Luigi22

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esEste usuario tiene el español como lengua materna.

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

AmE-0

This user does not understand the American English language and bloody well doesn't want to.

man-
kindRegarding gender, this user prefers the vernacular, not what is politically correct.

its & it'sThis user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you.

’sThi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.

to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.

A, B, and CThis user prefers the serial comma.

theyThis user considers singular they standard English usage.

whomThis user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever they see.

which & thatThis user knows how to use which and that correctly.

eo-2Ĉi tiu uzanto povas komuniki per meza nivelo de Esperanto.

de-1Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

...This user would like to be able to speak more languages.

FMSThis user studies at or is an alumnus of a Marist Brothers school.

This user supports the Communist Party of China, but only because there's nobody else to support.

ubx-5This user uses entirely too many userboxes.

Background

I'm a 17 year old Miami resident, but will soon be starting my undergraduate education at the University of Chicago. I first discovered Wikipedia around 2002 by clicking a link to Godwin's Law posted on a Slashdot comment.

Ideals

Like any true Wikipedian, I am an idealist (albeit a highly skeptical one) and believe in ideas such as direct democracy, Communism, Esperanto, and Wikipedia.

Language

I speak quite a few languages (the number varies depending on what you consider to be fluency), but living in the Anglosphere has led me to focus more on language issues in English than any other (as evidenced by my userboxes. I suffer from a mild case of Francophobia due to my beliefs that French grammar is too redundant, French vocabulary is neither sufficiently Romantic nor Germanic to be mutually intelligible, and French phonology is too archaic. Ironically, I am a major supporter of French culture and ideals.

Contributions

Despite having been a Wikipedian for a considerable amount of time, I have contributed far less than most users (particularly ThrashedParanoid, a friend of mine who has created a great deal of maps and flags). Rather, I employ the passive tactic of reading articles and reverting any vandalism I happen to notice.