User:Kevin Murray

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. My interests are generally in sailing, golf, photography, and history.

My educational credentials are BS University of California Berkeley, and MBA University of Notre Dame. Life experience includes 20+ years of business management and entrepreneurial success.

Reduced participation in 2009

While I remain absolutely dedicated to the success of this project, I will be so involved in other organizations and charities in 2009 that I can not focus on Wikipedia, at the level where I have recently participated. I’ve taken an executive position in my yacht club and Renee and I have increased our commitment to Special Olympics in light of recent reductions in charity contributions. However, if you think I can make a meaningful contribution to your efforts, please send me an email. --Kevin Murray (talk) 07:55, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Philosophy

A great quote: "the internet is populated by eggshells armed with hammers."

Sailing on San Francisco Bay.

My Catalina 380 racing on San Francisco Bay.

My 1959 Porsche 356B; a 25 year project.

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	This user rescues articles for the Article Rescue Squadron.

	This user is interested in beauty.

	Politically Incorrect. I use common sense speaking plainly and honestly without intent to offend.

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	This user believes that articles are useless without images.

Fear	Fear is the Mind-Killer.

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en	This user is a native speaker of English.

	This user is old enough to remember what a typewriter is, and that's all you need to know.

	This user remembers using a rotary dial telephone.

	This user is of multiple ancestries.

	Éireannach This user is Irish

	This user is of German ancestry.

	This user is a citizen of the United States of America.

	This user lives in or hails from the U.S. State of California.

	This user lives in or hails from the San Francisco Bay Area.

	This user is a member of the Berkeley Yacht Club

Cal	This user attends or attended the University of California, Berkeley

	This person attends or attended the University of Notre Dame.

MBA	This user has a Master of Business Administration degree.

This user is a Capitalist.

CON	This user is a Conservative

This user accepts Evolution as a biological fact.

User:Dual Freq/Userboxes/User nuclear power

	This user believes that the death penalty should be imposed and used more frequently !

	This user supports Jury Nullification.‡

This user supports the ban on smoking in public places.

''\	This user is against the War on Drugs.

This user is interested in, Sailing.

I would rather be away Yacht racing.

	This user owns one or more dogs.

This user is interested in animal rights issues.

MAGAZINE	This user has had his/her work published in a magazine.

	This user drinks beer.

	This user drinks wine.

	Martinis should be shaken with gin, vermouth & an olive. Else it’s just not.

	This user is a carnivore.

	This user enjoys cooking.

	This user likes to eat Thai food

	This user enjoys chess.

	This user enjoys sailing and yacht racing on San Francisco Bay.

	This user is a certified scuba diver.

	This user plays golf.

This user is interested in firearms and is generally knowledgeable about them.

	This user enjoys photography.

	This user enjoys film.

BV	This user lives in a strange world.

File:Salamanca von John Blenkinsop.jpg	This user is a railfan.

	This user is interested in historical research.

	This user is interested in ancient Rome.

	This user is interested in military aircraft and their history.

	This user is a member of WikiProject Irish Republicanism.

	This user is interested in World War I and World War II.

	This user is interested in the British Empire.

	This user is an admirer of Winston Churchill.

This user values third opinions and occasionally provides one.

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• Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines
• Proposed Guidelines
• NPOV Articles
• Cleanup Articles
• Yesterday's Deletion Log
• Today's Deletion Log
• Miscellany for deletion
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• 3R Reporting
• WikiProject Deletion
• Highbeam.com kevintmurray
• Analysis of Contributions
• Analysis of article history

Guidelines:

• Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines
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• Wikipedia:Autobiography
• Google Test
• Reliable Sources
• DICK
• drama queen
• CREEP
• IGNORE

User pages

• User:Kevin Murray/B-29 - XfD
• User:Kevin Murray/R&I/bainer

This editor is a Tutnum, and is entitled to display this Book of Knowledge

		The Original Barnstar
		I hereby award you the Original Barnstar for your efforts to help stem the tide of thoughtless deletions. Tarinth 17:29, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		I hereby award you the Original Barnstar for your tireless efforts to improve Wikipedia by helping to make articles about somewhat notable subjects more encyclopedic and well-referenced.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 05:00, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		I hereby award you the Barnstar of Good Humor for throwing the (phone) book at a flagrantly non-notable subject, with hilarious effect.   — Antelan talk 09:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

		For making a difference!
		This Barnstar isn't free, this is a chain barnstar, as payment please give this star to at least 3-5 others with 500+ edits but no barnstar.   — Antelan talk 09:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For defending Hajj Amin Elahi the greatest Tanbur lute master that ever lived Octavian history (talk) 03:47, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Drafts: User talk:Kevin Murray/fighter User:Kevin Murray/NF

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