Featured user: Willeke
– Willeke, 69,969 points, Level 7, 66%
Every so often we, the Yahoo! Answers Team see someone on Answers that goes above and beyond the norm, providing such great contributions that they deserve to be celebrated. Previous contributors in this category include Spellbound, Tunisian Belle, Calimecita and Victor. This time the spotlight turns to Willeke, an expert in travel and… well, perhaps we’ll let her tell you in her own words.
Meet Willeke
“I am Dutch, still live in the village in which I was born. It is not to far from Amsterdam, but completely separate, there are about 5 towns and a city between us and them. I have been a regular visitor in Amsterdam all my live though.”
“I work fulltime, and have some time consuming hobbies besides. One I can combine with going to work, I ride a recumbent trike, as my main transport. For longer distances I often use the train, as I do not have a driving license (out of choice.)”
“My main hobby is tying knots, I have done that ever since I was a child and still spend time on it. I am a member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers, which is a world wide organisation devoted to knots, their history, practical uses, new developments and everything else there is to know about it. Here is a link to their website.”
Discovering Answers
“It is through knots that I met Yahoo answers, March 28, 2007, I saw a knot question on the page of a Yahoo group I was (and still am) a member of. I was drawn into Yahoo! Answers by that and am here ever since.”
“When I started I did answer in Hobbies and crafts, knot related but also other crafts. Since then I have moved toward travel more. Netherlands and Other Europe, and train questions in several more spots on the boards. About Europe I answer general questions, about all the places I have been often enough to know what I am talking about. (Although I do use search often to refresh my memory for factual things.)”
“I like helping people, in searching for answers I have learned a lot. I do not ask questions, as most of the things I need information about are very specialist, and I go to where the specialists are. Or they have been asked before and I read the older questions and their answers.”
Some great Best Answers from Willeke
- What’s there to see in Luxembourg?
- How can I travel by train in Europe?
- Is Spain similar to all of her previous colonies?
- Any advice on good cheap hostels in France, Italy, Belgium, Germany?
- I’d like to do the river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest in mid March. What would the weather be like?
- What exactly is the big difference between a hostel and a hotel/motel or a boarding house and where can I find a list of hostels both in the United States and Europe?
Willeke on her fellow Answers contributors…
“I admire most top answerers in the European travel sections, but as there are so many, it is very hard to name only one. All have their knowledge and specialist areas and all are friendly towards each other. But one answerer that stands out to me, who I meet in several categories: Mariner31. Always good answers, friendly advice and mostly out of experience, not just from reading the book or website.”
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Hats off to you, Willeke, your answers are a credit to you and to Answers. And knot tying is a really unusual and interesting hobby.
Curiosity (and question for the team) … why is the UK team apparently the only Answers team to celebrate the contributions of its users? Hats off to you too for doing so – the other teams should follow you in this, because it sets a good example for users everywhere of the sort of quality that we should all be aspiring to.
A very worthwhile post!
Extremely interesting to read and it’s great that the team acknowledge users that play such a pivotal part in making Yahoo! Answers the brilliant place that it is.
Thank you.
I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Wil for about a year now, I guess. This is a well-deserved mention of an outstanding Answers contributor. She is a very knowledgeable, friendly, and responsible user. Congratulations Wil!
Wonderful to read that some people are willing to help others. Congratulations.
I think Willeke’s work should be displayed among such work as the Aborigine, which is shown in the Art Gallery of NSW, or The First Gallery in Essex. She could become a well known ‘world-wide’ speaker on the subject.
Good luck to you, People are sometimes too shy in exhibiting their work.
Yes.
I’m also happy to see an interesting, friendly and knowlegable answerer celebrated. It really ‘humanizes’ this site and makes it all the more fun to use and learn from.
Cool to see someone ‘i know’ in the spotlights.
Well done.
Cheers.
Hallo Willeke,
Het is prachtig dat je zoveel weet van knopen.
Sorry if my Dutch is a bit ropy (pun intended – sorry) but I haven’t lived in holland since 1977.
It’s so nice to see a Dutch name on Yahoo answers.
What a lovely page. Willeke. congratulations keep up the good work answering.