User talk:Donnie Park/Archives/2016/January

Happy New Year, Donnie Park!

Happy New Year!

Donnie Park,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:42, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Cliff Lett (January 2)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by RadioFan was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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RadioFan (talk) 03:29, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello! Donnie Park, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! RadioFan (talk) 03:29, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Donnie Park!

Happy New Year!

Donnie Park,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 19:07, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2016)

King Mswati III, the monarch of Swaziland, one of the Monarchies in Africa. Hello, Donnie Park. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Monarchies in Africa Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Person of the Year • Hors d'oeuvre Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 04:38, 4 January 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Your submission at Articles for creation: Paul Rosche has been accepted

Paul Rosche, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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jcc (tea and biscuits) 17:36, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2016)

Depictions of various deities on the entrance tower of Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore, dedicated to the Hindu goddess of rain; Mariamman. Hello, Donnie Park. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Deity Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Monarchies in Africa • Person of the Year Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 11 January 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Your submission at Articles for creation: Cliff Lett has been accepted

Cliff Lett, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

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Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

jcc (tea and biscuits) 17:26, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2016)

New England clam chowder Hello, Donnie Park. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Chowder Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Deity • Monarchies in Africa Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 18 January 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

RC10 PAGE

Hi Donnie Park, I see that you are working on an RC10 page in you userspace that was taken down from the main space. I am very interested in getting all of the important historical RC Car facts up here on Wikipedia. Please let me know in my Talk Section if there is anything I can do to help in getting this page ready for the main section.DroneKing (talk) 15:10, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2016)

An izakaya drinking establishment in Gotanda, Tokyo Hello, Donnie Park. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Izakaya Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Chowder • Deity Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 25 January 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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Nic Case

Hi Donnie Park, I've accepted your AfC submission Nic Case. After reviewing the sources, I found that he did have significant coverage in mainstream media and passes WP:GNG. Thanks for your submission! -Zanhe (talk) 05:03, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Considering retirement?

Ahhh come on. Ya' gotta stick around, Donnie Park. GoodDay (talk) 15:19, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, I will do. Donnie Park (talk) 18:31, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for your determination and dedication to help the encyclopedia grow. Thank you for you great contributions to automobile and motorsport articles and to the Encyclopedia in general! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

Editor Yash! submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

User Donnie Park started editing Wikipedia in June of 2008 and has dedicated a great amount of time working in the mainspace. His edits mostly revolve around automobile and motorsport articles with over 62% of them to mainspace. He has created 66 articles, has 22 DYK credits, and has been actively updating and maintaining many various and interesting articles, the type of work which mostly goes unnoticed and unappreciated. He has been actively editing this site for over seven and a half years and his hard work at greatly improving articles for our readers is nothing short of amazing. Long-standing, tireless, consistent and a true example of a consistently efficient content editor. For all his awesome contributions, this is to let him know that his work is noticed and highly appreciated by all. The Wikipedia community proudly acknowledges that Donnie Park is a great editor and we are very thankful for his edits. If anyone deserves to be named Editor of the Week, it is this editor.

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Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven Talk 06:47, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

• Wikipedia can be very frustrating at times and I totally get why you must be feeling discouraged. I hope that you decide against retiring cause we need editors like you and it would be such a shame to see a dedicated person like you leave because someone acted like a jerk. Again, thank you for your edits and congratulations on the award :) Yash! 13:21, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Yash! Thanks a lot. but one more thing to interest you with in regards to him. Donnie Park (talk) 13:23, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Is your Wiki-Journey really over? Are you going to let the naysayers win? What if your Wiki-experience had taken a slightly different course? Maybe what you need is a new direction, a new sandbox to play in (so to speak), a new set of priorities. I can't prove it but I KNOW that if a person merely changes their mind, they change their experience. Most editors start with high hopes, high purpose, high regards for others. Each Wiki-life is different but for some, sadly, the roads traveled have led to the same place; they suffer some negative involvement and they become discontented and disheartened. Wikipedia's design flaw is the same as any open free society. It can not always control the actions of its citizens/members. There exist trolls, loud mouthed oafs, over-zealous "trigger happy" editors and administrators, editors whose only wish is cause discomfort and strife: all are enemies of Wiki-Wonderful, all have a negative effect on "the neighborhood". Editor Retention pays attention to the "Lost Souls" that become discouraged and "move out of the neighborhood". The analogy to a neighborhood is accurate. If we are not vigilant, quality editors like yourself leave the site and their efforts are lost. The time spent focused on your nemesis is wasted time, for the most part. It is better to move forward. The value of an editor that gives up and leaves cannot be measured. Remember what made you happy. Do that and the negative interactions will disappear. Buster Seven Talk 13:52, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

I like to think not yet but thanks for the advice. Donnie Park (talk) 18:33, 31 January 2016 (UTC)