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Open the recipients talk page and create a new section or thread. I usually use "Editor of the Week" as my section title. You'll want to post the Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Recipient notification template into the new section, remembering that this type of template should always be substituted. This template is mostly self-explanatory, and I have found that contrary to the instructions, unless I missed something, you don't actually need to use a special diffs template for any diffs found within the nomination statement.
Incorporate the template with the appropriate accepted nomination information onto the nominee's talkpage.
Add their name to recipient listing @ found here. Save the new diff # for display in the reason column.
Go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Accepted nominations and create a new EddyBanner. Abbreviate the nomination to compress the information within the banner.
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Go to the Hall of Fame and remove appropriate ((<---)) from previous week and ((--->)) from current week.
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Go to Nominee's talk page and add {{{subst:Template:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Project main page}}} within the Award, just under the "userbox creator" which places it off to the right side allowing space for friends and visitors to congratulate.
Once the recipient responds, add it to Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Recipient response
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Whenever I begin to wonder if what I do around here is worthwhile, I go to this page and remember all the smiles and good feelings that the Eddy Awards have brought to people over the years. It really uplifts my spirits. Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 22:49, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

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Who is Buster7

I am a continually 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 72 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 reluctantly drift into hot bed political articles but am 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.

Billboards on the Highway to Somewhere...

Let’s treat each other as if we plan to work side by side for many years to come. Let’s treat this work as if it is one of the most important things on the Internet. Because, to some, it is

I Used to be Indecisive---Now I'm Not So Sure

"Listen to the symphony that is US" says the remarkable Editor ARoseWolf

I do not attempt to convert my opponents--I aim at converting their audience.

The most important person at Wikipedia is the reader. Everyone else is secondary. Everything we do should be to give that reader an experience that is free from bias, propaganda and rumor

A good editor considers what helps readers understand the topic

Note to members of Wikipedians Over 70, "If you die, please move your name here so we know you are not just loafing"

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off (the) shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. Replicant Roy Batty in Blade Runner

Predictions

We put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel;

But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the wheel depends.

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.

It's Tough to Make Predictions. Especially about the Future

Almost ten long years ago, I was visiting the talk page of my unforgettable very best Wiki Friend, @Writegeist:, and I said the following,

""Somewhere in the emptiness of "Future Wikipedia" is a Use-full-ness place to be happy. I hope to someday find it"". Buster Seven Talk 21:43, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

And find it I did. Facilitating the weekly Editor of the Week awards has kept me safe and sane and far from the Drama of HOT, "in the Moment", "It's happening as we edit", articles that can drain energy and forbearance and bring tension into the Real World. Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 10:55, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

A State of Peace

Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, peoples rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension.

Let me cut that up into bite size pieces.

A state of balance and understanding

in yourself and between others,

where respect is gained by

the acceptance of differences,
tolerance persists,
conflicts are resolved through dialogue,
peoples rights are respected

and

their voices are heard,

and

everyone is at their highest point

without social tension.

Good manners are keepers of the peace. They lubricate the interaction between faceless editors, softening the interplay and promoting collaboration.

The elephant in the room

I was surprised to find out that.....

Duolingo, a language-learning company, began offering courses in Game of Thrones language called High Valyrian in 2017 and 1.2 million people signed up for it between 2017 and 2020. Buster7 ^Chat 19:59, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Countries I have travelled in

A captive audience

A few years back my wife and I travelled to the San Ignacio Lagoon in Mexico, a winter sanctuary of the eastern Pacific gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus). We missed the opportunity to actually touch this wonderful mammal but we were in their tranquil presence for days on end. We were "glampers"; upscale camping that allows for immersive experiences in nature with unique well-equipped tents with comfortable beds and linens, electricity, running water, maybe Wi-Fi, and usually private bathrooms. Gathering for breakfast/lunch/dinner and other social activities are common. But the main activity is Whale watching in a secluded lagoon that stretches sixteen miles into the Baja desert with a width of about five miles. 10 guests, a guide and a captain travel across the waves, riding in pangas and watch for varied social behavior of male and female Gray Whales who were looking for mates. Some newborn calves were seen as they were being "taught" and prepared for the long journey north to their summer feeding grounds in the Arctic. The deep San Ignacio lagoons are ideal mating, breeding and calving grounds. In the lagoons (a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a United Nations Biosphere Reserve and a migratory bird sanctuary) the whales can breed and calve their young undisturbed by humans.

Laguna San Ignacio is regarded as the best location for whale watching: It's where the whales are friendlier and encounters more likely and there is a variety of affordable options for whale-watching. The staff at the temporary facilities is mostly comprised of San Ignacio natives with decades of experience and a rich heritage of interaction with the whales. I say temporary because each site is constructed in the early part of whale-watching season and then completely and totally dismantled at the end of the season. It is best to stay at the lagoon for at least 3-4 days in order to take frequent jaunts into the sanctuary and have the best chance for up-close encounters with the whales. It is never guaranteed that visitors will get to actually touch a gray whale, but the odds are pretty good. Visitors go out, into the lagoons, in small fishing boats called PANGA's. Sightings of the gentle giants are extremely common. There is nothing in nature quite like touching a baby gray whale, in the wild, from a panga. Prime season for gray whale watching is late January through early April.

singing in a panga

A panga is a small, open, outboard-powered boat, often used in developing countries. It seats about 10/12 people plus a small crew. 17500 Hectare lagoon. 300-400 whales as seasonal visitors.

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Flanders
Came to America on the New Amsterdam out of Holland in 1951
My beloved Cubs were once world Champions. Maybe again ~~next yearnext yearnext yearnext year~~some distant year
My Uncle Jacque was a Voyageur
My grandfather was a participant. Family rumor claims he was a discus catcher.
Adolescent Kestrel which my daughter and I fed for three days in 2012
Stekene City Hall. I was born nearby.
The Holy Cross Church, de Heilige Kruiskerk. Baptized here, 8/8/47
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Why on earth would someone demolish such a wonderful house?
I like it
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1892 Photograph of American Bison skulls (in Detroit) waiting to be ground into fertilizer or charcoal.
Steel columns at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice waiting for U.S. counties to appropriate.
Milwaukee Art Museum
"My Kind of Town, Chicago Is"
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A pic I took of the new left field scoreboard
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Ansel Adams, "Tetons and the Snake River"
This is not me...on most days!

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