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Hi! I'm Dave, but you probably guessed that. Until recently I was known as Davemeistermoab. I still have that name on Wikimedia commons and have requested a username change to match. My old username refers to the Four Corners, where I was raised. If you lived in the Four Corners during this time, you get the joke. If you didn't, the name probably just sounds stupid. I grew up seeing the area's dramatic metamorphosis from blue collar, depressed, dying, mining towns to a yuppie's playground with "mondo gnarly turf dude". The transformation started with the mountain bike craze in Moab, and soon spread throughout the region.

Anyways,I've been involved with Wikipedia since early 2006. I don't completely know what I'm doing here, but then who does. I have an engineering degree and work for a well-known company. I've only made a few contributions to engineering related articles. I prefer to work on articles related to my hobbies: roads, trains and ghost towns.

For the record, I am an administrator on the English language wikipedia and am willing to help with reasonable requests for administrative assistance. However, my wikipedia time is sporadic. I will be on line every day for a month, then away for 3 months. If your need is urgent, you might be better to contact a more consistently active admin.

Current project

I tend to work on one or a few articles at a time. I usually keep working on them until they pass a Good Article review, or WP:Featured Article review, or I get bored with that subject and move on. Articles I'm currently working on:

Thistle, Utah - passed GA, now working on implementing suggestions from a peer review.
Reviewing articles for others - I try to review an article for each article I ask to be reviewed. However, I'm behind. By my count, I owe reviews for the following: 1 FAC review, 1 Peer Review, 2 A class reviews for the US Road's Wikiproject. So if you have an article you'd like to have reviewed, and have patience to work around my sporadic schedule, you are in the right to ask. Be advised that I am a sloppy writer who both makes and does not notice many grammar errors. So, while I can help review content, you probably want to ask a 2nd opinion for grammar.

Travels

Considering that I come from the most humble of backgrounds (product of blue-collar workers in one of the most remote areas in the United States), one thing I am proud of is how much of the world I have been able to see, given those circumstances. If you care:

Most northern: St. Petersburg, Russia
Most southern: beach in Peru
Most eastern: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Most western: probably Garberville, California (I know, need to work on this one)
Largest country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Smallest country: probably Bahrain
Most remote: Corn Island
Biggest city: Moscow
Most liberal: Masaya, Nicaragua. Although San Francisco and Berkley are more flamboyant in their display of liberalism (as soon as the residents park their Range Rovers and hide their McDonald's wrappers), Masaya seemed to me to be the most truly liberal city.
Most conservative: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Cleanest city: Loja, Ecuador
Dirtiest city: Managua, Nicaragua
Highest place: El Cajas,Ecuador
Lowest place: Death Valley
Place that gave me the worst culture shock: Brooklyn
The place I still wish I could call home: Moab, Utah

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-Hi! I'm Dave, but you probably guessed that.  About my username: I know it sounds juvenile, and I should probably choose a new one. I've debated changing usernames several times, but I don't care enough to actually do it. The name refers to the [[Four Corners (United States)|Four Corners]], where I was raised. If you lived in the Four Corners during this time, you get the joke. If you didn't, the name probably just sounds stupid. I grew up seeing the area's dramatic metamorphosis from [[blue collar]], depressed, dying, mining towns to a [[yuppie]]'s playground with "[[valspeak|mondo gnarly turf dude]]". The transformation started with the [[mountain bike]] craze in [[Moab, Utah|Moab]], and soon spread throughout the region.
+Hi! I'm Dave, but you probably guessed that.  Until recently I was known as Davemeistermoab. I still have that name on Wikimedia commons and have requested a username change to match. My old username refers to the [[Four Corners (United States)|Four Corners]], where I was raised. If you lived in the Four Corners during this time, you get the joke. If you didn't, the name probably just sounds stupid. I grew up seeing the area's dramatic metamorphosis from [[blue collar]], depressed, dying, mining towns to a [[yuppie]]'s playground with "[[valspeak|mondo gnarly turf dude]]". The transformation started with the [[mountain bike]] craze in [[Moab, Utah|Moab]], and soon spread throughout the region.
 Anyways,I've been involved with Wikipedia since early 2006. I don't completely know what I'm doing here, but then who does. I have an [[engineering]] degree and work for a well-known company. I've only made a few contributions to engineering related articles. I prefer to work on articles related to my hobbies: [[road]]s, [[train]]s and [[ghost town]]s.