User talk:Bryan Anderson/Archive 1

thanks :)
Yay! My second barnstar! Thanks. Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) T or M/Sign mine 03:11, 9 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Congratulation! — Bryan Anderson (talk) 03:25, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar!! Intoronto1125 Talk  Contributions  03:36, 9 May 2011 (UTC)


 * You are welcome. — Bryan Anderson (talk) 03:38, 9 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I didn't notice you are a new user here, so I'd like to welcome you to Wikipedia!!! Intoronto1125 Talk  Contributions   03:55, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

13 Barnstars
Hi Bryan, and welcome.

Just to let you know, barnstars ought to be given out somewhat sparingly. You have been on Wikipedia 2 days, have made a total of 38 edits (5 article edits), and have given out 13 barnstars. We are very grateful, of course, but perhaps it diminishes the value of them when given out so freely.

Again, welcome, and happy editing. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 04:47, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for the barnstar. I'm not sure specifically what I did to actually earn it, but get the impression that it might be related to the JWs, given your userbox for that group.

FWIW, I am apparently much less active recently, because I am trying to get together a listing of all the recent released encyclopedic sources relevant to subjects, as well as the reviews and other statements about their comparative strengths and weaknesses. Yeah, a lot of them are older than others, and some will certainly be, at least comparatively, dated. Having said that, I also remember seeing at least once in a book on recent reference works in religion a clear statement that one article in one encyclopedia might be the single best rather short summary or overview of its subject ever written. It is in large part because I do see statements like that about specific topics that keeps me interested in pursuing this. We all know that there are other such sources which are often clearly less reliable or objective, and it very much helps to know which sources qualify there as well. Right now, I go through about 1,000 pieces of content on a specific database per day, to purge articles which come up because of references to Samuel Johnson's dictionary and the like. But, hopefully in a few months, we should have a lot better idea as to what statements have been made on a lot of subjects, as well as how neutral and reliable they are. Knowing that will, I think, help a lot, particularly for some of the more contentious topics. John Carter (talk) 16:36, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thanks for your award. I don't contribute as much as I used to but occasionally pop back to do a bit of work around here. It is always good to know that my efforts are appreciated. King of the North   East  19:34, 14 May 2011 (UTC)