RiverStyx23

If you feel that I have reverted an edit or issued a warning in error, please click here and let me know. I am human: I make mistakes. Please don't interpret an error (even a really stupid one) on my part as a personal attack on you. It's not, I promise. But please do bring it to my attention - provided one is not being condescending, I am always open to civil discussion. Now, that said, I have the right to withdraw from any situation that is escalating or uncomfortable without giving a reason or justifying myself, and to take further action through permissible means. (See this policy.) Do not construe this as agreement with whatever position you have espoused, whatever snide remarks you have made, or whatever abuse you are heaping upon me. My withdrawal is nothing more nor less than a statement that I have better things to do and an attempt on my part to follow the age-old aphorism that one should never argue with a fool. Thank you.

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About Me

en-USThis user is a native speaker of American English.

This user is a Freemason.

This user is a Senior DeMolay.

This user was made an Emerald Shellback on USS Inchon (LPH 12).

This user served in USS Cavalla (SSN 684).

This user graduated from the University of Akron School of Law.

JDThis user has a Juris Doctor degree.

This user is an attorney who intends to continue practicing law until he gets it right.

This user is a member of ACES.

Wikipedia

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en-5This user can contribute with a professional level of English.

17This user joined Wikipedia 17 years, 9 months, and 12 days ago as of November 24, 2024.

This user is a WikiOgre.

This user is a member of WikiProject Freemasonry.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Law.

This user saved Wikipedia by making his first vandalism reversion on May 15, 2010.

This user likes WP images to behave As Nature Intended (PicturePopups).

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Ideals

• Accuracy
• Honesty
• Quality
• Professionalism
• Principles before personalities

Stuff I made up

Wikipedia articles

Grand Lodge of Ohio
Grand Lodge of North Dakota

Published works

• "Fifteen Points for Masonic Education," Proceedings of the Ohio Lodge of Research 25 (1997-2003): 74-98
  
• "Understanding Masonic Law," Proceedings of the Ohio Lodge of Research 26 (2004-2009): 50-57
  
• "What a Lodge Can Truly Be," Philalethes: The Journal of Masonic Research and Letters 64 (2011): 66-71
  
• "Saint John's Day in Winter," Publication still pending

Templates

• {{User:RiverStyx23/vandalism}} (with thanks to Ahunt)
• {{User:RiverStyx23/precisionism}} (see Category:Precisionist Wikipedians)
• {{User:RiverStyx23/Futhorc}}
• {{OnProd}}

Stuff I put up

USS Cavalla (SSN 684)

"Fyftene artyculus þey þer sow3ton, and fyftene poyntys þer þey wro3ton."

Stuff I expect . . . of myself and others

• Civility and Politeness
  
• Good Manners

Stuff I worry about

• Copyright law
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags/Public_domain

Stuff I forget

• Assume good faith
• The Super Simple Userbox Maker
• User page design center
• Standard Article Layout
• Writing Better Articles
• Template Messages
• Freemasonry MOS
• Useful Tags
  • {{Reply|RiverStyx23}}
    
  • {{underconstruction}}
    
  • {{Db-userreq}} or {{Db-u1}} (for one's own userspace)
  • {{Db-g7}} (for articlespace) (e.g., rationale=Deletion is requested/justified because the page was used as a sandbox for creation of the initial content of the article, which has now been uploaded, and the former content of the sandbox is no longer of any value.)
  • {{refimproveBLP}}
    
  • {{increation}}
    
  • {{notability}}
    
  • {{newpage}}
    
  • {{orphan}}
    
  • {{wikify}}
    
  • {{inuse}}
    
  • {{prod}}
    
  • {{subst:Welcome to Wikipedia}}
    
  • {{subst:welcome-anon}} ~~~~
    
  • {{subst:Welcome-anon-vandal}}
    
  • {{subst:Uw-vandalism1}}
    
• Wikipedia Secure Polls
  

Stuff I do

Subpages

Current events

News	Talk

Other stuff

"WP:EMOJI" redirects here. For common outcomes of discussions on emoji redirects, see WP:REMOJI.

Here are some emoticons for you to use on user and talk pages. They are presented below for your copy-and-pasting convenience.

Images

Output	Code
	[[File:Confused.svg|20px]]
	[[File:Cry.png|20px]]
	[[File:Lightbulb.png|16px]]
	[[File:Sad.png|20px]]
	[[File:Shade.png|20px]]
	[[File:Smile.png|20px]]
	[[File:Smile_eye.png|20px]]
	[[File:Teeth.png|20px]]
	[[File:Tongue.png|20px]]
	[[File:Wink.png|20px]]
	[[File:Face-wink.svg|20px]]
	[[File:Face-surprise.svg|20px]]
	[[File:Face-grin.svg|20px]]
	[[File:Face-devil-grin.svg|20px]]
	[[File:Face-kiss.svg|20px]]
	[[File:Face-smile.svg|20px]]
	[[File:Face-smile-big.svg|20px]]
	[[File:Face-crying.svg|20px]]
	[[File:Face-glasses.svg|20px]]
	[[File:Face-angel.svg|20px]]
	[[File:718smiley.svg|20px]]
	[[File:Sert - dead smile.svg|20px]]
	[[File:shocked-tpvgames.gif|20px]]
	[[File:Smile-tpvgames.gif|20px]]
	[[File:Confused-tpvgames.gif|20px]]
	[[File:Sad-tpvgames.gif|20px]]
	[[File:Misc-tpvgames.gif|20px]]
	[[File:Face-blush.svg|20px]]
☺	<span style="font-size:x-large;">☺</span>
☻	<span style="font-size:x-large;">☻</span>
☹	<span style="font-size:x-large;">☹</span>

Templates

Template:Smiley

The template {{smiley}} or {{=)}} may be used to produce many different smilies.

Output	Code
	{{)':}}
	{{):}}
	{{=)}}
	{{;)}}
	{{=P}}
	{{=D}}
	{{=S}}
	{{=Z}}

Template:Smiley2

Different smilies can be made using parameters. For instance, {{Smiley2|sad}} or {{=2|sad}} produces .

The full list of parameters is as follows (defaults to a simple smile).

parameter	produces		parameter	produces
1, smile			2, cute
3, sad			4, confused
5, shocked			6, tongue, crazy
7, rude, raspberry			8, doh, facepalm

Template:Smiley3

Different smilies can be made using parameters. For instance, {{Oldsmiley|tongue}}, {{Smiley3|tongue}} or {{=3|tongue}} produces .

The full list of parameters is as follows (defaults to a simple smile).

parameter	produces		parameter	produces
1, friend			2, confident
3, tongue			4, hysteric
5, hurt			6, sorry
7, sleepy			8, nice
9, nasty			10, congratulations, congrats
11, trouble			12, innocent
13, sceptic			14, upset
15, shocked			16, indifferent, nocomment
17, roll			18, teeth

Template:Sert

Different smilies can be made using parameters. For instance, {{sert|2}} or {{sert|sad}} produces .

The full list of parameters is as follows (defaults to a simple smile).

parameter	produces		parameter	produces
1, happy			2, sad
3, three			4, dead

Template:Emoji

See also: WP:EMOJI

Use {{emoji}} with a Unicode number to insert an emoji (for instance, {{emoji|263A}} = ).

Template:Emote

😀 This template is meant to allow people to conveniently use the Unicode emoticons. It is used by using {{emote|xxx}}, where "xxx" includes the unicode number or text shortcut.

Emoticons[1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0

The names from the mouseover text above work if used directly, and usually if condensed to a key word ("grinning" or "unamused" for example). The templates involving the cat have shortcuts like "cat wry", "heart-shaped" is abbreviated to "heart", "open mouth" is usually omitted, closed = "tightly-closed eyes". Look at the source (or add your own shortcut) if your first try doesn't work.

One parameter "color" is accepted. The template doesn't take a size parameter because it displays text which can easily be resized with <big>. Usually, to avoid disrupting the flow of lines with oversized icons, it's best to put up with a small size or, preferably, use them in headers.

This template isn't meant to work with images like in Template:Like and Template:Dislike do. The goal is to blend seamlessly into the normal processing of text.

Template:Emojus

This template embeds one emojus based on a textual description, the way that desktop applications like Discord specify them. So, for example, {{emojus|thinking}} is 🤔. This is a work in progress.

WikiEditor script

Media related to sMirC smilies at Wikimedia Commons – as international alternative set for fast insertion per JavaScript

External links

• Media related to Smilies at Wikimedia Commons