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User:MichaelMaggs

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2017

Retired UK and European patent attorney specialising in physics and computer-related inventions, with qualifications in physics and law; occasional Librivoxer and photographer; currently local museum chair. Past wiki roles have included admin and bureaucrat on Commons, chair of Wikimedia UK, organiser of Wiki Loves Monuments in the UK, and jury member for various Wiki Loves photo contests.

I am the operator of ShortDescBot, a bot to add and improve short descriptions.

Icon This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 11 months and 9 days.


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Citation

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  • Up to 4 authors can be included in the cite, eg {{sfn |Burnett |Nunes |2021 |loc=section 1}}
  • To fix an error of the type "Harv warning: There is no link pointing to this citation. The anchor is named CITEREFChisholm1911", create an sfn inline reference like this: {{sfn |Chisholm |1911}}
  • If doi is not present, use |id= ODNBarticlenumber instead
  • |freearticle=y adds a green open padlock icon to the reference
  • No need to record access date

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Other

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Vandalism

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Other

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Personal

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Being right isn't enough

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Violations of Wikipedia's behavioral expectations are not excused on the grounds that the editor who violated those expectations has the correct position on an underlying substantive dispute or the interpretation of policies and guidelines within those disputes. Those expectations apply universally to all editors, and violations of those expectations are harmful to the functioning of the project, irrespective of the merits of an underlying substantive dispute.

(Part of the 2025 unanimous decision of the Arbitration Committee in WP:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5#Being right isn't enough)

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