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Unified login: Dbiel is the unique login of this user for all public Wikimedia projects.

I have found Wikipedia to be a very useful tool and as a result was lead to help make it even better. I had been actively involved with SpamCop serving as one of the two admins of the SpamCop Wiki[1] and also as one of the five moderators of the SpamCop Fourms[2]

My current schedule no longer permits be to be active in Wikipedia, but I still believe in the value of Wikipedia and make use of it as a initial reference source.

NGC 3324
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Article size

What is an appropriate length for a Wikipedia article? This is discussed at Article length. An article can be as long as 10,000 words or more, if there are enough sources on the topic to provide for that much content. Undoubtedly there are articles that reach 20,000 words. The recommended maximum length is around 100kB of text. There is no standard for minimum length, an acceptable stub article could be as short as three or four sentences.

If you look at the menu on the right-hand side of any page on Wikipedia, there is a link to Page information. Clicking on that link shows lots of information about the page including its total size as well as how often it has been viewed. There is also this tool - you just copy and paste the text into there, and it counts it for you.

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Barnstars

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The Schools Barnstar
For long-term contributions to school-related articles on Wikipedia, I award Dbiel the Schools Barnstar! --Jh12 (talk) 13:19, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

To Do List

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  • to purge any page add the following to the end of the address entry - ?action=purge
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Note: the following does not seem to work at this time:

The default Wikipedia search engine can be slow and unreliable. Luckily, alternatives are available, such as a customized Google searchbox, already preset to search Wikipedia: http://www.google.com/custom?sa=Google+Search&domains=wikipedia.org&sitesearch=wikipedia.org

http://www.google.com/custom?sa=Google+Search&domains=wikidata.org&sitesearch=wikidata.org

Cut and paste it to your Userpage, or click on it, and save it as a button on your browser's toolbar.

Pages to watch

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Pages to study

Links to users pages of interest

Users who have assisted me in the past

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Worked with him in Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal on article National Civilian Community Corps see Case page

Admins who have been difficult to work with

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Pages I have started

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Pages I have edited

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Templates I have edited

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To allow for catagories=no

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Cabal Mediation Cases I have worked on

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Handy Tools

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User Boxes

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This user is a Christian.
This user is interested in Lutheranism.
7,000+This user has made more than 7,000 contributions to Wikipedia.
This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles.
This user has created a global account. Dbiel's main account is on Wikipedia (in English).
This user encourages the peaceful correction of vandals.
This user has a zero tolerance policy on vandalism.
This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks.
<sum>:1This user believes that every edit should have a summary.
1RRThis user prefers discussing changes on the talk page rather than engaging in an edit war.
This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)
Unified login: Dbiel is the unique unified login of this user for all public Wikimedia projects.
UTC-8This user's time zone is UTC-8.
This user observes Daylight Saving Time.
Flag of the United StatesThis user is proud to be a United States citizen.
This user lives in or hails from the U.S. State of California.
SoCalThis user lives in, hails from or is associated with Southern California.
enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
en-USThis user is a native speaker of American English.
SpamCopThis user knows how to report spam to blocklisters.

References

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  1. ^ http://forum.spamcop.net/scwik/HowDoIRegisterWithTheSpamCopWiki
  2. ^ http://forum.spamcop.net/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=4351&view=findpost&p=29132
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