User:BD2412

Status: Active. bd2412 T This is a Wikipedia user page. This is not an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than Wikipedia, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user this page belongs to may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia itself. The original page is located at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BD2412. Wikimedia Foundation This editor is a Senior Vanguard Editor and is entitled to display this Duranium Editor Star with the Neutronium Superstar hologram. —— • —— I propose a college class on Wikipedia where students are graded by the level of responsibility they achieve on the site. Those who become an Administrator will get an "A" for "Administrator". Those who becomes Bureaucrats, of course, will get a "B", Checkusers will get a "C", and you know what happens to those who become Developers, or go to work for the Foundation. —— • —— A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul, Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, History. —— • —— When 900,000 edits, you have reached, look as good, you will not. Wiki Master Yoda, 1.35 million edits ago. —— • —— BD2412 (global count • editcount • wikiscan • article count • blocks • protects • deletes • moves) is one of the longest-serving administrators on English Wikipedia (since December of 2005); and is also an administrator on English Wiktionary; and on English Wikisource; and an admin and bureaucrat on English Wikiquote. Some principles to live by At Wikimania 2014. Wikipedia is not an experiment in democracy: its primary method of finding consensus is discussion, not voting. That is, majority opinion does not necessarily rule in Wikipedia. Various votes are regularly conducted, but their numerical results are usually only one of several means of making a decision. The discussions that accompany the voting processes are crucial means of reaching consensus. Wikipedia is not the edge of the world: if you really want to say something on the Internet, and it doesn't belong here, there are always alternatives. Observe Chesterton's fence. Be aware of Google bias when testing for importance or existence: bear in mind that Google will be biased in favor of modern subjects of interest to people from developed countries with Internet access, so it should be used with some judgment. Also, beware Citogenesis. There is no deadline. Give thanks. Contributions Law * People in the law * Law lists * General * Disambig * Title/name Rehab * Projects & tools * Best * Most edited (50-100) * Most viewed • All Drafts • Wikiquote In the top 100 on the Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by article count. Having made thousands of articles, I'm sure that if you lined up all of my articles from best to least best, the bottom ten would probably be pretty... I don't want to say 'bad', but definitely rudimentary. As of January 1, 2018, I have edited about 14.25% of the articles on Wikipedia; if you have edited more than seven articles, there is probably an article that both you and I have edited. This editor is a Grand High Togneme Laureate and is entitled to display the Book of All Knowledge: 3rd Edition and attach the library barcode. This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than 15 years. This user is an administrator on the English Wiktionary. (verify) This user is an administrator on the English Wikiquote. (verify) This user is an administrator on Wikisource. (verify) This user attended Wikimania 2012 in Washington, D.C., United States. This user attended Wikimania 2014 in London, United Kingdom. This user attended Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy. This user has published peer-reviewed book chapters. This user has published peer-reviewed articles in academic journals. This user has written books, novels or plays that have been published. This user prefers to communicate on-wiki, rather than by email. I have been paraphrased in this article in Slate. I have also been mentioned in this paper and in a graph in this article. In this article, I am called one of "the Internet's unsung heroes". Barnstars & Ǚzerbǿxen Please feel free to add to the collection here. Cheers! This editor has been thanked by these Wikipedians. Legalese Yes, I am a lawyer. No, I am not giving you legal advice. I agree to multi-license all my text, image, and design contributions, including my user pages, as described below: Minor edits multi-licensed into the public domain I agree to multi-license my eligible text contributions marked as minor edits, unless otherwise stated, under Wikipedia's copyright terms and into the public domain. Please be aware that other contributors might not do the same, so if you want to use my minor edit contributions in the public domain, please check the multi-licensing guide. Licensing rights granted to Wikimedia Foundation I grant non-exclusive permission for the Wikimedia Foundation Inc. to relicense my text contributions under any copyleft license that it chooses, provided it maintains the free and open spirit of the GFDL. This permission acknowledges that future licensing needs of the Wikimedia projects may need adapting in unforeseen fashions to facilitate other uses, formats, and locations. It is given for as long as this banner remains. Etcetera This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than 15 years. 2,350,000+This user has made more than 2,350,000 contributions to Wikipedia. 2,900,000+This user has made over 2,900,000 contributions to Wikimedia projects. Admin statistics Action Count Edits 2381339 Edits+Deleted 2470390 Pages deleted 40134 Revisions deleted 193 Pages restored 10613 Pages protected 426 Pages unprotected 37 Protections modified 52 Users blocked 592 Users reblocked 56 Users unblocked 48 User rights modified 7 This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 8 months and 30 days. This user has been an admin for 18 years, 11 months and 11 days. This editor is a Senior Vanguard Editor and is entitled to display this Duranium Editor Star with the Neutronium Superstar hologram. This editor is a Grandmaster Administrator First-Class and is entitled to display this Gold Service Badge and carry the Silver Keys to the Encyclopedia. This user is in the Disambiguator Hall of Fame. This user is ranked 54 on the list of Wikipedians by articles created. This user is the fifth most active Wikipedian. 5This user is ranked 5 on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits. This editor uses AutoWikiBrowser to automate tedious repetitive tasks. 38%This user has been a Wikipedian for 38% of his life. Ranked 8th in page creations including redirects as of October 13, 2017 (3,049 articles, 86,792 redirects, total 89,841) Ranked 53rd in main article creations with 6,954 as of May 1, 2021 Ranked 12th in main article creators by volume past five years, as of September 5, 2022 (4,821 articles in that period) (over 8,000 articles as of January 31, 2022) (over 8,270 articles as of April 30, 2022) (over 8,500 articles as of October 15, 2022) (over 9,300 articles as of October 30, 2023) (over 9,400 articles as of January 31, 2024)