User:Buster7

Project Editor Retention
Weekly instructions '''Whenever I begin to wonder if what I do around here is worthwhile, I go to this page and remember all the smiles and good feelings that the Eddy Awards have brought to people over the years. It really uplifts my spirits. Buster Seven   Talk  (UTC) 22:49, 22 March 2024 (UTC)'''
 * - Open the recipients talk page and click on 'New section' (I usually use "Editor of the Week" as my section title, but that's not normative), you'll want to post the WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Recipient notification template into the new section. This template is mostly self-explanatory, and I have found that contrary to the instructions, unless I missed something, you don't actually need to use a special diffs template for any diffs found within the nomination statement.
 * - For the "briefreason" field, I usually began with the word 'your' so that the resulting sentence will make better sense
 * - Fill out the template and save it on the nominee's talkpage.
 * - Remove that editor's entry on the accepted nominations page
 * - Add their name to recipient listing @ found here. Save the new diff #
 * - Go to WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Accepted nominations and create a new EddyBanner
 * - Go to the Hall of Fame and remove appropriate ((<---)) from previous week and ((--->)) from current week.
 * - Go to Template:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Project main page and change the date at the bottom of the page
 * - Go to Nominee's talk page and add within the Award, just under the "userbox creator" which places it off to the right side allowing space for Congrats!
 * - Once recipient responds, add it to WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Recipient response
 * - If the recipient is an editor that displays "topicons", add Template:Editor of the Week topicon to the top of their user page
 * B7

Labor of Love

 * WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Hall of Fame
 * WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Recipient response

Who is Buster7
I am a continually learning member of the Wikipedia experience/family/social group/society...whatever you want to call it. I was born in Belgium and came to America in 1951. I have lived in America for 72 years. I was taught by BVM nuns and Franciscan brothers. I have been finding my way around the many nooks and crannies of Wikipedia since I wondered "Who the heck is Sarah Palin"...over 16 years ago. One of many interests has always been articles about the Flemish language. I also monitor articles relating to the region of my birth (which was once collectively known as the Low Countries). Promoting and prolonging whatever it is that Wikipedia tries to be has become important. Maybe it is the concept of something that I contributed to living into eternity or maybe it is just trying to write a good, clear, concise sentence. Whatever it is, I'm still having fun! I promise to listen to the voice that speaks to greatness... in myself and in others. I have been facilitating the Editor of the Week program for over 10 years. I am a Baháʼí. I believe it is possible for human behavior to improve and develop and grow, especially in arenas where we are required to interact with each other. Making positive, non-political contributions to the planet is essential to Bahai practices and a bedrock of my Faith. I reluctantly drift into hot bed political articles but am wary of the drama that can result. I strive to be the best editor I can be. I am not a perfect editor. I have learned from past mistakes and, more than likely, I will make more down the line and learn from them. My constant hope is that the environment of Wikipedia will become calmer and more balanced, and that healthy collaboration will become the focus of all editors, now and to come. While some of the more troublesome WP arenas are political, the focus is not. The focus should always be OUR READER, or stated more distinctly, OUR VISITOR. Quite simply, I want to be left alone. Not bothered by vindictive editors, to enjoy the pleasure of WikiLife at some non-toxic level of article/essay creation and facilitating Editor of the Week. I want to enjoy the unspoken bond that can exist between editors and enjoy giving out awards. No emotional see-saws, tension, protagonists, provocative provocateurs. I reject the drama of untimely name-calling and sarcasm ladened replies. I work to see barriers dissolve in the face of mutual respect and humanity. I like to make editors smile.

I Used to be Indecisive---Now I'm Not So Sure

'''It's Tough to Make Predictions. Especially about the Future'''

Creating a Collegial Editing Environment on Wikipedia Would be Just Fine if it Wasn't for All Those Other People

Silence is Consent

'''I literally avoid the word "literally". It should be banned until people are literally taught what it means. However, I do use the word "litter" which has a completely different meaning'''

Wikipedia editors are NOT stenographers

Countries I have travelled in
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AI

 * Artificial intelligence
 * Artificial intelligence art
 * Computer art
 * Outline of artificial intelligence
 * Stable Diffusion
 * 15.ai
 * Freeware

stuff
Favorites Trump stuff MAGA BONSAI Help:Reverting Edit summary legend Template:Uw-editsummary User:Buster7/Welcomes Administrator intervention against vandalism Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Who Did What: Page Histories and Reverting External links/Perennial websites Commons Upload Breaking news sources Glossary User:Antandrus/observations on Wikipedia behavior

Cruft

 * Cruft
 * Cruft
 * Discussing cruft

Murals
WikiProject Women artists User:Buster7/The List - Men Artists User:Buster7/The List - Women Artists User:Rjanag/Quick DYK 2 Treasury Section of Fine Arts List of Native American themed murals User:Buster7/Post office mural artists List of 20th-century women artists Library of Congress Research Site WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Resources User talk:Carptrash User talk:SusunW List of United States post office murals List of endangered, damaged and missing murals WikiProject Women in Red Bridging Southern Cultures: An Interdisciplinary Approach History of Kansas Murals Rediscovering the People's Art: New Deal Murals in Pennsylvania’s Post Offices|Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission: 2014 Arkansas Post Office Murals

Works Progress Administration

Vandalism
Administrator intervention against vandalism Warnings Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring Reporting Edit War WP:BLOCK Wikipedia's Blocking Policy WP:GAIV Guide to administrator intervention against vandalism WP:AIV For reporting continuous vandalism Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation/housekeeping Suggestions on dealing with disruptive editors
 * Vandalizing articles is easy. The challenge is to create one!
 * Vandalism Only Accounts usually get blocked rather quickly. Any child can vandalize. The Real Challenge is to create an article.

Writing an article

 * Manual of Style/Layout

Useful templates
• La

• Find sources mainspace

• No redirect

• Talkback

• Outdent

• Hatnote

• As of

• Section link

• Talk quotation

• Talkquote

• Reflist-talk

• Inappropriate comment

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• Collapse

• Harvard citation

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• Xsign

• Rf

• Strike

• Uw-test1

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• Done

• Db-userreq

• R to section

• R to anchor

Gallery
Images saved for a variety of reasons:

User:Corinne/subpage

Helpful links

 * A list of sources based on reliability
 * Manual of style|Manual of Style
 * Writing better articles
 * Avoid weasel words
 * WP:ENC
 * Shortcuts
 * EasyTimeline: syntax
 * Template:Timeline Geological Timescale
 * List of popes (graphical)
 * Discussion on "Notable Alumni" for school articles
 * Template:2019–20 coronavirus outbreak data 1,144,877 as of 12/2023
 * From User talk:Mast Cell: More generally, the reason I first got involved with Wikipedia—and a governing principle in my decade-plus here—has been to make Wikipedia a vehicle of accurate, high-quality medical information, and to limit the harm caused by medical misinformation here. I don't think I anticipated a situation where the President of the United States, and his political enablers, would become the primary vectors for medical misinformation, nor where simple opposition to blatant medical misinformation & lies would be treated as a partisan act rather than as a basic expression of this site's founding principles. (Of course, I never dreamed that these people could turn the simple use of face masks, during a deadly global pandemic, into a partisan wedge issue either. Live and learn.)
 * User:Hammersoft
 * User:Writegeist

Toolbox
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 * Wikipedia Guidelines: Verifiability • No original research • Neutral point of view • Copyrights • Resolving disputes


 * Behavioral Guidelines: Be civil • Assume good faith • Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point • Wikipedia etiquette • Gaming the system • Please do not bite the newcomers


 * Content Guidelines: Notability • Verifiability • Reliable source • Identifying reliable sources • Burden of evidence • Exceptional claims require exceptional sources • Avoid mission statements • "In popular culture" content • External links normally to be avoided • Fringe theories • Common knowledge


 * Editing Guidelines: Help editing • Be bold in updating pages • Vandalism


 * Style Guidelines: Wikipedia Manual of Style • Manual of Style/Lists • Manual of Style/Tables • Manual of Style/Capital letters • Laying out a typical basic article • Writing better articles • Use English • Lead • Standard appendices and footers • Citing sources • Avoid peacock terms • Avoid weasel words


 * Templates • Template help
 * Article tags: abbreviations • cleanup • external links • No footnotes • Citations missing • Citation needed • Cleanup • copy edit • copypaste • Confusing • Inappropriate tone • incoherent • multiple issues • Notability • Not verified • original research • overlinked • peacock • POV • primary sources • puffery • refimprove • tone • Unreferenced • inline citations • unreferenced • verify • weasel • Wikify


 * Section tags: Disputed-section • POV-section • copy edit-section • expand section • fictionrefs • off-topic • in popular culture • ref improve section • unreferenced section • trivia


 * Inline tags: Category:Inline citation and verifiability dispute templates • citation needed • clarify • failed verification • or • request quotation • syn • verify credibility • who • whom?


 * By subject
 * Delete: delete • db-bio • db-attack • • afd • cfd • ifd • tfd • rfd • mfd


 * Dispute: POV • disputed • Disputed-section


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 * Spelling Style: Varieties of English templates • American English • British English


 * Citing sources • CiteEx • Cite web • Cite journal • Cite book • CITET