New subject: [Wikimedia-l] Was macht dich diese Woche glücklich? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 29 Dec 2019)

31 Dec 2019

 Hello colleagues,

Please allow me to introduce User:Clovermoss
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Clovermoss>. She volunteered to
collaborate with me on writing this and future issues of *What's Making You
Happy this Week?* and *The Signpost*'s "On the bright side".

Clovermoss is from Canada. She registered on English Wikipedia in September
2018, and she is a graduate of User:Nick Moyes
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nick_Moyes>' adoption program
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user>. She recently made
her 4,000th contribution.

Please treat Clovermoss as you would like to have been treated when you
were new here.

*From Clovermoss*:

This week, I'm thankful that I am going to start collaborating with Pine
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pine> for *On The Bright Side*. I have
been a fan of this *Signpost* feature for a long time and I'm excited to
help make it happen. I'm also thankful for this photo
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fall%C3%A4tsche_South_Moss_in_Autumn.jpg>.
I find that photographs of nature have a tendency to appeal to me, and I
think that this one is stunning. I like moss for its unique texture and
just for being something that exists. I adore the leaves that can be seen
every autumn where I live, and I miss seeing them everywhere I go. However,
I'm also thankful for the comforting aspects of winter: hot chocolate,
candy canes, and the warmth at home.

*From Pine*:

I am grateful to Clovermoss for agreeing to collaborate. I think that
readers will appreciate seeing a new perspective and a new writing style.
Also, because I will spend less time writing *WMYHTW*, I think that I will
be able to spend a little more time on the pilot phase of NavWiki
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Navwiki>. NavWiki is progressing
slowly but well.

The topic of writing reminds me of a video clip from *Star Trek: The Next
Generation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation>*.
In this scene, Captain Jean-Luc Picard
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Picard> receives a visit from the
alien "Q". Q is powerful and unpredictable. Here, he offers to help Picard
with drafting a speech (Youtube link)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuyjhM1vL9I>.

Finally, some thoughts about listening
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listening>. Listening can be done casually,
aggressively, carefully, poorly, well, and any number of other ways.
Clovermoss appears to invest a lot of time and effort in listening. Captain
Picard did too. The actor who portrayed Picard, Patrick Stewart
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Stewart>, stated:
<https://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2019/07/everything-you-need-to-know-about-sir-patrick-stewarts-jean-luc-picard>

"One of the things that I’ve come to understand is that as I talk a lot
about Picard, what I find is I’m talking about myself. There was a sort of
double action that occurred. In one sense Picard was expanding like this
and at the same time he was also growing closer and closer to me as well
and in some respect I suppose even had some influence on me. I became a
better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean-Luc Picard
because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well."

*Closing comments*

What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any
language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week.

Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be
appreciated on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations>. Thanks to
User:Lucas_Werkmeister
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister> for the German
translation.

Best wishes,
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )