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I am a lawyer, having lived in Berlin, Germany for about 10 years now. Previously I lived in Osnabrück, Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Freiburg. I'm in my 30's and a liberal Catholic (see also: paradox).

On Wikipedia, I contributed quite a lot to German history. My other interests include politics, music (jazz, progressive rock, classical), film, and architecture.

I guess nobody cares, but I believe I invented those funny "series" boxes that are really popular these days. Back then, I simply inserted them as raw HTML into the History of Germany articles. See this old version of "Weimar Republic", for example. Then people picked that up, and eventually, the boxes became a feature in the software.

I no longer have much time for working on Wikipedia, and to be honest, I also got tired of all the bickering. After spending hours and hours on improving articles that were just honestly crap and then seeing those edits removed without even an attempt at discussion, I decided that if my contributions are not needed, then I really shouldn't waste my time any more. I simply am not one to go into edit wars. I guess the contributors who have the most time for bickering are not necessarily the ones with quality contributions. As a lawyer, I can be right by definition, and I have decided that's much less stressful.

But I still use Wikipedia frequently and fix little things here and there occasionally, and I am proud to have contributed to the thing in its earlier stages, before it got really big.

This user page still has a few subpages for the really curious.

My work list shows the pages I used to work on. Until one day when I will have time to work on these again, this is terribly outdated.
My gallery shows all the pictures I have taken and donated. Some of them got replaced by now.

Sandboxes:

Frankish rulers

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-I am a [[lawyer]], currently living in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. In the past, I lived in [[Osnabrück]], [[Parkersburg, West Virginia]], and [[Freiburg]]. I'm around 30 and a liberal [[Catholic]] (see also: [[paradox]]).
+I am a [[lawyer]], having lived in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] for about 10 years now. Previously I lived in [[Osnabrück]], [[Parkersburg, West Virginia]], and [[Freiburg]]. I'm in my 30's and a liberal [[Catholic]] (see also: [[paradox]]).
 On Wikipedia, I contributed quite a lot to [[History of Germany|German history]]. My other interests include [[politics]], music ([[jazz]], [[progressive rock]], [[eurpean classical music|classical]]), [[film]], and [[architecture]].
-I guess nobody cares, but I believe I invented those funny "series" boxes that are really popular these days. Back then, I simply inserted them as raw HTML into the History of Germany articles, and then everybody started doing it, and those boxes became a [[Wikipedia:Series_templates|feature in the software]]. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weimar_Republic&oldid=1137936 this old version of "Weimar Republic"], for example. Ah, those were the days.
+I guess nobody cares, but I believe I invented those funny "series" boxes that are really popular these days. Back then, I simply inserted them as raw HTML into the History of Germany articles. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weimar_Republic&oldid=1137936 this old version of "Weimar Republic"], for example. Then people picked that up, and eventually, the boxes became a [[Wikipedia:Series_templates|feature in the software]].
-I no longer have much time for working on Wikipedia, and to be honest, I got tired of all the bickering. After spending hours and hours on improving articles that were just honestly crap and then seeing those edits removed without even an attempt at discussion, I decided that if my contributions are not needed, then I really shouldn't waste my time any more. I simply am not one to go into edit wars.
+I no longer have much time for working on Wikipedia, and to be honest, I also got tired of all the bickering. After spending hours and hours on improving articles that were just honestly crap and then seeing those edits removed without even an attempt at discussion, I decided that if my contributions are not needed, then I really shouldn't waste my time any more. I simply am not one to go into [[Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars ever|edit wars]]. I guess the contributors who have the most time for bickering are not necessarily the ones with quality contributions. As a lawyer, I can be right by definition, and I have decided that's much less stressful.
+But I still use Wikipedia frequently and fix little things here and there occasionally, and I am proud to have contributed to the thing in its earlier stages, before it got really big.
-So I still use Wikipedia to get some introductory information on issues, but really, really, it can wear out the sane people among the contributors... and I guess the contributors who have the most time for bickering are not necessarily the ones with quality contributions. But I'm not sure how to solve that problem.
 This user page still has a few subpages for the really curious.