User:David Johnson
I have been a Wikipedia member since February 17, 2004 and a Wikibooks member since November 21, 2004 where I contribute to the Cookbook (my Cookbook contributions).
[edit] What I do on Wikipedia
In addition to the articles I have started or contribute to, I am on a mission to keep Wikipedia free from vandalism, spam, nonsense and vanity. As a result, I have developed somewhat deletionist tendancies.
I don't like the standard Wikipedia {{Image source}} and {{Image copyright}} tags - they contain too much information which new users just don't understand. With this in mind, I've created my own replacement for them both: {{User:David Johnson/nolicense}}. Feel free to use it and/or improve it.
I also take and upload photos for use on Wikipedia. Here's a gallery of my photos.
[edit] Recognition
- Three of the recipes I have created on Cookbook have reached featured status: Hamburger, Chicken Tikka and Chicken Tikka Masala!
- This is hardly recognition, but a vandalism warning I posted to the talk page of an anonymous IP address (which I knew to belong to the BBC) was read-out on national radio since one of the presenters had committed the vandalism (I knew this since they discussed it on the show...). I like to think that this told listeners (many of whom were by this time vandalising articles referenced on the show) that Wikipedia takes vandalism seriously and perhaps made them think twice about continuing to do it or about doing it in the future.
- A photo I took is used in a userbox!
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This user likes a 'proper' Pasty. |
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[edit] Legal
My image contributions, all of which I upload to the Commons, are dual-licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales license.
Now stop looking at my user page and do something useful! Here are some tasks you can do:
- Wikify: John Weston (politician), Ignatius K. Musaazi, ASEAN Center for Biodiversity, Arvada High School, Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823, More...
- Copyedit: Israel Arts and Science Academy, History of the Walloon Movement, Walloon Movement, Sankebetsu brown bear incident, University City of Bogotá, More...
- Update: Militaria, Toni Daggert, Uganda U-19 cricket team, USA U-19 cricket team, Scottish U-19 cricket team, More...
- Style: Demat account, Epic hero, G. D. Agrawal, K. Gordon Murray, St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic Health System, More...
- Translation: Aad de Mos, Hikaru Ijuin, Raúl de Ramón, Panonychus ulmi, Infantry Battalion 744 (Indonesia), More...
- Cleanup: Universidade Santa Úrsula, Holocaust victims, Zach Galifianakis, Aldworth, Caja Navarra, More...
- Verify: Light novel, Applications of artificial intelligence, Great Synagogue (Hrodna), Concerns and controversies over the 2008 Summer Olympics, Nash equilibrium, More...
- Neutrality: European Council for Fatwa and Research, French colonial administration of Laos, Ross Corners Christian Academy, Neo-prohibitionism, First York, More...
- Original research: Russians in Georgia, Colonization of the outer Solar System, Kalimotxo, The Bolshoi, Kildare Senior Camogie Championship, More...
- Merge: Township, K. R. Vijaya filmography, Fumed silica, Aerosil, Sport bowling, More...
- Split: Sečovlje, Durham, New Hampshire, Telugu language, The Rivalry (Lehigh–Lafayette), Headblade, More...
- Stubs: Jovo Ivanišević, Hexagonal prism, CD-ROM Today, Parc naturel régional de Corse, Tsuneo Shibahara, More...
- Expand: SEC Football Fanfare, 4 (Gerling album), Friendships Often Fade Away, Standish, Greater Manchester, Oceans and Deserts, More...
- Article deletion discussions: Advertising, OwnerIQ, Christianity, Politics, Politicians, More...
- Article Requests: Sport in Paraguay, Geronima Pecson, Geology of Arizona, Sizakele Zuma, Fauna of Poland, More...
- Image Requests: Kashmir Gray Langur, Doldrums, Glock-Guitar, Scouts Canada badges, Banking in Singapore, More...
- Mediation Cabal: Kimchi, Six-Day War, Valve Anti-Cheat, or Help mediate an open case!
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