User talk:RyanCross

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Well, my account has been around for exactly, and I mean exactly a year now (if you look at the timestamp at the end of this message, it is the exact minute I created my account a year ago (verify)). I've had a very good time contributing to a great website like English Wikipedia, but I think it's time for me to leave this project, just for a while. My activity levels have been decreasing the past two or three months due to real life events and trying to be active on other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, which are Simple English Wikipedia, English Wikiquote, and Simple English Wikiquote. I just can't keep up being active on the English Wikipedia as much anymore.

As a result, I am "semi-retiring". I can't exactly "retire" since I probably will make minor edits here and then, and I do want to continue mentoring my current adoptee. Most of you know I have done much substantial work in the article mainspace, but I won't be doing that anymore for a while. I will still check my talk page several times a week. And no, I am not semi-retiring on the other projects I'm active at.

I just wanted to thank everyone who has helped me during the last year on Wikipedia. And I give a special thanks to User:Jj137,User:Basketball110, User:Shapiros10, User:Steve Crossin, User:Ecoleetage, User:Keeper76, and User:PeterSymonds. These people have especially helped me come to who I am today on Wikipedia.

Hopefully, I will be more active again in several months, but for now, farewell to all, and see you soon. :-)

Thank you,

— RyanCross (talk) 05:55, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

EDIT: Inactive, retired. — RyanCross (talk) 02:23, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I'm online a few times during the day, more actively on weekends. If I'm offline, I'll reply to messages when I am online again.
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Semi-retired[edit]

:( –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 06:01, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aww! Sorry to see you go Ryan. Best of luck on the other sites, and just a quick question..the WikiCup, should I keep your name in or remove it? iMatthew // talk // 12:18, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Come on IRC if you get the chance. iMatthew // talk // 15:18, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Best of luck. Hope to see you around here again soon. PeterSymonds (talk) 15:36, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
iMatthew: Thanks. Yes, remove it. PeterSymonds: Thank you. :-) Most likely I will be around more during the summer... but for now, I can't really be around on this project much anymore. — RyanCross (talk) 02:18, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Birthday![edit]

Congratulations! From what I've seen, you've done some awesome work. Sorry to see you semi-retired... And thank you for wanting to stay around a bit for your current adoptee. :)

Pax85 (talk) 08:27, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. :-) No problem. — RyanCross (talk) 02:19, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Best of luck[edit]

Good luck to you in whatever you endeavor, Ryry (sorry, couldn't resist). You've had a great run here, and I hope you stick around and keep doing what you enjoy (but only if it doesn't interfere too much with the important stuff). It's been fun watching you - you dealt very well with a lot of grief from other editors early on (including several instances from your truly). Thanks for all your help with Randy Ruiz, and unbeknownst to you at the time, Cal Cooper.  :-) Keeper | 76 04:06, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. :-) It's been fun having you around during the early days of my time on Wikipedia. Best of luck to you too. — RyanCross (talk) 06:33, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Seconded, Ryan. Thanks for all of your service - it has been remarkable watching your editing improve over the year. I hope you have a good time in life, with whatever you plan to do. Good luck mate.  GARDEN  22:34, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup Newsletter[edit]

21:51, 22 February 2009 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 21:51, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Signpost — February 23, 2009[edit]

This week, the Wikipedia Signpost published volume 5, issue 8, which includes these articles:

The kinks are still being worked out in a new design for these Signpost deliveries, and we apologize for the plain format for this week.

Delivered by §hepBot (Disable) at 21:46, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Request for peer review Mario Ancic[edit]

I saw you in peer review/volunteers, so I don't know if you can help me to review at a tennis biography? It's Mario Ančić. I just need some input from somebody, or, as I see, you're very busy. Do you know someone else then who can help?. Thanks! --Göran S (talk) 00:00, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My adoptee, Pax85 (talk · contribs), is quite a good copyeditor. Ask him, and I'm sure he may be able to take a look at your request. Thanks. — RyanCross (talk) 10:09, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and a request[edit]

Thanks for signing up at Wikipedia:Peer review/volunteers and for your work doing reviews. It is now just over a year since the last peer review was archived with no repsonse after 14 (or more) days, something we all can be proud of. There is a new Peer review user box to track the backlog (peer reviews at least 4 days old with no substantial response), which can be found here. To include it on your user or talk page, please add {{Wikipedia:Peer review/PRbox}} . Thanks again, and keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:43, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup Newsletter[edit]

18:06, 1 March 2009 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 18:06, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Signpost — 2 March 2009[edit]

This week, the Wikipedia Signpost published volume 5, issue 9, which includes these articles:

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 08:38, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey[edit]

This is RyRy5 right? I was adopted by you and i'm just starting to get back into wikipedia. So even if you are semi-retired can you still help me? please? Writergirlrocks talk 02:51, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thanks[edit]

Hi Ryan, I came here to give you belated post holiday thanks for your support in my RFA, only to discover that your semi retired, hope that its real life luring you away rather than anything bad happening here, and hope to see you around sometime. BTW my RFA passed by an embarrassingly wide margin, there's a full glitzy Oscar style version of my acceptance speech here. WereSpielChequers 22:27, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Retirement[edit]

I wish you well. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 00:38, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Signpost — 9 March 2009[edit]

This week, the Wikipedia Signpost published volume 5, issue 10, which includes these articles:

Delivered by §hepBot (Disable) at 00:40, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup Newsletter[edit]

17:00, 15 March 2009 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 17:00, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Signpost — 16 March 2009

The Wikipedia Signpost  — 16 March 2009

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The Wikipedia SignpostWikipedia Signpost: 23 March 2009[edit]

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 04:32, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Admin Tools Wiki on Wikia[edit]

Just to let you know, there are 3 Requests for rights on ATW that have not been responded to and Rswfan is trying to adopt the wiki because of your inactivity. Please respond on ATW if you see this message. GT5162 (talk) 17:02, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia SignpostWikipedia Signpost: 30 March 2009[edit]

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 20:31, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup Newsletter[edit]

The WikiCup Newsletter
The WikiCup Newsletter
Round I, Issue 10 - March 31, 2009

Archive before | Archive after

Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last fortnight, and their points this week are:

Rank User LF TF D
1 Mexico Durova 1713 1932 219
2 Mitchazenia 951 1167 216
3 Iceland Scorpion0422 683 788 105
4 Colombia ThinkBlue 291 386 95
5 Wales Shoemaker's Holiday 791 873 82
6 Sweden Theleftorium 990 1060 70
7 Switzerland Sasata 513 581 68
8 Thailand Rlevse 224 290 66
9 Vanuatu Matthewedwards 630 695 65
10 New South Wales 97198 314 360 46
  • LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
  • A full list is located at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Jumps
From the Judges

What a brilliant finale to Round 1. With so little in it it was always going to be a tight contest, particularly in the all-important wildcard places. Congratulations to all those who have made it to Round 2, and commiserations to all who have been eliminated. I hope you continue to contribute as fully as you have been in the tournament, if not better!

As has been stated before, Round 2 begins Wednesday, April 1 2009. I hope you are all ready!

 GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:

Pool winners

In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

Pool A
  1. Toronto Gary King (1154)
  2. Philippines Spencer (377)
Pool B
  1. Wales Shoemaker's Holiday (1055)
  2. Texas La Pianista (74)
Pool C
  1. Iceland Scorpion0422 (944)
  2. Denmark Candlewicke (806)
Pool D
  1. Colombia ThinkBlue (444)
  2. New South Wales 97198 (374)
Pool E
  1. Switzerland Sasata (604)
  2. Antarctica X! (216)
Pool F
  1. Thailand Rlevse (405)
  2. Confederate States of America Bedford (331)
Pool G
  1. Northern Cyprus Sunderland06 (236)
  2. Luxembourg Ceranthor (190)
Pool H
  1. Republic of Ireland Juliancolton (686)
  2. England Dendodge (220)
Pool I
  1. Sweden Theleftorium (1107)
  2. Mexico Durova (961)
Pool J
  1. Mitchazenia (1180)
  2. Vanuatu Matthewedwards (702)
Wildcard winners
  1. United States Useight (659)
  2. Cambodia Paxse (507)
  3. Principality of Sealand Rambo's Revenge (333)
  4. Michigan the_ed17 (330)
  5. Isle of Man J Milburn (302)
  6. Alberta Climie.ca (265)
  7. Spain Catalan (256)
  8. Maryland Ottava Rima (190)
  9. Japan Wrestlinglover (169)
  10. India Tinucherian (162)
  • All scores are accurate as of the end of Round 1.
21:12, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


Delivered for the WikiCup by  GARDEN  at 21:12, 31 March 2009 (UTC). Queries to my talk.[reply]

WikiCup Newsletter XI[edit]

Delivered for the WikiCup by  ROBOTIC GARDEN  at 21:35, 5 April 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.[reply]

The Wikipedia SignpostWikipedia Signpost: 6 April 2009[edit]

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 19:39, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia SignpostWikipedia Signpost: 13 April 2009[edit]

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 16:50, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup Newsletter XII[edit]

Delivered for the WikiCup by  ROBOTIC GARDEN  at 17:06, 13 April 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.[reply]

Jackie Robinson Article Re-Work[edit]

I've done a lot of work on the Jackie Robinson article the past week. You may not have time, but if you'd like to take a look I'd appreciate any comments. I'm hoping it's ready to re-nominate for FA status. BillTunell (talk) 19:42, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. I don't have the time to thoroughly read through the entire article, but from a quick skim, it looks fantastic! Good job. I hope it can become an FA. — RyanCross (talk) 07:15, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup Newsletter XIII[edit]