User:Xtifr

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Userboxes

Language

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. MixThis user has been influenced by too many dialects of English to use one orthography, vocabulary and grammar consistently. met?This user prefers metric units, but, having grown up in the United States, cannot relate to them. Strictness ,This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying. byThis user does not use the passive voice. your you'reThis user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help. which & thatThis user knows how to use which and that correctly. if & whetherThis user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly. less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer. ’sThi'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. Non-strictness A, B, and A and BThis user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing. snkThis user says either sneaked or snuck. …in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with. to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives. theyThis user considers singular they standard English usage. man- kindRegarding gender, this user prefers the vernacular, not what is politically correct.

Wiki

This user repairs links to disambiguation pages. This user is a proposed deletion patroller. 1RRThis user prefers discussing changes on the talk page rather than engaging in an edit war. This user is a member of Wikipedians against censorship. AWW DMBJ AWGC AWAI FDSP BATD MTADThis user is a member of the Association of Wikipedians Who Dislike Making Broad Judgments About the Worthiness of a General Category of Article, and Who Are in Favor of the Deletion of Some Particularly Bad Articles, but That Doesn't Mean They Are Deletionists. WPC This user will get around to being a member of the Wikipedian Procrastination Club This user participates in WikiProject Biography. This user is a member of WikiProject Musicians. This user is a member of WikiProject Guitarists. This editor is not an administrator and does not wish to be one. Xtifr believes there is no cabal. And actively opposes it. This user was up all night finding userboxes and is now very drowsy.

Interests

This user lives in or hails from the U.S. State of California. This user enjoys cooking. This user plays the guitar. This user is interested in astronomy. This user enjoys reading anything. This user enjoys reading science fiction. This user enjoys the dinners at Unseen University This user enjoys rock music. This user enjoys classical music. This user enjoys jazz music. This user likes shakin' it to some fishhead music SFThis user is a fan of the San Francisco 49ers SJSThis user is a fan of the San Jose Sharks D.M. This user likes both the British and American versions of The Office.W.H. TDSThis user watches the most trusted name in fake news. This user rejects your reality and substitutes their own!

Tech

This user contributes using GNU/Linux, but doesn't care what other people call it. This user contributes using Debian GNU/Linux. This user is a member of the Debian Project. This user is using a web browser. This user uses Google as a primary search engine. Web This user has a website. This user hacks happily with Emacs. C-NThis user has written C compilers, or tweaked C runtime libraries in Assembly language. C++-4This user is an expert C++ programmer. PerlThis user is just another Perl hacker. py-2This user is an intermediate Python programmer.

Hi, I'm Christopher Waters from the San Francisco Bay Area. My nickname "Xtifr", which puzzles many people, was given to me as an Xmas present, years ago. Most people pronounce it "eks-tuh-fer", but I'm not picky. People call me Chris, Christopher, Xtifr or even "X"; I'm happy with any of those. Just don't call me "Shirley"! :)

I'm a third-generation science fiction fan, and a second-generation computer programmer. New words probably need to be coined just to describe how geeky that makes me, I know. I used to fight my geeky side, but as I've gotten older, I've come to accept and appreciate it. My userboxes are over to the right, hidden.

Magic link to my subpages

Projects

General

• disambiguation cleanup
• PROD patrol (saved articles at /PROD)
• (re)categorization, especially musicians and musical groups
  • Listification of categories scheduled for conversion (done with Emacs)
• Internet Archive collection templates (still in planning stage)

Music

• The Radiators, a great band from New Orleans
• support/maintain/enhance Template:Infobox musical artist (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
• Band That Allow Taping general (re)organization.
  • Populating new Category:Taper-friendly musicians and Category:Taper-friendly musical groups

Other

• Organizing and cleanup articles on former constellations and other astronomical topics.
• I seem to be being roped into helping with Tom Holt, a British humourist

Completed

• Created Category:Musicians of New Orleans
• Added "Notable_instruments" field to {{infobox musical artist}} for compatibility with WP:GUITAR standards
• Added "Landscape" option to {{infobox musical artist}} for better display of wide, short images.

Random stuff

• The Dangers of overcategorization, link to a revision of Cindy Crawford with over 100 categories.