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Gidonb

Joined 29 November 2003

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Gidonb is an information scientist and a polyglot. He is a Wikipedian since 2003. He was a lead actor in a film, has published, has been interviewed in the media, and has recorded. When he thinks of someone who is not notable, he thinks of himself.

  • Countries and territories lived in / visited:
    • Africa Egypt Ethiopia
    • Asia China Cyprus Israel Japan Jordan Thailand United Arab Emirates and State of Palestine
    • Europe Czech Republic
      • North Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden United Kingdom
      • South Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia North Macedonia Greece Italy SloveniaSpain Vatican City and Kosovo
      • West (all but Liechtenstein) Austria Belgium France Germany Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Switzerland
    • North America Canada Costa Rica United States and Collectivity of Saint Martin Sint Maarten
  • States and autonomous regions lived in / visited:
    • Africa: Ethiopia Amhara Region Oromia Region Tigray Region and Addis Ababa
    • Asia: United Arab Emirates Emirate of Dubai
    • Europe: Austria Styria Upper Austria; Bosnia and Herzegovina (all) Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska; Belgium (all) Brussels Flemish Region Wallonia; Germany (to do); Spain Community of Madrid Switzerland (to do); United Kingdom England Scotland
    • North America: Canada Toronto Quebec
      • United States
        • East Connecticut Florida Georgia (U.S. state) Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York (state) Pennsylvania South Carolina Virginia and Washington, D.C.
        • Central Alabama Arkansas Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Ohio Oklahoma Tennessee Texas Wisconsin
        • West Arizona California Colorado Nevada Utah
  • Airport visits only: Djibouti Qatar
  • "Next visits", by continent: Australia Kenya Mexico Portugal Suriname Qatar

All visits are recorded based on the current entities and boundaries, even if I had visited a location before any changes occurred. The "next visits" are not a bucket list or a planned travel itinerary but rather my best estimate of where I might end up first if I were to visit an unvisited country on each continent. This approach is a forward-looking way of completing the list. I then compare these predictions with actual travel, which often takes me back to countries and regions I've visited before. Still, the UAE was on the list, and I eventually traveled there. Since then, I’ve conservatively replaced it with Qatar as the "next next."

Awards and honors

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Lifetime awards

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    The Erasmus Star
    On January 15, 2015, the Wikipedia community was collectively awarded the 2015 Erasmus Prize for promoting "the dissemination of knowledge through a comprehensive and universally accessible encyclopaedia."
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    PumpkinSky Prize: Precious, balance
    Thank you, Gidon, open for many languages, for quality articles on a wide spectrum of topics, such as International Society for Contemporary Music, Moroccan Wall and Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma,
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    (Continued)
    for the correct Netherlands, for dispute resolution, consensus building and "creating a first or better balance in many articles", - you are an awesome Wikipedian! Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:50, 2 August 2015
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    100,000 Edit Star for completing 100,000 edits globally. Current count:
    Total edits 126k
    Enwiki 95k (2003–, #960)
    Nlwiki 25k (2003–07, #332)
    Hewiki 3k (2003–)
    Dewiki, Wikidata: 1k
    Commons: 200
    Itwiki, Meta, Simple: 100

Barnstars

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    I, Ramallite, hereby award you this Barnstar for your efforts at revamping Jerusalem. (KC) 20:50, 17 February 2006
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    Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
    For your service and dedication to helping Wikipedia grow and improve. Your work on the Hitler page is most notable. Keep up the good work! Sharkface217 01:48, 31 October 2006
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    The Rescue Barnstar
    I, Eco Lee Tage, award User:Gidonb with this star for saving Farris (mineral water) from deletion. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:14, 24 May 2008
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    A barnstar for a very special editor
    The Editor's Barnstar
    for your help breaking a new user into Wikipedia. Katrinpark (talk) 16:06, 18 February 2014
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    A barnstar for you!
    The Editor's Barnstar
    For creating wonderful articles on notable works of architecture and design E.M.Gregory (talk) 10:39, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
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    A barnstar for you!
    Helping users barnstar
    Thank you for your help and burn my fire En.wikipedia again ! Đông Minh (talk) 07:55, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
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    The Teamwork Barnstar
    Awarded to all editors who contributed to creating such a fine article on the Notre-Dame de Paris fire so quickly. Well done! Mjroots (talk) 05:21, 16 April 2019
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    A barnstar for you!
    The Citation Barnstar
    Your work on Daniella van Graas was exceptional. Over and above the norm. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:39, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
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    The Civility Barnstar
    You were right and polite. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:05, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
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    Mediator in AFD
    The Mediator Barnstar
    Correct and timely message in the AFD discussion that had the potential to escalate. Thanks! And well done. NiklausGerard (talk) 05:31, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
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    A barnstar for you!
    The Original Barnstar
    For your work on Jeonathan Prato. Bearian (talk) 14:27, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
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    A barnstar for you!
    The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
    Thank you for preventing folks with an ideological axe to grind from deleting articles. Bearian (talk) 20:50, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Kittens, pastries, and drinks

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    A Dobos torte for you! 7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it. 11:11, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
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    Some stroopwafels for you! Thanks for your post at the AFD G. I am glad you gave some thought to a redirect as well. I appreciate your input so I hope you enjoy these. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 01:36, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
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    A kopstoot for you
    Here is a kopstoot for all the drama in your history. I couldn't find any Jenever on commons, so you have to mix it with a whiskey. I assume the effect will be similar. KittenKlub (talk) 16:01, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
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    A kitten for you!
    For your work on Spijkstaal
    The Banner talk 08:19, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
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    Thanks for the barnstar
    Hello @Gidonb, thank you so much for the barnstar. Here's a plate full of cookies for you! UMStellify (talk) 18:28, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
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    Some baklava for you!
    Thanks for bringing such great energy to Wikipedia. Love the positivity! SuperTah (talk) 14:12, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
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    Aqua Security
    @Gidonb have some kanafeh for your keeping off the page. [I]t should be removed anyway. Allah bless you, son. 2603:7080:B07:D22C:B548:29E9:7783:9071 (talk) 11:30, 4 September 2024

Honors in the 2000s

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Honors in the 2010s

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Honors in 2020–24

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Gratitude

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    Yeaboy2
    [T]hank you for doing the original tracking and marking work. Herostratus 18:52, 25 May 2007
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    TRFA/ Haham hanuka
    Hi Gidonb. Thank you for alerting me to TRFA/ Haham hanuka and his disturbing activities. I will remain alert and I salute you for your vigilence. Dogru144 13:35, 28 October 2007
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    Barnstar thanks
    I recognize you as a creator of quality, reliably sourced content, which makes your positive feedback all the more meaningful. --Orlady (talk) 18:26, 6 July 2008
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    Integrative Intelligence
    @Gidonb: Thank you for your in-depth reply. This is by far the best argument for deletion here and I thank you for the research you made for it. Fixuture (talk) 16:13, 11 June 2017
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    Thank you
    for starting a page on Elsie Ames – it's long overdue!! Therealfyuzhe (talk) 19:15, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
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    Hi Gidonb! Thank you for your great answers. Thanks, Arminden (talk) 05:21, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
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