Hello Wikipedia! I am Ljthefro!

About Me

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I am a native Nevadan, originally from Las Vegas.

I have a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno, where I was actively involved on campus (including a four-year tenure as a resident assistant). I recently received an M.A. in Educational Leadership from the same institution. I am now an academic advisor at my alma mater.

I consider myself a roadgeek, and have been one for as long as I can remember--having memorized the legend of all the freeway signs near my house by age 4 should attest to that. I'm also a huge fan of game shows, and was the host of UNR's very popular recreation of The Price Is Right for its first six years.

Wikipedia interests

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Right now, my editing focus is on highways in Nevada. I occasionally contribute in other areas as well, especially on articles pertaining to my other interests and in small cleanup of grammar/style.

Contribution Milestones

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  • First edit as registered Wikipedia user:
02:50, 10 June 2007 - Interstate 15 exit list - fixed Nevada exit list errors. (The exit list was subsequently moved to Interstate 15 in Nevada.)
  • First article created:
01:41, 12 June 2007 - Nevada State Route 443
  • Did You Know:
24 Feb 2008 - A fact from Summerlin Parkway was featured on DYK.
  • Project Recognition:
Jan 2009 - I was nominated and selected as the WP:USRD featured editor for January 2009 (noted here).
  • Good Article:
28 Apr 2009 - Nevada State Route 375, the first article I worked on with the goal of attaining Good Article status, passed its GA nomination.

Selected contributions

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Recognition

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  The WikiProject U.S. Roads Contributor Barnstar
U.S. Route 50 in Nevada passed FAC, thank you for the review and copyedits. It would not have passed without them.Dave (talk) 21:24, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
  The WikiProject U.S. Roads Contributor Barnstar
For your work on Nevada State Route 375 (an interesting and comprehensive article), and your dilligent work towards improving Nevada state route articles in general. Keep it up, I see a Featured Article in your future. --ErgoSum88 (talk) 23:21, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
  The WikiProject U.S. Roads Contributor Barnstar
For whipping Nevada Highway articles into shape. Dave (talk) 05:56, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
  The WikiProject U.S. Roads Contributor Barnstar
Thanks for your help in getting Interstate 70 in Colorado to Featured Article status. Dave (talk) 06:28, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
  The Curator Barnstar
This is for your efforts in finding the citation I needed for BL-80.
Thank you! Admrboltz (talk) 06:11, 7 January 2011 (UTC)