` ::Thanks for all the hard work, award or not.  I started Wikipedia Editor Retention two years ago with no clear idea of what the project should look like, but I had a lot of faith in the people around me that we could at least do something.  Most of what we do never is seen by anyone and doesn't make the pages on the Project.  The Editor of the Week program is one of the more visible efforts.  In my opinion, the greatest thing to come from the program isn't the individual awards, but it fosters the idea that we should treat everyone with ``thanks`` every day, in all they do.  Just as with the entire project, the goal is simply to create greater awareness and appreciation in general, especially for those that work in their own corner of the Wiki, avoiding the spotlight, and doing good things simply because they want to do good things.  We will never be able to thank everyone that deserves it, but maybe we can plant seeds to make us all a bit more tolerant, a bit more thankful.   |  | WER `