"My friends on Twitter didn't abandon their beliefs or their principles — only their scorn. They channeled their infinitely justifiable offense and came to me with pointed questions tempered with kindness and humor. They approached me as a human being, and that was more transformative than two full decades of outrage, disdain and violence. I know that some might not have the time or the energy or the patience for extensive engagement, but as difficult as it can be, reaching out to someone we disagree with is an option that is available to all of us." - Megan Phelps-Roper, TED talk
My name is Derk-Jan Hartman. I used to edit, am an administrator on English Wikipedia and former administrator on Commons. I mostly deal with tech stuff. I'm a volunteer contributor to the MediaWiki software that runs Wikipedia, dealing with things like accessibility, scripting, CSS, small bugs, mobile, video and so much more.. A long time ago I was one of the volunteer developers of VLC media player.
Most of my time is spent answering questions of editors on the technical Village Pump, maintaining the site specific Javascript and CSS, working on templates and doing administrative work with regard to images (moving, deleting etc). I also do a lot of work with various User scripts and Gadgets. My article interests are with topics regarding space and the Netherlands. I'm an occasional author for The Signpost.
Articles that I significantly edited and brought to GA/FA
Folded references a small script that collapses refs by default and it uses show/hide.
User:TheDJ/slimpopups.js will be a new implementation of popups that will be faster and slimmer.
User:TheDJ/svg.js a script for Safari, that replaces all svg thumbnails with the actual SVG files. (bandwith hog, only for those who want to experiment).
Some people are really nice and have seen it fit to award me a barnstar. If vandals are one side of the Wikipedia spectrum, these people are surely at the complete opposite end.
The Template Barnstar
I've begun to include the Episode list template into the List of South Park episodes page. Before the template was made, the WikiProject was pretty much dead. Thanks for your hard work into making this a reality! Here's a barnstar to show my appreciation. Will2k 03:21, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar
For your constant work to get us rid of the innumerable forks of Infobox television episode, I award you the Working man's barnstar. Circeus 20:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Keep this barnstar as a record of your hard work getting the WP:TV assessment pages up and running and all your hard work on the project in general. Opark 77 00:48, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
Awarded for your diligence at WP:TV, upon your exit. Hope to see you back soon. Wikipedical 00:39, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
The Socratic Barnstar
I, Ursasapien, hereby award you the Socratic Barnstar for your exquisitely eloquent statement at The Episodes and characters arbitration. Your argument encapsulated the conflict and made a persuasive case for a sound solution. Thank you. Ursasapien(talk) 06:50, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
In recognition for your fantastic work in clearing up the references on International Space Station, I hereby award you this Barnstar! Thanks for all your hard work! Colds7ream (talk) 18:37, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
The Helping Hand Barnstar
This Barnstar is awarded to TheDJ. For his wonderful assistance on village pump (technical), helping other users make wikipedia even better. Thank you.Ikip (talk) 14:58, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Alert: Qui is awesome! I can tell if people are on when I need to know. Abce2|Free LemonadeOnly 25 cents 21:17, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
The da Vinci Barnstar
The da Vinci Barnstar may be awarded to technical-type folk (programming and tools, bot building, admin or sysop work, link repair, Mediawiki developers, etc.) who use their skills to help the project or their other editors. For persevering with my troubles in getting my javascript working, you get one just for yourself :-). Thank you again for your help. AGK 14:08, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
You have been identified as a valued contributor and your efforts are appreciated. We are honored to present you with the Valued Contributor Award and we thank you for donating your time, expertise and effort to Wikipedia. Keep up the good work. Thanks. (more details)
The WikiPen
For your many contributions to Wikipedia. Tyw7 (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) Changing the world one edit at a time! 22:08, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to everyone who - whatever their opinion - contributed to the discussion about Wikipedia and SOPA. Thank you for being a part of the discussion. Presented by the Wikimedia Foundation.
The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
For creating Qui. I already gave you a pie, but I think you deserve a barnstar for this. Anonymouse321 (talk • contribs) 08:32, 24 October 2012 (
UTC)
The Technical Barnstar
Awesome working with you on UW :) Nischay Nahata (talk) 20:41, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
For being so amazingly helpful on WP:VPT! Ori.livneh (talk) 09:05, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
The Technical Barnstar
Thanks for Qui script :) Grind24 (talk) 14:31, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
The Technical Barnstar
*Thank you* for helping with "Add reference list to section preview if missing" Naraht (talk) 18:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
The Citation Barnstar
For your contributions to making the addition of citations so much easier. Maproom (talk) 18:13, 23 February 2016 (UTC)(talk) 18:13, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
And another from me for the same thing. Good job :-) Fred Gandt (talk|contribs) 01:49, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
Der Technikerorden
Thank you, I like the option to print the series box and the overview of related articles at the bottom of the article! Hawillmcse (talk) 11:38, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
"Print Options are a godsend" - JoshuaRants (talk) 16:15, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
