A salute to Pine

Dear readers,

We announce with sadness and gratitude that Signpost publication and newsroom manager Pine will be stepping back to focus on other Wikipedia and Wikimedia-related endeavors. Especially during our recent editorial transition, it was Pine who facilitated stability, particularly in the publication process.

Pine's willingness to help shepherd the newspaper through its time of transition was a strong contributing factor to our agreement to come on as co-editors-in chief. His conscientious commitment to the newspaper over the past several years as manifested through technical skills in publishing the newspaper, organizational skills in managing the newsroom, and writing skills in crafting some of our best coverage is laudable, and we hope you will join us in thanking him for that.

Readers will recall the breathtaking gallery he compiled around Valentine's Day, and his leadership in creating and managing the survey of readers we conducted in February ... these examples are just from the past month. His reputation of excellence in Wikipedia journalism precedes him, and we wish him all the best as he pursues other interests on Wikipedia.

Sincerely,

– Go Phightins! and Gamaliel

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Mixed emotions – so sorry to see Pine go, and yet I must applaud Pine's new path, because I do that myself on occasion. It is my sincere hope that more of those awesome image collections will be published – those are particularly enjoyable! Thank you, Pine, for all your hard work on The Signpost! – Paine Ellsworth^CLIMAX! 22:50, 21 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for all of your contributions, Pine! I realize that most of the work on Wikipedia goes unrecognized so it's appropriate to thank you now! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:35, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Response from Pine

Much gratitude to everyone who contributed to the Signpost during my time, and to the new leaders Gamaliel and Go Phightins! who volunteered for this time-consuming, sometimes exhausting, and very important project for the community. I'm also grateful to our readers, especially those who occasionally left me nice comments like Paine Ellsworth and Liz did here.

I recently became the executive director for Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, where one of our first projects is to produce video content to teach people (particularly university students) how to edit Wikipedia using VisualEditor. I hope that the video will be helpful to many people in the community, especially people who are involved in outreach initiatives.

Looking forward to more adventures, --Pine^✉ 21:43, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds both exciting and challenging, Pine. Definitely a task worth taking on! Good luck! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:49, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your stickers have filtered out all the way to New York, Pine...heh. ResMar 18:06, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]