User talk:D.M.N./Archive 7

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As you can see from my userpage, I'm retiring from Wikipedia. This is for a variety of reasons, first of which is real-life reasons - I don't have the time or energy to edit Wikipedia like I use to. I use to enjoy editing the encyclopedia on a daily basis, however, I now feel that urge and enjoyment has gone, and I don't want to feel like I'm editing the encyclopedia for "the sake of it".

It's been a fun two years, even though I deeply regret some of the things I did within that time. A few users who I'd like to thank:

• Spartaz - without that "decision" chances are, I would still be indefinitely blocked. I, wholeheartedly, thank you for making that decision, which came with a lot of criticism from other users for it.
• Diniz - for being a very good copy-editor, and for helping me get two Formula One related articles to FAC.
• iMatthew - a good WikiFriend over the past year. Hope you and your buddies get a lot more good articles and build the professional wrestling project further.
• DH85868993 - for doing what most would consider "tedious" tasks; the smaller tasks that the wider community would probably not notice - ranging from fixing links to directing users to page moves. A great help he has been in general.
• Nikki311 and GCF - for transforming stubs to good articles on a regular basis at WP:PW. Both a pleasure to work with.
• Pedro - despite a little bit of activity in the past few months; a very good admin to work with.

I've probably missed out half a dozen there, but every user is special in their own, unique way.

It's been a fun ride, but all good things must come to a halt. I'd like to thank WP:PW and WP:F1 for helping me get a few articles close to me to FA-status - hopefully they can be maintained to featured standard in the future.

You might see me doing minor edits in the future - and if time frees up, I might edit here and there, but for the most part, I'm out of here. As I said at the beginning, Wikipedia use to be a fun place to edit. In my personal view, it no longer is because of the constant bickering that tends to override all the good work that you guys do. If only everyone could like each other. Thanks to those that have make Wikipedia a friendlier environment, and I'll see you some time, some where, some day. This is absolutely ridiculous. Why do you think users LEAVE this project? I find this embarrasing to look at.

D.M.N.

All the best

It is unfortunate that you are leaving us, especially at a time when there is serious decline in number of editors on Wikipedia and even more decreasing number of good and serious editors. I wish you success in your future endeavors. ^LeaveSleaves _talk 17:53, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Ditto. All the best, DMN. AGK 19:33, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

My very best regards to you and yours. I respect your decision and will certainly miss your input here. Good luck in everything you do in the future. Pedro :  Chat  20:38, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the mention! I agree with and second the comments of those who have already posted, and would like to say that your work and achievements relating to WP:F1 have been much appreciated. I hope that, as you say, you will still be around to make the occasional edit, even if not to the same extent as in the past. Best wishes,--Diniz(talk) 22:40, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Ditto for me. DH85868993 (talk) 01:37, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Wow. I'm sorry to see that. Thanks for the help in the last few weeks on F1 stuff. Hope you decide to return, the place is better with you here. Apterygial ^talk_stalk^{insane idea} 11:10, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh. I liked what you did here. I've learnt from you. Chubbennaitor 16:02, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Very sad to see

I'm very sad to see you've gone, but we all have to move on eventually. Nobody can edit forever, and we all eventually come to real life time contraints that hold us back from editing. Thank you for all you've done for me in your time here, and good luck moving forward in real life. Hopefully you'll come back one day, but for now - you'll be missed. iMatthew 19:36, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Dave for everything you've done for me, You've been a great friend during your stay. Thank you for helping me when I was doing stuff wrong, the whole sock issue, changing user account, and being uncivil o more then one occasion. It's partly because of you that I've broken free from that stuff. THANK YOU!!!!! SteelersFan-94 20:30, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Bye

You and me never really talked or got to know one another, but it is sad to see you retire. Hopefully one day you'll decide to come out of retirement and you and me can talk. The project will not be the same without you. I guess I'll say something cliche and leave. Happy trails.--WillC 05:43, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

I've been very impressed with what you've been able to do with the Wrestling articles that I've reviewed at WP:GA! Thank you for everything that you've done. I bet you'll feel the need to edit/cleanup from time to time. Royalbroil 04:38, 7 December 2008 (UTC)