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A pocket guide to arbitration - under slow development User:Short Brigade Harvester Boris

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ArbCom

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All those in favor of Shock Brigade Harvester Boris running for the next ArbCom, say "aye". Drmies (talk) 00:53, 10 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

I am going to request indefinite full protection. Or full indefinite protection, whichever one it is supposed to be. Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 02:35, 14 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

It has dawned on me that you folks may actually be serious about this. If that is the case I am truly moved by your (unwarranted) confidence. But there is no way that I could take the time to do a good job. Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 02:36, 17 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

--Stephan Schulz (talk) 07:47, 17 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Precious

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ART
Thank you for looking at "details, nuance, or context" of issues, for your pocket guide, for appreciating the magnificence of ART, 'tis the season - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (21 August 2010)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:43, 31 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

message now in br'erly thanksgiving (or should I say Halloween?) style ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:13, 4 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

Did you know that you, #290 of my Pumpkin Sky prize, were the first of many in that style? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:11, 31 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

Two years ago, you were the 290th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:38, 31 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

An image for your handwritten note --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:04, 12 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

I happened to read again your guide to arbitration, had forgotten too much, filed amendment yesterday ;) - I wonder how teh case had developed if I had read it before? DYK ... peace? - I was pleased to find my first entry on this talk still in place. Did you see an image by the user on top of my talk? I joined another project, after Freedom of speech ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:33, 10 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

Four years ago, you were recipient no. 290 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:52, 31 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Five years ago now. Music written with your name, DYK? 500 years Reformation, 5 years reformation. - I commented in a request for arbitration. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:50, 31 October 2017 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, Comrade Gerda. You are truly a jewel of this community. Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 01:29, 1 November 2017 (UTC)Reply
Comrade Boris, you make me blush again ;) - Six years now, and no end of reformation needed --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 31 October 2018 (UTC)Reply
Now Gerda, no need for blushing! We are all grown ups here. Well, some are grown ups who act like children, but that's another matter. Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 03:24, 1 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

To friends of Boris: bad news

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I'm sorry to have to report the death of Boris, aka Raymond. I have an email from his son, which he wanted shared here so that people who had known him on-wiki would know: I'm sorry to come to you with bad news. My dad had a massive stroke biking home from work on Tuesday, and was pronounced brain dead on Wednesday evening. In a final act of generosity, he donated his organs to save the lives of four other people. Boris was a good person, and I'll miss him William M. Connolley (talk) 21:43, 18 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

Oh no. I'm so sorry to hear this. Brilliant, unfailingly good-humored, caring. I have no more words. Antandrus (talk) 22:06, 18 November 2018 (UTC)Reply
That is appalling news. My deepest condolences to Raymond's (Boris)'s family. Simon Adler (talk) 22:10, 18 November 2018 (UTC)Reply
Is it appropriate for me to link to the obituary? EdJohnston (talk) 22:17, 18 November 2018 (UTC)Reply
A link would be appropriate - he used to edit under his real-life name. I am so sorry to hear about this. Acroterion (talk) 22:25, 18 November 2018 (UTC)Reply
Yes, that seems a good idea. I think you mean OBITUARY Dr. Raymond Ward Arritt SEPTEMBER 19, 1957 – NOVEMBER 14, 2018
I think we have just collectively violated OUTING rule #2375, but I'm sorry he is no longer with us. I cherished the hope he would one day re-assume his admin bit. For those not aware, his username is tribute to Soviet propaganda poster. EdJohnston (talk) 22:39, 18 November 2018 (UTC)Reply
This is Boris's/Ray's son. Thank you to all of you for your well wishes. I know my dad spent a lot of time working (and playing, for that matter) on Wikipedia with all of you. I'll be checking this page for the next few weeks, and would welcome any memories or stories you have to share either here or on the memorial page. No problem to link to the obit, which is posted but not quite finished while we wait for the funeral director to upload a photo of him. Sarritt (talk) 00:53, 19 November 2018 (UTC)Reply
 
A day after the shock: I hope he would have liked this little memorial. Sarritt, I hope you like it. I "met" you father in a rough situation - we lost a friend (not to death ...) - and as you can see in the dialogue above (which we continued once a year), he was the one to bring me back to serenity. Many of us trusted him to be an arbitrator in the true sense. - There are many other stories on this page alone. - Best wishes to you and your family, and keep living that spirit. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:06, 19 November 2018 (UTC)Reply
The talk page was archived, which I reverted but only once. Some in the above make no sense:
"Jewel" and the last words on this talk page are now in Archive 4.
"ArbCom" is now in Archive 6.
The "many other stories" are now scattered in different archives.
I hope that the talk will be restored as an accessible memory of his thinking. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:14, 28 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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  The Original Barnstar
Oh Shock Brigade Harvester Boris, I don't know what I'm going to do without you. What a loss, how happy I was with your irregular but frequent comments, how honored--what wit, what optimism, what zeal for life. Drmies (talk) 01:18, 20 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

A great loss to us all

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You and I never interacted all that much Raymond, but I have seen you around many times over the years and am absolutely stunned to learn of your recent passing. We've lost one of the wisest, sanest, and most down-to-earth editors that I have ever had the privilege of coming across, and Wikipedia will not be better off for it.

My condolences to the innumerable people - family, friends, students, and editors alike - whose lives were impacted on some level or another by Raymond Arritt. His loss is our loss; his absence, a palpable void for us all to bear. But his memory shall live on. May we all seek to foster in ourselves the same passion and dedication that Raymond embodied in everything he did.

Rest in peace, Professor Arritt. Wikipedia will never forget you and everything you've done for us. Kurtis (talk) 23:25, 29 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

Impact

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Impact
 
Thank you for your impact
in changing the climate
among editors by saying
"have a laugh"!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:31, 3 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Ray's Rules

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This list was sent to me by SBHB's widow, who said "they are worth sharing and help explain his kind and generous nature." Drmies (talk) 03:37, 11 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

  1. You and your problems are not the most important thing in the world.
  2. Choose your battles. Yield when it doesn’t matter, and stand your ground when it does.
  3. Keep a thick skin. Don’t let criticism discourage you. Instead, let it teach you.
  4. You learn more from listening than from talking. “A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.” (Wilson Mizner)
  5. Don’t waste your time arguing with an idiot.
  6. Give other people the same respect that you would want from them. (Matthew 7:12)
  7. The surest way to drive yourself crazy is to compare yourself to other people.
  8. Take the high road, no matter what the other person does. It will benefit you in the long run. (Romans 12:20)
  9. Don’t take yourself too seriously: “We share 99% of our genes with mice, and we even have the genes that could make a tail.” (Dr. Jane Rogers, Human Sequencing and Mapping Project Manager, Sanger Institute); “The graveyards are full of indispensable men.” (Charles de Gaulle)
  10. The most important thing is to be able to look yourself in the mirror. “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it’s right.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Thanks for sharing these. A little context for the curious: my dad quietly kept these rules in his office--we're not sure when he first wrote them, but they were a little code of conduct he kept for himself. He didn't ever mention explicitly that he had written them or what they were for, but they were instantly familiar when we found them. Not only in how how accurately they described how he lived, but in the sorts of advice he'd give in conversation. The one about not comparing yourself to others is one that he'd need to remind me of frequently, and after his passing I feel a much deeper understanding of what he meant. Sarritt (talk) 01:29, 14 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

DYK

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Did you know ...

... that after the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
shared the Nobel Peace Prize,
contributing author Raymond Arritt said,
"It's kind of neat: I have, like, .002 percent of a Nobel prize now"?
(12 January 2019)

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:15, 12 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

Inaugural presentation of a long-overdue award

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  Global warming and climate change barnstar
For your many years of tireless, kind, and thoughtful climate editing, may we present you, Boris, with the first-ever Global Warming and Climate Change Barnstar. Apologies I didn't think of this a long time ago, for it is long overdue. Hopefully the new editors interested in the topic area will be inspired by the footprints you left on the sands of our talk page archives. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 16:19, 15 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

I thought of you today

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sad fishy

...when I discovered you are among the "Wikipedians who cannot be trout-slapped because they are already fish". You are missed, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 03:32, 29 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

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Awesome
 
Ten years!

... and always will be --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:40, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Miss you, buddy. MastCell Talk 16:41, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Indeed. GMGtalk 16:44, 21 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Precious anniversary

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Precious
 
Nine years!

songs without word --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:20, 31 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

I heard Elvis (C., not P.) on the radio this morning and thought of you, which led me to look through some of our old email threads. I'm sorry that we never got together for that beer we talked about, but I thought we had more time. I don't pretend to know What Comes Next, but I hope that somewhere you're getting slide-guitar lessons from Elmore James. You're missed down here. MastCell Talk 17:08, 14 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

I mentioned you in a little memorial to missed dear friends, with climate change as today's featured article, on reformation day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:31, 31 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Always precious

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Ten years ago, you were found precious. You are remembered, and will be. The 2022 Halloween treat is a cat I met. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:55, 31 October 2022 (UTC)Reply