User:DanielRigal

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About Daniel Rigal

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Hello. I am Daniel Rigal. I was born in 1970 and I live in Guildford in the United Kingdom. I have an MSc in Communications Systems Engineering from the University of Kent where I was involved with UKC Radio. Before that I went to Wanstead High School (and lived to tell the tale). I work for NTT Europe Ltd as a Systems Administrator.

I don't have any great plan to write on a particular subject. I make small improvements where I spot the need. I am not a trainspotter (honest!). I only write about railways because I don't drive and hence spend a lot of time on trains. I am also interested in IT (particularly open source issues), media, finance, modern art and design.

I like editing Wikipedia because I am not good enough at programming to give any useful free software to the world but at least I can contribute to the Commons this way. I get a lot out of Wikipedia as I use it as my main starting point for almost any form of research, at work or at home, so I am more than happy to give something back by improving articles or removing vandalism. I also enjoy trawling the new pages and weeding out the nonsense. It is an interesting window into the modern psyche to see what non-notable rubbish some people think is worthy of inclusion in a serious encyclopaedia.

Big shout

This just to say thanks to everybody who is doing such a great job of reverting vandalism to my talk page (and to this page before it got protected) and all user pages in general. I know it might seem like a thankless task but it is appreciated.

Why so few userboxes?

There are a lot of userboxes where you can claim your affiliation to various groups and viewpoints. As you can see, I don't have any of these. It is not that I think that there is anything wrong with these boxes but I don't really see the point and furthermore I feel that my affiliations and viewpoints don't belong on Wikipedia anyway. I like a good argument about politics, religion or whatever as much as the next loud-mouthed bozo informed debater but I believe that Wikipedia is not the place for any of this. When I am on Wikipeda I do my best to take all my other hats off and just be a good Wikipedian. That is why I only have userboxes relating to my stance as a Wikipedian.

"My" articles

Despite being a deletionist, I do occasionally write some stuff. Here is a list of the articles which I have extensively edited:

Written from scratch

Saved from deletion

Rewrites and major changes

Looking at this list I wonder how I get suckered into working on some articles. I mean, its not like I care about Remo Mancini, Nicky Clarke or the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration. Its just that sometimes you see an article that is so in need of help you need to do something for the good of Wikipedia even if it means researching a subject you don't really care about from scratch.

Yes, of course, I know they are not really "my" articles.

To do:

Microsoft licensing

  • Need a major suite of articles on Microsoft product licensing (inc template) as it is a complex area and our coverage of it is woeful.
Suggested structure:
  • Retail licences
Licence cards, activation/deactivation issues, transferability, piracy, virtualisation rights, etc
  • Full versions
  • Upgrade versions
  • Home versions
  • Student versions
  • Developer versions (not MSDN)
  • OEM licences
Stickers and cards, activation/deactivation issues, piracy, legality of transfer (e.g. Germany), "windows refund day", virtualisation rights, use on self-built PCs, hardware upgrade issues, limited support rights, etc.
  • Volume licences
Volume licence keys, Multiple Activation Keys (MAK), Key Management Server (KMS), audits, legality of second hand sale (Discount-licensing.com, others?), piracy, virtualisation rights, legal issues (EU, etc.), etc.
  • Open
e-open
User vs Device vs Server, counting and enforcement, etc.
Existing disconnected articles which need to be woven in to this structure include: Product activation, Volume license key, Microsoft Software Licensing and Protection Services, List of software licenses, Software license, Software licensing audit, Product key, Software license agreement (aka EULA), Windows Anytime Upgrade, etc.

Other

Is Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. (the American company that makes modems and related stuff) notable? If so, write a stub.

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