There is no Cabal


Etymology

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  • Paleo (old, ancient)
  • Neonate (baby, weeks old)

I have chosen this nickname because I have been around Wikipedia a long time, then suddenly decided to create an account, and a number of general WP procedures were still very new to me at account creation time. I only use this name on the WMF projects.

Background

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I am a male born in the seventies in Canada. I am not notable. Although I long resisted creating an account, I have made edits to Wikipedia on and off since January 2005. This account was finally created on February 2017.

My specialty is computer science but I rarely edit in the area. Favorite sports are swimming, soccer and taekwondo. Amateur-level interests include: music, biology (and evolution), medicine, geology, paleontology, archaeology, anthropology, cosmology, physics, climatology, environmentalism and religion (from the perspectives of anthropology, sociology, neurology and literature).

I was raised as a fundamentalist creationist but have grown out of it over time through education, research, critical thinking and knowledge; I am now an agnostic who has ceased to believe in the supernatural. I'm also a regular reader of the science reference desk.

I compose and produce recordings. I like fusion jazz, smooth jazz, flamenco, Indian, Turkish, world music, various forms of electronic music and religious music, mostly instrumental. I have some interest in the history and fabrication of instruments. Music is the art through which I can feel and express my "spirituality" today.

Venues

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Note: parts of this section may be outdated and likely to be rewritten.

As I find that most articles I could think of already exist, I have decided to create an account, and to as time permits use the following categories to find articles to improve (provided for myself and others who may find them useful):

Links WikiProjects Notice boards & tips
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Also see

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  • {{Useraward}} - A custom award utility template I wrote



Wikiproject Skepticism tasks

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  Wikiproject:Skepticism

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Items inactive for too long can be removed


Wikiproject Citation Cleanup TODO list

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  • WP:IW — Inter-Wiki linking
  • {{Lat}} — Page/Portal/etc link
  • {{sl}} — Search link
  • {{ph}} — History link
  • {{diff}} / Special:Diff/id — Diff link
  • {{oldid}} / Special:Permalink/id — Permanent link
  • {{fullurl}} | {{urlencode}} — Utilities
  • {{tl}} etc — Template link
  • {{para}} — Template parameter
  • {{button}} — Button
  • {{pagelinks}} — Page links
  • {{la}} — Article links
  • {{ld}} — Draft links
  • {{clc}} / [[:Category:...]] — Category link
  • {{LinkSummary}} — Link links
  • {{UserSummary}} — User links
  • {{IPSummary}} — Address links
  • {{re}} — Reply
  • {{u}} — Name/ping
  • {{noping}} — Name/noping
  • {{edit tag}} — Edit tag link
  • {{edit filter}} — Edit filter link
  • {{edit}} — Edit link





  • WP:ACDS — Discretionary Sanctions

  • WP:AIV — Administrator Intervention against Vandalism
  • WP:UAA — User name for Administrator Attention
  • WP:POVUSERNAME — Essay
  • WP:RPP — Request for Page Protection (increase)
  • WP:AN — Administrator Noticeboard (to discuss with/about admins or general uncategorized)
  • WP:AN3 — Administrator Noticeboard to report edit warring (3RR, etc)
  • WP:ANI — Administrator Noticeboard to report incidents
  • WP:AE — Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement (report violations of discretionary sanctions, violated 0RR/1RR decisions, request closure of discussions/deletions, etc)
  • WP:SPI — Sock Puppet Investigations (to report multiple undisclosed account usage)
  • WP:911 — Emergency, self-harm, threats
  • WP:REFUND — Request for undeletion or userfication of deleted articles
  • WP:DELREV — Deletion Review
  • WP:AfD — Articles for Deletion (closing will determine if admin must delete)
  • WP:CSD — Criteria for Speedy Deletion nomination (use AfD or MfD if unsuccessful)
  • WP:PROD — Proposed Deletion (uncontroversial, technical; use CSD, AfD or MfD if unsuccessful)
  • WP:SUPPRESS — Oversight (request deletion of outing/info/inadvertent-IP, etc)
  • WP:TfD — Templates for Deletion
  • WP:MFD — Miscellany for Deletion (user boxes, project/Wikipedia space, drafts, or other not covered by AfD/TfD/CfD/RfD) (category)
  • WP:CfD — Categories for Deletion
  • WP:FfD — Files for Deletion (images, other media)
  • WP:RfD — Redirect for Deletion
  • WP:RM — Requested Moves
  • {{Deletion tools}} — Deletion tools
  • {{Copyvio-revdel}}WP:REVDEL request
  • CopyPatrol tool

  • WP:3O — request Third Opinion
  • WP:RfC — Request for Comment
  • WP:DR — Dispute Resolution
  • WP:M — Mediation (all parties must agree to open)
  • WP:ARB — Arbitration Committee
  • WP:ACC — request Account Creation
  • WP:UTRS — Unblock Ticket Request System
  • WP:ARCA — Arbitration Requests Clarification and Amendment (i.e. article protection change when original administrator not available, clarification to sanctions)
  • WP:RESTRICT — Editing restrictions
  • WP:EAR — Editor Assistance Requests





Single notice links
Character substitution templates

Category:Wikipedia_character-substitution_templates

Template call
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Awards

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These are friendly ways to express appreciation and to encourage civility and efforts. For more information, please see Wikipedia:Awards, Wikipedia:WikiLove and Wikipedia:Kindness_Campaign.

Barnstars

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  The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thanks very much for your help on my A.M. Pattison piece. I greatly appreciate it. Ian.fraser1 (talk) 21:02, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
  The Teamwork Barnstar
Thanks for your help on the aura article, and thank you for helping revive the wp:skeptic project! KarlPoppery (talk) 04:07, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
  The Special Barnstar
For excellent communication and artistic skills. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 23:47, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
  The Barnstar of Recovery
While not quite an AFD rescue, I figured you earned this for efforts to kickstart the WikiProject Skepticism talk page Dkriegls (talk to me!) 05:21, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
  The Guidance Barnstar
You helped me a number of times. You are really helpful. I am lucky that I met with you by chance. P.Shiladitya✍talk 08:47, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
  The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank you for being so kind and helpful. You helped edit a draft that I thought no one would even look at, you gave me good advice in a talk section, and you welcomed me on my talk page. You have been the nicest person on this site that I have met so far. Thank you. Wyrm127 (talk) 01:44, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
  The Special Barnstar
A special barnstar for a special person. Thank you. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:30, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
  COVID-19 Barnstar
Awarded for your ongoing efforts protecting articles on the pseudoscience related to COVID-19. Awarded by Cdjp1 (talk) 16:02, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Miscellaneous

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Dear @PaleoNeonate: Sir,   --P.Shiladitya (talk) 15:32, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

  The WikiJaguar Award for Excellence
For your recent assistance responding to the request I left on someone else's talk page, I award you the WikiJaguar Award for Excellence in talk page stalking efforts. (Specifically, for your suggestion on using {{ow}} for notifying community editors of other editor's previously made concerns which have been deleted from a user's talk page, made in this discussion on user Bbb23's talk page. I appreciate your help!) SpintendoTalk 10:39, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
  Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 20:42, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
 
The Good Friend Award
Thank you for your valuable help in MfD of my userpage's subpage. You gave advices to me about deletion of userpages. This is for you. Thank you. PATH SLOPU (Talk) 09:53, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

gnomish guidance

Thank you for service from 2005, for welcoming users and improving references, for evaluating drafts, for a list of useful links on your personal page, for guiding and missing, - gnomish user expressing spirituality in music, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:27, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

  The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
I noticed that too! Ha ha! Thanks for the welcoming and your kindness! PaleoNeolitic (talk) 17:32, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
  A puppy for you!
For all you've done over the years, I am giving you this puppy. Your contributions are appreciated. Sro23 (talk) 06:06, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

 

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