There are sometimes two competing narratives, and the talk pages become a contest between facts and lies. In order to compansate for this complex situation Wikipedia is a mainstream encyclopedia that assigns due weight to sources and their related narratives.... Valjean

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I am a continuously learning member of the Wikipedia experience/family/social group/society...whatever you want to call it. I was born in Belgium and came to America in 1951. I have lived in America for 74 years. I was taught by BVM nuns and Franciscan brothers. I have been finding my way around the many nooks and crannies of Wikipedia since I wondered "Who the heck is Sarah Palin"...over 16 years ago. One of many interests has always been articles about the Flemish language. I also monitor articles relating to the region of my birth (which was once collectively known as the Low Countries). Promoting and prolonging whatever it is that Wikipedia tries to be has become important. Maybe it is the concept of something that I contributed to living into eternity or maybe it is just trying to write a good, clear, concise sentence. Whatever it is, I'm still having fun! Except for the time I was put up for "the Mop". My demise through the false presentation and words of a editor still sting ten years later. I would have been a good administrator. Better than most I would now dare to say. But, it wasn't to be. Now I have attained ELDER status. Self-proclaimed.

Since then, I promised to listen to the voice that speaks to greatness... in myself and in others. I have been facilitating the Editor of the Week program for over 10 years. I am a Baháʼí. I believe it is possible for human behavior to improve and develop and grow, especially in arenas where we are required to interact with each other. Making positive, non-political contributions to the planet is essential to Bahai practices and a bedrock of my Faith. I occasionally (and quite reluctantly) drift into "hot-bed" political articles but am always wary of the drama that can result. I strive to be the best editor I can be. I am not a perfect editor. I have learned from past mistakes and, more than likely, I will make more down the line and learn from them. My constant hope is that the environment of Wikipedia will become calmer and more balanced, and that healthy collaboration will become the focus of all editors, now and to come. While some of the more troublesome WP arenas are political, the focus is not. The focus should always be OUR READER, or stated more distinctly, OUR VISITOR.

Quite simply, I want to be left alone. Not bothered by vindictive editors, to enjoy the pleasure of WikiLife at some non-toxic level of article/essay creation and facilitating Editor of the Week. I want to enjoy the unspoken bond that can exist between editors and enjoy giving out awards. No emotional see-saws, tension, protagonists, provocative provocateurs. I reject the drama of untimely name-calling and sarcasm ladened replies. It doesn't work here any better than it works in RL. I work to see barriers dissolve in the face of mutual respect and humanity. I like to make editors smile.

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We turn clay to make a vessel;

But it is in the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the vessel depends.

We pierce doors and windows into a wall to make a house;

And it is on these spaces where there is nothing that the usefulness of the house depends.

We spend endless hours to create an online encyclopedia;

But it is on the 'to be edited' space that the effort lives.

Therefore, just as we take advantage of what is, we should recognize the usefulness of what is not.

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I just edited an article with the phrase "concluded with conclusions". As I filled in the edit summary, I wondered what the term for that type of 'dancing of words' is called. Its not an Oxymoron. But something like that. Buster Seven Talk 21:42, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

You may be thinking of tautology?:--David Biddulph (talk) 04:01, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes, thats it. Thank you, David. Buster Seven Talk 07:31, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

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		Thank you for preventing perennial edit wars by simply editing to coalesce divergent views. You've earned the gratitude of the WP Community! I'm always so very impressed with your clarity of thought and clear expression of tolerance toward the wayward and pernicious inclinations of ludicrous hullabaloo-ers. ```Buster Seven Talk 15:47, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

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		Thanks for all you do to acknowledge others at the Editor of the Week Awards Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 04:44, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

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		Nice to meet you. Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 06:34, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

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		Hello. I am User:Buster7. I've been asked to provide you some assistance during your beginning experience on Wikipedia. Your enthusiasm to be part of a well known growing online encyclopedia is much appreciated! I would like to have conversation with you, get feedback from you, and just go over a few things first before we start to edit. Please seek me out at my talkpage at User Talk:Buster7 at anytime, for any reason. Just to reiterate, please do not edit until we get a chance to talk. May your experience on Wikipedia be enjoyable and successful. ```Buster Seven Talk 11:59, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

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		Nice to meet you. I see you recently signed on as a new member of the Editor Retention Project. The future of the Editor of the Week portion of the Project depends on nominations. You seem to be a Wiki wanderer. I would imagine that you run across potential candidates here and there. Please keep EotW in mind as you wander the hyways and byways of WikipediaWorld. September 2014 (UTC)

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• Clearly not here to contribute, given the behavior. All of the most recent edits were vandalism.
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		At a recent RfA a term was used to descibe editors that fix or "polish" articles that have been left behind by COI editors---Turd Polisher. It was not meant as a derogatory or slanderous term as it relates to the polisher. The malapropism, turd, is used to describe the article that was left behind to rot in the field like last years potato crop. Buster Seven Talk 14:23, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

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		I have awarded you this barnstar in appreciation of your edits to Protect IP and your ability to remain calm and civil even in extreme conditions. You are a better wikipedian than I. ―Buster7 ☎ 12:53, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

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		As you wander around Wikiworld keep a kind heart for those you think are hurtful to you. You will eventually see that they were helpful rather than hurtful. Buster Seven Talk 14:16, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

		Turd Polisher Extraordinaire Barnstar
		At a recent RfA a term was used to descibe editors that fix or "polish" articles that have been left behind by COI editors---Turd Polisher. It was not meant as a derogatory or slanderous term as it relates to the polisher. The malapropism, turd, is used to describe the article that was left behind to rot in the field like last years potato crop. Buster Seven Talk 00:16, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

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		Wikipedia is a big wide wonderful world. So, it should be a seldom occurrence that two editors find themselves seated next to each other at the same bar at the same hotel in the same city, each wondering why the other editors fat ass is encroaching into his personal space. Buster Seven Talk 00:26, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

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This image is of Bacterial cells of Staphylococcus aureus, which is one of the causal agents of mastitis in dairy cows. Its large capsule protects the organism from attack. I know I should comment at the places of attack but it is so exhausting to deal with prevaricators. Keep up the great work with the awareness that your collaboration is appreciated by most editors...even those that may disagree. Buster Seven Talk 14:26, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

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This image of Edvar Munch's The Scream best conveys what usually happens when one editor begins to rewrite and expand the plot of a popular TV show. Often times it can be seen as an attack and can lead to exhausting discussions and hard feelings. I am so glad of your awareness of the importance of congenial collaboration. Buster Seven Talk 03:38, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

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		Put your message here. Gtwfan52 (talk) 06:31, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

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		I am honored to present you with this Teamwork barnstar for your assisting another editor in improving the article User:Buster7's List of Women Mural artists. Collaborative editing is a hallmark of Wikipedia, and is one of the surest ways to retain editors and to make Wikipedia a better place... and you have done both. Thank you, Buster Seven Talk 09:24, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

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Fair Witness is a fictional profession invented for the novel Stranger in a Strange Land. A Fair Witness is an individual trained to observe events and report exactly what he or she sees and hears, making no extrapolations or assumptions. An eidetic memory is a prerequisite for the job, although this may be attainable with suitable training.

In Heinlein's society, a Fair Witness is a highly reputable source of information. By custom, a Fair Witness, acting professionally (generally wearing distinctive white robes), is never addressed directly and is never acknowledged by anyone present.

Fair Witnesses are prohibited from drawing conclusions about what they observe. As a demonstration, a characer in the novel is asked to describe the color of a house in the distance. Response:"It is white on this side" explaining no assumption can be made about the color of the other sides of the house without being able to see them. Furthermore, after observing another side of the house a Fair Witness would not then assume that any previously seen side was still the same color as last reported, even if only minutes before.

• By far the most of my edits are "janitorial" though, fixing broken links, sorting stubs and categories, the occasional wikifying of new articles. Lately He has been focusing on image related things, tagging images that lack sources, confirmation of license from 3. parties non-compliance with the non-free content policy and stuff like that.
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• _______ began contributing to Wikipedia in 20--. After a few years of vandal fighting, discussing AFD's, patrolling new pages, and assisting new editors, he took an extensive leave of absence. He returned to Wikipedia to resume where he left off. his goal is to continuously apply the knowledge and experience I've gained throughout my life in order to help improve Wikipedia and educate our reader.
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• I nominate John from Idegon as Editor of the Week. He remarkably has made over 96,000 edits, steadily active since 2012 and averaging 35 edits per day. He is active as a new page reviewer and at the [[Wikipedia Teahouse]. He is a long serving member at Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools and was a major participant at the creation of Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention. I often see him around Wikipedia, making helpful edits at school articles (with more experience on US school articles than probably any other WP editor) or reporting problems with new pages. I always get a chuckle out of his clever name - combining Idaho and Oregon. One of WP's most active editors (#617 on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits), John has had many years of high quality contributions, with varied interests and pursuits. His diplomatic ability has been honed on the talk pages of hundreds of articles, and in pursuit of creating a healthy workplace for fellow editors. I feel it is high time for him to be recognized for his outstanding contributions here. --MelanieN

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• Habsburg Netherlands is the collective name of Holy Roman Empire fiefs in the Low Countries held by the House of Habsburg. The rule began in 1482, when after the death of the Valois-Burgundy duke Charles the Bold the Burgundian Netherlands fell to the Habsburg dynasty by the marriage of Charles's daughter Mary of Burgundy to Archduke Maximilian I of Austria. Then known as Seventeen Provinces, they were held by Habsburg Spain from 1556, and are therefore also known as the Spanish Netherlands from that time on. In 1581, the Seven United Provinces seceded to form the Dutch Republic; the remaining Spanish Southern Netherlands eventually passed on to Habsburg Austria. Finally the Austrian Netherlands were annexed by the French First Republic in 1795.
• The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the part of the Low Countries controlled by Spain (1556–1714 aka Spanish Netherlands), later Austria (1714–94 aka Austrian Netherlands), and annexed by France (1794–1815 aka the French period). In 1815 it was reunited with the Dutch provinces to form the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, and then became the independent country of Belgium in 1830 Belgian Revolution.

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