Arctic.gnome
Active wikipedian since 21 April 2005
Administrator since 21 May 2007 (verify)
| Name |
Jeffery Nichols |
| Current location |
Edmonton, Alberta |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Current time |
09:42 |
| Education and employment |
| Occupation |
Grad student
(M.P.A. candidate at Victoria, J.D. candidate at Alberta) |
| Education |
B.A. (Queen's), M.A. (Newfoundland) |
| Userboxes |
Tasks & Tools
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This user watches over Wikipedia with the help of Twinkle! |
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This user welcomes new users with Twinkle! |
| AWB |
This editor uses AutoWikiBrowser to make tedious repetitive tasks quicker and easier! |
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Spelling and Grammar
| whom |
This user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever he sees. |
| much & many |
This user understands the difference between much & many. |
| their / there / they're |
This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling! |
| your/ you’re |
This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you’re in need of help. |
| its & it’s |
This user understands the difference between its and it’s. So should you. |
| ’s |
Thi'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. |
| You and Me |
This user thinks that if you believe it is incorrect to use "you and me" as the object of a sentence, a little talk needs to be had by you and me... |
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My name is Jeffery Nichols and I am a wikipedian and wikimedian, currently living in Edmonton, Canada. I have been a Wikipedian since April 2005 and an administrator on the English language Wikipedia since May 2007. I am currently the secretary and a board member of Wikimedia Canada.
I have a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Canadian Studies from Queen's University and a Master of Arts degree in political science from Memorial University of Newfoundland. I am currently working on a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Victoria and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Alberta.
Most of my edits are about Canadian politics, history, and culture; I am especially fond of lists about these topics. I use to spend a lot of time establishing featured topics, but real life responsibilities have kept me from being a full time worker there. I'm nowhere close to an expert on computers, but I've taught myself a fair amount about how this stuff is written and can contribute somewhat competently in wiki code. I have written a few semi-complicated templates that seem to be working. I have dabbled in edits outside of the encyclopedia, mostly adding Canadian English words to Wiktionary, translating my articles to French Wikipedia, and working on the wiki of Wikimedia Canada.
That’s about all I have to say. If you have anything to say, please visit my talk page. Cheers.
[edit] Featured work
As with all articles, these were group efforts, but I have made major contributions to the following featured content:
[edit] Awards
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Labutnum of the Encyclopedia |
| This editor is a Labutnum of the Encyclopedia and is entitled to display this Book of Knowledge with Coffee Cup Stain, Cigarette Burn, Chewed Broken Pencil, Sticky Note, Bookmark, and Note from Jimbo. |
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The Barnstar of National Merit |
| I, Arknascar44, do so humbly present you this Barnstar of National Merit, for your outstanding contributions to articles about Canada. |
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The Golden Maple Leaf Award |
| --You have made an amazing amount of contributions towards achieving feature status for so many prominent CA articles, and helping out with the building of the Canadian Wikiproject areas. Thank you ~ you deserve this award.-- SriMesh |
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The Barnstar of Good Humor |
| For your excellent parody "One flag, two flag, red flag, blue flag" here. That totally made my day! +Angr, 2 August 2010 |
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The Golden Maple Leaf Award |
| --For your outstanding contributions to articles regarding Canadian Politics-- Odude22, 4 January 2012 |
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The Guidance Barnstar |
| For your most excellent advice and patience in assisting a techno-peasant, I remain, Your Humble Servant, Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk), 3 February 2012 |
[edit] Awards I've given
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