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Gidonb is an information scientist and a polyglot, married, and a father of two. A dedicated Wikipedian since 2003, he works hard to take this project to the next level. Gidonb has taught at universities, published scientific and journalistic works, been a lead actor in a film, recorded a song, and appeared in media interviews. When he thinks of someone who is not notable, he immediately thinks of himself.
Countries and territories lived in / visited:
Africa
Asia and
Europe
North
South and
West (all but Liechtenstein)
North America and
States and autonomous regions lived in / visited:
Africa: Ethiopia and Addis Ababa
Asia: United Arab Emirates
Europe: Austria; Bosnia and Herzegovina (all); Belgium (all); Germany (to do); Spain Switzerland (to do); United Kingdom
North America: Canada
United States
East and
Central
West
Airport visits only:
"Next visits", by continent:
All visits are recorded based on current entities and boundaries, even if I had visited a location before changes occurred. The 'next visits' are not a bucket list or a planned 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 forward-looking approach helps complete the list, and I compare these predictions with actual travel, which more often than not takes me back to previously visited countries and regions. Still, the UAE was on the list, then I traveled there. Since, I've conservatively replaced it with Qatar as the 'next next'. I've visited the airport and next time I might make it into town! :-)
The Erasmus Star On January 15, 2015, the Wikipedia community was collectively awarded the 2015Erasmus Prize for promoting "the dissemination of knowledge through a comprehensive and universally accessible encyclopaedia."
(Continued) for the correctNetherlands, for dispute resolution, consensus building and "creating a first or better balance in many articles", - you are anawesome Wikipedian!Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:50, 2 August 2015
100,000 Edit Star for completing 100,000 edits globally. Current count: Total edits 128k Enwiki 98k (2003–,#980) Nlwiki 25k (2003–07,#338) Hewiki 3k (2003–) Dewiki, Wikidata: 1k Commons: 200 Itwiki, Meta, Simple: 100
Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar For your service and dedication to helping Wikipedia grow and improve. Your work on theHitler page is most notable. Keep up the good work!Sharkface217 01:48,31 October2006
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
A barnstar for you! The Editor's Barnstar For creating wonderful articles on notable works of architecture and designE.M.Gregory (talk) 10:39, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
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)
The Teamwork Barnstar Awarded to all editors who contributed to creating such a fine article on theNotre-Dame de Paris fire so quickly. Well done!Mjroots (talk) 05:21, 16 April 2019
A barnstar for you! The Citation Barnstar Your work onDaniella van Graas was exceptional. Over and above the norm.7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:39, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
The Civility Barnstar You were right and polite.7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:05, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
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)
A barnstar for you! The Original Barnstar For your work onJeonathan Prato.Bearian (talk) 14:27, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
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)
A barnstar for you! The Editor's Barnstar You've been contributing to the project for a long time, consistently making valuable edits. Keep up the great work! —Sadko(words are wind) 11:05, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
ADobos torte for you!7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you aDobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it. 11:11, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
Some stroopwafels for you! Thanks for yourpost 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)
A kopstoot for you Here is akopstoot 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)
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)
Some baklava for you! Thanks for bringing such great energy to Wikipedia. Love the positivity!SuperTah (talk) 14:12, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
Germany 17,000 daily views From 12/2004 to 2006 I fought for and achieved the permanent inclusion ofThe Holocaust. Shockingly, it was systematically removed as "POV pushing", including by sockpuppets. WikiProject Germany FA-class, Top-importance Version 1.0 /Vital FA-class, Top-importance
Indonesian Wikipedia Hey Gidonb thank you! I have put this additional information in the Indonesian Wikipedia!Meursault2004 12:40, 5 April 2006 (UTC) Thank you very much for your attention and help in correcting the spelling in the Indonesian article!Meursault2004 15:51, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
In July 2014,The future of the past: A case study on the representation of the Holocaust on Wikipedia, Master Thesis of Rudolf den Hartogh atErasmus University Rotterdam put me at a shared 10th place in contributions toThe Holocaust article on nl.wiki. I had quit that Wikipedia as early as 2007.
Israel Festival Created 2007-7-3 10 daily views WikiProject Israel Mid-importance Used in: "Muzikaal toerisme [תיירות מוסיקלית בירשאל]",Aleh volume 72, number 4, September 2014, pages 36–37.
Parachute Express Created 2008-9-25 30 daily views The current state of the article is infin[i]tely better, explaining exactlywhy Parachute Express are a significant band, with references to back it up. Great work! --Stormie (talk) 00:19, 26 September 2008
On 28 of October 2015Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articleLouis Fles that I created on 2008-04-23 andVaDawn expanded. The fact wasthat in 1933, accountant and furniture importerLouis Fles wrote an anti-Nazi radio address that was so strident, it was banned by the Dutch government.
A columnist fromAlblasserdam translated 'my'Simon Berman article to Dutch, copied all its sources, and added some images and sections from linked articles on nl.wiki to create an 8/2014 column at alblasserdam.net that is chapter 17 in his first book, published 12/2014 at Brave New Books, Amsterdam. Sourced from Wikipedia.
Zwart-Wit '28 Created 2016-12-28 AfD result:speedy keep This is a well written article with references from reputable sources, they have played in the third tier and have a rich history in Dutch football. [...] I think this article should stay. Regards,Subzzee (talk) 14:49, 2 January 2017
Evelyn Young 10 daily views Found this article in 2017 as an AfDd stub with 2 web sources. Removed sources, expanded article, added 22 references. AfD result:keep Wikiproject Biography C-Class
DYK for Line the Label On2 January 2018,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleLine the Label, which you brought to good article status. The fact was... that so many people wanted aLine the Label jacket that the company's server crashed?Alex Shih (talk) 00:03, 2 January 2018
DYK for Daniella van Graas On18 June 2019,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleDaniella van Graas, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status.Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 18 June 2019 (UTC) 20 daily views
Omroep Zeeland "Keep perWP:HEY. The article has been significantly improved by Gidonb since the nomination. If some of the 25 sources now cited in the article are independent and reliable, then GNG is met."Toughpigs 08:01, 25 February 2020 (UTC) "The result waskeep."buidhe 23:45, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
Marijn Backer "Significant effort expended and good sourcing changes made to the article. I would ask the other reviewers on this thread to revisit for another evaluation."Concertmusic 19:54, 7 December 2020 (UTC) "After article improvement, consensus iskeep."Onel5969 23:57, 14 December 2020
Chris Arlman "At the time of the nomination the article was in a terrible state but Gidonb has done an excellent job here on not only greatly improving the article but creating a decent enough article which shows more than enough sources to press GNG."Govvy 13:38, 11 January 2021 "The result waskeep."The Aafī(talk) 17 January 2021
Jan Geersing "Keep Meets WP:GNG, multiple secondary sources about the person."SportsOlympic (talk) 18:01, 9 April 2021 (UTC) "Keep. Per Gidonb's improvements of the article."KittenKlub (talk) 07:20, 11 April 2021 (UTC) "The result waskeep."Aseleste (t,e |c,l) 06:26, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
Albert Levy Themans "Keep the originaltwo-sentence stub inspired no confidence int he subject's notability. Howevergidonb did a spectacular job on bringing the article to its current state. There is no question now that the sourcing supports GNG."Possibly 18 April 2021 "The result waskeep."Eddie891 19 April 2021
American football in the Netherlands "Keep per the sources on Delpher found by Gidonb and FOARP above"Mujinga, 12 January 2022 "The result waskeep. Good work bygidonb andFOARP for finding new references and for gidonb for adding them to the article."Mojo Hand 17:54, 24 January 2022
Yoel Drubin "Thank you so much!!!"Kazamzam, 8 Jan 2023 "The result waskeep. Article has improved since nomination."ASTIG️🎉 15:30, 12 Jan 2023 "Thank you so much for all your work on Yoel Drubin - references and a photograph, amazing!"Kazamzam, 12 Jan 2023
Yeaboy2 [T]hankyou for doing the original tracking and marking work.Herostratus 18:52, 25 May 2007
TRFA/Haham hanuka Hi Gidonb. Thank you for alerting me toTRFA/Haham hanuka and his disturbing activities. I will remain alert and I salute you for your vigilence.Dogru144 13:35, 28 October 2007
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
Integrative Intelligence @Gidonb: Thank you for your in-depth reply. This is by far thebest argument for deletion here and I thank you for the research you made for it.Fixuture (talk) 16:13, 11 June 2017
Thank you for starting a page onElsie Ames – it's long overdue!!Therealfyuzhe (talk) 19:15, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
HiGidonb! Thank you for your great answers. Thanks,Arminden (talk) 05:21, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
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![Yeaboy2 [T]hank you for doing the original tracking and marking work. Herostratus 18:52, 25 May 2007](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aTournesol.png)
