Wikipedia:Merchandise giveaways/Nominations/Archive 6

Pugliesig
Nominated by: Daniele Pugliesi (talk) 08:33, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' I appreciate the huge help this new user is giving me to create, correct and translate the pages on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage related to the territory of Alcamo, also contributing through emails, chat and suggestion on the Facebook group called "Alcamo su Wikipedia".

 Support

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:20, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) support --SurdusVII 10:50, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Samuele Madini
Nominated by: Daniele Pugliesi (talk) 09:29, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Because of his contributions on pages related to science, in particular in Italian WikiProject Chemistry. --Daniele Pugliesi (talk) 09:29, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

 Support

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:20, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) support --Formica rufa (talk) 10:13, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support --Ettorre (talk) 15:01, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

X-Dark
Nominated by: Daniele Pugliesi (talk) 09:36, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Because of his contributions on pages related to science, in particular in Italian WikiProject Physics. --Daniele Pugliesi (talk) 09:36, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

 Support

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:20, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) support --SurdusVII 10:57, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support --Ettorre (talk) 15:02, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Adri08
Nominated by: Agatino Catarella (talk) 09:56, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Adri08 is one of the main contributors to French project for Italy. He is always ready to help his fellows contributors.

 Support
 * 1) support Sebleouf (talk) 05:52, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support Andromède75 (talk) 12:08, 11 May 2015 (UTC)


 * 1) support --Ettorre (talk) 15:04, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support De Kolonel (talk) 18:09, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:25, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Vituzzu
Nominated by: Formica rufa (talk) 10:27, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Earlier this year he took a wikibreak. I was absent as well, at that time, but I read about hordes of vandals raiding articles and ambushing helpless wikimaidens. If he would turn to the dark side of the force, it.wiki would be razed in one nanosecond. This is supposed to be a sacrifice in order to keep him on the bright side.--Formica rufa (talk) 10:27, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * 1) support He is the mainstay of it.wikipedia. --Daniele Pugliesi (talk) 10:40, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support you can ping him at any hour of the day (and night) and be sure, there is no problem he cannot solve! --Nastoshka (talk) 11:01, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support it.wikipedia would be in big troubles whitout him! --2.226.12.134 15:17, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --Sannita - not just another it.wiki sysop 08:55, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support - Laurentius (talk) 10:05, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) support --SurdusVII 10:58, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) support Andromède75 (talk) 12:09, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) support --AssassinsCreed (talk) 16:37, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) support--Shivanarayana (talk) 21:20, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 10) support --Lymantria (talk) 05:26, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 11) support --Ettorre (talk) 14:18, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 12) support Vituzzu are good steward who takes precautionary measures for every trouble caused from Xwiki vandalism.--AldNonymous Bicara? 15:47, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 13) support --Grind24 (talk) 16:08, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 14) support helpful and skilled user and steward. -- Andyrom75 (talk) 02:22, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 15) support '''Jianhui67 talk ★ contribs 09:51, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 16) support --The Polish (talk) 18:36, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 17) support-- Pr at yya   (Hello!) 06:54, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 18) support —DerHexer (Talk) 20:42, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 19) support De Kolonel (talk) 14:51, 6 June 2015 (UTC) for his tireless efforts giving constructive feedback and his continued dedication helping to support a productive and friendly wiki space
 * 20) support A good steward.-- Infinite0694 (Talk) 13:48, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 21) support --Epì dosis 19:40, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
 * 22) support - Barras   talk  15:56, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 23) support--Yeza (talk) 13:36, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 24) support --Glo (talk) 16:37, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 25) support Ijon (talk) 03:04, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:26, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

OrbiliusMagister
Nominated by: Epì dosis 15:43, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Because he is one of the main contributors of Italian Wikisource. --Epì dosis 15:43, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * 1) support He's the sixth pillar of Italian Wikisource. Without him, I'd have never discovered that wonderful project. :) --Sannita - not just another it.wiki sysop 09:02, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support--Shivanarayana (talk) 21:21, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support --Ettorre (talk) 15:06, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --Vituzzu (talk) 11:13, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support Really a pillar of it.wikisource! --AlessioMela (talk) 14:35, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:26, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Trijnstel
Nominated by: -- Menti  fisto  16:31, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Has been editing for quite a while and is involved with quite a lot. :-)  Support
 * 1) support --Shivanarayana (talk) 21:21, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support --Amaryllis Gardener  talk 22:38, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support --Yann (talk) 08:42, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --Steinsplitter (talk) 09:35, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support Andromède75 (talk) 12:49, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) support Lymantria (talk) 13:05, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) support --Ettorre (talk) 16:08, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) support - Trijnstel is a long term vandal fighter. Admin, steward, great know how on all things anti-vandalism and interwiki. Motivates all by working hard themselves and joining in when they see new initiatives that need help. -- Taketa (talk) 20:13, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) support - absolutely!  Klaas `Z4&#x241f;` V:  15:25, 14 May 2015 (UTC)


 * 1) support, Trijnstel are good steward who never forget to act in good faith.--AldNonymous Bicara? 15:45, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support obviously. '''Jianhui67 talk ★ contribs 15:59, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support --Grind24 (talk) 16:09, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support Marvellous colleague! Ymnes (talk) 17:57, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support --Anika (talk) 19:37, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) support --Túrelio (talk) 14:31, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) support --Didym (talk) 14:37, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) support --Vinkje83 (talk) 21:03, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) support -- Rillke (talk) 08:20, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 10) support --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 13:00, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 11) support, always happy to help — NickK (talk) 13:17, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 12) support--Vituzzu (talk) 11:13, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 13) support  Green Giant  ( talk )  00:04, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 14) support -- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 06:53, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 15) support -- J e e 01:27, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 16) support —DerHexer (Talk) 20:18, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 17) support Litlok (talk) 09:03, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 18) support -- Ijon (talk) 20:44, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 19) support --Holder (talk) 08:51, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 20) support Iooryz (talk) 12:41, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 21) support --Itti (talk) 21:42, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 22) support-- 09:39, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 23) support--LeeGer (talk) 19:38, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 24) support—Teles « Talk to me ˱ C L @ S ˲» 02:43, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 25) support - Barras   talk  15:57, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 26) support --McZusatz (talk) 17:21, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 27) support making the world a better place, one steward action at a time. DarkoNeko (talk) 11:11, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:26, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Bart ryker
Nominated by: --Supernino (talk) 09:23, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Another great user who is doing a lot to improve quality on it.wiki articles, in cinema articles and other fields.

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 * 1) support De Kolonel (talk) 10:01, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:26, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Galio
Nominated by: Jan-Bart (talk) 10:20, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Because he is part of the AffCom and he helped provide more insight into a really important discussion and made it possible to come with a good solution

 Support


 * 1) support Alice Wiegand (talk) 10:14, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support --Ettorre (talk) 17:04, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support Ijon (talk) 20:38, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support.—Teles « Talk to me ˱ C L @ S ˲» 17:22, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support --Rosymonterrey (talk) 20:12, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:53, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Anthony59999
Nominated by: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick (talk) 11:27, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Anthony59999 est un contributeur très prolifique qui travaille sur le projet Cyclisme de la Wikipédia francophone, et à l'identification des coureurs sur Wikimedia Commons. Il a un rythme de travail très élevé, si bien qu'il est un des piliers du projet Cyclisme. Autre point très important, il s'adapte extrêmement vite à toutes les nouveautés qui sont survenues dans la programmation des articles. Bref, ce contributeurs est génial et c'est un très grand plaisir de travailler avec chaque jour.

[Google Translate] Anthony59999 is a contributor prolific working on the project Cycling french speaking Wikipedia, and identification runners on Wikimedia Commons. It has a very high work rate, so he is a pillar of Cycling project. Another very important point, it adapts very quickly to all the new developments that have occurred in the programming of articles. In short, it's a great contributor and it is a great pleasure to work with every day. Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick (talk) 11:27, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

 Support ✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:53, 15 March 2016 (UTC) Comment
 * 1) support Sebleouf (talk) 06:50, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support per Pleclown. Andromède75 (talk) 12:07, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) It may be worth noting that Anthony59999 has been used by Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick as a meatpuppet in order to evade a block on frwp: and  Pleclown (talk) 11:33, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Rschen7754
Nominated by: '''Jianhui67 talk ★ contribs 13:08, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Why is this user awesome? An awesome admin on wikidata and enwiki. Always friendly and altruistic.

 Support
 * 1) support --Steinsplitter (talk) 13:28, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support friendly, wise, helpful, and awesome. --Amaryllis Gardener talk 16:28, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support --Grind24 (talk) 14:22, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 13:00, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support — NickK (talk) 13:17, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) support --Ettorre (talk) 17:13, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) support--Vituzzu (talk) 11:12, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) support -- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 06:48, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) support -- J e e 01:27, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 10) support —DerHexer (Talk) 20:10, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 11) support -- Ijon (talk) 20:39, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 12) support -- He was extremely helpful during the transition on Wikivoyage after the fork with Wikitravel. Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:24, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:53, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Jasper Deng
Nominated by: '''Jianhui67 talk ★ contribs 07:54, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Smart and precise user, a person who always remains calm during arguments, also a diligent admin on wikidata and mediawiki.

 Support
 * 1) support Without a doubt, a very helpful user. Caliburn (talk) 08:12, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:54, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) support --Steinsplitter (talk) 08:19, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support Of course.--Grind24 (talk) 14:20, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support Of course. --Amaryllis Gardener talk 21:20, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --Ettorre (talk) 17:07, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support--Vituzzu (talk) 11:10, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) support -- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 06:48, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) support --Ash Crow (talk) 11:34, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Frietjes
Nominated by: The Banner (talk) 18:57, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Frietjes is already for years a stable part of the template-world on the English Wikipedia. She is tough and fair in deletion discussions and very helpful with the technical side of templates.

 Support

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:54, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) The Banner (talk) 18:57, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support --Vinkje83 (talk) 21:05, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support Bazj (talk) 07:48, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support De Kolonel (talk) 21:56, 21 May 2015 (UTC) Because of his funny username
 * 5) support Extremely helpful with adding grid-fields to Middle-Eastern templates, thanks! Huldra (talk) 11:41, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Phe
Nominated by: Yann (talk) 19:08, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''


 * Tireless bot operator, very active on Wikisource.

 Support

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:54, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) support --Yann (talk) 19:08, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support --Zyephyrus (talk) 19:54, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support Ash Crow (talk) 11:35, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) oppose Aggressive. Andromède75 (talk) 12:05, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Acélan
Nominated by: Zyephyrus (talk) 20:36, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''


 * Edits in the past 365 days: 38,000+; pages created: 7000+; help given to a wide range of contributors: every day; proofread pages: 138,000+: Acélan has been one of the pilars of French wikisource.

 Support

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:54, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) support --Zyephyrus (talk) 19:54, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support Phe (talk) 20:41, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support --Yann (talk) 21:55, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --Ettorre (talk) 17:10, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Plastikspork
Nominated by: Frietjes (talk) 15:57, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

This administrator has been nearly single-handedly reviewing and closing all of the discussions at templates for discussion. He has also been very prompt in handling requests concerning page history merges, page moves, and blocking vandals.

 Support

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:19, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The Banner (talk) 21:11, 15 September 2015 (UTC) In fact for the reasons that Frietjes stated in her nomination.

IJzeren Jan
Nominated by: Kthoelen (talk) 22:26, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

IJzeren Jan has been a long-term contributing member, not only on the Dutch Wikipedia, but also on countless other Wiki's (including a LOT of wiki's in artificial languages). He has also served as a member of the nl-wp Arbitration Committee for two straight years, and he simply is a wonderful person to work with.

 Support
 * 1) support Natuur12 (talk) 22:28, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support RonnieV (talk) 22:35, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support Sjoerd de Bruin  (talk)   06:54, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support Klaas `Z4&#x241f;` V:  18:57, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:56, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) support De Kolonel (talk) 00:36, 24 May 2015 (UTC) Een man van stoal.
 * 2) support Iooryz (talk) 12:42, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support Lymantria (talk) 05:54, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support -- Tito ☸ Dutta 12:09, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support Cyrus~De~Grote (talk) 14:18, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Lourdes Epstein
Nominated by: Thelmadatter (talk) 12:30, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Back in 2010, a teacher at Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City campus began working on an idea to create some way for the campus to get involved with Wikipedia in a systematic way. She went to the campus library to ask about putting up a poster for a student club, meeting with its director Lourdes Epstein. She not only got the poster up, she gained what she calls her "guardian angel," and advocate for Wikipedia with Tec de Monterrey administration. Wiki Learning would have never gotten as far, and probably would not have survived even, if it were not for Lourdes' tireless support and advocacy. Directly, the library has supported the annual Dia de Muertos Estilo Wiki photo contest (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:D%C3%ADa_de_Muertos_estilo_Wiki), and her promotion of Wikipedia at the main campus of the Tec de Monterrey system resulted in "Wiki Learning" accepted as part of the Tec 21 Model program, which seeks to integrate new ideas and new technologies into the curriculum of the school system. Essentially, because of her work, Wiki Learning gained recognition from the school system before we even got user group status with the Foundation!

 Support

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:57, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) support Jocelyne Perreard (talk) 18:32, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support Ijon (talk) 00:38, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Paola Ricaurte
Nominated by: Thelmadatter (talk) 12:37, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Paola Ricaurte is one of two teachers who independently began working with Wikipedia in their classrooms at Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City campus. It took about 2 years before the two ever realized what the other was doing. However, once that happened, the synergy was been amazing. Paola is a professor and researcher of communications and new/social media, who uses Wikipedia in her class Comunicación y Estudio de Medios. She has since branched out to teacher training in Wikipedia, providing the theoretical background to make using the idea of working with Wikipedia more acceptable to professors and administration. She has since expanded this role with her work at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (where she is also a professor), become part of the Education Collaborative, and is one of the organizers of the education pre-conference for the 2015 Wikimania.

 Support

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 16:57, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) support Jocelyne Perreard (talk) 18:32, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Nutriesilla
Nominated by: Thelmadatter (talk) 12:45, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' I nominate these two together because of a project these two created an executed together. In March of 2015, three campuses of the Tec de Monterrey held a pilot of a event called Experiencias Retadoras (Challenging experiences) This is a system-wide initiative to set aside between 3 and 5 days in the semester for students to work on a project, and only that projects. Projects need to have some kind of technical basis, with preference towards those having social impact. Wikipedia is perfect for this. For this pilot, the basic idea was an editathon, but these two professionals took it a step further. They organized a Wiki expedition for foreign students at the Mexico City campus to town called Tepotzlan, important both for its pre Hispanic and colonial history. (More information here https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/March_2015/Novel_photo_projects_related_to_editathon_at_Tec_de_Monterrey) This idea was so sucessful and got such good feedback from the students, it is the basis for Experiencias Retadoras activities being planned for September 2015.

 Support


 * 1) support Jocelyne Perreard (talk) 18:43, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 18:21, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Pasifarte
Nominated by: Thelmadatter (talk) 12:45, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' I nominate these two together because of a project these two created an executed together. In March of 2015, three campuses of the Tec de Monterrey held a pilot of a event called Experiencias Retadoras (Challenging experiences) This is a system-wide initiative to set aside between 3 and 5 days in the semester for students to work on a project, and only that projects. Projects need to have some kind of technical basis, with preference towards those having social impact. Wikipedia is perfect for this. For this pilot, the basic idea was an editathon, but these two professionals took it a step further. They organized a Wiki expedition for foreign students at the Mexico City campus to town called Tepotzlan, important both for its pre Hispanic and colonial history. (More information here https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/March_2015/Novel_photo_projects_related_to_editathon_at_Tec_de_Monterrey) This idea was so sucessful and got such good feedback from the students, it is the basis for Experiencias Retadoras activities being planned for September 2015.

 Support


 * 1) support Jocelyne Perreard (talk) 18:43, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 18:22, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Sageo
Nominated by: Edjoerv (talk) 03:27, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' User Sageo at es.wiki is one of the most hardworking wikipedians on Guayaquilean's history preservation, recollecting information, summarizing it and editing every single article that needs it to make Wikipedia the best place to find information about our city. He's been around for almost 7 years and his work has truly inspired people from our country to start editing Wikipedia and keep up with the hard work. --Edjoerv (talk) 03:27, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

 Support

support De Kolonel (talk) 20:52, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 18:22, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

AlejandroLinaresGarcia
Nominated by: Thelmadatter (talk) 19:21, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' For uploading 18,082 files to Commons, almost all of which are photos related to Mexico!

 Support


 * 1) support De Kolonel (talk) 21:56, 21 May 2015 (UTC) That is a lot of files!
 * 2) support Jocelyne Perreard (talk) 18:33, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support--Rosymonterrey (talk) 20:14, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support Tito ☸ Dutta 12:04, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 18:22, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

DerHexer
Nominated by: Marcus Cyron (talk) 23:00, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' A guy, who is sitting until the deep night to fix other users problems. Without him, the for example the final Single User Login step would be a catastrophy. He wrotes to and supported thousands users because of their following renaming. And not, because someone asked him to do it and he don't get any cent for it. No, only because of he's living Wikimedia and he supports other users since so long time. He does the things, other people don't wanna do. And he brings the level of awesomeness to new hights.

 Support


 * 1) support --Aschmidt (talk) 23:20, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support --Luke081515 (talk) 23:22, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support --1971markus (talk) 23:36, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --BeverlyHillsCop (talk) 01:43, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support - I agree with the nominator. Taketa (talk) 03:40, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) support Steward who always try to do his best in good faith act.--AldNonymous Bicara? 03:48, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) support Wer, wenn nicht derHexer. Syrcro (talk) 05:50, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) support MichaelSchoenitzer (talk) 17:31, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) support --Vituzzu (talk) 19:06, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 10) support — NickK (talk) 20:17, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 11) support --voyager (talk) 07:38, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 12) support '''Jianhui67 talk ★ contribs 09:53, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 13) support --Grind24 (talk) 18:01, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 14) support --APPER (talk) 18:14, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 15) support // Martin Kraft (talk) 19:17, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 16) support --Shisha-Tom (talk) 20:09, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 17) support - Ja, es ist auch wichtig, viele Leute zu kennen :) Danke für die viele Organisationsarbeit, die du teils im Hintergrund und unbemerkt leistest. -- Rillke (talk) 07:44, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 18) support Litlok (talk) 09:05, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 19) support Ldorfman (talk) 15:18, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 20) support -- [[Image:Wikimedia logo family complete 2.svg|30px]]<font color="#008000"> Bijay Chaurasia  ( (Welcome in My Talk Page) ) 18:02, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 21) support -- Ijon (talk) 20:46, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 22) support Viciarg &#5800; 15:20, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 23) support Huldra (talk) 11:43, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 24) support Jonathan Groß (talk) 21:26, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 25) support Lymantria (talk) 15:06, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 26) support --Holder (talk) 08:52, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 27) support --Kpisimon (talk) 13:32, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 28) support --Pakeha (talk) 14:16, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 29) support --Didym (talk) 01:43, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 30) support --Kein Einstein (talk) 21:50, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 31) support --Der Checkerboy (talk) 13:58, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 32) support --Hubertl (talk) 02:25, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 33) support --Itti (talk) 21:39, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 34) support Ajraddatz (talk) 21:46, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 35) support --Geolina163 (talk) 12:11, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 36) support --Stefan2 (talk) 23:44, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 37) support - Barras   talk  16:01, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 38) support --McZusatz (talk) 17:20, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 39) support -- Diliff (talk) 20:14, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 40) support --Anika (talk) 08:34, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 41) support -- smial (talk) 20:18, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 42) support Andromède75 (talk) 12:03, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 43) support Making Wikimedia a better place, one steward action at a time ! DarkoNeko (talk) 11:21, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 44) support--Linedwell (talk) 09:27, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 45) support--Fano (talk) 12:29, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Halavar
Nominated by: The Polish (talk) 20:04, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

One of the best polish photographers on Commons, he contributed adding hundreds of his own photos, including quality images and valued images.

 Support


 * 1) support De Kolonel (talk) 21:55, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support --Jacek Halicki (talk) 21:12, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support Wulfstan (talk) 11:03, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --WTM (talk) 20:45, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support ~<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00 00 CD">Cybularny   <font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FF 00 00">Speak?  19:32, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 18:23, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Soldier of Wasteland
Nominated by: The Polish (talk) 20:04, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

A young and extremely awesome admin on plwiki, an example for all of us.

 Support


 * 1) support I have the utmost respect for her tremendous work in birds-related articles on plwiki. Great job, keep it up! :-) tufor (talk) 20:27, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support ~<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00 00 CD">Cybularny   <font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FF 00 00">Speak?  21:54, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support --Teukros (talk) 18:52, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 18:23, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Malarz pl
Nominated by: The Polish (talk) 20:04, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

He is very helpful with the technical side of templates, admin on plwiki since 2006. He is a very active bot operator.

 Support


 * 1) support Paweł Ziemian (talk) 20:54, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support Wulfstan (talk) 11:03, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) oppose: indisputably big, significant and constructive contributions but this user isn't enough opened for helping and discussing with less-experienced editors (in relation to his wiki-knowledge). <font color="#ff6600">Kszapsza  (<font color="#ff3300">talk ) 15:18, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --WTM (talk) 20:46, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support ~<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00 00 CD">Cybularny   <font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FF 00 00">Speak?  21:59, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) support --Teukros (talk) 18:53, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 18:23, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Wulfstan
Nominated by: The Polish (talk) 20:04, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

A very estimated volunteer, historian and social activist with a lot of honors and awards.

 Support


 * 1) support --Jacek Halicki (talk) 21:13, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * support ~<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00 00 CD">Cybularny  <font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FF 00 00">Speak?  21:59, 18 June 2015 (UTC)  I'm changing my vote. ~<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00 00 CD">Cybularny   <font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FF 00 00">Speak?  19:59, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) oppose I say no for inactive admins. How could I forgot to look at user contribs? ~<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00 00 CD">Cybularny   <font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FF 00 00">Speak?  19:59, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 18:23, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Paweł Ziemian
Nominated by: The Polish (talk) 20:04, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

He gives good advice on technical topics, he is an expert in it. He is good in creating scripts.

 Support


 * 1) support --<font color="#ff6600">Kszapsza  (<font color="#ff3300">talk ) 19:12, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support De Kolonel (talk)
 * 3) support --WTM (talk) 20:46, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * oppose User should at least verify his admin rights. ~<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00 00 CD">Cybularny  <font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FF 00 00">Speak?  22:01, 18 June 2015 (UTC)  I' m changing my vote. ~<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00 00 CD">Cybularny   <font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FF 00 00">Speak?  18:09, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) support ~<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00 00 CD">Cybularny   <font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FF 00 00">Speak?  18:09, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support Peter Bowman (talk) 21:10, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support -- Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 21:40, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --Teukros (talk) 18:54, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 18:23, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Tar Lócesilion
Nominated by: The Polish (talk) 20:04, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

One of the better admins plwiki has - and has been for many years. He is the coordinator of the Group for Wikipedia Research and Development.

 Support


 * 1) support --<font color="#ff6600">Kszapsza  (<font color="#ff3300">talk ) 19:11, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support --Jacek Halicki (talk) 21:13, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support Wulfstan (talk) 11:02, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support Halibutt (talk) 00:46, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support —DerHexer (Talk) 11:05, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) support --Grind24 (talk) 14:13, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) support ~<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00 00 CD">Cybularny   <font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FF 00 00">Speak?  22:03, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) support -- Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 21:40, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) support --Teukros (talk) 18:54, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 10) support Ijon (talk) 03:04, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 03:25, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Kszapsza
Nominated by: The Polish (talk) 20:04, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

A young and extremely intelligent editor on plwiki. He is engaged in standardization of system messages.

 Support

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 03:29, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) support ~<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00 00 CD">Cybularny   <font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FF 00 00">Speak?  22:07, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Yarl
Nominated by: The Polish (talk) 20:04, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

One of the better admins on Commons. He organized a lot of wikiexpeditions and Wikipedia editor meetings.

 Support


 * 1) support --Steinsplitter (talk) 14:50, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support --Jacek Halicki (talk) 21:14, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support Halibutt (talk) 00:46, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support —DerHexer (Talk) 11:05, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support --Didym (talk) 01:41, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) support --Grind24 (talk) 14:12, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) support - de [[Image:Wikimedia logo family complete 2.svg|30px]] Kolo [[Image:Wikimedia logo family complete 2.svg|30px]] nel -     21:53, 9 June 2015 (UTC) for the volleyball icon he cropped
 * 8) support --Jarekt (talk) 13:04, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) support --WTM (talk) 20:46, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 10) oppose Quite inactive on plwiki. Even though he didn't resign or verify his rights. ~<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#00 00 CD">Cybularny   <font face="Book Antiqua" color="#FF 00 00">Speak?  22:11, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 11) support Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 21:39, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 12) support --Anika (talk) 08:35, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 03:30, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Viswaprabha
Nominated by: J e e  02:46, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' For his wonderful contributions to Malayalam Wikipedia.

 Support


 * 1) support J e e  02:46, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support -- tireless and dedicated Ijon (talk) 20:47, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support De Kolonel (talk) 10:08, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --Base (talk) 16:01, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 03:30, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Kolossos
Nominated by: Stefan Kühn (talk) 17:43, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Kolossos is a long time supporter of Wikipedia from Saxony, Germany. He create wonderful pictures for wikipedia. Also he work hard at many mapping-tools. My work with Kolossos was every time very creative. He help me many times with technical knowledge about the toolserver and others.

 Support


 * 1) support --APPER (talk) 18:15, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support--CennoxX (talk) 11:15, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support-- Marcus Cyron (talk) 14:17, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support-- Always admired their map-related work on Wikipedia; though a very silent worker. -- Rillke (talk) 18:13, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support --1971markus (talk) 23:02, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) support --Holder (talk) 08:53, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) support --Didym (talk) 01:40, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) support --Kein Einstein (talk) 21:51, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) support --Der Checkerboy (talk) 13:57, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 10) support --Itti (talk) 21:37, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 11) support --Jarekt (talk) 13:05, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 12) support --Anika (talk) 08:36, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 03:31, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Rillke
Nominated by: Steinsplitter (talk) 11:04, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Rillke is a highly skilled js coder. He coded a lot of very helpful script (for example c:COM:VFC) on commons and he operated a nodejs bot. He is also entrusted with admin tools on commons.

 Support
 * 1) support, also see c:Help:Chunked upload or c:Template:Original uploader. –Be..anyone (talk) 11:59, 26 May 2015 (UTC)


 * 1) support I could agree :D - - ↔ User: Perhelion 12:34, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support An excellent admin on Commons who is extremely knowledgeable of javascript coding. '''<font color="#0E0">Jianhui67 talk ★ contribs 23:20, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support--CennoxX (talk) 11:14, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --Túrelio (talk) 06:33, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support —DerHexer (Talk) 11:05, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) support Thibaut120094 (talk) 22:52, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) support --1971markus (talk) 23:01, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) support Geagea (talk) 21:29, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) support Helder 12:24, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 10) support --Didym (talk) 01:39, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 11) support J e e  03:56, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 12) support --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 03:11, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 13) support --Grind24 (talk) 14:11, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 14) support --Itti (talk) 21:36, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 15) support --Jarekt (talk) 13:06, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 16) support The user does a lot of very useful javascript stuff on Commons. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:39, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 17) support Lymantria (talk) 05:55, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 18) support --McZusatz (talk) 12:13, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
 * 19) support --Anika (talk) 08:37, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 20) support He saved WMF from a lot of technical work on Commons :-) --EugeneZelenko (talk) 01:53, 20 November 2015 (UTC)


 * User previously contacted. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 03:27, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Edgars2007
Nominated by: Papuass (talk) 12:53, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' He is a major contributor to a mid-size version of Wikikipedia (in Latvian). In November, 2014 he created his 7000th article which represented more than 12% of content in the site. He is still contributing very actively and is highly valuated in community.

 Support


 * support seen him doing great work also on enwiki. --Stryn (talk) 20:35, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * support De Kolonel (talk) 15:24, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 03:26, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Strike Eagle
Nominated by:  Pr at yya  (Hello!) 21:11, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Strike Eagle is one of English Wikipedia's young and energetic editors. In the English Wikipedia, he has authored more than 50 articles and co-authored 6 GAs,15 DYKs and 5 ITNs. It is noteworthy that he co-authored the first South Asian Good Article related to navies. He primarily works in the articles related to Indian military articles where the recognition has been generally very low. He protects the military articles from frequent attacks of nationalist vandalism and acts as the silent guardian. He is also a founding member of the WikiProject IPL and has 	actively promoted the growth of the project. He often makes beautiful barnstars which are being used across the project. He uploads many high quality and useful images as well! Finally, he's one helpful user and never refuses to help anybody who go to him. I think he deserves this very much.

 Support


 * support I've known Strike Eagle for several years now, having co-authored several of those DYKs and one ITN with him. He's a brilliant person as an editor. Rsrikanth05 (talk) 16:11, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * support Always an exciting and enthusiastic person to work with. He surely deserves one. -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 16:16, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * -- Tito ☸ Dutta 02:21, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Energetic user and volunteer. — Nearly Headless Nick   {C}  10:54, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
 * support for his tireless work at Bengali Wikibooks

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 03:26, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Roxette5
Nominated by: אור שפירא (talk) 04:46, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

doing a lot in he.wikisource

 Support


 * 1) support - seems like he is always around to do work. voted by User:אלישיב ליפא on 03:16, 1 June 2015 (UTC), sign added by Tito ☸ Dutta
 * 2) support sure, excellent work on the Hebrew Wikisource. -- Tito ☸ Dutta 07:38, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support - de [[Image:Wikimedia logo family complete 2.svg|30px]] Kolo [[Image:Wikimedia logo family complete 2.svg|30px]] nel -     09:34, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support Ijon (talk) 17:14, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support Most active user on he.wikisource, Initaites new projects there, Uploads and proofreads Uncopyrighted books from other sources, maintains the OCR computer of the community for those who have scanned books but lack OCR software, and much, much more!--Nahum (talk) 03:28, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) support eranroz (talk) 04:50, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 03:26, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Zollernalb
Nominated by: Manuel Heinemann (talk) 09:25, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Because he is worth it!

 Support


 * 1) support --1971markus (talk) 22:59, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support -- 150 thousand edits on De Wikipedia, he deserves 2 shirts -- Tito ☸ Dutta 07:45, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support --Kpisimon (talk) 13:35, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --Didym (talk) 01:37, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support De Kolonel (talk) 15:29, 6 June 2015 (UTC) Gruss Got und vielen dank, for his typical german style pictures he made and shared with us
 * 6) support Marcus Cyron (talk) 21:52, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) support —DerHexer (Talk) 13:48, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) support --Grind24 (talk) 13:59, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) support --Itti (talk) 21:35, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 10) support --Geolina163 (talk) 12:13, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 03:25, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

JMatthews (WMF)
Proudly nominated by: De Kolonel (talk) 18:26, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user so incredibly awesome? ''' For her insanely popular custom SWAGBOT t-shirts and for managing the day-to-day activities of the Wikimedia Shop. Everytime I'm in Springfield I drop in to see what's new. Juli and Shawn are always helpful and have a great selection to pick from. Thanks so much for sharing all these free t-shirts with the wikipedia community!

 Support


 * Yes, sure: Give 'em a T-shirt. But I want to see that the same procedure being followed. Contact the user, get their address, courier to them (for clarification: it was a joke, generally JMatthews (WMF) do these work, so JMatthews (WMF) should email JMatthews (WMF) here ) -- Tito ☸ Dutta 10:22, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
 * support approved yet quite a few {don't wanna say 'too few ;-)}, but certainly deserves one for all the work she does in favor of WMF and the community as a whole Klaas `Z4&#x241f;` V:  07:49, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
 * De Kolonel, I am speechless! :) Thank you so much for this nomination!!!  I would also like say a BIG "Thank You" to Tito & V as well for your support of my nomination. :) Tito, your comment is too funny, but actually not far from the truth, unfortunately.  As of July 1, my contract for the Wikipedia Store Operations Manager was terminated due to budgetary reasons, so someone else at WMF will need to approve my nomination; however, SWAGBOT is WMF's fulfillment partner, so I guess I will be 'shipping' the shirt to myself. ;D  The wikipedia community has really become like a family to me, and though I will remain an active member for shipping orders and producing merch for the Wikipedia Store, I am heartbroken that I will no longer be playing the active role in the store that I once did, but am very grateful for the opportunity to serve the wikipedia community for the past two years.  Thank you again!!!  Much love, --JMatthews (WMF) (talk) 18:41, 8 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Although Ex-Staff member, given community support. Approved. To be contacted. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:09, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Jimmy Xu
Nominated by: GZWDer (talk) 14:52, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Active admin, checkuser and oversight in zhwiki, also a global renamer and OTRS member. Born on 1995, he was the youngest administrator from June 2009 to February 2013 and currently the youngest checkuser in zhwiki (and probably WMF) since December 2013. He translated and adapted Twinkle to Chinese and runs an active adminbot.

 Support
 * 1) support '''<font color="#0E0">Jianhui67 talk ★ contribs 16:00, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support —DerHexer (Talk) 11:00, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:13, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Liangent
Nominated by: GZWDer (talk) 14:59, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Active admin in zhwiki, MediaWiki developer and botworker with 9M+ bot edits. P.S. This user also make China the most used country in Wikidata.

 Support


 * 1) support - de [[Image:Wikimedia logo family complete 2.svg|30px]] Kolo [[Image:Wikimedia logo family complete 2.svg|30px]] nel -     21:55, 9 June 2015 (UTC) that is a lot of bot edits
 * 2) support Of course. '''<font color="#0E0">Jianhui67 talk ★ contribs 16:01, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support —DerHexer (Talk) 11:00, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) --Santhosh.thottingal (talk) 04:18, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:14, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Ladsgroup
Nominated by: GZWDer (talk) 15:25, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Bureaucrat in fawiki and pywikibot developer, as well as bot operator with 23M+ edit (21M+ in Wikidata).

 Support
 * 1) support Ijon (talk) 17:19, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support —DerHexer (Talk) 10:59, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support So someone beat me to this. As far as I can tell Amir has been a wildcard in many projects making things awesome. -- とある白い猫 chi? 15:54, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:14, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Succu
Nominated by: GZWDer (talk) 15:27, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Bot operator with 22M+ edits in Wikidata. Before Wikidata launched this user is active in dewiki. Actively improve taxonomy data.


 * 1) support -- Marcus Cyron (talk) 21:22, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support Lymantria (talk) 05:56, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support eurodyne (talk) 00:01, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --<font color="#E0115F">Amaryllis <font color="#74C365">Gardener talk 19:20, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:14, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Cheers!
Nominated by: Na Tra (talk) 09:22, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

over half of the articles on Vietnamese Wikipedia are created, translated and maintained by his bot. He himself has made over 46730 edits, ranked 15th overall. One of the most active vietnamese wikipedians. Tireless contributor. Tireless vandal fighter.

 Support


 * 1) support as above Na Tra (talk) 09:24, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) Cheers!  -- Tito ☸ Dutta 16:00, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:14, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

CharlesGillingham
Nominated by: —Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 10:03, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Because he is one of the Counting Crows and at the same time a responsible Wikipedia editor since 2007 who finds time in his busy artist schedule to contribute on various topics under his own name. I think that is totally awesome ! —Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 10:03, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

 Support


 * 1) support Great work on English Wikipedia. -- Tito ☸ Dutta 16:05, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:15, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Jivee Blau
Nominated by: Saliwo (talk) 08:07, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Reliable Admin and a diligent Author of the German Wikipedia.

 Support


 * support --1971markus (talk) 20:37, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
 * support —DerHexer (Talk) 21:10, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * support --Marcus Cyron (talk) 03:24, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * support --Geolina163 (talk) 20:30, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * support --DCB (talk) 18:21, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:15, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Smiley.toerist
Nominated by: The Banner (talk) 21:21, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

A real expert in (Belgian) rail transport and all things afloat. Often challenges the community of the Dutch Wikipedia with requests for photo/postcard identification, and strange enough, that works in 90% of all cases. For the rest, a nice, helpful guy.

 Support

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 21:57, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Support - An editor for 7 years Smiley.toerist is active on Commons and Wikipedia. Working in the transportation area he is actively reviewing and improving articles and uploaded lots of images, for a total of over 50.000 contributions. Always willing to lend a hand the Dutch community turns to him with questions about public transportation. In short a great Wikimedian! Taketa (talk) 22:21, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Lots of interesting puzzles in the commons VP. – Be..anyone (talk)  19:47, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Support he worked fine, he deserves one gift.--Alexmar983 (talkJseddon (WMF) (talk) 22:00, 5 May 2016 (UTC)) 04:19, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Syum90
Nominated by: eurodyne (talk) 07:01, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Global sysop and rollbacker. Good with countervandalism, knows what he/she is doing. eurodyne (talk) 07:01, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

 Support


 * support --Steinsplitter (talk) 15:15, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * support I thought that he was already nominated earlier, but I was wrong --Stryn (talk) 19:15, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * support -- Ochilov  (talk)  12:03, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * support - Certainly someone who deserve it! - Barras  talk  22:46, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * support active, helpful user tufor (talk) 22:59, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * support R adi X  ∞  00:24, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * support -- Defender ( talk ) 00:32, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * support—Teles « Talk to me ˱ C L @ S ˲» 21:47, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * support well deserved! Ajraddatz (talk) 20:46, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * support Absolutely nice, hard working and helpful user. —Ah3kal (talk) 13:55, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
 * support --Papuass (talk) 14:31, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Linedwell
Nominated by: Thibaut120094 (talk) 11:22, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Great sysop, great steward.

 Support
 * support eurodyne (talk) 14:45, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * support --Steinsplitter (talk) 15:03, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * support A great sysop as well as a great friend. --Orikrin1998 (talk) 16:25, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * support '''<font color="#0E0">Jianhui67 talk ★ contribs 06:03, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * support - Totally agree. Great steward. - Barras  talk  22:48, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * support Great steward — NickK (talk) 17:15, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * support. R adi X  ∞  00:30, 22 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I have recieved my t-shirt this week. Thank you very much for this gift. Linedwell (talk) 06:07, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Jan Arkesteijn
Nominated by: Vysotsky (talk) 10:29, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Uploaded >9,000 very useful images into Wikimedia Commons, and inserted many of them into Wikipedia.  Support

✅ Approved. User notified. Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 22:00, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Confession: I regularly go to his Upload list to admire some awesome painting reproduction. Jean-Fred (talk) 18:48, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * support - An editor for 12 years Jan Arkesteijn is active on Commons and Wikipedia. Here he has created some great articles and uploaded awsome files, for a total of over 50.000 contributions. A nice guy to boot. In short a great Wikimedian! Taketa (talk) 22:16, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
 * support another of those nl-N guys... just kidding, after so many years of humble work he deserves a T-shirt.--Alexmar983 (talk) 04:23, 3 May 2016 (UTC)#

0x010C
Nominated by: Thibaut120094 (talk) 12:11, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Sysop on frwiki, he created a lot of scripts and tools to make patrolling and contributing on frwiki and Wikidata a lot more easier. He also uploads great pictures on Commons.

 Support

✅ Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:04, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * support Yes ! DarkoNeko (talk) 13:22, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * support I've seen his footprints on many platform. T-shirt in well deserved.--Alexmar983 (talk) 04:25, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * support He's awesome! Kvardek du (talk) 19:49, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Christian Ferrer
Nominated by: J e e  02:55, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

A humble truck driver and goods handler who turned out as a great media contributor in Commons. Apart from photography, he spends his free time to do maintenance jobs in "Featured Pictures" and "Quality Images" sub-projects. Recently active in help desks too. IMHO, a good example and motivation to fellow Wikimedians.

 Support


 * 1) support --Steinsplitter (talk) 16:14, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support eurodyne (talk) 03:54, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support Thibaut120094 (talk) 12:17, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support Why not? --Pokéfan95 (talk) 11:07, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support -- smial (talk) 13:13, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) support –  Be..anyone (talk)  19:45, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * 7) support. Geagea (talk) 19:27, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Ле Лой
Nominated by: Ochilov   (talk)  14:32, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Hundreds of articles in ruwiki, more than 8 years of active participation, one of the best ruwiki admins! -- Ochilov  (talk)  14:32, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

 Support


 * 1) support I'm absolutely agree :) AnimusVox (talk) 17:00, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support --Higimo (talk) 15:58, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support Ijon (talk) 00:39, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support--  MarkYabloko '''  08:47, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support --Base (talk) 19:12, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) support prolific editor, yes--Kalogeropoulos (talk) 06:39, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

EugeneZelenko
Nominated by: Steinsplitter (talk) 18:29, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Eugene is a long term contributor (account since March 2008) with +303000 edits. He is a sysop and bureaucrat on commons with a lot of sysop/crat actions. Apart from that he is providing consents, for example uploading photos. We can be proud to have Eugene on Wikimedia projects.
 * Thank you! This omination is honor for me! But frankly, I had some WMF stuff (including real barnstar :-) because of proximity to WMF headquarter and some past events in my area. I think contributors from remote locations, especially from Global South, should be preferred instead of me. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 01:44, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

 Support
 * support Jianhui68 (talk) 10:45, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
 * support Very good contributions on Commons — NickK (talk) 17:14, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Tetraktys
Nominated by: Sturm (talk) 07:08, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Well, he is "only" the main author of over 70 featured articles in Portuguese Wikipedia and he has uploaded almost 3 thousand relevant images on Commons.

 Support


 * support Sturm (talk) 07:08, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
 * support.—Teles « Talk to me ˱ C L @ S ˲» 15:54, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
 * support. Well-deserved. Good content editor. R adi X  ∞  00:28, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Eldad
Nominated by: ערן (eranroz (talk)) 11:56, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Eldad is a long time contributor and sysop in hewiki, and he is our linguistic guru, helping in any language issue you have (grammar/spelling/transliteration you name it...). His contructive comments and knowledge sharing with both new and veteran editors are appreciated, and contributes to the great atmosphere in hewiki. אלדד הוא תורם ומפעיל מערכת ותיק בוויקיפדיה העברית. אלדד הוא הגורו הלשוני שלנו - הוא עורך אינספור תיקונים לשוניים ומסייע באדיבות בכל שאלה לשונית. שיתוף הידע של אלדד עם משתמשים חדשים וותיקים והערות שלו מוערכים מאוד, ותורמים לאווירה הטובה בוויקיפדיה העברית.

 Support


 * 1) He is really possitive person and it's a pleasure to edit with him. support נטע (talk) 12:00, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) +1 to what ערן & נטע wrote. Well deserved. support Shani (talk) 12:11, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) +2 גארפילד (talk) 13:20, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Very helpfull Wikipedian! Ovedc (talk) 16:26, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) Segal (talk) 16:48, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) A wonderful wikipedian and person. Very well deserved! Daryag (talk) 17:55, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 7) support Ben tetuan (talk) 19:19, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 8) One of the best. support ביקורת (talk) 22:38, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 9) The expert edior, answering all my questions about Arabic words and Hebrew grammar, always so patiently while showing much interest in the matters before him. Liadmalone (talk) 22:57, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 10) support super friendly editor and admin; dedicated and hard-working. Ijon (talk) 02:49, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 11) support, of course. IKhitron (talk) 13:18, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 12) support שמזן (talk) 15:03, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 13) support --Steinsplitter (talk) 18:25, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 14) support YoavR (talk) 15:31, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 15) support Tomer T (talk) 19:33, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 16) strong support well-deserved indeed. Just found out about this idea, of a way to acknowledge Eldad's ongoing support to the he.wiki community, and I'm happy to see so many here that share my feelings. Ldorfman (talk) 13:55, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 17) support. Geagea (talk) 19:27, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Илья Драконов
Nominated by: Ochilov   (talk)  15:40, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? ''' Awesome user, writes a lot of good articles and helps to Wikipedias in the native languages of Russia and Slavic language Wikipedias.

 Support

 Oppose No concensus Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:18, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * support a very good editor indeed--Kalogeropoulos (talk) 06:37, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * oppose Very negative impression from interactions in Ukrainian Wikipedia. Firstly, this user was indefblocked for vandalism and usage of obscene language and was unblocked only under responsibility of several experienced users. Secondly, constant use on machine translation which results in low-quality texts, particularly on uk:Вікіпедія:Архів заявок на отримання прав патрульного/2016/Лютий where he used machine translation to write that he is uk-4. This definitely does not make him an awesome user — NickK (talk) 16:55, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Matiia
Nominated by: eurodyne (talk) 15:15, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Global sysop and Global rollbacker, reverts vandalism and deletes spam on a daily basis. Highly trusted user xwiki.

 Support

✅ talk page message Jseddon (WMF) (talk) 04:23, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) support :-) Syum90 (talk) 15:41, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) support Thibaut120094 (talk) 15:51, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) support --Stryn (talk) 17:32, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) support --Steinsplitter (talk) 18:14, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) support Tito ☸ Dutta 05:31, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) support DUH!! '''<font color="#0E0">Jianhui67 talk ★ contribs 06:01, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) support ElGatoSaez (talk) 21:15, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) support - a great user who deserve that! - Barras   talk  22:47, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) support --Base (talk) 15:58, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 10) support because Matiia never sleeps.  R adi X  ∞  00:21, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 11) support -- Defender  ( talk ) 00:33, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 12) support—Teles « Talk to me ˱ C L @ S ˲» 21:47, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * 13) support yes please. Ajraddatz (talk) 20:47, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Eldad
Nominated by: Bharel (talk) 19:38, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Great Administrator and mentor here at the Hebrew Wikipedia. Cares for the project and treats it as his own child. I haven't seen many users that follow every small step, every discussion and every new user, welcomes them, and teaches them with endless patience and respect. The best part? He has done so for already 10 years. That guy truly deserves a medal.

 Support


 * 1) support זאב קטן (talk) 19:55, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) support 1Or (talk) 03:34, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) support Ovedc (talk) 05:27, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) support Ranbar (talk) 08:03, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) support שי אבידן (talk) 07:49, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) support קובץ על יד (talk) 22:42, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

✅ Previously nominated. User has now replied to original nomination. 82.9.238.167 06:13, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Coolabahapple
Nominated by: Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:01, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

'''Why is this user awesome? '''

Coolabahapple is a relatively new editor - they opened their account in 2014, but didn't really start editing until January 2015. In that time they've worked hard to improve Wikipedia and introduce new articles, especially in the field of children's literature - a genre that is often overlooked on the site. They're great at collaboration and show an eagerness to learn new things, which they pick up on very quickly. I think that they more than deserve a t-shirt.

 Support


 * Support so enthusiastically! Coolabahapple has been so helpful to me as I've learned the ropes, and has generously shared knowledge, patience and enthusiasm for the project. I'd love it if Coolabapple got a token to show their work is noticed and appreciated! Innisfree987 (talk) 02:09, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Lack of concensus. Seddon (WMF) (talk) 06:16, 21 November 2016 (UTC)