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Congratulations on becoming Wikipedia's newest administrator! Rubbish computer ( HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 20:41, 23 December 2016 (UTC) |
Congratulations on your successful RFA! My Christmas gifts to you are the words of wisdom I received from the puppy after my RFA passed – almost ten long, sordid, I-really-really-should-have-found-a-better-hobby years ago: |
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DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales, because if it did, it would be much, much better. All rights released under GFDL. |
Last year, both User:Nakon and User:SilkTork suggested nominating you as an admin ( User talk:Boson/Archive 4#RFA Nomination and User talk:Boson/Archive 4#Potential admin). You've edited with no breaks in activity since 2006, with 100% edit summaries, no blocks, 15,000 edits, and just over 1/2 your edits to article space. Your edits in the area of the European Union are extensive. You make detailed and reasoned contributions to AfD and to featured article reviews. User:EEng called you a "miracle of diplomacy". We need more admins and your mix of experience, content development and diplomacy is the right skill set. Let's turn Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Boson blue. Fences& Windows 13:14, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
Fences and windows would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Fences and windows to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Boson. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so. |
Fences& Windows 21:15, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
I'm not voting in your RfA because (a) I never do, and if I start now everyone will be clamoring for my endorsement – you know how it is when you're a celebrity; (b) you don't need my vote anyway. E Eng 09:56, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
I would like to thank all those who participated in my RfA. Thanks to the supporters for your trust and encouragement, and thanks to all for your time and effort. Thanks to all who offered advice. Thanks for not deleting me. Thanks, too, for the humorous accompaniment from visiting celebrities! And thanks for the T-shirt! In the words of Henry Crun: Thank you for your support! I will always wear it.
I would also like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas (and/or whatever else you may celebrate) and a Happy New Year. -- Boson ( talk) 21:06, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
I will always wear it-- Always? Yecch! E Eng 22:08, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
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Congrats on your successful admin request. May god be with you on Christmas EurovisionNim (talk to me) (see my edits) 05:31, 24 December 2016 (UTC) |
Hello Boson: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, — k6ka 🍁 ( Talk · Contributions) 19:35, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Boson,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Donner60 (
talk)
09:24, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding {{ subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
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Congratulations on becoming an administrator! Sorry this is so late. Rubbish computer ( HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 19:15, 6 January 2017 (UTC) |
Hello! The Wikimedia Foundation is asking for your feedback in a survey. We want to know how well we are supporting your work on and off wiki, and how we can change or improve things in the future. [1] The opinions you share will directly affect the current and future work of the Wikimedia Foundation. You have been randomly selected to take this survey as we would like to hear from your Wikimedia community. To say thank you for your time, we are giving away 20 Wikimedia T-shirts to randomly selected people who take the survey. [2] The survey is available in various languages and will take between 20 and 40 minutes.
You can find more information about
this project. This survey is hosted by a third-party service and governed by this
privacy statement. Please visit our
frequently asked questions page to find more information about this survey. If you need additional help, or if you wish to opt-out of future communications about this survey, send an email to surveys@wikimedia.org.
Thank you! -- EGalvez (WMF) ( talk) 19:25, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Notifications, Flow and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
Our goal to add filters to the Recent Changes page is going well. We will contact soon some communities - the ones where ORES is available as a Beta feature - to plan a possible trial.
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Flow [ More information • Help pages]
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Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Notifications, Flow and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
Flow satisfaction survey’s results are available. The survey provides useful data on what users like and don't like about Flow. This information will be helpful in discussions recently begun as part of the editing team's Annual Plan process. As the editing team investigates its priorities for next fiscal year (which begins in July), many ideas for improvements have been suggested, including projects to research the future of wiki discussions and to fix Flow's shortcomings.
Edit Review Improvements [ More information • Help pages]
Notifications [ More information • Help pages]
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09:40, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
Hello! This is a final reminder that the Wikimedia Foundation survey will close on 28 February, 2017 (23:59 UTC). The survey is available in various languages and will take between 20 and 40 minutes. Take the survey now.
If you already took the survey - thank you! We won't bother you again.
About this survey: You can find more information about this project here or you can read the frequently asked questions. This survey is hosted by a third-party service and governed by this privacy statement. If you need additional help, or if you wish to opt-out of future communications about this survey, send an email through EmailUser function to User:EGalvez (WMF) or surveys@wikimedia.org. About the Wikimedia Foundation: The Wikimedia Foundation supports you by working on the software and technology to keep the sites fast, secure, and accessible, as well as supports Wikimedia programs and initiatives to expand access and support free knowledge globally. Thank you! -- EGalvez (WMF) ( talk) 08:25, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).
Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Notifications, Flow and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
We have focused all our efforts on the New filters for edit review. You will discover these filters on your wiki soon (see below).
Edit Review Improvements [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
Future changes
Flow [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
<math>
<hiero>
<score>
<syntax>
<source>
<ref>
shortcuts are now working on Flow visual editing mode. Type a shortcut in the visual editing mode will open the control panel for the chosen option.
[10]
<ref>
, footnotes will be automatically included at the end of the message, unless if they are displayed elsewhere in the message by the appropriate template.Future changes
Collaboration team's newsletter prepared by the Collaboration team and posted by bot • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
17:02, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).
Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Notifications, Flow and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
The fourth fiscal quarter began the first of this month, and Collaboration Team has begun work on our new quarterly goals. In the coming months, we'll be working to release the New Filters for Edit Review beta on all wikis and then to improve the beta as much as possible based on user feedback. On that score, we're planning a round of user interviews on the new tools in May to get detailed information about usability and usefulness. If you've tried the new features and have thoughts, please share them with us in any language.
Our other focus right now is to look at what changes will be needed to spread the new filtering interface to other review pages, especially Watchlist. We're also exploring how to incorporate the tools we didn't include in the new interface in this round, like the Tag Filters, time-frame selector and Namespace filter.
Edit Review Improvements [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
Problems
Future changes
Notifications [ More information • Help pages]
Flow [ More information • Help pages]
Collaboration team's newsletter prepared by the Collaboration team and posted by bot • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
13:04, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017).
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Brixit. Since you had some involvement with the Brixit redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -- Nevé – selbert 20:54, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Notifications, Flow and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
Edit Review Improvements [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
Future changes
Notifications [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
Flow [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
Collaboration team's newsletter prepared by the Collaboration team and posted by bot • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
15:19, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).
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Three years! |
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:12, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Notifications, Flow and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
Integrated Filters
Edit Review Improvements [ More information • Help pages]
Have time for a talk?
Recent changes
Future changes
Notifications [ More information • Help pages]
Future changes
Flow [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
Future changes
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08:41, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | ← | Archive 3 | Archive 4 | Archive 5 | Archive 6 | Archive 7 |
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Congratulations on becoming Wikipedia's newest administrator! Rubbish computer ( HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 20:41, 23 December 2016 (UTC) |
Congratulations on your successful RFA! My Christmas gifts to you are the words of wisdom I received from the puppy after my RFA passed – almost ten long, sordid, I-really-really-should-have-found-a-better-hobby years ago: |
|
DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales, because if it did, it would be much, much better. All rights released under GFDL. |
Last year, both User:Nakon and User:SilkTork suggested nominating you as an admin ( User talk:Boson/Archive 4#RFA Nomination and User talk:Boson/Archive 4#Potential admin). You've edited with no breaks in activity since 2006, with 100% edit summaries, no blocks, 15,000 edits, and just over 1/2 your edits to article space. Your edits in the area of the European Union are extensive. You make detailed and reasoned contributions to AfD and to featured article reviews. User:EEng called you a "miracle of diplomacy". We need more admins and your mix of experience, content development and diplomacy is the right skill set. Let's turn Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Boson blue. Fences& Windows 13:14, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
Fences and windows would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Fences and windows to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Boson. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so. |
Fences& Windows 21:15, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
I'm not voting in your RfA because (a) I never do, and if I start now everyone will be clamoring for my endorsement – you know how it is when you're a celebrity; (b) you don't need my vote anyway. E Eng 09:56, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
I would like to thank all those who participated in my RfA. Thanks to the supporters for your trust and encouragement, and thanks to all for your time and effort. Thanks to all who offered advice. Thanks for not deleting me. Thanks, too, for the humorous accompaniment from visiting celebrities! And thanks for the T-shirt! In the words of Henry Crun: Thank you for your support! I will always wear it.
I would also like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas (and/or whatever else you may celebrate) and a Happy New Year. -- Boson ( talk) 21:06, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
I will always wear it-- Always? Yecch! E Eng 22:08, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
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Congrats on your successful admin request. May god be with you on Christmas EurovisionNim (talk to me) (see my edits) 05:31, 24 December 2016 (UTC) |
Hello Boson: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, — k6ka 🍁 ( Talk · Contributions) 19:35, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Boson,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Donner60 (
talk)
09:24, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding {{ subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
|
Congratulations on becoming an administrator! Sorry this is so late. Rubbish computer ( HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 19:15, 6 January 2017 (UTC) |
Hello! The Wikimedia Foundation is asking for your feedback in a survey. We want to know how well we are supporting your work on and off wiki, and how we can change or improve things in the future. [1] The opinions you share will directly affect the current and future work of the Wikimedia Foundation. You have been randomly selected to take this survey as we would like to hear from your Wikimedia community. To say thank you for your time, we are giving away 20 Wikimedia T-shirts to randomly selected people who take the survey. [2] The survey is available in various languages and will take between 20 and 40 minutes.
You can find more information about
this project. This survey is hosted by a third-party service and governed by this
privacy statement. Please visit our
frequently asked questions page to find more information about this survey. If you need additional help, or if you wish to opt-out of future communications about this survey, send an email to surveys@wikimedia.org.
Thank you! -- EGalvez (WMF) ( talk) 19:25, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Notifications, Flow and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
Our goal to add filters to the Recent Changes page is going well. We will contact soon some communities - the ones where ORES is available as a Beta feature - to plan a possible trial.
Edit Review Improvements [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
Notifications [ More information • Help pages]
Flow [ More information • Help pages]
Collaboration team's newsletter prepared by the Collaboration team and posted by bot • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
18:16, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
References
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.
13:37, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Notifications, Flow and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
Flow satisfaction survey’s results are available. The survey provides useful data on what users like and don't like about Flow. This information will be helpful in discussions recently begun as part of the editing team's Annual Plan process. As the editing team investigates its priorities for next fiscal year (which begins in July), many ideas for improvements have been suggested, including projects to research the future of wiki discussions and to fix Flow's shortcomings.
Edit Review Improvements [ More information • Help pages]
Notifications [ More information • Help pages]
Flow [ More information • Help pages]
Collaboration team's newsletter prepared by the Collaboration team and posted by bot • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
09:40, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
Hello! This is a final reminder that the Wikimedia Foundation survey will close on 28 February, 2017 (23:59 UTC). The survey is available in various languages and will take between 20 and 40 minutes. Take the survey now.
If you already took the survey - thank you! We won't bother you again.
About this survey: You can find more information about this project here or you can read the frequently asked questions. This survey is hosted by a third-party service and governed by this privacy statement. If you need additional help, or if you wish to opt-out of future communications about this survey, send an email through EmailUser function to User:EGalvez (WMF) or surveys@wikimedia.org. About the Wikimedia Foundation: The Wikimedia Foundation supports you by working on the software and technology to keep the sites fast, secure, and accessible, as well as supports Wikimedia programs and initiatives to expand access and support free knowledge globally. Thank you! -- EGalvez (WMF) ( talk) 08:25, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).
Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Notifications, Flow and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
We have focused all our efforts on the New filters for edit review. You will discover these filters on your wiki soon (see below).
Edit Review Improvements [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
Future changes
Flow [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
<math>
<hiero>
<score>
<syntax>
<source>
<ref>
shortcuts are now working on Flow visual editing mode. Type a shortcut in the visual editing mode will open the control panel for the chosen option.
[10]
<ref>
, footnotes will be automatically included at the end of the message, unless if they are displayed elsewhere in the message by the appropriate template.Future changes
Collaboration team's newsletter prepared by the Collaboration team and posted by bot • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
17:02, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).
Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Notifications, Flow and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
The fourth fiscal quarter began the first of this month, and Collaboration Team has begun work on our new quarterly goals. In the coming months, we'll be working to release the New Filters for Edit Review beta on all wikis and then to improve the beta as much as possible based on user feedback. On that score, we're planning a round of user interviews on the new tools in May to get detailed information about usability and usefulness. If you've tried the new features and have thoughts, please share them with us in any language.
Our other focus right now is to look at what changes will be needed to spread the new filtering interface to other review pages, especially Watchlist. We're also exploring how to incorporate the tools we didn't include in the new interface in this round, like the Tag Filters, time-frame selector and Namespace filter.
Edit Review Improvements [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
Problems
Future changes
Notifications [ More information • Help pages]
Flow [ More information • Help pages]
Collaboration team's newsletter prepared by the Collaboration team and posted by bot • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
13:04, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017).
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Brixit. Since you had some involvement with the Brixit redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -- Nevé – selbert 20:54, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Notifications, Flow and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
Edit Review Improvements [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
Future changes
Notifications [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
Flow [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
Collaboration team's newsletter prepared by the Collaboration team and posted by bot • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
15:19, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).
![]() | |
Three years! |
---|
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:12, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Notifications, Flow and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
Integrated Filters
Edit Review Improvements [ More information • Help pages]
Have time for a talk?
Recent changes
Future changes
Notifications [ More information • Help pages]
Future changes
Flow [ More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
Future changes
Collaboration team's newsletter prepared by the Collaboration team and posted by bot • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
08:41, 23 June 2017 (UTC)