15:53, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

I'm afraid that's beyond my scope. You'll need to ask someone in that field. Good luck. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:40, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

May music

story · music · places

Today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear (DYK) and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old (OTD). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:08, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Lovely. Thank you Gerda. How are you? We haven't really chatted in quite awhile. Busy as always I'm sure. Yet you still remember things like this. You are amazing. Jenhawk777 (talk) 21:14, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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