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Wikipedia Needs You

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  The Barnstar of Integrity
And you get an astrological star too --

as soon as we can find one! Bluejay Young (talk) 17:45, 16 January 2012 (UTC) and friendsReply

Brilliant

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  Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Your addition of Whig history to scientific myth seems quite inspired. Please accept this apple as a small token of appreciation. Warden (talk) 00:31, 24 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Invitation to join the Ten Year Society

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Dear Ihcoyc,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more.

Best regards, — Scott talk 18:42, 1 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

Death

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If any administrators come across this page and think about deleting it. Please reconsider. The talk page is for my dear friend Steve Gustafson, who passed away on December 19th, 2021. All of his notes, comments, and writings on this page are a living testament to his unparalelled intellect, and eclectic interests.

Please allow it to stand for posterity, as long as you can.

Reference: https://www.facebook.com/steve.gustafson.547/posts/10227918410806338

SilverAnsible (talk) 19:23, 22 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Having a drink of something old and definitely not new-fangled for Steve - David Gerard (talk) 02:20, 24 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Vale Ihcoyc

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Steve died on 19 December. Here's the Facebook obituary. - David Gerard (talk) 02:20, 24 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

I'm sorry to hear that. My condolences to their friends and family. I have removed the admin tools as we do in such circumstances. ϢereSpielChequers 11:16, 24 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
Prayers and condolences to family and friends. Godspeed to Ihcoyc. — Ched (talk) 12:41, 24 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
I'm very sorry to hear this, rest easy Ihcoyc -- TNT (talk • she/they) 17:07, 24 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
I, too, am saddened by the news of Ihcoyc's passing. My prayers and condolences go out to his friends and family. If his family does see this, may they know that his contributions shall live on and have bettered Wikipedia for as long as this site and its data shall exist; he has left a legacy that will not be forgotten. May he rest in peace. --TheSandDoctor Talk 06:52, 25 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
Sorry to hear about this. Rest in peace. Thank you for your work. Bobherry Talk Edits 00:36, 3 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
We never interacted, but I'd like to thank you for your service in maintaining the greatest project known to man. R.I.P. Scorpions13256 (talk) 00:59, 3 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
My condolences to Steve's friends and family. We've never interacted, but thank you for your tremendous dedication to Wikipedia. Rest in peace. Jerm (talk) 01:31, 3 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
My condolences to your family.so sorry for your loss.CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 02:44, 3 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
Rest in peace, Ihcoyc. My thoughts and prayers go out to their family, and him. We may meet another time. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Severestorm28 23:34, 3 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
My condolences to Steve's friends and family. Steve is being missed. Olivier (talk) 07:13, 21 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
I never was privileged to work with you, but rest in peace, and my condolences to Steve's family and friends.Thanks,L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 04:11, 6 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
I, unfortunately, was never given the privilege of being able to work with you. I believe we may have spoken a little bit in passing, but nonetheless, I wanted to share my condolences, and to tell you that (just based on what I'm seeing here by other editors who did know you) you'll be missed here. Your time spent volunteering for this project... Thank you. Thank you very much. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 23:09, 9 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Precious (repeated)

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Magnificat

Thank you for quality articles ("articles I am guilty of"), such as King James Version, memento mori, Latin profanity, Aubrey Beardsley, Thérèse of Lisieux and Magnificat, for updating Kurt Masur, for service from 2003, - Steve, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:57, 29 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

repeated in memory --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:18, 24 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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  The Original Barnstar
Thanks for translating Alexis-Vincent-Charles Berbiguier de Terre-Neuve du Thym and creating the article back in 2004. Viriditas (talk) 12:43, 5 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Help with Philosophical pessimism and Antinatalism#Asymmetry between good and bad things

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Hello there! I see you've been quite active in some things related to the above mentioned pages. I'm pinging you @Ihcoyc: directly to ask for some help. I've started 3 initiatives for these pages. If you could spare some time in the near future, could you please take a look at the proposal and voice your opinion? Of course, if you have interest, time, and energy to participate that would be amazing!

Here are the projects:

1. Talk:Philosophical_pessimism#A proposal for an overhaul of the article — this initiative is already in progress. The idea is to raise the quality of the page by switching it from a mere historical account to a more encyclopedic format.

2. Talk:Philosophical_pessimism#A proposal to split the History into a dedicated page — related to the one above. The historical account is overly detailed. It would be much better to have a dedicated page for the history of philosophical pessimism and leave only a brief history in the main page.

3. Talk:Antinatalism#A proposal to create a dedicated page for Benatar's axiological asymmetry — here, the idea is to extract the axiological asymmetry argument into a dedicated page. This way, a more detailed presentation could be given. In addition, we could expand on the various responses others philosophers made and counters from Benatar. Other pages could have a brief description and link to the details page.

I hope at least some of this will spark your interest! Fantastiera (talk) 14:02, 6 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Category:Wikipedia articles containing buzzwords has been nominated for renaming

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Category:Wikipedia articles containing buzzwords has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Kk.urban (talk) 06:58, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Franz Ketterer for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Franz Ketterer is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Franz Ketterer until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Mbdfar (talk) 17:50, 6 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

A cup of tea for you!

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  This is a nice piece, very enlightening. Nihonjinatny (talk) 18:11, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply