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A barnstar for you!

  The Barnstar of Good Humor
I ABSOLUTLY LOVE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR I THOUGHT I HAD A HUGE BUBBLE OF HUMOR BUT YOURS IS EVEN BIGGER LIKE WAT ON EARTH HOW DARE YOU OUT HUMOR ME LOL JUST KIDDING United kingdoms my home (talk) 21:16, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

OH ONE MORE THING THIS STAR IS FOR ME NOT YOU JUST KIDDING ITS FOR YOU


Oh my gosh, and here I was thinking my sense of humor was lame, LOL. Thank you so much! My first barnstar! SQUEE!! And apologies for out-humoring you XD.

PigeonOfTheNight (talk) 21:32, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Ple

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Gee, thanks, United kingdoms my home! I really wasn't expecting something like this! Have a (rather late) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!


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PigeonOfTheNight (talk) 02:07, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

no problem XD

 
Happy New Year!
Hello PigeonOfTheNight:

Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels?

Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unnecessary blisters.

United kingdoms my home (talk) 15:09, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

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Happy New Year, PigeonOfTheNight!

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Happy New Year 2016}} to send this message

Dear PigeonOfTheNight,  
Since you recently joined: Welcome to Wikipedia and to the Guild of Copy Editors!
Having just read your user page, I have to say I very much admire your sense of humour!  
I hope you will enjoy contributing to our encyclopedia, as there are so many different ways of participating to its enrichment.
You seem to know your way around quite well already, but if you're ever in need of assistance, then please feel free to contact me and I'll do my best to help you if I can. Otherwise, as you've already found out, the Teahouse is immensely helpful, as is the Help me template. For detailed guidance on general editing, the Manual of Style is a real gold mine.
Anyway, I send you my very best wishes for a Happy New Year in 2016!  
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 11:18, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Dear PigeonOfTheNight,  
I noticed that you've started the year by being active here at the Wiki, which is great!  
This is just to let you know that, when you want to reply to another user, you can place the {{ping|username}} template at the head of the reply you left (indented) underneath the user's original text in your talk page, like this:
{{ping|Pdebee}} Hello Patrick! (more text in your reply... and signed with the usual '~~~~')
This will send an alert notification to the ping'd user and turn his/her Your alerts indicator from grey to red. By clicking on this indicator, a summary message will enable that user to link back to your original reply located at your talk page.
There are other facilities (see Template:Reply to), and also the {{talkback|PigeonOfTheNight}} template which, when you place it in a new section of another user's talk page, leaves a message box with a link back to a section at your talk page, hence your username in the second part of the template (see Template:Talkback).
I am sure you knew some of all this stuff already, and I hope you don't mind that I offered this unsolicited advice...  
Happy editing!  
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 12:41, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
@Pdebee: Hello Patrick! On the contrary, thank you for the "unsolicited advice" as you call it  . I've got a lot to learn, so any advice/help/criticism is welcome! Thanks again!
Regards,
PigeonOfTheNight (talk) 18:31, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

whats up buttercup

 

thank you so much that makes me very happy that someone appreciates my kindness you are one of the two best friends i have on wiki thank you so much again and just to let you know its ok if you are bad at messaging im bad at football everyone is bad at at least something :);) ;)

United kingdoms my home (talk) 22:02, 3 January 2016 (UTC)


 
You're welcome! And thank you for saying such nice things about me! I almost cried...
PigeonOfTheNight (talk) 22:09, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

A Typo Team barnstar for you!  ;-))

  The Typo Team Barnstar
Dear PigeonOfTheNight;  
This is to celebrate your first contributions to the Typo Team and in anticipation of many more to come.  
With kind regards;
Patrick.ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 22:28, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
P.S. Thank you for signing my guestbook.  


Oh my gosh! Thank you SO much!! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
PigeonOfTheNight (talk) 05:59, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Another barnstar for you! ;-))

  The Rosetta Barnstar
Dear Maybelle;  
Congratulations on completing your very first Rosetta project by improving the article on Gabriel Van Dievoet, which needed to be rewritten into fluent English after an initial, basic translation in 2009. Although I participated to some extent, this was always your initiative, for which you deserve this commendation.
Best wishes of success in all your future contributions to our encyclopedia.
With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 12:41, 6 January 2016 (UTC)


Thank you so much!  
Maybelle PigeonOfTheNight (talk) 21:23, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikification of the article on 'Georgi Kornazov'

Dear Maybelle,  

As promised, please find, in my drafting sandbox itself, the polished version ("After") of the text ("Before") that you sent me two days ago.

I have also added a "Comments and suggestions" section, outlining the approach I would take were I to tackle the wikification of the subject article. You don't have to do any of these things; it's really up to you. Most likely, another editor would take a different approach, based on his/her skills and experience as an editor.

Please feel free to use my drafting sandbox's talk page and create sections to exchange further communications with me on the subject article (rather than here in your personal talk page, or in mine), if anything is unclear or when you need further assistance.

In any case, just go for it, be bold and... don't forget to enjoy doing it!  

With kind regards for now;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 09:58, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

@Pdebee: Dear Patrick,
Thank you so much! This is really going to help! :D
So, now to Wikify an article! ONWARD!!! (the marching band plays "Rule Britannia" as the Editing Team marches off the stage chanting "Wikify" repeatedly).
Randomly Yours,
Maybelle. PigeonOfTheNight (talk) 18:43, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
@PigeonOfTheNight: Dear Maybelle,  
Good; I'm pleased it will be of some use to you. Happy 'clay-wrestling' ...  
(Liked your sense of fun and cheery enthusiasm! 😄)
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 12:22, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

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Thank you for supporting my RfA

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Thank you for participating in and supporting my RfA. It was very much appreciated. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:20, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
You're welcome! And good luck! (sends good karma) User:PigeonOfTheNight (talk) 22:51, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

BACK OFF!

 

MEOW!

LoveLock (talk) 22:12, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

No. Your edits to Betsy Ross counted as vandalism and I have removed them. It's as simple as that. Mademoiselle La Souris (Squeak!) 22:15, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

GOCE January drive

  The Modest Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to PigeonOfTheNight for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words during the GOCE January 2016 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 23:44, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

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Star!...

  The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Done a good job reported at WP:AIV about Fausto Isidro Meza Flores's article get vandalized, now both accounts "User:ZayDatDude" and "User:Sandmansavageboiiiii" get blocked. :-) SA 13 Bro (talk) 19:01, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Thanks a bundle! The barnstar is a lovely change from hate mail, which, before now, was all the thanks I got for my vandal-fighting ;)
Thanks again!
Mademoiselle La Souris (Squeak!) 19:05, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

  The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Dear Maybelle,  
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With kindest regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 09:03, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

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Greetings. ;-))

Dear Maybelle,  
I was pleased to see that you had joined here; so, welcome to the team! I hope you are keeping well? I admire your diligence in fighting vandalism and simply love your new nickname, just as much as I did (and still do) your username!  
Keep up the good work, Maybelle; it's nice to know you're still around.
With kindest regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 08:35, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

@Pdebee: Dear Patrick,
Thanks so much for the message and the barnstar.   Unfortunately, I haven't been as diligent lately at fighting vandalism as I should be (real life has been getting in the way a lot), and my work at the "Guild of Copyeditors" is currently a bit dead. (glances nervously at the large number of articles I've wanted/tried to copyedit but haven't looked at since January)
Anyway, thanks for the greeting. I'll honestly try to come back to life a little. I've only been here a few months, so it's a bit too soon for me to throw up the sponge now.  
Gotta go. Real life awaits! (runs off)
Respectfully Yours,
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Dear Maybelle,  
I hope you won't mind if I intrude once again, this time regarding the updates that Suggestbot adds to your talk page.
You could consider segregating these bulky updates out to a dedicated page of their own, like I do, so that they no longer loom so large on your talk page. If the idea appeals, then it's a straightforward creation of a new user page:

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With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 13:49, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
P.S. BTW, I love the new layout of your user page, with its witty corrections and the new infobox (especially your photo!)  

@Pdebee: Dear Patrick,
As I've said before, I have a lot to learn, so any help/advice/criticism is welcome at any time  
Per your advice, I have created a new user page for Suggestbot's messages and have tried to add the wikicode. However, it still remains to see whether I have succeeded or whether I have somehow broken Wikipedia and risk being placed in the village stocks.
In any case, thanks for your advice (unsolicited as it is  ), and if you have any further suggestions, rest assured I shall be only too glad to hear them.  
Respectfully Yours,
Mademoiselle La Souris (Squeak!) 18:18, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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