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“

People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.

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- Doctor Who

Hello. I am a software developer with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science. I am also a published author in this field. My interests include history, politics and science. My editing stats according to Wikimedia Tool Labs are here. My edit summary stats are available here. My AfD stats are here. As of November 22, 2023, I am 4,786th on the WP:List of Wikipedians by number of edits with 24,116 edits.

This user has an alternative account named AQFK.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Skepticism.

This user is an atheist.

This user has published a book.

This user lives in or hails from Chicago.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 15 years, 9 months and 22 days.

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This user attends or attended Northern Illinois University.

This user has seen all of Carl Sagan's Cosmos.

Articles in which I've made significant contributions.
9/11 Truth movement 9/11 conspiracy theories Bernard Foing Climate Audit Climatic Research Unit email controversy Jennie Finch List of April Fool's Day jokes List of common misconceptions List of self-publishing companies Naperville Independent Film Festival September 11 attacks World Trade Center controlled demolition conspiracy theories

Articles in which I've made regular contributions.
Amanda Peet Neve Campbell REO Speedwagon

Articles I've created.
Bernard Foing Gathering Mercury List of April Fool's Day jokes List of Start Menu replacements for Windows 8 Naperville Independent Film Festival

Articles in my user space.
Hide the Decline List of 9/11 conspiracy theory parodies List of articles whose titles express a POV List of reliable sources which use the term Climategate List of website security testing software McDonald's rap Paid editing Perfect Soldiers Reliable sources noticeboard FAQ When reliable sources are wrong

Articles I've helped rescue from deletion.
April Masini Bus monitor bullying video Foxmail List of teen films Pledge of the Tree Sturmwind

Tools I find useful.
3RR Checklinks External links Network Solutions Who Is Reliable Sources Search Engine Reliable Sources for Video Games by User:Gwern Wikipedia template filling Wikipedia template filling Reflinks

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{{Dead link}}: Use for broken links.
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{{Failed verification}}: Use for information that cannot be found in cited source.
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{{verify source}}: Use this when in doubt that the information can be verified.
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Diffs to remember.
Collect's Law: The person who posts the greatest amount of repeated verbiage to a discussion, is least likely to be correct. Kingturtle's advice on biting new comers. Johnuniq commenting on the nature of Wikipedia. Me commenting on the never-ending lame POV disputes regarding contentious labels. Editor asking for cite that people have 5 fingers on each hand.

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 <center>- [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|Doctor Who]]</center> <br />
-Hello.  I am a [[software developer]] with a [[Bachelor's Degree]] in [[Computer Science]].  I am also a published author in this field.  My interests include history, politics and science.  My editing stats according to Wikimedia Tool Labs are [https://tools.wmflabs.org/supercount/index.php?user=A+Quest+For+Knowledge&project=en.wikipedia here].  My edit summary stats are available  [http://toolserver.org/~tparis/editsummary/index.php?name=A%20Quest%20For%20Knowledge&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia here].  My AfD stats are [http://toolserver.org/~snottywong/cgi-bin/afdstats.cgi?name=A+Quest+For+Knowledge&max=&startdate=&altname= here].
+Hello.  I am a [[software developer]] with a [[Bachelor's Degree]] in [[Computer Science]].  I am also a published author in this field.  My interests include history, politics and science.  My editing stats according to Wikimedia Tool Labs are [https://tools.wmflabs.org/supercount/index.php?user=A+Quest+For+Knowledge&project=en.wikipedia here].  My edit summary stats are available  [http://toolserver.org/~tparis/editsummary/index.php?name=A%20Quest%20For%20Knowledge&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia here].  My AfD stats are [http://toolserver.org/~snottywong/cgi-bin/afdstats.cgi?name=A+Quest+For+Knowledge&max=&startdate=&altname= here].  As of November 22, 2023, I am 4,786th on the [[WP:List of Wikipedians by number of edits#4001–5000|WP:List of Wikipedians by number of edits]] with 24,116 edits.
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