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A barnstar for you!

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  The Admin's Barnstar
Not for working off a backlog of history-merge requests, but for responding to history-merge requests quickly so that there isn't a backlog, and for being the usual admin to address any history-merge request from AFC. As the award explanation says, "tedious, but needed". Robert McClenon (talk) 03:08, 2 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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  The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Thanks for helping me restore the Thomasian Welcome Walk article! Pampi1010 (talk) 17:10, 16 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you (again)!

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  The Admin's Barnstar
For being the admin who most often performs the history merge after one of those copy-paste jobs. (Now, if only we could get editors to stop doing the copy-pastes, but there are at least two reasons, good-faith ignorance, and attempts to hog credit, that don't work, due to the Appleyard history-merges.) Robert McClenon (talk) 16:24, 6 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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  The Admin's Barnstar
Thank you for continuously working on my histmerge requests. Your work is greatly appreciated! Keep up the great work :) MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 22:40, 11 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

Checking in

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It has been proposed at Wikipedia talk:Deceased Wikipedians#Anthony Appleyard that circumstances indicate that you are no longer with us. On the chance that you are just taking a Wikibreak, please confirm if you are still around. BD2412 T 02:26, 5 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

It was archived to Wikipedia talk:Deceased Wikipedians/Archive 3#Anthony Appleyard. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:43, 9 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Condolences

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I'm very sorry to hear that. WormTT(talk) 13:03, 5 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
Good heavens. Very sorry to hear that indeed. Mackensen (talk) 13:06, 5 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
Sad news if true, RIP Anthony and thank you for your service over the years. Always a regular in the WP:RMTR and WP:HISTMERGE spaces. Will be much missed.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:46, 5 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
Oh no -- this is terrible news. He was a huge asset to RM/TR. RIP. Vaticidalprophet 17:16, 5 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Service Award

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This is the Service Award earned by Anthony Appleyard as of this date:

 
This editor is a
Vanguard Editor
and is entitled to display this
Unobtainium
Editor Star

with the
Neutronium Superstar hologram.


or alternatively


 
This editor is Grand Gom, the Highest Togneme of the Encyclopedia and is entitled to keep the floor plan of The Great Library of Alecyclopedias, including its ancient access keys.


Anthony has very many edits (at least 339,495) so as the years progress, he will continue to be eligible for higher Service Awards, as the time component of the awards is calculated from the commencement of service and never stops regardless of circumstances. Anthony will in the fall of 2022 obtain Senior Vanguard Editor / Supreme Gom status, two years from that the highest current level (Ultimate Vanguard Editor / Cardinal Gom), and in future any such higher level as may be created, for very many more years. Godspeed Anthony Appleyard. Herostratus (talk) 21:30, 5 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Not sure where you are getting that number from. CentralAuth shows about 229 thousand global edits. 1234qwer1234qwer4 20:45, 20 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
@1234qwer1234qwer4: From here (warning: takes a long time to load). @Herostratus: Well said. Godspeed, Anthony Appleyard. TheSandDoctor Talk 14:39, 5 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Ah, that is probably due to page moves being counted differently by XTools and internally. 1234qwer1234qwer4 14:49, 5 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Oh, right, I may have counted on en.wp edits. Doesn't matter for this case, as either way our late colleague has more than enough edits to qualify for many years, as his time from start is the constraining factor. And in fact he may well advance forever, as we talking right now about capping the number of edits required after you reach the current highest level. Herostratus (talk) 19:07, 5 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Never be the same

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without him. He helped me so much. Mr. Appleyard from Manchester may your journey continue, challenging as ever. You leave behind a lot of loving friends who miss you terribly. Hopefully see you on the other side. Good hunting!  Paine  10:53, 9 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Precious

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master of merges and moves

Thank you for quality work in the field of requested article moves and history merges, regarded as "the absolute best at merging histories", for "If that image is against the copyright rules, I can delete it, after suitable discussion.", for your mantra "done", with a green tick, - we miss you, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2750 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:54, 9 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Will miss you

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Very sorry to hear that you have left us. Deb (talk) 11:41, 5 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

I just found this today also. He will be missed. BilCat (talk) 19:12, 5 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
I was not close to Anthony Appleyard in any sense, but it's still disconcerting to hear about the demise of a person whose name I have seen since I began editing Wikipedia 17 years ago. I extend my thoughts to their surviving family and friends. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:17, 6 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
I just found out about this unfortunate news. He was very helpful when I did a project-wide cleanup within WikiProject Tropical Cyclones two years ago, especially relating to page histories. I'm grateful for these reasons. My condolences, MarioJump83 (talk) 09:47, 7 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
I was going through my watchlist and saw the activity here... I'm incredibly saddened by this news. Anthony Appleyard was one of my favorite admins of all time, and this project is worse off without him. –MJLTalk 16:56, 12 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Anthony was hard-working, exceptionally perceptive and of good humour. He was helpful to me on many occasions. The project is much the poorer for his loss. Andrewa (talk) 21:57, 1 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

West Sound (Ayrshire)

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i’m trying to attempt to move a page article name: from West Sound (Ayrshire) to Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire. But for reasons I can’t. I can also attempted to request the move, but I have had no luck. I realise you also cannot move the page back without over redirecting. The reason why I want to move the page, it’s because the radio station has changed its name today (April 1 2023) I was wondering whether or not you could help me.DoctorStrange97 (talk) 14:25, 3 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

@DoctorStrange97: Unfortunately for all of us, Anthony is no longer living. I'm not an admin, but I am a page mover, so I'll look at the article and see if it should be moved without discussion. If I decline to move it, I'll post you a message on your talk page. Thanks. BilCat (talk) 05:50, 4 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Discussion notice

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  There is currently a discussion at Talk:Omar Suleiman (politician) regarding a requested move about which you have previously applied move protection. The thread is Requested move 26 March 2024. The discussion is about the topic Omar Suleiman. Thank you. microbiologyMarcus [petri dish·growths] 23:35, 2 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

@MicrobiologyMarcus: just to let you know, per the section above and the note at the top, that Anthony is no longer living so this user cannot aid or participate in. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 17:32, 3 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Category:Electronic rock musicians has been nominated for deletion

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Category:Electronic rock musicians has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 01:34, 15 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

American Athletic Conference commissioners navbox

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Since you had proposed the deletion of the navbox for American Athletic Conference commissioners several years ago, you should know that Mike Aresco's last day in office was yesterday (May 31). Tim Pernetti is now commissioner. With that in mind, I'm recreating that navbox. — Dale Arnett (talk) 18:46, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Dale Arnett: Unfortunately, Anthony Appleyard will not be able to comment on this issue. DMacks (talk) 19:00, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply