User:GRMule

This user is a member of the Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians.

The motto of the AIW is conservata veritate, which translates to "with the preserved truth".
This motto reflects the inclusionist desire to change Wikipedia only when no knowledge would be lost as a result.

I work for a nonprofit, Grand Rapids Community Media Center. That's a parent organization of WYCE, GRTV, Wealthy Theatre, The Rapidian, an education department, and my department, IT. I am a solo developer of a fairly extensive internal systems used for administration of members and the various services the organization offers, as well as the content management system we use for the public site.

I am an active contributor on Stack Overflow.

I am a skeptic, an atheist (non-evangelical, nor a hardliner like Bill Maher), and a retired internet troll. I play the game Astro Empires, but wikipedia is too cool to have a page about it, even though Nickleback gets a page. Hmph. No accounting for taste. I love to geocache, ride my bike on converted railroad trails, and spend a lot of time in the woods. I'm married, a progressive independent, and a supporter of Bernie Sanders (and a donor, and a campaign volunteer). I run a small business with my wife, and I hold a CPL permit.

I love everything about Michigan, from the craft beer to the parks to the music (no link, I think the current wiki page about Michigan music needs lots of work.)

I am currently trying to shed this username in favor of my current common one. Hope it works.

I enjoy reading greatly. Some of my favorite authors are:

I also enjoy dystopian novels, but I've burned through the good ones, that I know of. If you have a suggestion from this genre, a comment on my talk page would be most welcome indeed.

I sporadically blog here: http://chrismbaker.com/blog

I told you all of this mostly so you know where my biases lay. Talk to me if there's a problem -- I'll listen.

Contributions

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PHP

This user can code PHP.