Welcome Wednesday: Let's build a story together!

[Jimmy Seddon]

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

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I thought of something slightly different to do today.  We are going to build a story one sentence at a time.  I'll start with a beginning prompt.  Then, as a response ad a single sentence to our story.  If this works out, we should have something entertaining by the end.

"Once upon a time, there was a very kind and helpful Jira Administrator."

Ok it's up to all of you to help fill in the details.

Have a great rest of the week!

[Jimmy Seddon]

Let's give a big welcome to all the new members to the Community!  We'd love to hear from you too!

@Matt McDonald @Parag Ahire @Dima Kozhanovski @Rahul Khanna @Ben Sipe @David Marcu @Jeanie Hioki @Oreeba Badar @Siti Nur Atikah @Xenia Chilkowich @Alessia Cauvin @Arkim @Ignacio Amoros @Johnny Young @Jonathan Robles @Michel Drescher @Niall McCaffrey @Savita Praveen @a.silveira @Aldis Voitenko @Allie Watfa @Angie Shupe @Anita Suri @Artem Gnatuk @Berk Öztürk @Brian Sherry @C Fenijn @Demian Mauricio Solano Rivera @erick @Gerard van den Brandhof @Gorrepati Satyavani @H Habashy @hung_giang @Iryna Heine @Jerin Geevarghese @Joey Verhoeven @Jpeck @Justin @Ljupcho Blazheski @Luca Hector @Mariusz Zalewski @Matt Shields @Michael Soby monika.rakasz@ppluk.com @Patrycja Kuczynska @Sara Santucci @Sascha Schulz @Sriman Padmanaban @webdeveloper

[Jimmy Seddon]

Let's give a big welcome to all the new members to the Community!  We'd love to hear from you too!

@艳 王 @Aaron Clough @Abbas Sandouk @Adam Mitchell @Amie Walton @anas @Andre Oliveira @Anelia Gagova @angelaaa @Araz.Valizada @Arthur Yakumo @Arto Saari @Auto _ General Admin @Ayub Basha Kanekal @Bouke Johannes Kaaks @Brett Mason @Bruna Appelt @Bruno Rodriguez @[deleted] @carellano @Carlos Rivera @Cat Mumumu @Charles Kingston @Charlu Ricafuente @clockworknet @Dale Binkley @Daniel Perdiguero @David @David Gorton @Derrick Robinson @dominikr.bleidorn @Edvinas Paplauskas @Efi Ovadia @Enrico Tinner @Erwin Sloboda @Farah Shah @flavio-alberti @Francisco @Gunsa @Gustavo Cardozo @Günter Zöchbauer @Hampus Lindgren @Hayley Wang @ilhami keskin @James Bickerton @James Maljaars @Jaswanth Boyidi name @Jeffrey Fox @[deleted] @joanne mekedehoun

[Xenia Chilkowich]

Hi there! I am a Salesforce Product Manager and looking to find ways to make JIRA more efficient for product management and roadmaps.

[Dave Rosenlund _Tempo_]

Hi, @Xenia Chilkowich.  Welcome to the community!  May I suggest you start a new thread on that topic in the Jira topic group?  I worry it will get lost in this thread :( 

[Savita Praveen]

Hi Everyone,

I am project manager using Atlassian Products like Confluence and JIRA for almost five years.

I am looking forward to be part of this journey and learn more about Atlassian products! 

[Dave Rosenlund _Tempo_]

Welcome to the community, @Savita Praveen!

[Kristján Geir Mathiesen]

Welcome @Savita Praveen & @Xenia Chilkowich to the Community!

[Fun Man Andy]

Once upon a time, there was a very kind and helpful Jira Administrator...

and they had the most flawless, well organized Jira in the world and their name was...

[Thorhalla Gudmundsdottir Beck]

Once upon a time, there was a very kind and helpful Jira Administrator...

and they had the most flawless, well organized Jira in the world and their name was...

Tate Gunn but everybody called him 'Tater' after his favourite snack.

[Patrícia Fortunato Montenegro]

Tate was always very focused on Jira and adjusting
with all the punctual details about your team, so much so that...

[Dave Rosenlund _Tempo_]

You would frequently find him at the bar after work. Luckily...

[Taranjeet Singh]

Luckily, the bartender, who was his close friend, had also worked as a Jira Administrator in his past role.

[Dave Liao]

The bartender was famous for making a drink called the Full Re-Index, so powerful it would stop you in your tracks. But Tater could drink three Full Re-Indexes in a single night...

[John Funk]

The next morning, Tater would enjoy time with his children. He and the Tater tots would scrounge the beach looking for ....

[Jack Brickey]

Idle Jira users to clean up. They worked tirelessly until just before sunset deactivating these users access. With that job and out of the way, they headed back to their car when they stumbled upon a lamp. Rubbing the lamp, to clean away the dirt and grime, suddenly an Opsgenie appeared. Opsgenie declared...

[Kristján Geir Mathiesen]

Story points. You see, Tater was a recycle kind of person so he felt that by collecting story points on the beach, he were contributing to...

[Jimmy Seddon]

... a better experience for all of the users, including all of his friends on the Atlassian Community!

Thank you to everyone who participated an made for this to be a fun and entertaining experiment!

[Siti Nur Atikah]

Hello, this is my first time using this platform and learn more about Atlassian products

[Jimmy Seddon]

Welcome to the Community @Siti Nur Atikah!

[Dave Liao]

Looking forward to meeting Tater at Team '22!

And who knows what's in a Full Re-Index. Jeppson's Malort? 🍻 

[Michaela Staffova]

Darn it, I did not make it here in time to participate. 😢

Love the idea of building a story together, @Jimmy Seddon , bravissimo! 👏

[Tuncay Senturk]

Wow, what a great story! 👏

Too bad, I missed it. 

[Jimmy Seddon]

@Michaela Staffova @Tuncay Senturk not to worry!  Based on how successful this one was, we will absolutely do this one again in the future!

[Fun Man Andy]

What an epic Story!! Great initiative @Jimmy Seddon and well done everyone! Great creative skills

[M Amine]

Great story @Jimmy Seddon 

[Andy Gladstone]

Wrap up...

Once upon a time, there was a very kind and helpful Jira Administrator, and they had the most flawless, well organized Jira in the world and their name was Tate Gunn but everybody called him 'Tater' after his favourite snack.

Tate was always very focused on Jira and adjusting with all the punctual details about your team, so much so that you would frequently find him at the bar after work.

Luckily, the bartender, who was his close friend, had also worked as a Jira Administrator in his past role. The bartender was famous for making a drink called the Full Re-Index, so powerful it would stop you in your tracks. But Tater could drink three Full Re-Indexes in a single night.

The next morning, Tater would enjoy time with his children. He and the Tater tots would scrounge the beach looking for Idle Jira users to clean up. They worked tirelessly until just before sunset deactivating these users access. With that job and out of the way, they headed back to their car when they stumbled upon a lamp. Rubbing the lamp, to clean away the dirt and grime, suddenly an Opsgenie appeared.

Opsgenie declared story points. You see, Tater was a recycle kind of person so he felt that by collecting story points on the beach, he were contributing to a better experience for all of the users, including all of his friends on the Atlassian Community!

[Fun Man Andy]

I love this... !!! ❤️👏