User:BenjaminHare

User committed identity
This hashed value can be used to confirm my ownership in case this Wikipedia account has been compromised. I can provide the string used to generate this hash and you use it to generate the same hash value. See Template:Committed_identity.

To generate the hash: $ echo  | sha512sum

Sandbox
Room to play.

When to create an article? When it's notable. The topic should be worthy of notice – meaning that it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.


 * Notability help page.

Citations and references
Christopher Claremont is an amazing comic book writer. The reference tag is useful for two reasons; first, it's necessary to create a better document. Second, it's very easy to use. Simply put the reference into the document and let the PFM of MediaWiki handle the rest. No need to waste time with numbering or formatting of your references.


 * Citing Sources help page

Markup examples
This entire line is in italics. This entire line is in bold text, which is more annoying than the previous line. Stand back; italics and bold. Crom have mercy upon our souls. Mitra preserve us! Underlined text. Look, small text. Amazingly useless. Great, big text as well. Why? Finally, something useful. Interesting, subscript. Even better, superscript.

Help document about formatting.

Variables
Wikipedia supports variables.


 * Variables help page

Tables are keen
Never forget that tables are amazing. Essential tabular information at Wikipedia Table help page.

Windows debug symbols
For a long time I've been bothered by not being able to look at threads and thread stacks because I do not have the Windows kernel symbols installed. Every time I try to get them installed I either don't have the necessary time or don't fully understand the process. Thus, I'm creating this documentation when I do have the time in hopes that I'll be able to leverage it in the future.


 * 1) Set up a VM
 * 2) Gather all of the necessary software
 * 3) * Download the .NET Framework 4 and the .NET Framework 4.5
 * 4) * Download the Windows SDK
 * 5) * Download Process Explorer
 * 6) Install Windows SDK
 * 7) Run sdksetup.exe &rarr; install any pre-requisites if prompted to do so &rarr; a restart will probably be required.
 * 8) Re-run sdksetup.exe
 * 9) * Choose Download the Windows Software Development Kit for installation a separate computer because this will save you time next time you need to install it
 * 10) * Select only Debugging Tools for Windows &rarr;
 * 11) Run the newly downloaded sdksetup.exe; note that the next time you can just start by running this &rarr; Ignore the warning about .NET Framework 4.5 missing &rarr; Install (note the only option available is Debugging Tools for Windows.)
 * 12) * sdksetup.exe /features + /q /norestart /ceip on
 * 13) Download system symbols for debugging
 * 14) Set the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH variable
 * 15) * Set _NT_SYMBOL_PATH = symsrv*symsrv.dll*N:\INSTALLS\Applications\Microsoft\sdk\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
 * 16) Run WinDbg &rarr; File &rarr; Symbol File path &rarr; SRV*N:\INSTALLS\Applications\Microsoft\sdk\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
 * 17) Manually download the symbols.  Note that this command is the same regardless of x86 or x64 architecture, though the location of the symchk executable is different.  This command uses the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH variable, so be sure it's set first.
 * 18) * symchk /r %WINDIR%\system32 /s SRV*N:\INSTALLS\Applications\Microsoft\sdk\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
 * 19) Run Process Explorer and confirm that symbols are working correctly

Advanced Query Syntax AQS

 * type:mp3 NOT folder:music &rarr; Finds all files of type MP3 but excludes and folder names containing the word music
 * type:mp3 NOT folder:music date: &rarr; Greater-than "this year"

See the AQS documentation (and specifically the comments) for a vitriolic example of useful feedback.

Useful WP links

 * Template:Advert
 * Style Guide

Gems of wikipedia
Every once in a while I stumble across an example of why Wikipedia is great.
 * Toledo War &rarr; a bloodless land dispute between Michigan and Ohio
 * Gaahl &rarr; a man whose real life reads like fiction
 * Works by Aristotle &rarr; Possibly the single most useful page I've ever seen on Wikipedia.