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I'm Bilorv and I edited Wikipedia from December 2013 to June 2024.

I've had one foot in and one foot out for a while, overcommitted to projects, and some big news means that (effective tomorrow) I won't have free time to do things properly here. I may intermittently be able to read this page ormy Wikipedia emails.

I'm proud of the small part I've played in this encyclopedia. I've been thinking a lot lately about legacy and just looking atURFA/2020 shows you that when things are not actively maintained, they will be conquered by time.No thing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away.

I'm sad this will happen to what I've written but hopefully some of it has already been useful to some people. If you are one of those people maybe you would consider looking after something I worked on with a very smallbus factor:

• Give outFour Awards (watchlist the nomination page)
• Give outTriple Crowns
• Review requests atWikiProject Television (which has had sadly little participation as of late) or some other WikiProject
• Watchlist something inWikipedia:Featured topics/Black Mirror
• Watchlist a few random things fromhere (you find particularly bad creep in synopses as the length steadily increases—seeMOS:TVPLOT/MOS:FILMPLOT)
• Sign up to be amentor answering newcomer questions
• I haven't opted out of most bot/semi-automated messages so friendlytalk page stalkers are welcome

Good article nominationscurrently require nominators to be "significant contributors" but sometimes this is waived if a significant contributor is consulted (see here)—this is me giving blanket permission for any articles where I am one.

Yours faithfully, (as one editor once called me) a "far-left extremist, mentally-ill tranny freak". —Bilorv (talk)18:15, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I'm so sorry to see you go! I hope this big news is good news, and I wish you all the best. --asilvering (talk)18:21, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We're losing so many people recently. I think there is hope of a legacy being left behind, and at least with a handful of our articles, they might stand the test of time for decades. If you want I could shepherd your articles and I'll try to help out in some of the areas you were active in, hopefully when I get back. Take care okay? You'll be remembered.The Night Watch(talk)21:10, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You've been a good, positive presence for years-- take care Bilorv!Moneytrees🏝️(Talk)21:14, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for all your work! I hope at some point in the future you'll have the time again. Same as asilvering, hope that the news are good and that your soul grows brighter ^u^ — ♠Ixtal^{(T /C )} ⁂Sign up for the 2024 DCWC! —Non nobis solum ♠10:21, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry to see you go as well. You have made a lot of good contributions to the site over the years, and hopefully we will cross paths again some day. –Epicgenius (talk)23:36, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on your new assignment, Bilorv, and thank you for your extensive coverage of women and their works. I hope that one of these days you'll find time to continue contributing. Bon voyage!--Ipigott (talk)09:33, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll miss you, Bilorv! Best of luck in your future endeavors.DanCherek (talk)04:36, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Bilorv. Hoping to see you back one day; but in the meantime, fly high and enjoy!HouseBlaster (talk · he/they)02:10, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your innovative challenges have empowered Wikipedians alike for years. Take care.TWOrantula^TM(enter the web)06:47, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Goodbye, Bilorv. I hope to see you here again one day, but until then, good luck with whatever else you are doing.QuicoleJR (talk)21:32, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to see you go. Whenever I saw your comments on a Talk page discussion, they were always thoughtful and helpful. Best wishes with your next stage.Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk)00:03, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice to finally meet you. Enjoy the life you are living.Buster Seven Talk (UTC)05:38, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was looking at old thank you messages and came acrossyours, and was downed to see you have retired. Whatever the reason is, I'm thankful you were here! Every engagement I had with you was pleasant. Much love!Panini!•🥪06:28, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	You've done alot to help several smaller editors. I hope to get that one episode to GAQuestions?fourOlifanofmrtennant (she/her)15:30, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected asEditor of the Week in recognition of your contributions!(courtesy of theWikipedia Editor Retention Project)

Bilorv has retired to San Junipero

Bilorv

Editor of the Week for the week beginning August 18, 2024-->

No thing beside remains. round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare. The lone and level sands stretch far away...Percy Shelley

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dedication and service

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User:Extraordinary Writ submitted the following nomination forEditor of the Week:

I nominate Bilorv to be Editor of the Week for unrelenting dedication to what this encyclopedia is really about. This is evident in all their contributions, from offering unusually perspicacious projectspace commentary toreviewing others' articles toinspiring heretofore unseen feats of content creation, but the best measure of their work is the impact it has on readers. When I say that Bilorv's content (about television, books, and much else) has been read 100,000,000 times, I'm more likely to be guilty of underestimation than exaggeration. And those readers – real people – encounter articles written to the highest standards, including (but not at all limited to) three FAs and fifty GAs. Bilorv is the consummatebattleship: someone whose content creation reaches and sustains high levels of quantity, quality,and relevance. In the long term, that fact is far more meaningful than any award. But the award certainly won't hurt. Seconded byUser:HouseBlaster.

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Thanks again for your efforts!Buster Seven Talk (UTC)09:19, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		The Winnowing Fan Barnstar
		For more than a decade of separating the wheat from the chaff.~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk)20:31, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

+1 Thank you, Bilorv.HouseBlaster (talk · he/they)20:39, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sm8900 (talk)17:08, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

Six years!

Miss you. --Gerda Arendt (talk)06:31, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I wish to have a page created for me. The reason is I was the FIRST JOURNALIST FROM AFRICA PERMANENTLY ACCREDITED IN THE UNITED NATIONS AT GENEVA, SWITZERLAND.

I'm a foreign correspondent for Times Publications and Corporate Africa, London, UK. I got the accreditation as their staff.

START DATE: JULY 12, 2000ANNUAL Renewable, RenewedEND DATE: JULY 2002

I WAS ACCREDITED BY THE SWISS GOVERNMENT FROM 2000 TO 2007.

I look forward to your reply --HolyMichaelGeez (talk)05:26, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @HolyMichaelGeez, welcome to wikipedia! I'm afraid Bilorv is unavailable, so I'll be answering your questions instead.

Wikipedians don't typically write articles on request. We're all volunteers, and we volunteer to write about whatever we want to write about. We also have guidelines about what kinds of topics we include in the encyclopedia. You'll find them atWP:N. "First person to do a particular thing" is not part of our criteria. What we care about is whether something has been written about in reliable, independent, secondary sources. Sorry. But if you'd like to write about other topics, we'd love to have you as an editor. --asilvering (talk)13:24, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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hi bilorv How to add collapsible on episode table? --Foxy Husky (talk)10:55, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey dude, hope you're alright. If you ever want to work on the new season of Black Mirror, "you know who to call".... I'd come out of semi-retirement just for that alone! All the best,The Rambling Man(Been a while, I know......)17:18, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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