I have been a Wikipedia editor since 2008. I mostly do copy editing and vandalism reverting. I live in Seattle, WA, USA, and am a PhD student in information science at the University of Washington's Information School.
Languages & scripts
editen-us -N | This user is a native speaker of American English. |
en-us -5 | This user can contribute at a professional level of American English. |
ipa-3 ə | This user has an advanced understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet. |
English usage preferences
editLE-0 | This individual still maintains a shred of dignity in this insane world by adhering to correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalization. |
they… | This user considers singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so avoids it on Wikipedia. |
This user supports the use of gender-neutral language. |
y'all | This user thinks y'all serves a useful purpose as a second-person plural pronoun, and would like to see y'all use it more often. |
by | The passive voice may be used by this user. |
to¦<b>ly¦go | This user is proud to rightfully split infinitives. |
…in. | Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with. |
which & that | This user joins with Dickens, Melville, and other great writers[1] in rejecting the canard that which may not be used for restrictive relative clauses. |
English Singulars: "The data is..." | This user recognizes that "data", "media", and "agenda" have become incorporated into English as singular nouns. |
golden toad | This user advocates lowercase common names in an encyclopedia. |
A, B, and C | This user prefers the serial comma. |
"…"! | This user uses "logical quotation marks". Forcing internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a nationalistic style issue! |
ANAL 4 | This user advocates good grammar usage. |
“,;:’ | This user is a punctuation stickler. |
en | This user uses American English on talk pages, but the appropriate variety of English in articles. |
2024-11-18 | This user uses ISO-8601 to express dates. |
Chicago, Illinois | This user thinks articles about large U.S. cities should follow the "City, State" format, not just "City". |
Wikipedia views
editMind the Gap | This editor wants to close Wikipedia's gender gap. |
This user is a member of the Association of Structurist Wikipedians. |
Everyone has points of view with inherent cultural biases - recognition is the first step to achieving NPOV. |
This user believes that a user's edit count does not necessarily reflect on the value of their contributions to Wikipedia. |
This user believes all public domain images should be moved to the Commons. |
This user believes that "common sense" is a worthless delusion and prefers to argue using reason. |
This editor thinks that all articles should have an infobox. |
This user uses the "Show preview" button so as to avoid making a great number of useless, successive edits. |
UAR | This editor believes that account creation keeps people accountable here on Wikipedia. |
This user is bold, but not reckless, in updating pages. |
WP:RS | This user believes in using Reliable Sources. |
This user is a member of the Association of Categorist Wikipedians. |
This user knows why redirects exist and how to use them effectively. |
<ref> | This user recognizes the importance of citing sources. |
This user provides information using user boxes for statistical reasons. |
Areas of experience/expertise
editISCI | This user is an expert in Information science. |
{{Wiki}} | This user is an intermediate writer in the MediaWiki language. |
XML-2 | This user is an intermediate XML coder. |
HTML-2 | This user is an intermediate HTML user. |
re-2 | This user writes intermediate regular expressions. |
prog-1 | This user is a beginning programmer. |
SGML 1 | This user has heard of the SGML language and knows its basics. |
Basics about me
editThis user is a lifelong resident citizen of the United States of America. |
This user lives in Seattle. |
PhD(c) | This user is a doctoral student in information science. |
MLIS | This user has a Master of Library and Information Science degree. |
This user is a librarian. |
BA | This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in linguistics. |
This user attends or attended Cornell University. |
This user attends or attended the University of California, Berkeley. |
Subpages
editTo-do list .... Template tags .... Userboxes .... test .... monobook.js .... monobook.css