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Sorry

Edokter, I'm sorry to see the events unfold as they did around your main page redesign. I don't know if you remember, but I engaged you some time last year and we discussed user-centered design briefly. I admire the initiative you took to create this new design, and I often empathized with you as I saw various aspects of the design criticized. I've designed many user interfaces and it's never easy to read criticism. So I understand your emotional reaction (although I don't condone some of the ways in which you chose to act on it). I hope you will take some time to reflect on these events and return to the project with fresh energy and perspective. --Laser brain (talk) 18:50, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I echo Laser brain's comment, please take some time before you finalize your decisions. Mlpearc (open channel) 18:59, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Same. Legoktm (talk) 19:01, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Edokter, soms is de soep erg heet als ze op tafel gezet wordt. Even blazen en het is beter. Ik hoop dat we je hier weer terug zien. Drmies (talk) 02:35, 8 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I completely agree with you. We do need somebody to be bold and make a change, as there's stalemate in many decision making processes on here. Wikipedia has long looked dated and amateurish. Something more along Wikiwand's style would look a lot better.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:18, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The problem for a lot of us has been that Edokter has too often been one of the most immovable impediments to actually doing something about the problem of WP looking dated and amateurish (not programmatically in opposition to the idea, just usually unwilling to accept most steps in that direction for one niggling reason or another, and too often on basis of what WCAG wants versus what the actual W3 specs really say). I don't know anyone who thinks Edokter should quit Wikipedia forever, simply over being challenged on the level of control, and tooth-gnashing in defense of it, that the editor exerted over certain things. I'm sad to see a long-term and productive editor just leave entirely. But it was definitely time for him to let other people ever do anything with CSS on this site. I was on the verge of lodging an RFARB about this stonewalling behavior, after about a decade of gritting my teeth and just trying to work within but mostly having to work around Edokter's personal over-control of "everything CSS on Wikipedia", when someone beat me to it at ANI and obviated the ArbCom route.

I don't blame him for storming off. I left, angry and feeling unjustly treated myself, and stayed away for an entire year, other than to respond to a handful of things people e-mailed me directly about, but otherwise not even editing to fix a typo. The 99.9% break for a year was very useful, both for me and my life, and for WP in that I was a more useful Wikipedian when I came back. I hope Edokter has a great break and comes back to us, after however much time is needed to shake it off and reconsider what he wants to put into and get out of the project, and the subtle but crucial difference between stewardship and ownership. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼ 09:02, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot agree with this comment. WhatamIdoing (talk) 07:52, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Very old edit

sorry, i hadn't logged into my account in ages, so i saw your revert just now. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doctor_Who_(series_8)&oldid=prev&diff=621835505

just letting you know that your revert was unjustified and it has been this way since forever. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Episode_list#Parameters

no harm done though. best, k,- Kritzikratzi (talk) 02:41, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Edokter. 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.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

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]

Unblock tag not working?

Hi Edokter, I notice you've made several edits to the 'unblock' tag page...I've had difficulty getting the "reason given" section to work on my personal User page. Even copying and pasting the tag without modification does not seem to result in the "your reasons here" section appearing. Instead the tag always displays "no reasons given". (My reasons are still in the code for the tag on my page, but are not rendered.) Is there a chance you could help display my reasons given in the tag properly? Sorry to bother you with this. Thanks for your time. Ericmachmer (talk) 23:32, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ericmachmer Edoktor retired last July. Now he did make two edits in October but it is likely that he won't see or respond to this post anytime soon. I would suggest that you ask your question at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). MarnetteD|Talk 23:39, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Ericmachmer (talk) 23:41, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Template:V Merge discussion

Greetings Edokter, seeing as you have been heavily involved in editing on templates V and Navbar and you were also involved in the last discussion about merging these templates (in 2014) perhaps you'd like to contribute to the latest discussion? → Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2017_March_5#Template:V. Thank you. 80.12.85.225 (talk) 19:13, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, I've just noticed you are retired. I will leave this talk up but your retired status is understood. Cheers. 80.12.85.225 (talk) 19:15, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:SOTD empty

Template:SOTD empty has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 04:53, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Still alive

Just a shoutout to all my watchers/stalkers. I'm still alive. I thought I'd do little retrospect and explain a little what happened 18 months ago. At that time, I was under a lot of stress, even though I could not tell why. I had a steady job (still have), and no financial worries. I quit smoking two years prior. But I had health problems, and those reinforced my stress, which resulted into more problems. Just over a year ago, I finally found out I suffered from type 2 diabetes. Now, a year after that, I'm doing very well. The stress is gone and I can start enjoying life a bit more.

I don't know yet if I want to come back. I picked up some old hobbies to keep me busy. Plus I don't know how the community will react. But anyway, I'm still here. -- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}} 20:48, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]