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Editor of the Week

Adrian J. Hunter

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Editor of the Week
for the week beginning June 12, 2016

An editor who started editing in August 2006, a dedicated WikiGnome who helps wherever he can

Recognized for

Work at the Help Desk

Nomination page

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for your courteous help at the Help Desk. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Worm That Turned submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate Adrian J. Hunter to be Editor of the Week for his work at the Help Desk, where he's helped hundreds of users. He's been around for a few years (2006), but no one seems to realise how much good work he's done. He always uses the edit summary which displays his courtesy focused nature toward fellow editors.

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Thanks again for your efforts! Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 22:16, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Worm That Turned and Kevin. What a pleasant surprise!

Now, I shall celebrate my special week by mostly ignoring Wikipedia throughout a frantic flurry of marking! Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 03:23, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Penicillin production today

Hello Adrian. I have left a response for you at Talk:Penicillin#Penicillin production today. (You asked that question in 2007, but it might still interest you.) --David Göthberg (talk) 11:59, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, thanks Davidgothberg. That made my day! I don't remember asking the question, but your response was interesting to me nonetheless. I've read tidbits here and there about optimisation of penicillin production in fungi (which seems to be ongoing [1]), but didn't know algae were also used.

Wikipedia's coverage of industrial biotech seems to be pretty patchy. Algaculture#Other_uses is rudimentary, and we don't seem to discuss the pros and cons of different organisms for fermentation anywhere. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 08:42, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, yeah, I know the happy feeling when someone answers one of one's several years old questions here at Wikipedia. I am not sure why it is so funny, but it is. :)

And thanks for the link to algaculture. At least it confirms that algae are still used for some kind of medicine production. (Thus it seems my memory is not wrong.)

--David Göthberg (talk) 14:07, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Are Reality Stars Considered Actors?

Hello! I have a question. On Wikipedia, are reality stars considered actors? The way I see it, acting in a reality TV for years requires some acting talent. Just wanting to know for sure. Israell (talk) 16:19, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Whoah, tough question, Israell! Looking around the 'pedia, I see that most people in Category:Reality television participants are not also categorised as actors (unless independently known as conventional actors), and Category:Reality television participants is not a subcategory of Category:Actors. So it seems that, by and large, reality stars aren't considered actors. But I take your point that there may be certain stars who bend the definition of "reality" television, and might become known for their acting skill as demonstrated on reality TV. I think that's something to be considered on a case-by-case basis, ultimately deferring to reliable sources: if well regarded sources describe a particular person as an actor, then we should do the same. But if they're normally referred to as a participant/star/competitor/personality/whatever, then it's not up to us to declare them an actor.

But that's just how I see it, and I rarely edit TV-related articles. You could also ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television.

Cheers, Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 03:41, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Adrian J. Hunter. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note of thanks

Hi. I just wanted to thank you for your input on the interactive gene structure diagrams. I put you in the acknowledgements in the recent WikiJournal article (here)! T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 10:09, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, User:Evolution and evolvability – what a nice surprise! I just made some minor tweaks to the article, though I'm not sure whether it was naughty of me to edit the published version. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 08:11, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Unintended edits

Hi! Thank you for bringing the unintended edits to my attention. I do not recall editing the articles 'Pentose phosphate pathway' and 'Chlorophyll b', and I have no idea what has happened or which part has been revised. Please help me revert the articles to their original state. EverythingCountsInLargeAmounts (talk) 01:42, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi EverythingCountsInLargeAmounts, no worries, I already restored both articles. It was just a matter of clicking "diff" next to both edits when viewing your contributions history to view the edits, then clicking "undo" to restore the articles. I also reverted a bunch of your other edits before realising you weren't actually a vandal, and had to un-revert them. You might have received automatic notifications about that.

It sounds like you left yourself logged in to a computer that someone else used after you, causing their edits to be attributed to your account. If you're sure that's not the case, you might want to change your password as a precaution. Anyway, no harm done.

Cheers, Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 03:31, 13 April 2017 (UTC) p.s. Great username![reply]

Thanks again, AJH! EverythingCountsInLargeAmounts (talk) 17:47, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Deng Adut

On 7 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Deng Adut, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that despite being shot in the back and witnessing atrocities as a child soldier in South Sudan, Deng Adut is now a defence lawyer in Australia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Deng Adut. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Deng Adut), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:03, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Retired from WP

After loss of the argument at the local level, regarding the first-time-to-appear, self-publication of medical imagery here, followed by imposition of a topic ban in my absence to disallow me to tag plagiarised and other policy- and guideline-violating content—I give up. I wish you well here, and if I manage to make a successful case, top-down, you will certainly here of it. In the mean time, the wasted time devoted to change from the grassroots is at an end. Cheers, bonne chance, perhaps we will cross paths at a meeting in the real world. Le Prof 50.232.9.194 (talk) 22:28, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]