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== About The Author ==
== About The Author ==
This user is just a simple German doing some silly things on this august Wikipedia. Besides working on Wikipedia, he's currently a student of [[Mathematics]] at the [[University of Cologne]], striving to go into the direction of [[cryptography]] in the course of the studies. Yet currently, his abilities at cryptography are next to non-existant, so one is best to avoid any inquiries on said topic.
This user is just a simple German doing some silly things on this august Wikipedia. Besides working on Wikipedia, he's currently a student of [[Mathematics]] at the [[University of Cologne]], striving to go into the direction of [[cryptography]] in the course of the studies.

Regarding the user's language talent, he was born and raised with the German language, which he speaks in a level that can reach [[anal-retentive]]ness. Due to that, the user is occasionally called a [[grammar nazi]] or similar names, since he has a knack for correcting people at the absolutely wrong time, even when harbouring good intentions. Another language he almost grew up with was English. In the course of his youth (starting, paradoxically, by just staring at the [[cartoon]]s running on [[Cartoon Network]] with no understanding whatsoever when said station started broadcasting publically on the [[SES Astra|Astra]] satellite), the user started to learn the English language quite well due to constant confrontation in the area of computers and similar, and is now quite fond of his ability to speak the language.

The user theoretically speaks a couple of other languages: he had a certain education into [[French language]], having taken two years of school lessons on that language, and concluded that the language was designed for people with a more anarchistic head than his{{ref|1}}. Having been one of the wiser students of a German [[gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]], he also took classes in the [[Latin language]], which serve as a good basis of understanding and deducting words in the whole area of European languages. Besides the languages he already knows, the user has an interest in learning many more languages, for no particular reason beside liking to speak languages. Among the list of languages he wishes to learn, [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and [[Finnish language|Finnish]] rank the two most important. In his personal utopia, he'd wish for attaining a level comparable to being a native ([[:Category:User ja-4|ja-4]], [[:Category:User fi-4|fi-4]]).

[[Debian GNU/Linux]] is this user's [[operating system]] of choice. Due to the certain necessities, he also has an installation of [[Windows XP]], which is mostly used for the purpose of [[Video game|computer gaming]]. For the sake of keeping record, this user mostly plays [[first-person shooter]]s and [[computer role-playing game]]s. He is using Debian since sometime around the year of 2000, and has been mostly content with it ever since. He keeps a rather tiny (when compared to more serious geeks) farm of eight computers (plus unassembled) in his parental household. Additionally, he is somewhat skilled in programming, and, given some time, could [[hack (technology slang)|hack]] more advanced programs together using [[Perl]] or [[C Plus Plus|C++]]

Other areas this user shows a certain interesting in include [[anime]], [[fiction]], [[martial arts]] and [[photography]]. Occasionally, he also indulges topics on [[mythology]] or particular countries' [[culture]].


As [[User:Bishonen|bishonen]] pointed out, the most appropriate description of this users behaviour is that of a [[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|WikiGnome]].
As [[User:Bishonen|bishonen]] pointed out, the most appropriate description of this users behaviour is that of a [[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|WikiGnome]].
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== Contact ==
== Contact ==
* [[ICQ]]: 106866173
* [[Jabber]]: towo@jabber.ccc.de
* [[Jabber]]: towo@jabber.ccc.de
* [[e-mail]]: towo+wikipedia-userpage@ydal.de ([[GPG]] key ID: 36E011AF)
* [[WWW]]: http://ydal.de/
* [[WWW]]: http://ydal.de/
* [[Blog]]: http://sozial-herausgefordert.de/
* [[Blog]]: http://sozial-herausgefordert.de/
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== Gentle reminder ==
== Gentle reminder ==
"Probably the last sound heard before the Universe folded up like a paper hat would be someone saying, 'What happens if I do this?'" (Terry Pratchett)
"Probably the last sound heard before the Universe folded up like a paper hat would be someone saying, 'What happens if I do this?'" (Terry Pratchett)

== Related ==
* [[Special:Contributions/User:Tobias Wolter|Contributions to Wikipedia]]
* [[:de:Benutzer:Tobias Wolter|User account with German Wikipedia]]
* [[:commons:User:Tobias Wolter|Wikipedia Commons user account]]

[[Category:Wikipedians in Germany|Tobias Wolter]]
[[Category:Wikipedian mathematicians|Tobias Wolter]]

[[de:Benutzer:Tobias Wolter]]

Revision as of 08:46, 21 September 2007

About The Author

This user is just a simple German doing some silly things on this august Wikipedia. Besides working on Wikipedia, he's currently a student of Mathematics at the University of Cologne, striving to go into the direction of cryptography in the course of the studies.

As bishonen pointed out, the most appropriate description of this users behaviour is that of a WikiGnome.

The reader might also want to a look at this user's collection of userboxen.

Annotations

  1. ^ "Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way." (Alan J. Parlis)

Contact

Seasonal

Gentle reminder

"Probably the last sound heard before the Universe folded up like a paper hat would be someone saying, 'What happens if I do this?'" (Terry Pratchett)

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