Wikipedia:A nice cup of tea and a sit down

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For the unrelated article, see Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down

This is an essay, a page containing the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. Essays may represent widespread norms or minority viewpoints, and they may be heeded or not based upon your judgement and discretion.

Shortcuts: WP:TEA WP:COKE

Note that drinking tea is only a metaphor; if you are living in the heat you can take a nice cold drink; if these aren't manly enough you can sit around a fire and drink beer.

A Nice Cup of Tea...

...A Sit Down

A nice cup of tea and a sit down is a chance to declare publicly what you appreciate about other members of the community or their contributions. As Thumper's mother said: If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. That rather idealistic concept is the fundamental rule on this page. The goal is to create goodwill and perhaps assist the dispute resolution processes that occurs on other pages – or, if we're lucky, avoid disputes at all.

Of course, this page should not replace complimenting people directly on their talk pages, or on article talk pages. A nice cup of tea and a sit down is for when things have gone beyond that, and there is a need for some more formal and serious niceness.

If you get the urge to say something like "I think that such-and-such has worked really hard on Wikipedia, but...", you should stop there. The rule of thumb when making a compliment is to "stop at the but/however/although". Just the complimentary part, please.

When you're done pouring, you may want to leave the {{tea}} template on their talk page, so they know that their tea is ready.

What A nice cup of tea and a sit down is for

• Saying nice things about other contributors, especially those with whom you are currently having problems.
• Publicly declaring what you like about a person or their contributions.
• Directing people to, when disagreements on other pages get heated.

What A nice cup of tea and a sit down is not for

• Dispute resolution.
• Mediation or arbitration.
• Arguing.
• Fooling around.
• Baiting.
• Anything that is not 100% positive.

Okay, the pot is brewing. Milk? Sugar?

2005

• Petaholmes is doing a great job maintaining the Did you know? template every day. violet/riga (t) 21:48, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

• I'd like to start things off with kudos to DocendoDiscimus, who has—quietly and without fanfare—amassed over 5000 article-namespace edits, all in the two months he's been here. He is systematically going over thousands of business- and finance-related articles, improving each and every one of them. Keep up the good work! Owen× ☎ 21:51, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

• A huge compliment to SlimVirgin for somehow managing to not let all the accumalating stress get to her. Most people would have ran off after going through what she's been through. (talk) 04:43, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

• To those who consistently vote to delete articles on high schools and/or middle schools: I realize that the reason why you feel strongly about the whole thing is the same reason why I do — we care about Wikipedia and want what we think is best for it. I'm hoping that sometime we can come to the middle and achieve some non-duality, so here's a cup of reconciliation. ^{★ 06:07, 11 November 2005 (UTC)}

• To User:Vitalyb for making Template:Satanism into a sexy little infobox. 01:07, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

• I've been a wikipedian for a little over a year now, and it still constantly amazes me how well it works. Sure, there are occasional blow-ups and vandals and such, but the loving maintenance of an astounding group of volunteers have made this dream into a reality. To quote Young Mr. Grace, "you've all done very well!" Grutness... 09:50, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

• You know, I really think Gateman1997 is doing a very noble thing pursuing his cause to get List of Caucasian Americans un-speedied. Cernen 15:09, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

• Happy Christmas and everything else, everyone! I'm very much glad to see Wikipedia is functioning, and the fundraiser is doing well. I hope you all have nice holidays. —MESSEDROCKER (talk) 00:10, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

• I'd like to thank User:FrancisTyers for his kind and efficient transformation of my first first draft and for making me feel welcome at Wikipedia. The whole project is an extraordinary affirmation of the human spirit. Amazing. Puffball 22:22, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

2006

January 2006

• I'd like to thank Thunderbrand because even though I'm a newcomer, and made a totally srewed over mistake and almost destroyed an article in which he spent the utmost care in, he calmly explained to me what I did wrong and fixed everything. Go Thunder! (dee 04:46, 5 January 2006 (UTC))

• To Dismas for helping me not look like an incompetent boob on my user page for great justice! Cernen Xanthine Katrena 10:20, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

• Matt Crypto was ridiculously good at being able to hold his temper at another user over what became (as I saw it) an increasingly frustrating debate in which the user continually failed to assume good faith. I was close to dropping any pretense of civility on the users talk page, but upon reading an entry by matt, realised that such behaivor would be fruitless. Cheers.--jfg284 ^{you were saying?} 01:41, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

• User:Flcelloguy is mentoring one of wikipedias most difficult editors (who i wont name here). its a hard and thankless task. i cant make it less hard, but i can make it less thankless here... thanks Flcelloguy :) 03:22, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

February 2006

• User:Ambi has written many excellent and interesting articles, such as Richmond railway station, Melbourne. Good work. JesseW, the juggling janitor 02:49, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

• #wikipedia is most friendly and responsive place on the internet. thanks Spencerk 09:25, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

• Knowledge Seeker দ is one of the kindest people imaginable. For an example of superhuman politeness and restraint, have a look at User talk:Knowledge Seeker#EXCUSE ME.21. I wish to remain anonymous to spare his embarrassment.

• Silence has poured oil on troubled waters recently with patience, wisdom, and erudition, in two recent but unrelated high-stress areas. Many thanks. Herostratus 15:54, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

March 2006

• All the people who wanted to downplay the fact that depleted uranium causes Gulf War syndrome have good qualities. --James S. 05:24, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

• I love you! 'Who?' I hear you ask. Well, you! All of you! No, I'm not really kinky. No, I'm not hopelessly unfaithful. I am, in fact, just hopelessly naïve, and like telling people how much they kick ass.

• Thanks to User:Iantresman for being persistent but affable in supporting dissemination of fringe ideas. zowie 18:33, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks to TheKMan for unknowingly leading me to this page where I cooled off after a heated discussion a few minutes ago. 07:23, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

• Evrik, believe it or not, I do understand what you were trying to do with the PUA's. Thank you being interested in the welfare of Wikipedia. 20:24, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Thanks. evrik 20:41, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

• Sam Spade's dedication to Wikipedia is truly astounding. Kudos! --Ashenai 00:07, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

April 2006

• The users who want to remove all references to War crimes from the Slobodan Milošević article simply because he died before he could be convicted surely have positive qualities as well. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 22:46, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

• The Portal:Portugal is more than one month old, thanks to Joaopais and all the others (excluding me). By now it is showing delays in the updating of the data, after all, it's Portugal! Next step to make it the most realistic page in wikipedia:

Try to make it exceed the budget by 1000%... the good Portuguese way. Afonso Silva 23:48, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

• I'd like to thank everyone at #vandalism-en-wp for being nothing but welcoming and helpful to newcomers; hats off to you all. T. J. Day 14:44, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

• Even though a few of us have been struggling with 999 recently, this user has made some fine edits, has great knowledge of Wikipedia, and is clearly dedicated to improving all the Thelema-related articles. When the "good-faith" and "compromise" functions are switched on, articles tend to improve, as we've all been showing. Frater5 17:03, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

• I think it's time all the editors of Charles Whitman had a well-deserved cup of tea, for comrades Jareha, Katefan0, Chesschamp21, Johntex, Woohookitty and everybody else. The article is a good example of a variety of Wikipedia editors working together, through agreement and disagreement, to make the article great over the past 6 months - all while keeping their cool through continued trolling. For all you do, this bud's for you. Sherurcij ^{(talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject)} 00:07, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

May 2006

• I think EVERYONE who has contributed to any part of Wikipedia and/or the Wikimedia foundation should sit down and have a nice cup of tea for expanding, even if just a little bit, how far human knowleage can go if we all put our heads together. Congrats everyone! Spyco 05:43, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

• I had a very enjoyable experience a moment or two ago. See, I created the article matkot, which is still a stub, but nonetheless... having quoted a resource from a travel guide to Israel (don't worry, I'll cite it as soon as I get my hands on a copy again) I was then re-quoted by national newspaper HaAretz.. see this page. Isn't that nice :-) Matthew Platts 16:19, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

• I usually have rotten days over here where I reside, but not today. I just completed expanding and referencing Zero (Mega Man) and Mega Man X (character) (with proper citations even!) after they failed GA status about a month ago. Why, I even encountered the Keiji Inafune article on a tour of the wiki and greatly expanded that as well. I feel quite optimistic about the latter two, so I'll re-summit them for GA status. And if they don't make it, I can always make another attempt. -Zero^Talk 17:07, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

• Just another comment. I think praise should be offered to The Land, The JPS and Xezbeth for always being consistently fantastic. Matthew Platts 10:32, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

June 2006

• I want to keep the trend of having compliments every month, so here's my compliment: PHAEDRIAL: You are a very kind and polite contribu-TOR. When I sent you that e-mail, you replied in such an enthusiastic way that I would have never expected. Please run for adminship so I can support you. —THIS IS MESSEDOCKER (TALK) 04:14, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

July 2006

• My thanks and appreciation to all the editors who have been working on Democratic Underground who came together, despite their vast differences of opinion, to achieve and to honor community consensus and to end the disputes on the article. Well done, everyone -- that's how Wikipedia should work! - CheNuevara 20:50, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

The credit goes mainly to you, Che, for bringing the warring parties together and acting as a, well, voice of reason. VoiceOfReason 21:26, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

• I would just like to thank the good people of Wikipedia for making me feel welcome after a very, very long absence. I promise to pull more weight around here from now on. ^★ 18:17, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

August 2006

• To those with album articles on their watchlists: I'm sorry my bot is flooding up your watchlist, and thank you for not yelling at me about it. The pain will be over soon enough (by which I mean in slightly over 12 hours). — 08:44, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

• Xmeghanx: Media's Influence on Homosexual Perception is good work. --♥ «Charles A. L.» 18:22, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

September 2006

• To Robert K S: You are doing a fine job on the Jeopardy! article. Truly, you are an expert among experts. --Aussie Evil 22:11, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

• To Longhair: Your work in helping with odd problems is appreciated SatuSuro 13:33, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

• To Seldumonde for being very understanding and helpful when I thoughtlessly moved a page I probably shouldn't have. Quaerere 20:23, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

• Tangotango for helping me through cross-namespace redirection fixes. Auroranorth, 15 September 2006.

• Brian1979 for vandal fighting. Kaldari 06:11, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

• MER-C; helps remove obsolete articles, vandal fighting.-- 15:19, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

• Ryulong; serial vandal fighter.-- 15:19, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

• CP\M for numerous contributions to WP:TES --Niroht 00:47, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

• I already gave a barnstar, but I should really mention User:Shinmawa for their excellent AFC wizard. More of these should be made. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:53, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

October 2006

• Bravada for being most professional, courteous and civil editors as well as continously editing with the Wikipedia's best intrests at heart. 06:16, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

• Uncle G for having nice things to say to me on my talk page. He's been very encouraging, and I appreciate that. --Jayron32 06:40, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

• Everyone who are good people here, for being such great people! Moneyman (guest) 9:52 October 29 2006

November 2006

• I'd like to thank all the WikiGnomes and WikiFaeries that worked on Hallowe'en, even though it was their night off. Robnpov 01:17, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

• Mais Oui! puts forth a tireless effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Scotland and Scottish topics. Thank you, Mais Oui!. 05:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

• I'd like to thank all the Wikipedians who have kept this running. Sharkface217 20:59, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Amen to that, Sharkface217. -HuBmaN!!!! 16:35, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

• SlimVirgin, Thatcher131, and Vic226 deserve praise for rightfully putting an unregistered anti-Semite in his/her place on reguards to the AMIA bombing. --GHcool 01:24, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

• I would like to thank Daniel Olsen for adopting me and helping me through a minor technical mystery (to me, anyway), and helping me find projects that interest me. Marialadouce | parlami 21:04, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

• Even though User:Thryduulf and I are on opposite sides of a contentious issue right now, at an unrelated place he gave me a nice compliment on my closing of an AfD. That shows real class and deserves a lovely cup of tea. Herostratus 23:44, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

• I wish to unite Esperanzians and Non-Esperanzians, Pro-Esperanza and Anti-Esperanza, together for the encyclopedia. I hope that the MFD does not tear the community apart, and I wish goodwill for all contributors. If you are hurt by Esperanza's potential fate, please don't leave over it. That would be antithetical to your mission: keeping everyone together. Please stay for the encyclopedia's sake. 01:49, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Messedrocker, these comments are both reasonable and kind, both constructive and sincere. Have a cup of your own tea, friend: this is how all Wikipedians should strive to be. - 18:33, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

December 2006

• I'd like to thank Shakirfan for his work on Shah Rukh Khan, making many sensible edits. Ekantik 19:46, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
• I would like to thank all of the Wikipedians who fight against the constant vandalization of articles. Rick 19:42, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
• I would like to thank that new guy on the reference desk whose name I can never spell right for helping me re-learn my role. Cernen Xanthine Katrena 17:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
• I'd like to thank Merbabu for turning what was becoming an edit war into a productive collaboration. —ShadowHalo 19:29, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
• I'd like to thank Gungadin for her pictures! Trampiky ^{(talk to me)(contribs)} 19:59, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
• I would like to wish everyone a good day! Especially wossi & Kitia!
• I just got myself a nice cup of tea and would like to wish you all a Happy New Year in advance, since I'll be on wikibreak. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Mtijn 22:33, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
• Good job and hats off to all who participate in the Wikipedia:Reference_desk. This is an excellent resource and your participation is noteworthy and commendable. dr.ef.tymac 03:17, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

2007

January 2007

• HAPPY NEW YEAR! Wikipedia, please stay classy, kick ass, and fight crime in 2007. 05:16, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
• Over the last year, I let off a lot of steam in regards to sourcing of articles and just plain Rambled on deletion debates. To everyone annoyed about that, I'm just saying I'm sorry. I try to seek compromises but sometimes I'm just plain dumb. Apologies to everyone whose time I've wasted by making them read mountains of stupid rambling. Sorry, it's a really annoying habit that I just can't shake... [Eh, hit save when I was supposed to hit preview.] Anyway, I still wish to compliment everyone who demands accurate sourcing and all; I only disagree with the source paranoia that seems to be prevalent these days. I believe sourcing and accuracy is important. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 13:21, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
• I've only just started editing Wikipedia heavily. At first, I thought the level of vandalism was frankly depressing - but now I see that for every vandal, there are two great editors to revert it. Great job folks! Angus Lepper 00:26, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
• I copied 's user header and made it my own on my user page. I wouldn't have been able to do it without looking at NHN's example. —Malber (talk • contribs) 14:12, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
• Old-fashioned edit counter seems to be working again. I just refound it. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 03:14, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

• That is still not as accurate as wannabe_kate; it still has a huge gap of lag time. _(chat) 02:23, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

• While that is true, I thank Interiot for providing such excellent tools nonetheless, and wish that person a speedy recovery.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 14:15, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

• Can't stand tea !! Peterkirchem 13:58, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

• I just wanted to say kudos to everyone for working so well together to improve some problematic sections in the Robert P. Casey article. I think it's getting closer to good article status, and I'm looking forward to continuing to work with everyone on it. --JaimeLesMaths ^(talk!edits) 06:28, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

• Nateland shows a great passion for the causes he believes in, and an intense willingness to improve Wikipedia. --Illuminato 08:01, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

February 2007

• I just have to say that Xiner has been a great mentor and has taught me a lot. He himself has said that he has never been awarded anything, so I think that Xiner deserves some recognition. --Cremepuff222 (talk) 02:53, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Unschool has provided some valuable advice for a new editor like myself on the 2000s talk page. Goyston talk, contribs, play 19:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Just to say NipokNek is doing a great job burgeoning as an anti-put whatever crap you want in the encyclopedia ranger.A mcmurray 18:33, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
• EVERYONE IN THE DANIEL BRANDT WHEEL WAR: Here's to reconciliation and getting this war over as soon as possible! —Signed, your friendly neighborhood MessedRocker. 05:14, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

March 2007

• I've recently completed my first month at the LGBT Wikiproject, and I wanna thank all the people I've met there for being so great and helpful with me. :-) It's been a great experience working with Dev920, Jeffpw, Satyr, WJBScribe, Aleta and so on! Raystorm 20:22, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Has it only been a month?! You seem like part of the furniture... Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 02:32, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

• I want to recognize VirtualEye for his passion towards the subject of articles he edits. -- 22:38, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
• I just wanted to wish everybody a wonderful day. Always remember - if there's an article, there's probably something that can be edited. ^_^ Be well! Saber girl08 13:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
• KP Botany has provided much insight and information to articles for the California WikiProject and throughout Wikipedia, and I think I see his point, now. —ScouterSig 16:49, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
• Ekantik created a nice new Footer template that contains more information for related articles and pulls things together nicely. Smee 19:14, 13 March 2007 (UTC).

Thanks for the cuppa, mate! Much appreciated. :-) Ekantik ^talk 01:23, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

• The lion's share of contributors at the reference desks for being helpful, handling difficult users with grace, and allowing me to regain my cool. ---Sluzzelin talk 15:32, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
• Tip the hat to SlimVirgin for her months of work making WP:ATT. Pity shooting the prisoner before having the trial is the norm around here. Still, that doesn't detract from the patient work she put into it, for which, thanks. Grace Note 13:51, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

April 2007

• User:Iamcuriousblue shows a sincere desire to improve adolescent sexuality related articles. --Illuminato 21:27, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

• To anyone who wants to step away from WP:BOWN#Cydebot_Block for a moment and relax. — 20:11, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

May 2007

• To all those that helped put the latest edition of Wikipedia:Naming conventions (schools) together. Camaron1 | Chris 18:46, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Wow--thank you! This also happens to be a really nice piece of wiki that I hadn't come across yet (or had and forgotten), and as someone who has recently started to drink tea, I can attest that just the suggestion brought a smile to my face. Miss Mondegreen talk  22:11, May 13 2007

• Can I be (I hope) gallant and not sexist and suggest that Miss M should pour .. well done all Victuallers 15:52, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

You can, especially since a name is just a name (though mine is rather literary, ain't it ;)), but I should warn you that I'm a fair hand at spilling, so you may want to select someone without fresh battle wounds of hot liquid. Ah! Now that's what this page needs...a picture of oven mitts! Toasty, pretty, and protective! Tea, biscotti and protective gear. That's all a lady of the green could ever ask for. Miss Mondegreen talk  22:45, May 14 2007

• Bishonen came up with a creative outreach approach involving editors that had come into conflict. Smee 05:59, 17 May 2007 (UTC).
• S.Örvarr.S kindly translated my user page into Icelandic, and praised me for working on Iceland-related topics. Max Naylor 10:15, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
• I would like to pour tea for Darkson and Pak21, who I have butted heads with on different issues in the past, but have contributed quite a lot to improve WikiProject Warhammer 40,000 and have proven that they are dedicated to making the pages as Encyclopedic as possible. SanchiTachi 02:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
• I thank Miketedting and Titopao for helping improve numerous Philippine-related articles. Atenista 20:01, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

June 2007

• "Thank you" to User:Smallweed for cleaning up after me on the new botany-related articles I have created. --ŴôôD ẼĿF 18:25, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
• "Thank you" to Scientizzle for being kind!Invisible Noise 18:40, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
  • That's mighty kind of you, thanks!

August 2007

A "cuppa" for everyone!

• Matt/TheFearow has done a lot of good work with his bot and is obviously interested in helping the project as much as possible.  :) — Madman bum and angel (talk – desk) 05:33, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
• I'd like to thank Pedro and Stwalkerster for their kindness and helpfullness. Charineeimagebkk 07:44, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
• Luna Santin has assisted tremendously in the reverting and prevention of vandalism on Wikipedia. He/she has welcomed me to Wikipedia, and I thank that person most of all for that. : 02:23, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
• Here is a nice cup of tea for everyone! You are all great for watching this quiet, comfy little corner of Wikipedia, and it is so nice to see the encouragement and support offered here. 23:52, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
• Thanks to all the reference desk contributors who provide me with a dose of knowledge every day.
• 4u1e has worked so very hard within the Formula One Wikiproject and has improved countless articles. But the main reason why I am mentionning him here is because he provided me with so much help and assistance during my time here, especially during my first few months. I couldn't have done what I have done to Wikipedia, and inparticularly, the Toyota F1 article without his advice. A Wikipedian of the very finest. Lradrama 09:35, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

September 2007

• FayssalF is a nice person for talking to and a great contributer. --MacMad (talk · contribs)  06:55, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
• Boricuaeddie has shown tremendous growth since his last RFA. I hope I can nom him before anyone else. Tea anyone? 20:40, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
  • His new name is The Squid Guy! 20:42, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
• I'd like to thank Ariel Gold for her incredible kindness again and again. I think she'll make a fine admin someday. I'd also like to thank Husond for his wisdom. -- 02:52, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
• There's nothing like having consensus after a respectful discussion of opposing opinions so I'd like to pour some tea for Mr. Hux. --Kudret abi 07:40, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks! And since I'm an Englishman, tea runs in my veins, so that was an excellent choice. :) -- Hux 07:50, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
    • Pleasure... I love tea too, can't get enough of it as a matter of fact :) Good day, --Kudret abi 07:55, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
• Ossified deeply impressed me with the civility demonstrated in seeking consensus for disputed additions to the page Ted Nugent. So here's a toast to a fine new addition to Wikipedia's editorial "staff". :) --Moonriddengirl 15:54, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
• Hi everyone! This is nice! --TheWikiLoner 00:56, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

• Kralizec! welcomed me here! That was nice of him or her (it's impossible to tell online!)! --TheWikiLoner 01:22, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

• User:KP_Botany is always very kind to me, even after some misunderstanding. I appreciate his/her (don't know) mood very much. Aelwyn 23:03, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
  • What a nice comment. Thank you. KP Botany 23:08, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
• User:Infrogmation has been contributing to Wikipedia for a very long time. I commend him/her on their devotion to the project and hope Wikipedia gets many more users like him/her. 64.230.5.75 05:06, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

October 2007

• Ryan Postlethwaite has been an excellent admin. He has been watching various project pages well and his comments have a deep, wise voice. -- 01:30, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
• User:SolidPlaid is a promising deletionist and sees things that I might not see under the cloud of an RfC. --Lenticel ^(talk) 03:04, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
• User:Gates494 is doing pretty well. He is articulate and for the most part we agree on getting the Dunbar High School page looking good. -munkee_madness talk 14:18, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
• Slartibartfast1992 deserves a nice cup of tea for his very kind welcome. Thanks! Midorihana_{(talk)(contribs)} 05:42, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
• Phaedriel is one of the finest Wikipedians in terms of brilliant and tireless contributions and one of the nicest personalities ever. May I also mention Ryan Postlethwaite, who is a great admin and an equally nice person. Lradrama 10:39, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

• Addhoc has been a very helpful person, and has been able to assist me with any issue a newcomer such as myself has. Thanks Addhoc. ^{(Talk, Sandbox)} 23:15, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
• CelticGreen should be commended for the civil way in which she argued for her proposal and for calmly accepting the facts when she was shown to be wrong. D3av 10:35, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

November 2007

• User:Mattisse has such a breadth of knowledge on issues about psychology, I learn about things I've never heard of before just from reading the psychology edits and legal edits she makes. She's also a very bold editor who makes a lot of new articles. My first article was deleted about a year ago, so I'm not very confident at starting them, but since I have read more of Mattisse's contributions on wikipedia, it has inspired me to make two new articles in the space of about a week.Merkinsmum 14:15, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

• Dweller for reminding us that the presence of tea alone doesn't always foster goodwill. We need biscuits too. ---Sluzzelin talk 00:40, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

December 2007

• Cheers to Alison for gaining the chekuser tool. She is doing quite well. Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 03:28, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
• Keep up the good work User:Moe Epsilon. Kaiba does alot of external links cleaning we need done. 14:08, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
• Ems57fcva, it looks like you intend to stop contributing. I loved your work and your MO. Take care. DVdm (talk) 10:43, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
• Thank you to ArielGold for being so kind and welcoming to me. :) ⁽⁾ 02:14, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

2008

January 2008

The Cup of Tea Date: 1880

• I admire User:Coppertwig's civility and his commitment to harmonious collaboration. His widespread contributions to the WP project mark him as a valuable member of the community. Phyesalis (talk) 04:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
• I'm impressed by Jayjg's courtesy in responding to a variety of talk page messages, and I think I've managed to raise the civility level of my own contributions a notch or two by following the user's example. --Coppertwig (talk) 14:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
• Here's to the Admins for letting us vandal fighters have rollback. Thanks guys! Fléêťflämẽ U-T-C 23:20, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
• I'd like to thank Phyesalis for patiently continuing in a long dispute resolution process, and for acknowledging diversity of opinion. --Coppertwig (talk) 00:51, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
• I'm delighted by User:Jeepday's friendly messages to me on user talk, in spite of my having criticized the user -- and gotten the facts wrong! -- smack in the middle of a close RfA. --Coppertwig (talk) 01:07, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

February 2008

• I think that User:Dreaded_Walrus does a great job welcoming new members to the Encyclopedia, and is a sexy beast. =P ^| 01:30, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
• I think that every wikipedian i know who is not a vandal is doing great. i love every non-vandal on wikipedia and want to give everyone some wikilove, with valentine's day right around the corner, especially those of you who may be feeling lonely :( love, the pink panther The Pink Panther (talk) 03:31, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Acknowledged. Now go put {{tea}} on everyone's talk page :-P 68.101.123.219 (talk) 00:03, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
• I'd like to achnowledge User talk:Benjiboi work on LGBT articles, such as Chris Crocker (Internet celebrity) Fosnez (talk) 12:02, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Thank you so much. A good cuppa hits the spot and I ask that you'd join me as you also seem to go the extra mile on many articles. Benjiboi 03:01, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

March 2008

• I wish to praise Mikkalai for making constructive edits to amazingly huge numbers of articles. Mikka reminds us all that spending time on the actual articles is supposed to be the reason we're here. :-) --Coppertwig (talk) 12:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
• I wish to thank User:ScienceApologist and User:Raymond arritt for working hard towards removing fringe theories. Wikipedia needs more people like them.   (talk) 00:11, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
• I would like to take this opportunity to applaud the hard work in protecting the community shown by folks opposing the ban of mantanmoreland. I do believe that they have the best interests of the project at heart, even though I disagree. --Rocksanddirt (talk) 22:03, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

April 2008

May 2008

• I'd like to thank AndonicO, Keilana, AnonymousDissident, and Qst for some fantastic work at History of timekeeping. Do I have your trust? 00:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
• I would like to thank The Obento Musubi for his continuous hard work on the project and for his kindess. Keep up the work old friend.   00:17, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
• I would like to extend my gratitude and admiration to User:MessedRocker for importing this page from Wikinews, and to n:en:User:Brianmc for inventing it in the first place. — Dan | talk 01:26, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

July 2008

• I poured Albanian tea to Noah30 for his efforts to ameliorate the point of view on Albania-related articles.-- ^{T • ?} 20:38, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
• I am in a friggin good mood. --harej 08:14, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

August 2008

• Here you go UsaSatsui, heres some tea for beating me here, but this does not mean I withdraw my nom. =) 16:15, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

• This is in praise and appreciation for User:Nrswanson. Through his obvious passion and experience, this highly intelligent user has been a significant and enthusiastic contributor to wikipedia. This users knowledge about the workings of wikipedia is amazing. So have a cup of your favorite tea (herbal or caffeinated) on me. Maybe a few biscotti too. :-) / A FANTASTIC RESOURCE. Also just noticed that Nrswanson created an index on his userpage yesterday. Not only does it chronicle his NUMEROUS contributions to this community (which make mine pale in comparison), but it's actually is a FANTASTIC list of resources/information covering the gamut of the performing arts. If the performing arts is your area of interest, this page would be a great one to bookmark. Cheers, Nrswanson! Even if we disagree sometimes, you're all right in my book. :-) Hrannar (talk) 17:22, 14 August 2008 (UTC)Hrannar

• Thanks Hrannar. I appriciate it. I hope to see you arround more on other articles. You should join the opera project.Nrswanson (talk) 04:05, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

• Well done to all the IP editors constantly improving Day and Age. It's really refreshing to see IP edits on my watchlist that aren't vandalism. Keep it up. 15:31, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

• Amazing work by Cluebot, who always beats me to an edit(damn it!). Also to all those Huggle users, helping me crusade against vandalsVinson 23:23, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

October 2008

• Thank you to User:Carcharoth for suggesting tea in the somewhat heated discussion here The tea is excellent, very tasty, and warm. A great way to end my day. Perhaps next time you can join me in a cuppa. Thanks again. Truthanado (talk) 02:10, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
• Thank you, Flowanda, for locating the SF Chronicle article about CCF's use of anti-CSPI websites. And I'm sorry I called you a name on your talk page. Rnickel (talk) 18:47, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

November 2008

• I have a nice pot of Earl Grey brewing for sinneed, who filled me back up after someone unceremoniously blanked me. Thanks! The lemon is over there, just behind the honey! Drmies (talk) 20:44, 17 November 2008 (UTC)