User:William M. Connolley/Compliments and endorsements

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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
For trying (and unluckily, failing) to clear that landmine of an article. Sceptre (talk) 09:21, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Saw what happened and I have to second this here. --Childhood's End (talk) 13:40, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[nb: was Allegations of state terrorism by the United States William M. Connolley (talk) 22:34, 15 May 2008 (UTC)]

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
For tirelessly fighting POV pushers on the Global warming article and others I, Aaron Bowen, award you this defender of the Wiki barnstar. Aaron Bowen 00:22, 7 May 2007 (UTC)



The Working Man's Barnstar
For doing a task that makes me grind my teeth just thinking about it, this star is for you! Syrthiss 22:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
for boldly speaking the truth... sbandrews 23:21, 9 March 2007 (UTC)


Sunny Temperament
We, the children of the Earth, acknowledge William M. Connolley to have written many words of wisdom, which will be heeded for generations to come. As such these Barnstars are for your continuing efforts for that which is good, fair and accurate in Wikipedia.

So say we all.
So say we all! RoyBoy, Guettarda, KillerChihuahua, FeloniousMonk, ScienceApologist, WAS 4.250, Jim62sch, Dragons flight, Skyemoor 19:14, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

07:42, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Pseudoscience be Gone!    Toward being better than Britannica    Mention in Nature

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks for your continuous efforts to keep maintain wiki-integrity! HIZKIAH (User • Talk) 13:19, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
For remaining resolute in the face of extreme provocation, I Guettarda award you the Barnstar of Resiliency
For remaining resolute in the face of extreme provocation, I Guettarda award you the Barnstar of Resiliency
Sir, as a fellow science communication enthusiast I feel you deserve this fine atom star! Joe D (t)
Sir, as a fellow science communication enthusiast I feel you deserve this fine atom star! Joe D (t)
Admin Star. Beware the power. Wear it in good health. --Ancheta Wis 18:05, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Admin Star. Beware the power. Wear it in good health. --Ancheta Wis 18:05, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Sanchez, from karmafist 05:59, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Sanchez, from karmafist 05:59, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Working Man's BarnstarPresented to William M. Connolley for consistent work adminstering WP:3RR including updating archives relative to Template:Administrators' noticeboard navbox by Netscott 18:07, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Working Man's Barnstar
Presented to William M. Connolley for consistent work adminstering WP:3RR including updating archives relative to Template:Administrators' noticeboard navbox by Netscott 18:07, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
I Wikibofh(talk) 02:40, 29 June 2006 (UTC), hereby award WMC this WMB for calmly working 3RR. It is typically a thankless task that, as near as I can tell, you are carrying the lion's share of.
I Wikibofh(talk) 02:40, 29 June 2006 (UTC), hereby award WMC this WMB for calmly working 3RR. It is typically a thankless task that, as near as I can tell, you are carrying the lion's share of.
To William M. Connolley for the thankless job of maintaining WP:AN3. It is appreciated -- Samir धर्म 14:23, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
To William M. Connolley for the thankless job of maintaining WP:AN3. It is appreciated -- Samir धर्म 14:23, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Compliments / Endorsements

Naturally enough, I tend to end up talking more with people who I am trying to agree wordings with, which (on controversial pages) tends to be people who disagree with me. So its nice sometimes to have people who do agree with me. The RFC especially brought this out.

  • William M. Connolley is widely viewed in Wikipedia as being highly knowledgeable in the field he is writing about (the arbcomm: [1])
  • a professional scientist who has adopted a couple of controversial topics - areas within his considerable expertice. He does a good job keeping the articles focused on the science ([2] Vsmith)
  • Keep up the good work WMC ([3] G-Man)
  • His knowledge of the science related to climate change is comprehensive... I would like to commend William for his excellent work on Wikipedia ([4] Sunray)
  • he's been struggling to present accurate and neutral text ([5] Mel Etitis)
  • WMC tries to keep articles readable and focused, and very much tries to keep nonsense out of them. I am very glad that someone does this necessary work ([6] Stephan Schulz)
  • always willing to discuss disputes, and makes concessions where he feels it is appropriate ([7] Graft)
  • Thank you for your recent edit [8] to this article. That is exactly the kind of editing that Wikipedia needs more of to nip this sort of dispute in the bud, before it becomes a problem for the articles and editors. Keep it up! Cheers --Ryan Delaney
  • Connolley has done such amazing work... Jimbo Wales, reported in Nature: see [9]. More recently, I get a brief mention (at 9:30 ish) in an interview Jimbo did.
  • I'd just like to say that you have been handling all the edit wars and attacks from the dissenters quite well, despite their accusations of incivility on your part. Keep it up; Wikipedia needs more people like you. -- Cielomobile talk / contribs 17:50, 11 April 2007 (UTC)