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enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
de-3Dieser Benutzer hat sehr gute Deutschkenntnisse.
fr-3Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau avancé de français.
es-2Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español.
ru-2Этот участник неплохо знает русский язык.
da-1Denne bruger har et grundlæggende kendskab til dansk.
pl-1Ten użytkownik posługuje się językiem polskim na poziomie podstawowym.
This user is male.
This user is a Wikipedian.
This user is not a Wikipedia administrator but would like to be one.
This user is part of the Welcoming Committee.
1000+This user has over 1000 edits
BPDThis user lives with borderline personality disorder.
HTML-2This user is an intermediate HTML user.
c++-2This user is an intermediate C++ programmer.
BASIC-2This user is an intermediate BASIC programmer.
This user is a member of the
Counter-Vandalism Unit.
vn-11This user page has been vandalized 11 times.
incl This user is a Wikipedia inclusionist.
This user contributes using Firefox.
This user contributes using Linux.
This user uses Google as a primary search engine.
This user is interested in politics.
This user is a member of Wikipedians against censorship.
This user believes that only articles need reflect a NPOV, and that displaying political, religious, or other beliefs using userboxes and user categories should not be banned.
Wikipedia is not censored.
This user is an atheist.
This user is a humanist.
PC This user is pro-choice.
evol-3 This user accepts the theory of evolution.
This user comes from Germany.
This user drinks tea.
This user drinks hot chocolate.
This user drinks beer.
This user has depression.
This user is a Sagittarian.
George W. Bush This user opposes George W. Bush but equally vandalism of his Wikipedia biography.
This user is probably going to Hell.
This user demands you
respect my authoritah!
This user supports the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
This user supports the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
This user knows where in the world Carmen Sandiego is.
I studied computer programming in college, and all I got was this lousy compiler error.
This user DOES NOT live in a pineapple under the sea.
This user does not believe in
Santa Claus.
This user is a smartass; known for frequently making bad jokes, smartalec comments and having bad pickup lines and is proud of it!
This user has been assimilated. Resistance is futile.
sux-0This user does not understand Sumerian (or understands it with great difficulty).
gbDz uadddr za nagve sspkr Gbrsh.


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About me - in brief

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I'm male and of British origin. I live in Germany and am a freelance teacher of English as a foreign language (TEFL) and French>English/German>English translator. I have a degree in Modern Languages and European Studies from the University of the West of England, Bristol. General information about me can be found in the absurdly high number of userboxes to the right.

I'm a member of the Counter Vandalism Unit and Recent Changes Patrol which are essentially the same thing, in that they both involve scanning through the recent changes page to see if anyone's done anything Wikipedia:Vandalism untoward on these pages. The difference between the two is that with recent changes, the main goal is to check the punctuation, spelling, and general NPOVness of the new entries - vandalism is deliberate defacement of the articles and the aim there is general simply to revert to that last known good version.

I'm also a member of the Welcoming Committee which seeks to offer a warm welcome to all new Wikipedians. As a general rule, I wait until someone has contributed before saying hi, as it can be a bit intimidating barely touching anything before "You have new messages" starts flashing up on the screen.

You'll also see me popping up on Articles for Deletion a lot. I'll leave you to ponder the paradox of a self-processed inclusionist (also see [1]) poncing around on AfD but mainly I just weed out vanity articles and spam. I also make a point of voting to keep articles on subjects which are known, regardless of their "minority status" (mods, video game characters etc.)

I'm a member of the Computer and Video Games Wikiproject and spend most of my article-editing time working on video game focussed articles. I also translate from German to English and French to English.

Approaching me

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I'm neither a newbie nor an advanced user of Wikipedia. If you have questions, go ahead and ask. I don't bite. Much.


The vandal's haiku

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Something I knocked together out of boredom...

I take pleasure in

The trashing of others' work

Need to get a life.


Awards

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I award the Barnstar of Diligence to Jamyskis for his active contribution to the Wikipedian community. --Deryck C. 16:50, 31 January 2006 (UTC)




























Specialist fields in Wikipedia

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My contributions

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This section was seriously getting too large, so I shifted it to its own page. Click here for a more readable list.


Core beliefs about Wikipedia

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  • Spammers, vandals and vanity writers belong in Wiki-Hell (hence why I'm often to be found in Wikipedia:Votes for Deletion).
  • People who write strongly biased "articles" on an emotional whim don't belong in Wiki-Hell but deserve a good slap on the wrist.
  • Having too few words in an article does not constitute a deletion candidate. It just needs expanding and cleaning up.
  • General knowledge does have a place in Wikipedia, though not always in its own article.


Anonymous editing

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As you'll probably see, I am a member of the group "Wikipedians against anonymous editing". Vandalism is a serious problem on Wikipedia. I'm grateful that my user page has only been vandalised once. Most, but not all, vandalism on Wikipedia is carried out by anonymous users or anonymous sockpuppets.

Now, while I accept that blocking anonymous editing is not a definitive solution, it does go some way to solving the issue. Some vandals are persistent and they will quite happily sign up for new names and attack under new IP addresses. There is no solution for dealing with these people short of hunting them down and getting them locked up in a psychatric institution. The majority of vandals, however, won't take the time to set up an account.

Wikipedia is like any human society. As Benjamin Franklin said, those who sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither. The core of Wikipedia is freedom of expression and freedom of knowledge. Limits have to be placed, yes, but these limits should only serve to protect these freedoms. Registering does not restrict anyone from editing articles - indeed, it's more of an advantage, because you get to monitor your own entries, create your own signature etc. - but vandals prevent those who wish to share their knowledge (in the articles) and opinions (on the talk pages and forums) from doing so.