User:IanManka

 Ian Manka (talk • contribs • [ blocks ] • [ protects ] • [ deletions ] • [ moves ])  lives in Los Angeles, California. He graduated cum laude from the USC Marshall School of Business, majoring in Business Administration, with a minor in Cinematic Arts at the School of Cinematic Arts. He spent the summer of 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa as a volunteer for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He appeared on the nationally-televised quiz show Jeopardy! when he was twelve years old.

Ian joined Wikipedia on 7 June 2005, and is a Veteran Editor II. He became an administrator on 16 June 2006 by a count of 54 support, 6 oppose, and 1 neutral "votes." Ian is one of the users (% of users of the English Wikipedia) that are administrators. His editor review can be found here. He was featured in the Akron, Ohio Akron Beacon Journal on 27 July 2006 in an article about Wikipedia. Ian has accounts on Wikipedia Commons, MediaWiki, Meta-Wiki, Simple English Wikikpedia, all with the user name IanManka.

Ian is (as of 15 December 2017) ranked 6137th in the list of Wikipedians by edit count (excluding bots and scripts).

He also contributed to the basketball blog Paints in the Point until it shut down in 2011 and maintains a personal blog as well.

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Accomplishments
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I'm proud of...

 * ...FIFA World Cup, an article I helped reorganize and split off articles from. It later earned me a Barnstar (see above)! FIFA World Cup also is a featured article, and was featured on the main page on June 8, 2006!
 * ...FIFA World Cup hosts. I built this article from the ground up.
 * ...2007 NFL Draft, an article I helped improve to featured list status!
 * ...my writing for the Wikipedia Signpost.
 * I entirely wrote the 1000 Administrators article (September 5 2006), with the assistance of the uncredited NoSeptember.
 * I contribute to the "Features and admins" section. I solely wrote the September 5, 2006, September 11, 2006, September 25, 2006, October 2, 2006 and October 9, 2006 editions. The editions I mostly wrote were the August 28, 2006 and September 18, 2006. I was part of a collaobration for the August 14, 2006 and August 21, 2006 editions. I added just a minor fix to the August 7, 2006 edition.
 * I also contributed a bit of news for the February 5, 2007 "In the news" section.
 * ...my efforts in getting the 2005 New York City transit strike on the Main Page.
 * ...editing the "In the news" section on the Main Page (as an administrator) to include:
 * The Ugandan-Lord's Resistance Army truce (26 August 2006)
 * The result of Super Bowl XLII (3 February 2008)
 * The death of Osama bin Laden (2 May 2011)

Miscellaneous
I am in the following associations/groups:
 * WikiProject College football
 * WikiProject Disambiguation

Links for my use
Quote describing Tallmadge, Ohio:
 * Browser-based IRC client Useful for asking quick questions
 * /Mike O'Malley
 * /David Bacon
 * Template messages
 * Template messages/User talk namespace
 * Category:Wikipedia tools
 * Tools
 * Six miles east of Akron, the thriving official center of its county, in almost its pristine solitude, pioneer simplicity and primitive picturesqueness, lies the quiet little village of Tallmadge. Its two or three hundred contented inhabitants go their way today, as undisturbed by the social follies or the commercial whirl, distant but one hour's travel, as though they were lodged in some vast wilderness, inaccessible to the inroads of society's corruptions. To walk the broad, tree-canopied streets and talk with the genuine, generous, cultured and  unpretentious people of this "loveliest village of the plain," even for a day, is to receive rest for the mind and peace for the soul. In Tallmadge as no where else in this commonwealth still lingers the influence of its New England ancestry. The form may be much dwarfed and the spirit be weak, but the latter is still potent enough to be felt. To enter Tallmadge is to breathe the atmosphere of the simple life. The vanity and vexation of the twentieth century are strangers to Tallmadge; they would not stay long if they came, they would feel so out of place. This is why we tell about Tallmadge for we have been there and know whereof we speak.

Travel
I'm an avid traveler, and love to fly. I've visited all 50 U.S. states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

Notable people
Attending USC and living in Los Angeles has its perks, one of which is having the opportunity to meet notable people. I have met and/or seen in person the following individuals who have Wikipedia articles: