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— Bwithh 07:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar, In recognition of Ohconfucius's admirable commitment to judiciously, tirelessly and fairly reviewing many similar, repetitive articles. Bwithh 07:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar, In grateful recognition of Ohconfucius willingness to clear tirelessly through the chaff with extraordinary diligence and commitment! Eusebeus 08:42, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar, For your incredible work with deletionism and keeping Wikipedia orderly, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this Editor's Barnstar.S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 23:01, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
I award you this Barnstar of Babel for your meritous translation work in general and especially for your translation of sex selection into Chinese. The article is well on its way to being a Featured Article in the Chinese Wikipedia. Johntex\talk 16:38, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Rescue from Deletion Barnstar This award is long overdue for fixing up the article for Gomaa, which I nominated for deletion. In the middle of the discussion for deletion, this led to many people changing their original decisions to delete the article, and it's looking much better today. --queso man 01:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar, I would like to show my admiration for your tireless contributions to Hong Kong-related articles by giving you this Barnstar, which I hope you would kindly accept. Cheers. K.C. Tang 09:11, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
The Hollywood Barnstar, Merci bien for your most excellent improvements to the Jean-Paul Ney article with your knowledge of the French language and culture! Dreadstar† 14:52, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar I award you one for finding User:Trekphiler's page for people who always think that "new message" bar is real. Aren't you glad you checked your mail? Trekphiler (talk) 05:49, 18 June 2008 (UTC) (Yep, you do get one. BTW, what brought you to my page?)
Rescue from Deletion Barnstar Although an administrator incorrectly closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Queen of Bollywood as a Delete, your heroic and valiant efforts at saving the article deserve, at the very least, a barnstar. Great work! --brewcrewer(yada, yada) 01:10, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
The Anti-Flame Barnstar For keeping the beijing cultural center fire article up to date and spending the time necessasry to bring it up to develop the article more fully :) Ottawa4ever (talk) 14:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for all your work maintaining the article July 2009 Ürümqi riots during its time on the main page. This has been a difficult and thankless task, working at a frenetic pace for 4 days straight so far (I, for one, have been getting very little sleep), and it's only been thanks to coordinated efforts and discussion from numerous editors that the article has been kept as neutral and informative as possible. This is the most collaboration I've done, with the largest number of editors at once, since I have joined Wikipedia, and I think the results are showing; while it's not perfect, when my friends and family ask me about what's going on in Urumqi, I have been more comfortable recommending this article than any other source. The work is far from over, but now that this article is off the main page I think it's finally time to thank the editors Seb az86556, Colipon, Jim101, Ohconfucius, Benlisquare, Simonm223, and Jinhuili for all their contributions; while we had disagreements, I think each of these editors has been particularly active and has made real efforts to improve the article.rʨanaɢtalk/contribs 20:07, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar For your investigation and follow-through of duplicated text at Shaquille O'Neal. Moonriddengirl(talk) 11:44, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia Excellence Award for finding the unfindable currency converter. Thanks! You spin Wikiworld!User:Tomwsulcer 17 Aug 2009
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to Ohconfucius, for his willingness to comprimise and his ability to work with other editors to come up with amicable solutions which satisfy everyone. Thank you for your valiant efforts to the project. Ikip (talk) 06:24, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar - For braving one of Wikipedia's most contested topic areas, and working with perseverance and professionalism to produce FA-quality, NPOV work, I award you this barnstar. JN466 10:24, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
The Citation Barnstar - For reformatting the massive number of citation dates on International Space Station to the correct format, a job everyone was dreading and putting off... :-) Many, many thanks! Colds7ream (talk) 16:36, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject Hong Kong Award- Thanks for making that article about the five constituencies referendum a great one. Kayau VotingISevil 10:53, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
Zhonghua Barnstar of Merit- With 10th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, I only had to press "Mark as patrolled" and move on. For your contributions to Wikipedia in general, and your contributions to articles about Chinese subjects specifically, I award you this barnstar. I dream of horses @ 04:14, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar – For copy editing during the March 2011 GOCE Backlog Elmination Drive totaling over 30,000 words, I present Ohconficius with this barnstar. Congratulations, and thanks for your help! —Torchiesttalkedits 04:13, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar – Random Barnstar Macedoniarulez (talk) 02:10, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
100000 Edits – Congratulations on reaching 100000 edits. You have achieved a milestone that very few editors have been able to accomplish. The Wikipedia Community thanks you for your continuing efforts. Keep up the good work! Buster Seven Talk 15:10, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar – For your breathtaking number of edits, and the value of your contributions.... Hackerrye (talk) 13:15, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence- Thank you for the minor yet important date editing in my article Hermann von Kuhl which appeared on the front page today. I note other instances where you edited good pages to that last level of exactness. That's a rare talent don't discontinue :) Ultracobalt (talk) 06:40, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar - This isn't for the shared view on the authority of sports websites as "reliable sources" for spelling non-anglo living persons' names (cough!), that is just the coincidental reminder for thanks for myriad other contributions. 加油！ In ictu oculi (talk) 12:23, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar- Hey, I just wanted to thank you for your work in the Cadereyta Jiménez massacre! It was a pleasure working with you. Keep up the good work! ComputerJA (talk) 21:38, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar- Good job on the removal of Flag Icons across the project. JOJHutton 23:30, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
The Technical Barnstar- Thousands of pages have been changed with your scripts. I liked that you are well dedicated and you never give up. Thanks a lot! Hope to see more innovations from you. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 09:39, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar– Dear Ohconfucius ; Very many thanks for your helpful assistance (aided by these great scripts of yours!) in tidying up our encyclopedia! I particularly appreciated the improvements you applied to the article on Andy Irvine, which I have been working on for a while. Please know that your meticulous approach is much appreciated. With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee. (talk) 12:00, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar - Thank you for your scripts they are extremely useful for those of us who edit wikipedia Jonnymoon96 (talk) 04:07, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
COVID-19 Barnstar– Awarded for efforts in expanding and verifying articles related to COVID-19. Awarded by Cdjp1(talk) 8 March 2022 (UTC)
I do cleanups, and I'm not afraid to remove large quantities of text which are not relevant or compliant with WP policies and guidelines. I believe that if there's something worth saying, it's worth being brief and to the point. We are here to write an encyclopaedia, not a novel.
There are plenty of articles out there which have grown organically, through different editors dumping text in. I take all the content, sift through it, review what the sources are and what they say, rework it, giving it structure and focus. I often get spurred to look for more sources in the course of the rewrite. I treat all articles alike, regardless of whether they are of controversial topics or no — what I mean is, Ceteris paribus, provided I'm equally interested in two articles.
Examples include:
My record speaks for itself (see my list of contributions). I'm interested in a wide range of subject matter, of which Falun Gong has proven to be the most challenging. I am not interested in partisan bickering of whether FG was being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party or whether "Falun Gong Is a Cult". Following some nasty experiences, ranted about here, I stopped editing them; I resumed in August 2009 when the filibustering had abated. My personal objective is[Edited: was] to take these controversial articles to Featured Article status. With some help, one already made the grade. However, due to the excessive tolerance/indulgence (or should I say, 'appeasement') of disruption by Wikipedia - in my view, of course - of these same disruptive Falun Gong editors, I once again stopped editing any article directly related to Falun Gong in early 2010. These shenanigans have left emotional scars such that I don't expect to want to click on one of those articles ever again.
Edit counts
While editing, I make small and large edits; I may leave a trail of twenty small consecutive edits to an article, or one large one – it depends on what mode I'm in. I am more likely to make a string of 10+ small edits when I am focussed on detailed copyediting of a subject that has grabbed my attention. I always try leaving an accurate edit summary with my reasoning. My first edit to any article, whether drive-by or otherwise, is likely to be a script-based MOS audit. As I often gnome, using scripts, I work on a large number of articles – these are usually modern subjects because this is where most of the dates and dated citations are in our encyclopaedia. Total edit count in the userbox below include only article space edits.
To me, edit counts do not mean anything – mirroring that maxim "size isn't everything". It is a poor indicator quality. However, some editors use edit counts as some sort of a benchmark, and I have a userbox as a service to others who might be interested. Of course, if you have issues with the quality of my edits, whether to do with my copyediting or improvements to my scripts, comments are always welcome on my talk page.
Contributions towards Good Articles (in no particular order)
As of the 13 September issue, I have joined the Wikipedia:Signpost team as copyeditor.
Deletions
I would classify myself as a 'deletionist'. I don't believe that this encyclopaedia should be all-inclusive. Certainly we should not make room for subjects which fewer than a small handful of people would be interested in. I loathe self-promotion, or any blatant promotion in general. I will unhesitatingly put such articles up for deletion. I will generally notify the author, but will not bother notifying in the case of single purpose accounts whose unabashed spam I am nominating for speedy deletion. --Ohconfucius¡digame! 02:35, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
I believe in the importance in having a strong Manual of Style, and believe that the tasks lend themselves well to (semi-)automation. In June 2010, I started my first serious attempt at creating a script. Since then, I have developed a battery of scripts that I use to render compliance with the MOS. I have written scripts to
I have also reworked and adapted a script written by Lightmouse (talk·contribs) to align date formats and correct style aberrations for dates and units of measure.
The AWB scripts below -also written by Lightmouse - are similar. They strip out links of all dates and date fragments, but may be run within the 'module' function of AWB:
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The Working Man's Barnstar, In recognition of Ohconfucius's admirable commitment to judiciously, tirelessly and fairly reviewing many similar, repetitive articles. Bwithh 07:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar, In grateful recognition of Ohconfucius willingness to clear tirelessly through the chaff with extraordinary diligence and commitment! Eusebeus 08:42, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
I award you this Barnstar of Babel for your meritous translation work in general and especially for your translation of sex selection into Chinese. The article is well on its way to being a Featured Article in the Chinese Wikipedia. Johntex\talk 16:38, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Rescue from Deletion Barnstar This award is long overdue for fixing up the article for Gomaa, which I nominated for deletion. In the middle of the discussion for deletion, this led to many people changing their original decisions to delete the article, and it's looking much better today. --queso man 01:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar, I would like to show my admiration for your tireless contributions to Hong Kong-related articles by giving you this Barnstar, which I hope you would kindly accept. Cheers. K.C. Tang 09:11, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
The Hollywood Barnstar, Merci bien for your most excellent improvements to the Jean-Paul Ney article with your knowledge of the French language and culture! Dreadstar † 14:52, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar I award you one for finding User:Trekphiler's page for people who always think that "new message" bar is real. Aren't you glad you checked your mail? Trekphiler (talk) 05:49, 18 June 2008 (UTC) (Yep, you do get one. BTW, what brought you to my page?)
The Anti-Flame Barnstar For keeping the beijing cultural center fire article up to date and spending the time necessasry to bring it up to develop the article more fully :) Ottawa4ever (talk) 14:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence I've been watching your edits on Patrick Henry College. Good work! American Eagle (talk) 04:28, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar For your investigation and follow-through of duplicated text at Shaquille O'Neal. Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:44, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia Excellence Award for finding the unfindable currency converter. Thanks! You spin Wikiworld!User:Tomwsulcer 17 Aug 2009
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to Ohconfucius, for his willingness to comprimise and his ability to work with other editors to come up with amicable solutions which satisfy everyone. Thank you for your valiant efforts to the project. Ikip (talk) 06:24, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
The Golden Wiki For Good Works on Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident
The Citation Barnstar - For reformatting the massive number of citation dates on International Space Station to the correct format, a job everyone was dreading and putting off... :-) Many, many thanks! Colds7ream (talk) 16:36, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Zhonghua Barnstar of Merit- With 10th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, I only had to press "Mark as patrolled" and move on. For your contributions to Wikipedia in general, and your contributions to articles about Chinese subjects specifically, I award you this barnstar. I dream of horses @ 04:14, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
The Half Barnstar Per the request of the sinister Bishonen LessHeard vanU (talk) 12:32, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar – For copy editing during the March 2011 GOCE Backlog Elmination Drive totaling over 30,000 words, I present Ohconficius with this barnstar. Congratulations, and thanks for your help! —Torchiest talkedits 04:13, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
The Great Arkansas Barnstar – Thanks for your work cleaning up 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) and related articles on the Arkansas National Guard. Thanks! Aleutian06 (talk) 12:43, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar – Random Barnstar Macedoniarulez (talk) 02:10, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
100000 Edits – Congratulations on reaching 100000 edits. You have achieved a milestone that very few editors have been able to accomplish. The Wikipedia Community thanks you for your continuing efforts. Keep up the good work! Buster Seven Talk 15:10, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence- Thank you for the minor yet important date editing in my article Hermann von Kuhl which appeared on the front page today. I note other instances where you edited good pages to that last level of exactness. That's a rare talent don't discontinue :) Ultracobalt (talk) 06:40, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar- Hey, I just wanted to thank you for your work in the Cadereyta Jiménez massacre! It was a pleasure working with you. Keep up the good work! ComputerJA (talk) 21:38, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
North Korean Fashion Watch Barnstar- Gerald Shields, founder of the North Korean Fashion Watch, awards you the North Korean Fashion Watch Barnstar for your continuing efforts to add reliable and poignant discussions about North Korean topics, such as Ri Sol-ju. Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:32, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
The Technical Barnstar- Thousands of pages have been changed with your scripts. I liked that you are well dedicated and you never give up. Thanks a lot! Hope to see more innovations from you. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 09:39, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
; Very many thanks for your helpful assistance (aided by these great scripts of yours!) in tidying up our encyclopedia! I particularly appreciated the improvements you applied to the article on Andy Irvine, which I have been working on for a while. Please know that your meticulous approach is much appreciated. With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee. (talk) 12:00, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar - Thank you for your scripts they are extremely useful for those of us who edit wikipedia Jonnymoon96 (talk) 04:07, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
