User:The Transhumanist/Sandbox153

• overhauled
  Rfrisbie
  for refining the page and making it look really sweeeeet.

• overhauled the
  Psychology index, based on the design of the Mathematics department's index, taking it from this to this

• overhauled
  List of overviews
  , expanding it to its present scope.

• overhauled the
  Categories page
  , expanding the link selection.

• helped refine the Quick directory, adding essential links, cleaning up descriptions, etc.

• currently in the process of dismantling
  Lists of topics
  is the top page.

• I've worked on hundreds of other lists, including many list creations and overhauls. Way too many for me to track down easily.

After getting somewhat burnt-out on lists, I spent more time on other types of projects...

• Came across the Esperanza admin coaching project, and helped improve it.

• I tried to extend the concept and created the Admin School, but it got deleted in short order.

• The feedback on the above project and what was wrong with it inspired a better project idea: the
  Virtual classroom
  , which spotlights one classroom assignment or topic of discussion at a time. Based on the messages I get, users find it helpful.

• With material garnered from the Virtual Classroom mentioned above, I created a Tools page, listing most of the tools and techniques I currently use for working on Wikipedia. I update it from time to time.

• Created a
  tutorial on user page design
  , which is also a clearinghouse of sample wikicode, to help users save time in the creation of their user pages. It also includes a collection of snapshots of (that is, permanent links to) some of the more interesting user pages that have been created on Wikipedia.

• Helped to revamp the Welcoming committee, its various pages, and welcome message templates. Special recognition goes to Anthony cfc for page design, and to Audacity for template programming. They were both inspired by the project and a source of inspiration.

• From the onset of the Virtual classroom, I started building a collection of lessons for it (see {{
  VC lessons}}), initally from classroom discussions, but soon began to get offers of submissions from other Wikipedians! Then I began to encourage my students to write a lesson each as part of their training. I coordinated the proofreading and copy-editing of each lesson. And the collection just keeps on growing. For it I wrote the lesson Learning the ropes
  .

• Coached
  User:AGK. When I felt they were ready, I nominated each at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship
  , and each were granted admin status.

Having recovered from list burn-out, I began to work on lists again more and more, along with various other projects...

• Created a header navbar for the Wikipedia namespace, called
  Template:WP nav pages (header bar)
  , for providing easier access to the Wikipedia community's directories, and through those to the community's support pages. Currently, it looks like this:

Community portal Dashboard Departments Maintenance Tasks Discord IRC Meetups Directories (Policies/Guidelines Essays How-to Index Noticeboards WikiProjects)

• Cleaned up and reformatted the pages on the above header bar.

• Expanded the
  directory of shortcuts
  , adding the "shortcut alphabet".

• Created the header navbar
  Template:WP help pages (header bar)
  for tying together and providing easier access to Wikipedia's help pages. Here it is:

About Wikipedia Administration FAQ Contributing Tips Tasks Tutorial Help menu Directories Cheatsheet Asking questions Help desk Reference desk Teahouse

• Dismantled most of the huge "List of reference tables" which had grown into a list of lists. Folded it's contents (links) into
  Lists of topics and various subject-based lists. This was probably the most tedious and mind-numbing project I've done so far. Thanks go to Quiddity
  for finishing it off.

• On Wikipedia's introductory articles and tutorials, I added explanations of the importance of providing references and the consequences of Wikipedia's verification policy. That way, newcomers are more likely to reference their contributions and less likely to be caught totally off-guard when their unreferenced contributions are removed or deleted.

• Continued developing the
  life extension
  .

• Revived the
  WP:FLC
  , and started an index of geography topics with about 8,000 articles listed in it.

• Started the
  basic topic lists WikiProject
  , to recruit others to help build this useful navigation subsystem of Wikipedia. Built and posted banners to advertise the project on all the relevant projects.

• A recurring problem encountered by lists has been competition from categories, and the assumption by many that lists and categories should not overlap at all. This has resulted in many lists being deleted for the reason that they simply duplicate categories, or the misassumption that "categories would serve this function better". A great many hours of effort of page development has been wasted this way, plus the time spent by those who participated in those deletion discussions. Those who were familiar with lists understood that lists had a great many advantages, and felt frustrated when lists were deleted out of bias by those who didn't understand them very well at all. I've worked to resolve this problem by clarifying in relevant guidelines the purposes of lists, and the synergy between Wikipedia's various navigation methods. See
  WP:SAL
  .

• Proposed and implemented the renaming of
  Wikipedia:Self-references to avoid
  . The guideline had become a recurring problem for lists, because many editors miscited it as a reason to delete lists that referred to themselves, even though such neutral self-references were not the kind of self-references that the guideline instructed to avoid. Editors were enforcing the guideline's title without reading the guideline, and were applying it to all self-references! This was especially frustrating to list builders, because Wikipedia's list guidelines specifically instructed to use self-references on the list pages to refer to the lists.

• Coached a number of users for adminship as a participant in the now defunct Admin Coaching department (though I've never been an admin myself). The following students went on to become admins:
  1. User:The Rambling Man
  2. User:Dweller
  3. User:AGK
     , formerly known as "Anthony cfc"
  4. User:LaraLove
  5. User:JodyB

Now what?

More and better outlines.

Awards

Service badges

Tip of the day April 21, 2006: Thanks for helping a newbie!

File:Raok Original Barnstar.png

I just want to thank you for building on my tip and making it a true wikipedia tip of the day. I'm still learning a lot about how to do things around here, so your help was greatly appreciated! Keep up the great work, and keep on Going for it! Filmcom 14:36, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Smashing!

You've done a great job getting the Tip of the Day off the ground. As a result, I think you deserve this! smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 17:52, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

Main page redesign

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar For everyone who worked so hard on the barnstar! HereToHelp 01:05, 19 March 2006 (UTC) Seconded :-) +sj + 10:00, 22 March 2006 (UTC) Yep, that was a tedious project. Good job. --Go for it! 03:20, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats. You deserved it.

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Go for it! earned this barnstar for tireless contributions to the Community Portal and Tip of the Day. (^'-')^ Covington 05:19, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Congrats. Don't forget to wind it up every other day. (^'-')^ Covington 05:20, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

Esperanza/Admin coaching, I award you this Original Barnstar. Good work! --Fang Aili ^talk

18:34, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Award

File:Raok Original Barnstar.png		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Your kindess was not random, because you were kind enough to listen to my requests to fix my userpage. Your major kindness will not be ignored, as this BarnStar is my token of appreciation! meow! 01:59, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

meow!

01:59, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

!!!

<O.o --

on Cake

01:45, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. The Transhumanist 01:55, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

File:Vitruvian Original Barnstar.png		The da Vinci Barnstar
		Awarded to User:The Transhumanist. Sometimes those who take on large areas of wikipedia organisation seem to be taken for granted, and this is just to show that your work is appreciated by the community. Khukri (talk . contribs) 09:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

File:Raok Original Barnstar.png		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		This wikipedian is a truly reputable user. I am new to wikipedian, and asked him a few questions. He responded so promptly and kindly it was shocking. A wikipedian I look up to. Thanks for doing such a great job.  King of Anonymity

!

Cool signature

talk · contributions

12:58, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks.   The Transhumanist 05:52, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks so much!

Thanks so much for the hints in your userpage tutorial.

Real96

You're welcome. I'm glad you found it useful. If you see any way to improve it, by all means, please feel free to do so.   The Transhumanist 06:36, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Random Smiley Award

--TomasBat (Talk) 02:53, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Welcoming committee

How can I sum the above up....? Oh yes:

		The Original Barnstar
		For your revamp of T • C ] 18:19, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

WOW!!

as a near- noob, this is by far the most detailed and useful article on wikipedia for me! Excellent! I really wish I had a user page like this after two years...Snailey! 15:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For all your work with admin coaching, barnstar awarding, Wikipedia-expanding, and various administrative duties (if you can call all that political stuff we Wikipedians must wade through such a name), I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Good job. S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 19:36, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Just a few words...

TT, my friend, my mop would never have been gained without your incredible expertise. My kindest regards to you, and drop by as often as possible! Now, a little token of my appreciation...

The Golden Wiki Award;
This, the Golden Wiki Award, the highest attainment level of awards and barnstars, goes to you - The Transhumanist - for being one of the most helpful, kind, resourceful and generous Wikipedians I've had to utmost fortune to meet. Your contributions around the Wiki - at the WikiClassroom, in Dispute Resolution, at the Welcoming Committee, but most of all being a genuinely fun guy, are an amazing feat, and if half the trolls I'll undoubtedly meet after gaining my mop (thanks to you) took a leaf from your book, Wikipedia would be a nicer place.

My kindest possible regards,

Barnstar

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		I award you this Brilliant Idea Barnstar for helping others to earn Barnstars and awards through your Award Center! • The Giant Puffin • 13:31, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

User Page Guide

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		This barnstar is for your User Page Guide. It was very helpful and inspired me to actually make a userpage with more than just userboxes. =) Thanks! talk 21:05, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Yep, it was just miscommunications

Thank you for stepping up! Jouster  (whisper) 21:43, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for stepping up there and defusing that situation. As I've already awarded you a WikiCookie, I'm now hard to work, at right, conjuring up some suitable accompaniment! Jouster  (whisper) 16:41, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Virtual milk and cookies. I found them virtually delicious. Thank you! The Transhumanist 09:13, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Award

Hello The Transhumanist, (Hold on, can I say that or is it "Hello Transhumanist")
I was going to give you an award but there wasn't one good enough, so I made one better than any that has ever been seen before - This message. Yes, yes, I know, you don't think your worthy of it, but I assure you, you are the only one good enough for it -

Thank you

A million "Thank You!"s to you! For the life of me I swear I messed with every padding setting, and nothing I did worked, . Then you come along, and ~*Poof*~ you fixed it! For this, you receive:

		Ariel's Angel of the Day
		For fixing a silly error I couldn't fix on my userpage! Ariel♥Gold

A Help:Contents Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		As the top contributor to Help:Contents, you deserve this barnstar. Thank you! Jreferee (Talk) 05:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Dearest The Transhumanist,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 137 supports, 22 opposes, and 5 neutrals. Your efforts as my admin coach and your kind words of strong support are very much appreciated and I look forward to proving you right. I would like to give special thanks to The_undertow and Phoenix-wiki for their co-nominations. Thank you again and best regards.

Love

20:22, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Credits: This RFA thanks was inspired by The Random Editor's RFA thanks which was inspired by Phaedriel's RFA thanks.

Thank you!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For single-handedly writing Glossary of philosophical isms. It is such a comprehensive, well-written reference that I even have it bookmarked. 124.170.13.86 (talk ) 07:49, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

User page design thanks

Hello there, just wanted to leave a note of appreciation for the very useful stuff on your user page design section. I have mercilessly pillaged stuff from there, and from Phaedriel's user page, to revamp my own pages which I could not possibly have done without copying and pasting from you. So many thanks for providing such clear and helpful examples to those of us who can barely understand the code that underlies these pages! Kim Dent-Brown ^{(Talk to me)} 20:57, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For taking up the challenge and improving my command page, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this Original Barnstar. Another feather in the Transhumanist cap, eh? :-P --Sharkface217 21:37, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

:D

Hi there Trans Face!

You won an award!

talk ) awards you the unofficial funniness award!

Fractional-reserve banking

Thank you for that. It makes sense though there's a good chance it will be challenged. I suspect you saw my post on Wikipedia:Help desk. Zenwhat (talk) 03:30, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I thought you seemed familiar. You're the one who wrote those extensive FAQs on how to make user pages. You've been very helpful. BTW, you can thank me for removing some vandalism of one of your pages (several paragraphs of nonsense about WWE) that had been there for weeks. I don't have the specific diffs. You'll just have to take my word for it. You deserve a barnstar for your efforts. I can't think of anyone who has contributed more to Wikipedia, except maybe Jimbo. I'm not sure where to put this on your frontpage, so here it is:

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		For WP:FRINGE, and being one of the most helpful editors on Wikipedia, in general. Zenwhat (talk ) 03:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Zenwhat (talk) 03:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for watchdogging my pages, and I'm glad I could be of help. The Transhumanist 03:56, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		I, List of basic American Civil War topics article from scratch. Great Job! DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:17, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

My Userpage

Hi There First id like to thank you immensly for your pages about creating a decent userpage!! They are great and I would be lost without them!! Just one question, On my userpage i have a small welcome banner up the top. How do I make this text larger and change the font? Sorry if you have already covered this somewhere. Thanks in advanceCstubbies (talk) 12:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

A valuable service

I think you need recognition for doing the job of ten other editors, and doing it out of altruism and genuine belief in Wikipedia. Not many editors here have the same good attitude and provide the same service as you - I don't have any specific point to put across, but I thought you should just be prodded and reminded that you do a lot of good around here, in the hope you'll keep it up. Kudos! Seegoon (talk) 17:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

:)

		The Excellent Userpage Award
		Nice page. jaytur1 (talk · contribs) 12:13, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Welcoming committee

Just a note, I've made a minor update to your contributions. To reiterate my edit summary, you put in a tonne of effort there, and you deserve to be credited for it :) Feel free to revert, nonetheless. Regards,

List of basic space exploration topics

Hi there TTH, Just wanted to thank you for your labors on this page, which is a great resource for us. Bill Wwheaton (talk) 17:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

You'd better hope there is a humour barnstar

... because you just gave me the biggest laugh in weeks. Good stuff giving that RfA spammer what-for here. αѕєηιηє ^t/_c 22:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

List of basic Canada topics

Nice work -- I will withdraw the AfD nom. – ukexpat (talk) 00:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Done

Fictional lists

The deletion review was approved for recreation: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 March 10. Just letting you know, in case you weren't watchlisting it. I'm not sure what you have to do next to get the old version undeleted though (if that's what you wanted :) Nice catch on rescuing that grouping. -- Quiddity (talk) 00:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

'Tis for you

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I've noticed the extra mile you've gone to help a new user, and I wanted you to know it hasn't gone unnoticed. Keep up the good work! Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 16:40, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I award this barnstar to The Transhumanist, for being patient and taking four rounds of references from me, until they were all valid. Fan 01:21, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I award this barnstar to The Transhumanist, for putting funny stuff on his discussion page which led me to copy them and put some of those funny stuff on my website. Thanks. Emir34 01:21, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

List_of_basic_France_topics

Hi Transhumanist, I wanted to note that I saw all of your work on the List of Basic France topics, and I appreciate it! Lazulilasher (talk) 02:12, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

From Zach...

Guidance Star

Happy Transhumanist's Day!

The Transhumanist has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, so I've officially declared today as sign )

Happy The Transhumanist's Day!

The Transhumanist has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as The Transhumanist's day! For your history of dedicated work to the project, enjoy being the Star of the day, The Transhumanist! Cheers, bibliomaniac15 22:08, 4 June 2009 (UTC) If you'd like to show off your awesomeness, you can use this userbox.

Congrats. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:44, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

I think...

...you need a barnstar for all of the hard work you have put into the

		The Barnstar Barnstar
		You deserve two! at-210 discovered elements ∞ what am I? 20:21, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

Transhumanist my friend,

It's about time you deserve a barnstar for all your contributions to outlines on Wikipedia, and also for being the promoter that you are for outlines. If it wasn't for you we might not have outlines as they are, so it is my honor to present to you the Special Barnstar because no other barnstar could merit what you do for outlines on Wikipedia.  :-) Burningview (talk) 03:42, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		This barnstar is presented to Transhumanist for all the hard work, contributions, coordination, and promotion he does in advancing the idea, coverage, content, and quality of Outlines on Wikipedia. For this he deserves a Special Barnstar Burningview (talk) 03:42, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Well done

		The Special Barnstar
		This award is in appreciation of the excellent work you have done supporting the development of Outlines on Wikipedia Thruxton (talk) 18:59, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Made me laugh

You once said in a AFD: "If you are building a robot, you can start with just the left pinky." I love that. Happy New Year! Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 20:34, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Impressed

I just wanted to tell you (probably not the 1st ^^ ) that your are an incredible wikipedia member, your userpage is simply amazing and your contribution is...gigantic? huge? Incredible? not for the number edits (still high) but rather over the appropriateness of the things that you have created, especially the outline project. I wont give you another award, you already have billions, but simply a modest "Bravo!". -- Offiikart (Talk) 05:23, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

another thanks

I appreciate you pointing me in the direction of a formatted signature. For some reason I couldn't find any reference to how it is done in the years I have been here. Cheers. ◦◦derekbd◦◦my talk◦◦ 12:16, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Impressed

I just wanted to tell you (probably not the 1st ^^ ) that your are an incredible wikipedia member, your userpage is simply amazing and your contribution is...gigantic? huge? Incredible? not for the number edits (still high) but rather over the appropriateness of the things that you have created, especially the outline project. I wont give you another award, you already have billions, but simply a modest "Bravo!". -- Offiikart (Talk) 05:23, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi, thanks a lot for the barnstar, you are truly a user with whom it is pleasant to interact. I greatly appreciate your help, your tips and you recognition on the work done, even if only very minimal compared to the work you have done.

I think you, more than everyone else, deserve a special recognition. Here is the first Barnstar I ever awarded :

		The WikiProject Barnstar
		To The Transhumanist who created the outline project and tirelessly continues to improve it. A special thanks for your help and your recognition. OffiikartTalk 13:54, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

ps. I did put the page alert on my watchlist

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Your fine contributions are not overlooked. You are a quality editor, and we are so glad you are here. Thanks to the user:Transhumanist! Pinkstrawberry02™ talk 01:49, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Note to user getting this message: Please respond on Pinkstrawberry02's talk page. If for some reason you cannot, please send them a {{talkback}} and reply on your own talk page. Thanks for your understanding in this manner. See ya around the wiki!

barnstar

		The Chess Barnstar
		Awarded for many contributions to chess articles, especially the Outline of chess. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 16:34, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks so much for your work on the Outline of domestic violence, it is so much better that it's astounding how far it's come along. Thanks for making my first outline "sing"! CaroleHenson (talk) 11:11, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

You're first one? Wonderful! I can't wait to see what you come up with next. And I also look forward to seeing what you have in store for this outline. Thank you for the barnstar. It's very nice to feel appreciated. The Transhumanist 22:10, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Wow! Thanks for your help on the Future studies project. I can't believe all the pages you've contributed to, but glad you found ours!... RealFuturist (talk) 17:09, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	Thanks for the ndashes on the Apple outline article. Zach Vega (talk) 00:58, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Many years ago, back before I had created my current account, I created a humble little userspace navigation menu based off of two of your menus from the User Page Design Center (initially 6). Over the years it has grown, but I don't know if I ever would have started it without seeing your menus first. I just want to thank you for putting the effort into creating those menus and then sharing them at the Design Center where they have been helpful for people like me. I hope you don't mind me borrowing from your hard work! Thanks again and take care! Michael Barera (talk ) 03:30, 13 January 2013 (UTC)