User:Paine Ellsworth/Precious


 * Thank you, Gerda! Seems like every time I read one of your posts I encounter your "words of reason and trust".  Thank you for that, too! Be prosperous! Paine  09:08, 20 November 2015 (UTC)


 * You probably didn't read my talk then, in 2013 or now, - felt at home when reading your comment about age and health. Working on wake up, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:52, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * ps: I banned the health stuff to the archive, but kept my dangerous dreams and "I have a lot of compassion for Alakzi - as for other victims - but no intention to marry". (13 August) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:27, 20 November 2015 (UTC)


 * "Ahhh, Bach" (from M*A*S*H) and "the sleeper will awaken" (from Dune). Forgive the TV and film references – they just popped into my mind as I read your message.  I still hope that Alakzi will bounce back.  Too good an editor to lose.  Oh how many times I have felt the sting of the negative passions of good Wikipedians.  But "retired" is not in my personal dictionary!  Paine  11:10, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Alakzi returned three times, always to my delight. Is "vanished" in your dictionary? See also. Just for curiosity: what do you get first when you "google" the name? (I would like to find out if you get the same result as I do.) Look for the name on my talk: excellent reading, many times. Caution: dangerous thoughts, imagine: amnesty. I am grateful to have had the chance and pleasure. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:04, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Re: "vanished"... yes, and I suppose there are several reasons for WPNs to just vanish; however, I don't "see" myself vanishing until I'm past caring. First up on Google is WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Alakzi.  Thank you, again, Gerda!  Paine  15:09, 20 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you, and have a sweet dish with your turkey, right from the cabal of the outcasts ;) - Feel free to post requests for improvements at their WP:QAIPOST. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:29, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:54, 20 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much, Gerda Arendt! Wasn't it just last year?  Time goes so fast for me now.   Paine   u/ c  09:38, 20 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks for being around! Alakzi still missing (but we email), Dreadstar dead, - wasn't the best of years, let's hope for the next. - Better news: by the power of the picture of the day (Eibingen Abbey, 2nd), I started an article (red link there) that was successfully nominated for DYK the same day, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:18, 20 November 2016 (UTC)


 * The pleasure is all mine, Gerda Arendt, to be sure! and congratulations for your DYK nom!
 *  Paine 

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:39, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * thank you so much for remembering!  Paine   12:42, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:33, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much, Gerda!  Paine Ellsworth , ed. put'r there  12:26, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:15, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
 * thank you so much, you awesome person!  P. I. Ellsworth , ed.  put'r there 11:17, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:31, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you,, and thanks also for being so patient with me!  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 09:48, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I once said "the one thing I learned here is patience" but am not aware of having needed it regarding you ;) - Operas: I wanted infoboxes, not side navboxes, and look at this only seven years later ;) - I will not vote for arb candidates who think that was a success of arbcom, - just common sense prevailed (but when you speak up for that sense you show battleground behaviour and need to be restricted, according to some arbs back then) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:55, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
 * By comparison, we see the one editor in the RM who suggested withdrawal. That editor used the same type of adjective in their previous rationale, called it a "selective list". And that editor was the first to firmly oppose "select operas" and the only one to suggest it "wastes the community's time". I seldom open RMs, and when I do open one I truly believe in its rightness. I was wrong this time, however, and your patience was and is appreciated!  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 13:28, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:08, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much,, and Happiest of Holidays to You and Yours!  P.I. Ellsworth &numsp;- ed.  put'r there 16:15, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:05, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you,, you are the most precious one here!  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'r there 13:15, 20 November 2022 (UTC)