Tannin - what's going on? Why have you blanked your talk and user page? I hope you're not leaving us. →Raul654 16:21, May 1, 2004 (UTC)
Hi Tannin... I'm sorry to see you leave us. :( Perhaps you'll look in on us again in the future. I hope you have fun in whatever new projects you find yourself sucked into, it's been nice working with you. fabiform | talk 15:49, 4 May 2004 (UTC)
I want to echo what Fabiform said -- and to thank you for all of your work -- including your farewell message. I hope that we'll eventually be able to invite you back to a Wikipedia where people who do want to work together can do so without constant conflict. Be well and best of luck in all your endeavours. -- BCorr|Брайен 17:15, May 4, 2004 (UTC)
Another one bites the dust. :( Maybe someday we'll start banning trolls instead of letting them run off people who actually contribute something useful. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 18:54, May 4, 2004 (UTC)
I'm so sorry to see you go. Angela. 19:15, May 4, 2004 (UTC)
I'm also sorry to see you leave, and I hope any disputes we may have had over the whole Papua thing didn't contribute to your decision. Hopefully, you'll come back some time. john 19:19, 4 May 2004 (UTC)
That's depressing. The sensible/lunatic ratio drops still further. Could a sysop please protect Tannin's user page, though. What he said was worth saying. Thanks. -- Derek Ross
This is very sad. Thank you for all your efforts. And thanks for your important message on your user page. Hopefully you can be welcomed back some day in a troll-free Wikipedia. -- Baldhur 21:09, 4 May 2004 (UTC)
Please don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you.
Tannin, I hope you reconsider this. It's no coincidence that many of your articles got featured - you're on of the most knowledgeable contributors we have around here. Regardless of where the future takes you, you have built a legacy here which I am sure will stand the test of time. They will be distributed to people across this planet.
Perhaps you just need a wiki vacation? Enjoy the outside world for a while, the weather's great, at least here in Berlin.
Wik is currently in arbitration again and the people in the AC are smart enough to realize that he can't go on like this, they're just very slow. RK is only editing sporadically and he's walking on very thin ice. In my experience, the wiki always wins out in the long run. Our principles are good, it's just the enforcement that is lacking. Everyone knows that, and we are constantly evolving. Don't give up on us yet, please.
Even if you do, there's one thing you could do for us: Could you add a list of the most problematic articles that you've worked on to your user page, i.e. those which were subject to the most intense controversies? That would make it easier for others to keep an eye on them.