Welcome to my Userpage! Enjoy your stay.
About Me[edit]
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I enjoy doing a number of things around the wiki. In January 2010 I became a Coordinator of the (now-defunct) Mediation Cabal, and in March 2010 I became an Administrator on the English Wikipedia. Currently most of my work on-wiki is in dispute resolution and enforcement, particularly in contentious areas and topics under Arbcom sanctions. I'm also trying to contribute to the cleanup and improvement of articles within my area of expertise, American politics. I am also well-known as a BLP hardliner, who believes that protecting living persons from unsourced and poorly sourced contentious material trumps all other policies and guidelines. I continue to uphold the spirit of the Mediation Cabal, even though it has long since been retired. I can often be found roaming around various topic areas and attempting to resolve disputes.
I have also been called a BLP Hardliner. Given my role in the 2010 Mass BLP Deletions and the creation of WP:BLPPROD, that's accurate. My position has not changed in recent years, I openly accept and embrace the label. BLP is our most important policy, and needs to be protected above all else.
Useful Links[edit]
This is a list of links I need to reference on occasion.
WMF/Community Disputes[edit]
Important Arbcom Cases[edit]
- Badlydrawnjeff
- Rachel Marsden
- Footnoted Quotes/BLPSE
- Manning naming dispute
- Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Giano
- Climate Change
- Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/WikiProject Tropical Cyclones#Building consensus: WikiProjects
- WP:EEML
- Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conduct in deletion-related editing / Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Requests for comment/AfD at scale
Important RFCs[edit]
Other[edit]
Wikipedia:Shrubbery Template:Burma-shave-notice
Pages I have created[edit]
Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline
Wikipedia:What Mediation Cabal is not
Content creation credits[edit]
Council on Religion and the Homosexual
Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline
Images I have uploaded[edit]
All photographs were taken by me, uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, and licensed under CC-BY or CC-BY-SA, unless something different is specified.
General[edit]
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Photo of the White Night riots. Taken by Daniel Nicoletta.
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Members of Project Chanology marching in Boston.
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Sunset over the Fire Island Inlet, south of Long Island, New York
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An east-facing view of the marina at Cedar Beach, south of Long Island, New York
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A wast-facing view of the marina at Cedar Beach, south of Long Island, New York
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Small, grassy island in the Fire Island Inlet.
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A pavilion on Cedar Beach, New York situated between the parking lot/marina and the beach itself.
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Interior of a Long Island Rail Road train servicing the Ronkonkoma line.
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Exterior of the King Kullen in North Babylon, New York.
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A display of Boar's Head Provision Company products in a deli.
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A New York City taxicab in motion. Photo taken on W. 46th st in Manhattan.
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An F-14A Tomcat on display at Grumman Memorial Park in New York.
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An AIM-54A "Phoenix" missile on display at Grumman Memorial Park in New York.
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A view down the tube of a Phoenix AIM-54A missile
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A Grumman flag flying at Grumman Memorial Park.
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Flag of the Town of Riverhead flying at Grumman Memorial Park.
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A Grumman A-6 Intruder on display at Grumman Memorial Park.
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The facade of the Scientology Org on W. 46th st in New York City.
Astrophotography[edit]
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Stars of the Cassiopeia constellation. Taken from New York.
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Tail of the constellation Capricornus. Delta Capricorni (Deben Algedi) on the left, and Gamma Capricorni (Nashira) on the right. Taken from New York.
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Cropped version of previous photograph.
WikiConference NYC 2009[edit]
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Gmaxwell playing with a paddleball at WikiConference NYC 2009.
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An attendee of Wikiconference NYC 2009 looking at w:User Talk:Ed Poor during a seminar on NPOV.
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User:Ragesoss, User:David Shankbone, and Joseph Reagle answering questions from the audience at Wikiconference NYC 2009.
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A list of lost and found items at WikiConference NYC 2009.
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User:harej giving the longest lightning talk ever at Wikiconference NYC 2009
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User:Gmaxwell vandalizing the English Wikipedia under the username User:Bad article creation bot. His vandalism caused User:harej to accidentally autoblock the entire conference.
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Sitting arbitrator User:Newyorkbrad at a restaurant with other Wikipedians during Wikiconference NYC 2009. User:harej is the creeper to the left.
Awards[edit]
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
A copy of my first barnstar, and certainly you deserve it more than I did. Prodego talk 04:24, 31 December 2009 (UTC) |
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The BLP Barnstar | |
For your numerous contributions at (and creation of) User:The Wordsmith/BLP sourcing.--Father Goose (talk) 09:09, 30 January 2010 (UTC) |
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The Admin's Barnstar | |
For acting as a role model for other administrators by making important Wikipedia policies such as WP:BLP a priority on Fred Singer. FormerIPOnlyEditor (talk) 06:37, 21 May 2010 (UTC) |
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The Admin's Barnstar | |
For the apparently thankless task of drafting a suggested closing summary at the RfC/U. Tryptofish (talk) 20:48, 14 June 2010 (UTC) |
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
For solving an issue at WP:DYK in the most harmonious and positive manner possible. ©Geni (talk) 19:00, 21 June 2016 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diplomacy | |
After watching you navigate the recent discussion at AE, build a consensus among editors that at first appeared diametrically opposed to one another, and civilly close a contentious discussion I am thoroughly impressed and grateful for your time, skill, and dedication. It is my distinct pleasure to present you a well earned Barnstar of Diplomacy. Thank you for all you do, Mifter (talk) 03:38, 13 March 2017 (UTC) |
A beer for you![edit]
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For taking on closing the long, convoluted and highly testy ANI discussion regarding EllenCT. You earned this! RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:42, 23 June 2016 (UTC) |
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The Admin's Barnstar | |
Thank you for leading the novel GMO RfC process from conception to completion. I believe that it will provide an important resolution to a previously intractable dispute. (And if anyone thinks that you showed me any special favoritism, our discussion yesterday proves that it is not so!) --Tryptofish (talk) 21:54, 7 July 2016 (UTC) |
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The Admin's Barnstar |
For coming to a decision and helping with the ANI thread, and dealing with socks. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 14:17, 11 July 2016 (UTC) |
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User:The Wordsmith has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, Peace, A record of your Day will always be kept here. |
"the carrot sometimes works better than the stick"
Thank you for quality articles such as White Night riots and Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline, for uploading images, for trying to mediate - lighthearted and reflected - even without a cabal, - wikidragon, repeating (6 March 2010): you are an awesome Wikipedian!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:39, 11 March 2017 (UTC)