On Nov 30, 2007 1:08 PM, John Reaves johnreaveswp@gmail.com wrote:
User:Marine 69-71 was recently honored by the Senate of Puerto Rico for his work on articles related to the Puerto Rican military. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Marine_69-71/Press_Releases (specifically: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Marine_69-71/Press_Releases#Senate_Resolut...). I thought this should be announced here (if it hasn't been already) to remind us that we are here to build an encyclopedia, not obsess over drama.
--John Reaves --[[User:John Reaves]]
Many (belated) congratulations to "Tony the Marine," or User:69-71, who has done some truly outstanding writing in his years on Wikipedia (400+ articles) and who last year was also honored by a US Congressperson and the President of the Puerto Rican Senate. At least the Senate recognizes the value of good writing and spreading information :) Wikinews should do a story, if they haven't already. If someone can translate, that'd be great too.
Additionally, I think this may be the first time that Wikipedia has been mentioned in a parliamentary or congressional resolution of this type. It's probably the first time that contributions to Wikipedia have been cited in a formal governmental award, too. Yes? No?
-- phoebe