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No one likes you, mother of three. No one. |
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::::<u>'''As of 19:40, 8 November 2006 I'm on a Wikibreak for an indeterminate time'''</u> |
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::::::::::''e-mail me if you need me'' |
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Welcome to my user page. I work hard to ensure that any edits I make are fully researched and documented using verifiable sources. |
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If you leave me a message on my [[User talk:A. B.|talk page]], I will respond there to avoid fragmenting a discussion. |
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--[[User:A. B.|A. B.]] 19:17, 5 June 2006 (UTC) |
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:Note, occasionally I forget to sign in -- if this happens the IP account will likely be a Comcast address in the form of 69.241.131.xxx. I'm not being tricky -- just absent-minded. |
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==Barnstars and such== |
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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: bottom; height: 1.1em;" | '''The Resilient Barnstar''' |
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|style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For remaining tactically neutral even after mistakenly pissing off a meticulous bitch. (staying cool while in the line of fire) [[User:Ste4k|Ste4k]] 00:20, 9 July 2006 (UTC) |
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[[Image:Raok_barnstar.png|100px|left|The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|Message [[User:CJC47|CJC47]] 05:15, 12 July 2006 (UTC)]] |
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[[Image:Spamstar1.jpg|thumb|left|'''The Spamstar of Glory'''<br>Presented to [[User Talk:A. B.|A. B.]] for diligence in fighting spam on Wikipedia -- [[User:ReyBrujo|ReyBrujo]]]] |
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==Wikipedia Review: "rogue editor", no sense of humor== |
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Reviewed by [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showuser=275 Somey] himself: |
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* [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=4060 The Wikipedia Review > Wikimedia Discussion > Wikipedia in the Media: Still Want To Drop That Link Into Wikipedia?]: |
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:::''"This one could develop into something. The "possible rogue editor" being referred to is User:A. B., who doesn't seem to have much of a sense of humor ..."'' |
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Other reverberations from the [Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2006 Archive Oct#Google and Wikipedia share a common interest in combatting link-spam|"Google and Wikipedia share a common interest in combatting link-spam"] thread: |
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* [http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/006383.html Search Engine Roundtable: Still Want To Drop That Link Into Wikipedia?] |
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* [http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?t=14400 Search Engine Watch Forums: A warning to those adding their own sites to Wikipedia] |
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* [http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2006/10/19/why-wikipedia-should-remove-themselves-from-search-engines.html Why Wikipedia should remove themselves from Search Engines: A Day in Paradise] |
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* [http://www.joostdevalk.nl/blog/the-risks-of-link-spamming-wikipedia/ Wikipedia JoostdeValk.nl:The risks of link-spamming Wikipedia] |
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* [http://www.searchguild.com/tpage27698-0.html SearchGuild.com Forum Index » General SEO: What the search engines make of Wikipedia links] |
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==Other's lists== |
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I find I am on some odd lists of Wikipedia editors: |
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* [[User:Jonathunder/sandbox]] |
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* [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive123#User:Kelly Martin/?]] (lengthy discussion of such lists) |
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* [[User:Cactus.man/KMB]] |
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=='''It's the content, stupid'''== |
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====Content contributors are the most valuable members==== |
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:In the time I've been involved with Wikipedia, I've noticed a preoccupation in the Wikipedia community with formatting, rebuking new users, etc. |
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:The broader world that uses Wikipedia as a resource comes for the content, not the community. While these other community-oriented things are important, even critical, they are still secondary to Wikipedia acquiring more good content. |
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====Biting the Newcomers==== |
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:I'm especially concerned with the quickness with which new user's first articles are tagged with various notices noting deficiencies, yet without any follow-up comments on user pages offering explanation, encouragement, coaching and, most of all, '''''genuine thanks''''' for contributing comments. It's the content contributors that bring the real value. |
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:A vanity page, a dictionary-type entry or a non-notable page from a new user is not an offense -- it's potentially the first step on the road to someone making real contributions to the content of Wikipedia. '''''Yes, it's important to uphold the quality, but there's a right way and a wrong way to do it.''''' |
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:The same applies to draconian edits to new pages when peremptorily applied. I know early on, when I got peremptorily slapped for a well-intended (if somewhat incorrect) addition, I was pretty offended and just about quit. A tactful sentence or two on my user page explaining the reversion would have been helpful. |
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==== An exercise for new-page and new-user patrollers==== |
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:Track the newcomers that post new articles and look at what happens to their articles. Read the tone of the tags and messages from the perspective of new users that have just given Wikipedia their first shot. |
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:Then see how much those that get slapped early on subsequently go on to contribute. |
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=='''Other Wikipedia stuff I spend serious time on'''== |
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====Cultivating and sticking up for newcomers that add content==== |
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I spend a lot of time welcoming new users that add new articles, thanking them for their material ... and then going to bat for them when their first articles get tagged for deletion. |
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Obviously I don't do this for nasty things like attack pages, but many currently prolific contributors started their Wikipedia careers with a vanity article, a dictionary entry or some other "deficient" article. I try to get the article taggers to see things from the newcomer's point of view and to coach them rather than delete their articles. |
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====The Typo King -- fixing all my own typos==== |
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You can't win 'em all. For a real measure of my Wikipedia contributions, take my total number of contributions and divide by 2 (or 3) -- the rest are typo fixes. |
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====RfA's==== |
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Vital to Wikipedia. The readers are our customers. Editors like myself in turn look to admins for help. |
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'''If you are a candidate I opposed, don't take it personally. I am more conservative than most.''' Heck I wouldn't vote for me until I hit at least 3,000-4,000 edits and 6 months of active editing in all parts of Wikipedia: even then I'd be cautious given the [[User:A. B./To do list#controversies|dogfights]] I've been in. |
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==User subpages== |
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===[[User:A. B./To do list|To do list]]=== |
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===[[user:A. B./Useful Wikipedia links|Useful Wikipedia policy and how-to links]]=== |
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===[[User:A. B./Sources for future articles and edits|Sources for future articles and edits]]=== |
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*[[User:A. B./Sources for future articles and edits#Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville, Tennessee]] |
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*[[User:A. B./Sources for future articles and edits#William Gannaway Brownlow|William Gannaway Brownlow]] |
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*[[User:A. B./Sources for future articles and edits#John Bell Brownlow|John Bell Brownlow]] |
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*[[User:A. B./Sources for future articles and edits#Edmund Pendleton Gaines|Edmund Pendleton Gaines]] |
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*[[User:A. B./Sources for future articles and edits#Tennessee history|Tennessee history]] |
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*[[User:A. B./Sources for future articles and edits#Permit class submarines|Permit class submarines]] |
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*[[User:A. B./Sources for future articles and edits#General submarine resources|General submarine resources]] |
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*[[User:A. B./Sources for future articles and edits#Other resources|Other resources]] |
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===[[User:A. B./Articles I've contributed to|Articles I've contributed to]]=== |
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===[[User:A. B./Useful snippets of text for talk pages|Useful snippets of text for talk pages]]=== |
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===[[User:A. B./Newcomers welcomed|Newcomers welcomed]]=== |
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===[[User:A. B./Draft Articles|Draft Articles]]=== |
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====[[User:A. B./Draft Spamstar]]==== |
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===[[User:A. B./New warnings I'd like to see|New warnings I'd like to see]]=== |
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===[[User:A. B./Sandbox2]]=== |
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Revision as of 02:29, 25 November 2006
A.B. is not taking a break. She (because clearly she's a bitch) is just doing her thing up in New Jersey.
No one likes you, mother of three. No one.