Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Nominations

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Eddy
User: submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week: Thanks again for your efforts! &#8213; Buster7  &#9742;   05:05, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

A double Eddy
I nominate to be Editor of the Week for their dedicated, long-term efforts to improve the encyclopedia. They joined the project in 2021, and have over 13,000 mainspace edits to their name. They have expanded and improved countless stubs, besides reverting vandalism and writing articles on a variety of topics. They have also done much work for WikiProject Unreferenced articles, steadily chipping away at the large backlog categories. 🌺 Cremastra (talk) 20:54, 7 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @Cremastra, it's great that you nominate Kazamzam. However, I think Kazamzam was awarded EotW on January 29, 2023, so we still need a bit of time before the 12-month-period ends? Cheers, -- The Lonely Pather (talk) 16:58, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes. Thank you Lone Pather for catching that. You may be alone on your path, but you are obviously paying attention to the scenery.> Buster Seven   Talk  (UTC) 17:53, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks for catching that. 🌺 Cremastra (talk) 20:50, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * 12-month-period. Meaning that folks can be renominated after 12 months? Browsing the archives, I never noticed any "double awards", but maybe I wasn't paying attention. – Novem Linguae (talk) 21:21, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * As far as I can remember there have been two doubles....Editors Mog the Mild and EpicGenius. Maybe one more? But none within a 12 month period. Not a rule...just hasn't happened yet and with a long queue I don't think it should. BTW, I'm moving this to the nomination talk page. TY. Buster Seven   Talk  (UTC) 07:17, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The 12-month minimum period between awards is a rule, and I think it's a reasonable one to encourage spreading the recognition around. isaacl (talk) 17:02, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Personally I'd be in favour of extending it to 24 or 36 months given that there's typically a pretty decent backlog of people that need to be recognized. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:10, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * "Mog the Mild"! Gog the Mild (talk) 17:47, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * You don't recognize Uncle Mog, from the Bog Region?? Buster Seven   Talk  (UTC) 11:55, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Might not be the right time for this rule change since we are currently short on candidates – Novem Linguae (talk) 22:18, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Wrong template
On the main EOTW page, Gonnym's EOTW template is displayed, not Ctxz2323's. @Buster7, can you please fix this? Thanks,  Prodraxis  ( talk ) 00:42, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * User:Prodraxis, Thanks for catching this. Buster Seven   Talk  (UTC) 00:51, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

The EDDY cupboard is almost empty
This week's award will go to Editor Queen of Hearts, a fine example of the type of editor that diligently works behind the scenes to enrich the encyclopedia and keep it a source of factual/statistical information. Over the past month we accelerated the awarding in order to keep the nominations timely and fresh. But the cupboard is now close to bare again and additional nominations are needed. Thanks to those members that have taken the time to congratulate the past awardees during "their week". The genuine outpouring of support from fellow collaborators can go a long way in retaining editors. It doesn't take much time to congratulate and to thank, and the result is so rewarding. I'm sure we can all attest to the fact that individual attention by fellow editors is both uplifting and challenging. Editor Retention most often happens one editor at a time...person to person...editor to editor. Hundreds of EotW recipients have stated that the Editor of the Week award, and the supportive messages conveyed, have given them pause to reflect on continuing what they love to do---edit Wikipedia. Buster Seven   Talk  (UTC) 12:05, 28 June 2024 (UTC)


 * @Buster7: Does this mean I can pull out the list of people on my phone and help fill the cupboard up a good bit? I had to hold off from nominating quite a few people a while back. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:57, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * additional nominations are needed. Sounds like a yes to me :) – Novem Linguae (talk) 22:17, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes it does Josh. Just keep in mind that if the queue is tooooooo long and the time between nomination and awarding is months, the stats grow stale. Its a bit like bread. It tastes better fresh. With 4 in the queue I get Anxious. With 12 in the queue I get Nervous. With that consideration, your nominations are more than welcome. Buster Seven   Talk  (UTC) 10:37, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Good news. All ready up to 7. But don't let my micro-managing influence your exuberance. Any retailer would love to have a long line stretching out the door. Buster Seven   Talk  (UTC) 11:07, 29 June 2024 (UTC)