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<span style="color: #333;">Knowledge Of Self</span><br /> |
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<span style="color: #ccc;">"Life is beautiful. Life is a struggle. Life is a beautiful struggle." ''[[Mos Def]]''</span> |
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====The shows goes on...==== |
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My name is Steve (Li) <small>(Li is just a nickname, not my last name - it's a long boring story)</small> and on this page you can find some irrelevant information about who I am and some of my contributions to this great encyclopedia [[Image:Misc-tpvgames.gif|17px]]. I was born and raised in the city of [[Chicago, Illinois]], though I currently reside in [[Lebanon, Indiana]]. I am mixed with [[Germans|German]], [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], and [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]]. |
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====Resurrection==== |
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I like to keep things short on userpages, since most people are not looking to read a biography. I joined Wikipedia on September 24th, 2005, and I was made an [[WP:Admin|administrator]] on December 31, 2005. I rescinded that privilege on April 6, 2006, when I took a sabbatical from Wikipedia for about 3 months. I returned to Wikipedia on July 24, 2006, and on July 30th I was resysoped. |
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====Reflection Eternal==== |
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[[User talk:KnowledgeOfSelf|Say something!]] |
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[[User:KnowledgeOfSelf/Experiments|Evil Experiments Beware]] |
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[[User:KnowledgeOfSelf/Sandbox|Play around]] |
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[[User:KnowledgeOfSelf/Awards|Awards]] |
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[[User:KnowledgeOfSelf/Funny things|Funny things]] |
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[[User:KnowledgeOfSelf/That Whole Admin Bit|That whole admin bit]] |
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====Current Events==== |
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[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2006-July/050773.html insist on sources] |
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[[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes patrol]] |
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Wikipedia has made me an [[Insomnia|Insomniac]]. |
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! style="background-color: #757575; border:silver solid 1px" | Articles I've created and contributed to moderately |
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*[[Kirk Hinrich]]: [[Wikipedia:Good article|Good article]]. [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|14px]] |
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*[[Andrés Nocioni]]: [[Wikipedia:Good article|Good article]]. [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|14px]] |
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*[[Ben Gordon]]: an article that I hope to put up for [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|GA candidacy]]. |
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*[[Ursula Rucker]]: this article had 4 words before I got my hands on it. |
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*[[Thabo Sefolosha]]: I have hopes that this article can become really good... |
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*[[The Boondock Saints]]: working on this too... {{FA-star}} |
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*[[2003 NFL Draft]]: created article, though I didn't have much of a hand in bringing it up to [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|FL]] status. {{FA-star}} |
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*[[American Indian Defense Association]]: created article added references, and now have no idea what else to do with it. <small>''(Ok it could use MoS fixes and a copy edit never hurts, I'm just not in the mood do it myself. If no one else does, then I will... one day)''</small> [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_Indian_Defense_Association&action=edit In the mean time feel free to make it better]. |
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*[[Bonanza farms]]: this could be really really good. |
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*[[Engineered cementitious composite]]: stared article added references. |
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*[[Education for All Handicapped Children Act]]: created article - and haven't really touched it since. |
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*[[Immigration Restriction League]]: created, an other interesting read. |
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*[[Iowa Mr. Basketball]]: created article and.... not much else can be done to it (content wise) until 2008. |
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*[[James Welch (writer)]]: created added refs, interesting read IMO. One of my favorite poets of all time. |
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*[[Josefina Fierro de Bright]]: one of the first articles I ever created. |
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*[[Marjorie Kellogg]]: created article after reading about her in [[AARP The Magazine]]. |
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*[[Montgomery Improvement Association]]: An other interesting read... |
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*[[Naomi Long Madgett]]: created added refs, interesting read IMO. One of my favorite poets of all time. |
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*[[Rose McClendon]]: created, and haven't really touched since then. |
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*[[Society of American Indians]]: created, and haven't really touched since. |
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*[[The Compleat Housewife]]: made the front page as a [[WP:DYK|DYK?]] on December 10, 2006. [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|10px]] |
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*[[Things Fall Apart (album)]]: created added refs, this article can be great. |
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*[[Will White]]: created, interesting read. |
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====Stats==== |
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As an administrator I welcome all to look at my contributions if you find something that dis-agrees with you please let me know. |
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&user=KnowledgeOfSelf&page=&pattern=&limit=5000&offset=0 I have 4260+ blocks/unblocks] |
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=delete&user=KnowledgeOfSelf&page=&pattern=&limit=1500&offset=0 I have 1225+ deletions/undeletions] |
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=protect&user=KnowledgeOfSelf&page=&pattern=&limit=200&offset=0 I have 190+ protections/unprotections] |
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=move&user=KnowledgeOfSelf&page=&pattern=&limit=100&offset=0 I have 99+ page moves] |
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/query.php?what=contribcounter&titles=User:KnowledgeOfSelf I have 33,400+ total edits] |
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<!--I've come to conclude that many Wikipedians, think to themselves, '''"Is this place worth the trouble and effort we put into it?"''' Some answer yes and they show great will and determination, that allows them fight [[WP:Vandalism|vandals]], [[Wikipedia:Trolls|trolls]], [[Wikipedia:Assume bad faith|bad faith users]], and the people that lack [[Wikipedia:civility|civility]] who make belaboring verbal assaults to users who follow policy and try to make this an encyclopedia that works. |
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The users who do not fall into the above statement, those are the users' who leave Wikipedia, and make me ask myself '''"is this site worth it?"''' I find myself asking this question more and more everyday. It appears that I come closer to the answer every time I look at this site, and it's not one I wanted. There is a reason why I ask myself this more and more everyday, and it's because of all these wonderful people who leave this site daily it seems. I'm deeply saddened when I consistently see stressed users, especially those who make this place an enjoyable forum, to share thoughts and knowledge. The ones who make this place the website that we all at one point found to be a "splendid and wondrous thing." Just ask yourself one question "Is Wikipedia worth it?" Here's hoping that your answer is better than mine. |
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I have had enough of the atmosphere surrounding Wikipedia. It is poison, I have no other way to describe it. I'm sick of '''''pointless''''' bickering, and the constant need for people to bring everyone into the politics of this site. This is not the site I joined some 6 months ago. I'm not exactly prepared to leave this project. (It still is one of the best things I've ever been a part of, it just is not worth my time and effort at this moment). |
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I had departed from Wikipedia for nearly 4 months, I have returned due to the fact that I no longer feel disturbed nor agitated from the reasons I left in the first place. To elaborate for my own benefit and for anyone that may be reading this, I left for personal; real life reasons as well as Wikipedia related ones. I requested that my adminship be removed because it was something I loved doing, deleting articles that met the SD criteria, blocking vandals, mediating disputes, all these things, were areas of Wikipedia that I enjoyed. If I had kept them there would be no way I would have been able to stay away as long as I did. I got my personal affairs in order, and after that long of an absence, Wikipedia's positive aspects out weighed the negative. These are the reasons I left and the reasons I have returned. |
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