Hello! I'm Tol. I mostly do project-focused/backlog work. I do write some articles, but I mostly write code. Feel free to leave me a message on my talk page — I appreciate feedback!
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For working on this request. I also like your method of showing the diffs for edit requests - it's very creative! (Although I sure wish we had a way to do that automatically... I'm working on it!) Enterprisey (talk!) 07:07, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with AfC! S0091 (talk) 22:01, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
The Guidance Barnstar
Thank you for your help and guidance in article creation! - Dynamiccookies (talk | contribs) 15:57, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For reviewing at least 25 articles during the drive. Thank you for reviewing or re-reviewing 41 articles, which helped contribute to an overall 1276-article reduction in the backlog during the drive. And an extra thanks for creating the leaderboard software that made this drive possible! (t · c) buidhe 12:40, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
review gnome
Thank you for quality reviewing of new pages, for gnomish improvements such as adding template:authority control, for explaining "you need to copy edit the draft for tone and remove vague but positive wording", for the quiet Stanley Kubrick RfC close that ended a decade+ of warring, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:15, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
For your great work and contributions with TolBot. Thank you for helping to improve the site the way that you do. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:05, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
The Technical Barnstar
Thank you for making TolBot work for the NPP drive - I'm just giving barnstars and thought I should give you this one. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:22, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
Bot Operator's Barnstar
Zippybonzo and I would like to award this to you, for updating the bot to count redirects, as well as altering the code to consider the patrol log (in addition to the curation log), during the NPP May 2023 Redirect backlog drive. Thank you. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:14, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
You deserve it! – DreamRimmer (talk) 03:51, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
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