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From Fences and Windows

This user is a member of the Association of Wikipedians Who Dislike Making Broad Judgments About the Worthiness of a General Category of Article, and Who Are in Favor of the Deletion of Some Particularly Bad Articles, but That Doesn't Mean They Are Deletionists AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTAD Est omnino difficile iudicare inclusionis meritum cuiusdam rei in encyclopædia cum ratio sciendi quid populi referat incerta sit, sed nihilominus aliquid encyclopædiam dedecet It is generally difficult to judge the worthiness of a particular topic for inclusion in an encyclopedia considering that there is no certain way to know what interests people, but some topics nevertheless are not fit for an encyclopedia. This motto reflects the desire of these Wikipedians to be reluctant, but not entirely unwilling, to remove articles from Wikipedia.

Despite all attempts at privatization, it turns out that there are some things that don't want to be owned. Music, water, seeds, electricity, ideas--they keep bursting out of the confines erected around them. They have a natural resistance to enclosure, a tendency to escape, to cross-pollinate, to flow through fences, and flee out open windows. Naomi Klein, Fences and Windows

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Barnstar row

Barnstars

		Bookbound barnstar
		Fences and windows, for pursuit of knowledge via many searches through the electronic stacks.  — Justmeherenow 01:10, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		For your brave invoking of WP:IAR to save many foreign language Wikipedia articles proposed for deletion, I hereby award you this barnstar. ThaddeusB (talk) 05:22, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For an excellent restructuring of Human Evolution. ArglebargleIV (talk) 01:21, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

		The Socratic Barnstar
		I am extremely impressed by your arguments at this AfD. Kudos. Bearian (talk) 21:58, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For rescuing Medical debt from WP:AFD. Bearian (talk) 18:29, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

On 21 June 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Egg and chips, which I substantially expanded. 15,000 readers then looked at the article.

		You can't please them all
		"[Editor redacted] and Fences & Windows were worst of all, like pack of wolves". Some unsolicited feedback...

		The Biography Barnstar
		For taking the time to rescue this article. If I had only had the time to do it myself! Thanks. Rodhullandemu 22:47, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Fences and windows, for his hard work in setting the story straight, and his relentless pursuit of truth. You are truly a benefit to the project Ikip (talk) 18:55, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Recovery
		Thank you for saving the articles. I find it more fulfilling to add sources now, and that has been able to happen thanks to you! Thanks! warrior4321 01:44, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	For finding DOZENS of reputable sources in a valiant attempt to salvage Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Controversies related to prevalence of Jews in leadership roles in Hollywood. It's a contribution no one else seemed to appreciate enough, so I hereby award you this barnstar for your tirelessness. --AFriedman (talk) 06:08, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

		The BLP Barnstar
		For your numerous contributions at User:The Wordsmith/BLP sourcing.--Father Goose (talk) 09:09, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For your great work on expanding Social netvetting and thus for demonstrating the importance of WP:BEFORE. Regards SoWhy 14:02, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		Epic job on dry needling. Simply epic work on an article that really needed it. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 15:36, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		This Working Man's barnstar is awarded to Fences and windows for copy editing articles totalling 11,145 words during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 backlog drive. Your contributions are appreciated!--Diannaa (Talk) 16:29, 1 August 2010 (UTC)