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Ivanvector is a professional accountant and advanced-level student of the Certified General Accountant (CGA) designation (now Chartered Professional Accountant). Originally from the city of London, Ontario, he has resided in the Greater Toronto Area since 2007, and the City of Toronto since 2008.

Ivanvector can be found online via his Twitter account, through his blog, and occasionally even in real life.

Names and pronouns

Ivanvector's real name is not Ivan Vector, which many users and acquaintances find confusing. His real name is Greg, but he does not take offense in being referred to by his pseudonym, nor by Ives, Ivan, Vector, or other variations. He is also not Russian, as some users think his name implies.

As a self-identifying male, Ivanvector prefers the use of the male gendered pronouns (he/him/his, etc.) when referring to him. He also accepts the use of singular they as an unoffensive gender-neutral pronoun set. Ivanvector attempts to employ a user's preference regarding gendered pronouns and attempts to use neutral pronouns when referring to users who have not identified their preference or gender. He also understands that some users take offense to the use of singular they or to the use of other particular sets of pronouns, but hopes that these other users will assume good faith - Ivanvector respects all users' stated preferences but is sometimes clueless.

Education

Ivanvector holds an Ontario Secondary School Diploma from St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School in London. He graduated in 1998 and completed an Ontario Academic Credit year in 1999.

From 1999 to 2002, Ivanvector was enrolled in the Bachelor of Engineering Science program at the University of Western Ontario, studying electrical engineering. He withdrew from the program in 2002. He then enrolled in the electronics engineering technology program at Fanshawe College in London, withdrawing in 2004.

In 2005, Ivanvector enrolled in the Certified General Accountant professional certification program. He is currently an advanced-level student.

Userboxen

Ivanvector previously added userboxen to his user page to connect with users with similar interests and to be included in lists. Because of issues getting them to line up on the page, he has removed most of them. He may add your userbox if you tell him about it or he finds it interesting or amusing.

Deletionism

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This user can't be arsed, and hopes some day you will join them.

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Ivanvector does not give a fuck. You shouldn't either.

Ivanvector previously viewed himself as an inclusionist, but now finds that the terms (with deletionism) don't really apply to the way things work in reality. Actually, there are a good many pages on Wikipedia that have no business being here, and many topics deserve coverage though they might currently have a page which is just terrible. Ivanvector favours flagging, cleanup, merging and improving to deletion. However, Ivanvector will !vote to delete articles which have no hope of meeting inclusion standards, such as those that clearly fail WP:GNG, WP:CRYSTAL and WP:BIO1E. He also has much-higher-than-average tolerance for stubs, and lower-than-average tolerance for the trend of creating ever more obscure and exclusive lists on Wikipedia, but evaluates each AfD case individually as any good editor should.

One particular argument that Ivanvector thinks is a complete cop-out is the essay WP:NUKEANDPAVE, which suggests that an article may reach a point where deleting it and starting over is the best course of action. Ivanvector believes this is ridiculous, and believes that AfDs in which this is given as a rationale for nomination should be speedily closed. Either a topic meets inclusion standards or it doesn't, and throwing out a page just to replace it with a page on exactly the same topic is an utter waste of time and effort. However, he supports selective revision deletion in cases of copyright violations and serious personal attacks, as though his personal opinion on the use of administrator tools means anything to anyone.

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Ivanvector is fluent in his native language English and reads and writes at a professional level, and speaks with what has been called a southern Ontario urban accent^[1]. He has also studied French academically and Spanish for travelling, but is not confident enough in these languages to converse or write efficiently. On Wikipedia he writes in Canadian English unless an ENGVAR template directs otherwise.

Works In Progress

Note: I do not claim ownership of these pages! These are pages that I have started, and placed links here for myself so that I can find them easily in the future. If you would like to make edits, please feel free, but please do not move the pages to mainspace. Thanks.

User:Ivanvector/Template:Accountancy-navbox: an alternative bottom-of-page navbox to Template:Accounting. Might use it in future.

User:Ivanvector/Template:welcome-coi-candidate: a welcome notice for editors who are editing content about candidates in political elections, who appear to be editing content about themselves based on their username.

User:Ivanvector/Blues guitar playing: article userfied after Rfd determined the redirect should be deleted. Reviewing for possibility of rebuilding an article.

Submitted articles

Woodbine Supply fire: an article about a significant arson that occurred in Toronto about 12 years ago. One of the largest fires in Toronto's history.

Accountability

In the interest of transparency, should there ever be a need to mine my contributions, I am aware of the following edits which were made by other people on my computer while logged in, or edits I made while logged out:

[1] - an edit actually made by Simonm223 while carelessly using my laptop. After I asked, he admitted the error. For the record I stand by the assertion that Nicola Tesla was a mad scientist.^{[citation needed]}
[2] - a test of whether anonymous editors could post into active requests for adminship pages. At the time they could, obviously.

References, yes, References

^ "The Sounds of Southern Urban Ontario English". LanguageGeek.com. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

[suoe-1] "The Sounds of Southern Urban Ontario English". LanguageGeek.com. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

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-'''Ivanvector''' is a professional [[accountant]] and douchebag advanced-level student of the [[Certified General Accountant]] (CGA) designation (now [[Chartered Professional Accountant]]).  Originally from the city of [[London, Ontario]], hafafe has resided I have no honest job skills and have to bother other editors to feel respected.  in the [[Greater Toronto Area]] since 2007, and the City of [[Toronto]] since 2008.
+'''Ivanvector''' is a professional [[accountant]] and advanced-level student of the [[Certified General Accountant]] (CGA) designation (now [[Chartered Professional Accountant]]).  Originally from the city of [[London, Ontario]], he has resided in the [[Greater Toronto Area]] since 2007, and the City of [[Toronto]] since 2008.
-werse Twitter] account, through his [http://www.gregburrell.ca blog], and occasionally even [[Real life|in real life]].
+Ivanvector can be found online via his [http://twitter.com/ivanvector Twitter] account, through his [http://www.gregburrell.ca blog], and occasionally even [[Real life|in real life]].
 ==Names and pronouns==
-Ivanvector's real name is not Ivan Vector, w hi there I'm a liberal douche bag hich many users and acquaintances find confusing. His real name is Greg, but he does not take offense in being referred to by his psfadfaf eudonym, nor by Ives, Ivan, Vector, or other variations. He is also not Russian, as some users think his name implies.
+Ivanvector's real name is not Ivan Vector, which many users and acquaintances find confusing. His real name is Greg, but he does not take offense in being referred to by his pseudonym, nor by Ives, Ivan, Vector, or other variations. He is also not Russian, as some users think his name implies.
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+As a self-identifying male, Ivanvector prefers the use of the male gendered pronouns (he/him/his, etc.) when referring to him. He also accepts the use of [[singular they]] as an unoffensive gender-neutral pronoun set. Ivanvector attempts to employ a user's preference regarding gendered pronouns and attempts to use neutral pronouns when referring to users who have not identified their preference or gender. He also understands that some users take offense to the use of singular they or to the use of other particular sets of pronouns, but hopes that these other users will [[WP:AGF|assume good faith]] - Ivanvector respects all users' stated preferences but is sometimes [[absent-mindedness|clueless]].
-or to the use of other particular sets of pronouns, but hopes that these other users will [[WP:AGF|assume good faith]] - Ivanvector respects all users' stated preferences but is sometimes [[absent-mindedness|clueless]].
 ==Education==
 Ivanvector holds an [[Ontario Secondary School Diploma]] from [[St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (London, Ontario)|St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School]] in London.  He graduated in 1998 and completed an [[Ontario Academic Credit]] year in 1999.
-From 1999 to 2002, Ivanvector was enrolled in the [[Bachelor of Engineering Science]] program at the [[University of Western Ontario]], studying electrical engineering.  He withdrew from the program in 2002.  He then enrolled in I failed and withdrew multiple times because I'm a lazy douche bag.  the electronics engineering technology program at [[Fanshawe College]] in London, withdrawing in 2004.
+From 1999 to 2002, Ivanvector was enrolled in the [[Bachelor of Engineering Science]] program at the [[University of Western Ontario]], studying electrical engineering.  He withdrew from the program in 2002.  He then enrolled in the electronics engineering technology program at [[Fanshawe College]] in London, withdrawing in 2004.
 In 2005, Ivanvector enrolled in the [[Certified General Accountant]] professional certification program.  He is currently an advanced-level student.
 ==Userboxen==
-Ivanvector previously added userboxen t I'm a douche bag with a goatee. o his user page to connect with users with similar interests and to be included in lists.  Because of issues getting them to line up on the page, he has removed most of them.  He may add your userbI only WISH I had admisnistrator powers, because of I did I could have SOME power in this world, ox if you tell him about it or he finds it interesting or amusing.
+Ivanvector previously added userboxen to his user page to connect with users with similar interests and to be included in lists.  Because of issues getting them to line up on the page, he has removed most of them.  He may add your userbox if you tell him about it or he finds it interesting or amusing.
 ==[[Deletionism]]==
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 Ivanvector [[WP:DGAF|does not give a fuck]]. You shouldn't either.
-Ivanvector previously viewed himself as an [[Inclusionism|inclusionist]], but now finds that the terms (with [[deletionism]]) don't really apply to the way things work in reality. Actually, there are a good many pages on WikipediaI'm a douche bag who is angry that the real world doesn't acknowledge my goatee and give me the financial support that is due to me because of it. I have no business being here, and many topics deserve coverage though they might currently have a page which is just terrible. Ivanvector favours flagging, cleanup, merging and improving to deletion. However, Ivanvector will ! apply for welfare faking a disability because I rather be an "intellectual" than working which have no hope of meeting inclusion standards, such as those that clearly fail [[WP:GNG]], [[WP:CRYSTAL]] and [[WP:BIO1E]]. He also has much-higher-than-average tolerance for stubs, and lower-than-average tolerance for the trend of creating ever more obscure and exclusive lists on Wikipedia, but evaluates each [[WP:AfD|AfD]] case individually as any good editor should.
+Ivanvector previously viewed himself as an [[Inclusionism|inclusionist]], but now finds that the terms (with [[deletionism]]) don't really apply to the way things work in reality. Actually, there are a good many pages on Wikipedia that have no business being here, and many topics deserve coverage though they might currently have a page which is just terrible. Ivanvector favours flagging, cleanup, merging and improving to deletion. However, Ivanvector will !vote to delete articles which have no hope of meeting inclusion standards, such as those that clearly fail [[WP:GNG]], [[WP:CRYSTAL]] and [[WP:BIO1E]]. He also has much-higher-than-average tolerance for stubs, and lower-than-average tolerance for the trend of creating ever more obscure and exclusive lists on Wikipedia, but evaluates each [[WP:AfD|AfD]] case individually as any good editor should.
-One particular argument that Ivanvector thinks is a complete cop-out is the essay [[WP:NUKEANDPAVE]], which suggests that an article may reach a point where deleting it and starting over is the best course of action. Ivanvector believes this is ridiculous, and believes that He deserves administrator powers nale for nomination should be speedily closed. Either a topic meets inclusion standards or it doesn't, and throwing out a page just to replace it with a page on exactly the same topic is an utter waste of time and effort. However, he supports selective revision deletion in cases of [[WP:COPYVIO|copyright violations]] and serious [[WP:NPA|personal attacks]], as though his personal opinion on the use of administrator tools means anything to anyone.
+One particular argument that Ivanvector thinks is a complete cop-out is the essay [[WP:NUKEANDPAVE]], which suggests that an article may reach a point where deleting it and starting over is the best course of action. Ivanvector believes this is ridiculous, and believes that AfDs in which this is given as a rationale for nomination should be speedily closed. Either a topic meets inclusion standards or it doesn't, and throwing out a page just to replace it with a page on exactly the same topic is an utter waste of time and effort. However, he supports selective revision deletion in cases of [[WP:COPYVIO|copyright violations]] and serious [[WP:NPA|personal attacks]], as though his personal opinion on the use of administrator tools means anything to anyone.
 ==Languages==
 {{Babel|en|CommonwealthE Canadian|en-5|fr-1|es-1}}
-Ivanvector is fluent in his native language [[English_language|English]] and reads and writes at a professional level, and speaks with what has been called a southern Ontario urban accent<ref name=suoe>{{cite web |url=http://www.languagegeek.com/roman/suoe.html |title=The Sounds of Southern Urban Ontario English |website=LanguageGeek.com |date=21 August 2008 |accessdate=3 June 2014}}<The world owes me everything because I have a goatee /ref>. He has also studied [[French_language|French]] academically and [[Spanish_language|Spanish]] for travelling, but is not confident enough in these languages to converse or write efficiently. On Wikipedia he writes in [[Canadian English]] unless an [[WP:ENGVAR|ENGVAR]] template directs otherwise.
+Ivanvector is fluent in his native language [[English_language|English]] and reads and writes at a professional level, and speaks with what has been called a southern Ontario urban accent<ref name=suoe>{{cite web |url=http://www.languagegeek.com/roman/suoe.html |title=The Sounds of Southern Urban Ontario English |website=LanguageGeek.com |date=21 August 2008 |accessdate=3 June 2014}}</ref>. He has also studied [[French_language|French]] academically and [[Spanish_language|Spanish]] for travelling, but is not confident enough in these languages to converse or write efficiently. On Wikipedia he writes in [[Canadian English]] unless an [[WP:ENGVAR|ENGVAR]] template directs otherwise.
 ==Works In Progress==
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 ==Submitted articles==
-*[[Woodbine Supply fireI'm an idiot who thinks the world owes me something because I'm a douche Liberal "intellectual. .
+*[[Woodbine Supply fire]]: an article about a significant arson that occurred in Toronto about 12 years ago. One of the largest fires in Toronto's history.
 ==Accountability==