When I'm off on one of my tears please remember that WP:NOTNEWSis policy.
The Ürümqi Barn"star"
Thanks for all your work maintaining the article July 2009 Ürümqi riots during its time on the main page. This has been a difficult and thankless task, working at a frenetic pace for 4 days straight so far (I, for one, have been getting very little sleep), and it's only been thanks to coordinated efforts and discussion from numerous editors that the article has been kept as neutral and informative as possible. This is the most collaboration I've done, with the largest number of editors once, since I have joined Wikipedia, and I think the results are showing; while it's not perfect, when my friends and family ask me about what's going on in Urumqi, I have been more comfortable recommending this article than any other source. The work is far from over, but now that this article is off the main page I think it's finally time to thank the editors Seb az86556, Colipon, Jim101, Ohconfucius, Benlisquare, Simonm223, and Jinhuili for all their contributions; while we had disagreements, I think each of these editors has been particularly active and has made real efforts to improve the article.rʨanaɢtalk/contribs 20:08, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
The Civility Barnstar
Your courteous editing is much appreciated. E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:25, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
Comment: While I believe proactive disclosure of personal opinions to be an important part of WP:NPOV one should not ever ask an editor to recuse themselves from a discussion on the basis of userbox content. To do so contravenes WP:NPA. To claim that a person's POV makes them incapable of serving the neutrality goal of Wikipedia is to make the false claim that some people are inherently neutral. Such a person does not exist. EG: centrism is an ideology.
