User:TechBear

Who is TechBear? Wikipedia This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues. Non nobis solum. This user assumes good faith. This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know. This user is happy to help new editors learn how to be part of the Wikipedia community. This user occasionally goes on weasel hunts. This user has read and understood the BIG HUGE FREAKING PURPLE BOX. Have you? Professional vb.net-4 This user is an expert Visual Basic .NET programmer. ASP.Net-4 This user is an expert ASP.Net programmer. HTML-4 This user is an expert HTML programmer. CSS-3 This user is an advanced CSS programmer. sql-3 This user is an advanced SQL programmer. C#-3 This user is an advanced C# programmer. RPG This user can program in AS/400 Report Program Generator. cobol-2 This user is an intermediate COBOL programmer. C++-2 This user is an intermediate C++ programmer. Lifestyle This user wears a Utilikilt. Let freedom swing! This user supports full, equal marriage for same-sex couples. This user is a bear. Grr! Hobbies M This user is a member of Mensa. This user is a BookCrosser. If you want to become one too, tell them TechBear sent you! fr-2 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français. eo-1 Ĉi tiu uzanto povas komuniki per baza nivelo de Esperanto ipa-3 ə This user has an advanced understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Beliefs This user is an apatheist and believes there are more important things to worry about than whether or not God exists.

TechBear's Talk Page

TechBear's Contributions

Projects

Pages on which I'm (theoretically) currently working

• User:TechBear/International Bear Rendezvous
• User:TechBear/Pam Spaulding
• User:TechBear/Pam's House Blend
• User:TechBear/HIV Vaccine Trials Network

Userboxes

• User:TechBear/Apatheist
• User:TechBear/BookCrossing
• User:TechBear/BookCrossing 01
• User:TechBear/BookCrossing 02 (Parameterized for BookCrossing name)
• User:TechBear/DuckHunt
• User:TechBear/EqualMarriage
• User:TechBear/Helpful
• User:TechBear/Utilikilt
• User:TechBear/WeaselHunt

Wikipedia Shortcuts

Policies

• Assume Good Faith
• Avoid Weasel Words
• Be Bold
• BOLD, Revert, Discuss Cycle]
• Canvassing
• Coatracks
• Conflict Of Interest
• Consensus
• Criticism
• Don't Stuff Beans Up Your Nose
• External Links
• Fringe Theories
• Neutral Point Of View
• No Personal Attacks
• Not A Dictionary
• Notability
• Original Research
• Page Deletion
• Reliable Sources
• Scientific Consensus
• Talk Page Guidelines
• Three Revert Rule
• Undue Weight
• Verifiability
• What Is A Good Article
• What Wikipedia Is Not

Comprehensive list

How-to

• Biography of living persons
• Citation templates
• Cleaning up
• Deleting
  • Criteria for speedy deletion
  • Propose deletion
• Warning templates (see here for how they look.)

Consensus and discussion

• Categories for discussion

Wikiessays

• Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions
• Call a spade a spade
• Tendentious editing

Linking to users

Standard

• TechBear (talk)
• 128.0.0.1 (talk)

Variations

• TechBear | Talk | Contributions
• TechBear  Talk  Contributions
• 128.0.0.1 | Talk | Contributions

Useful Templates

Infoboxes

• Person

Article Issues

• Article Issues - The article has multiple issues.
• Context
• Dead End
• Importance
• Importance (section)
• More Footnotes - Article has references, but few inline citations.
• Notability
• Orphan
• Primary Sources
• Unreferenced

Template Categories

• Citation and Verifiability
• Disputes
• Neutrality

Cleaning Up Wikipedia

• Articles For Deletion

Conga rats

• List of barnstars