Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better the quality of life at the Wikipedia through Kindness and Recognition of Users. It is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. All too often we get too wrapped up in our own tasks to recognize the hard work and determination of others. This WikiProject aims to correct that injustice, even if only a little bit, by making a conscious effort to acknowledge exceptional effort, skill, and commitment. It is motivated by the belief that a little kindness goes a long way, and in the end results in a better Wikipedia experience for everybody.
Remembering Brian Boulton
[Message text copied here from
User talk:Brianboulton#Remembering Brian:]
Dear colleagues,
I wanted to create something by which those of us who have had the pleasure of working with him could commemorate our friend
Brian Boulton, who died peacefully on 9 December 2019. Although userboxes are often used for frivolous purposes, it occurred to me that it would be meaningful simply to display the following userbox on our user pages:
To add this userbox to your page, just apply: {{User:Pdebee/UBX/Remembers}}
With kind regards;
Patrick.
Pdebee.(talk)(
become old-fashioned!)
Remembering Sarah (SlimVirgin)
[Message text copied here from
User talk:SlimVirgin#Remembering Sarah:]
Dear colleagues,
I created a generic userbox to commemorate our absent Wikifriends, and I keep a copy for Sarah at my user page:
To add this userbox to your user page, just copy/paste: {{User:Pdebee/UBX/RemembersAbsentFriend|SlimVirgin}}
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.(talk)(become
old-fashioned!)
Dear Gerda,
As before, thank you for my yearly reminder and for being so dedicated to this generous task of acknowledging your colleagues, and for your kindness towards us all! I hope you are keeping well, and wish you a Happy Spring in two weeks' time! Please keep well, safe, musical and joyful.
With kindest regards; Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.(talk)(become
old-fashioned!) 15:52, 6 March 2023 (UTC)reply
PS: Again some more daffodils for you, all the way from the
West Coast of Wales!
Thank you, beautiful! - I changed the link to the rose of missing that he designed, - it's hard to be joyful with that background, but let's try. Looking at the flowers helps! --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 15:05, 6 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Didn't you see the obituary in the Signpost? --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 14:57, 6 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Unfortunately no, as I don't consult the Signpost. I have looked at his/her user page, and admire the editorial approach and high standards.
Another sad loss... Thank you once again, and please keep well and joyful. With kindest regards; Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.(talk)(become
old-fashioned!) 15:10, 6 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Dear
Gerda, I have now read the obituary and added link to it from "
Another sad loss"; how so very sad, at such a young age! Thank you for letting me know, and for mentioning the Signpost obituary. With kindest regards; Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.(talk)(become
old-fashioned!) 15:22, 6 March 2024 (UTC)reply
(edit conflict:) I also don't clog my talk page with the Signpost, but can't miss it on my watchlist, and then typically read it on some other editor's page. Perhaps watch
WP:Deceased Wikipedians. It hit me on his talk, - one who wrote a condolence described sensations of feeling ill when seeing the edit summary only, better than I could. See why: I had no idea that he
archived so selectively. Since he left us, there were two featured articles coming in. I shouldn't compare but he was probably the most prolific contributor of
WP:QAI, so much precious promise. --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 15:28, 6 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Dear
Gerda, I have now also added
Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians to my watchlist per your advice, for which my grateful thanks. I wholeheartedly apologise for adding 'joyful' above, which was very clumsy of me, in the circumstances; I am so very sorry. Thank you for your lovely flowers, and hoping for your forgiveness. With kindest regards; Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.(talk)(become
old-fashioned!) 15:51, 6 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Nothing to forgive. I guess not even Vami would want our joy to end. - Another little piece of advice: blank lines confuse the editor program. - Let's not forget joy, but still rehearse
Tristis est anima mea with expression. --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 15:57, 6 March 2024 (UTC)reply
I uploaded vacation pics (from back home), at least the first day, - and remember
Aribert Reimann. --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 20:07, 20 March 2024 (UTC)reply
I like to see
Appalachian Spring on the Main page today (not by me, just interested and reviewed), and I also made it
my story. - How do you like the statue (look up places)? - I was undecided so show three versions ;) --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 16:58, 6 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Today I see
Marian Anderson as
my top story (by NBC, 1939), and below (on my talk) three people with raised arms, - and the place is the cherry blossom in Frauenstein. --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 16:23, 9 April 2024 (UTC)reply
plum tree blossom for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 21:01, 11 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi
You're welcome. Nice to meet you.
Phoenix7119 (
talk) 11:40, 11 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Dear
Phoenix7119,
Nice to meet you, too! And thank you once more for your edit in the article on
Emily Stipes Watts,
here. Are you particularly interested in the life and career of Prof. Stipes Watts? If so, and if you have the time and inclination, perhaps you might be able to help, by looking for source(s) that could resolve the two {{citation needed|date=August 2016}} templates currently still in the article? When I created the initial version of the article, I cited those biographical details from
Prabook, but that citation was subsequently removed,
here, and quite correctly, as it turned out, since the content on Prabook is user-generated. If I were located closer to Urbana, Illinois, I would try to find a local, printed source for these details but, from where I live (
here, on the west coast of Wales), this is a little bit too far...
. In any case, thank you for your time and consideration, and there is obviously no obligation on your part to do any more than you can. Keep well. With kindest regards; Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.(talk)(become
old-fashioned!) 13:56, 11 May 2024 (UTC)reply
I'm not very familiar with Prof. Stipes Watts. However, since she appears to have been such an accomplished woman as well as a member of Phi Kappa Phi, I decided to add her name to the new Phi Kappa Phi category that I created. If I stumble across any information that might help resolve that templates issue, I'll let you know. Again, its nice to make your acquaintance. Kind regards, Phoenix
Phoenix7119 (
talk) 11:17, 16 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Dear
Phoenix7119,
Thank you for your reply and kind words. I know next to nothing about sororities, but it's a good idea of yours to have created a category for at least one of them, as you did. Also, it's most kind of you to bear Prof. Stipes Watts in mind; as you are making progress with your Wikipedia project on sororities, you might well come across her name in a reliable, secondary source. If/when you do, feel free to make contact again, so that we could work together on adding it to her article. For example, if you had a photocopy of a printed page, you could send its photo as a file to my email address (via the "email" userbox in "About", at my user page), and I would create the citation template for it, thus fixing the {{citation needed|date=August 2016}} templates. I am pleased our paths have crossed here, and please feel free to keep in touch if you ever think I might be able to assist in any way. I wish you well in your editorial endeavours, and thank you for all your contributions to our encyclopaedia. With kindest regards; Patrick. ツ
Pdebee.(talk)(become
old-fashioned!) 14:40, 16 May 2024 (UTC)reply
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) 20:49, 22 May 2024 (UTC)reply