User:Jayron32/home

Jayron32 is an editor at Wikipedia. He was born in New Hampshire, but now lives in North Carolina. He contributes to a wide range of topics, and also participates in the good articles WikiProject, numerous Wikignome activities, and featured article and articles for deletion discussion.

Interests
History

Geography

Sports (especially American Football)

Rock Music

New England

Roads & Highways

Mini-Biography
Born in Nashua, New Hampshire

Grew up in Hudson, New Hampshire

Attended University of Delaware (Bachelor's) and University of Illinois at Chicago (Master's)

Currently living in Raleigh, North Carolina

Former High School Science Teacher

Currently a Stay at Home parent

Minor contributions
numerous North Carolina Highway System articles &mdash; New Hampshire Route 102 &mdash; New Hampshire Route 3A &mdash; Delaware Turnpike &mdash; Arizona Cardinals &mdash; Highways along the BosWash corridor &mdash; Eagle snacks &mdash; Carolina Brewing Company &mdash; NFL Championship Game, 1958 section on HOF members playing in the game &mdash; Gaston de Blondeville &mdash; Daniel Webster Highway &mdash; Paradox Interactive &mdash; James Caan &mdash; Alexander I of Greece &mdash; Osborn Engineering &mdash; Marcel Pétiot &mdash; Rolling Stones &mdash; Pittsburgh Rens &mdash; Pittsburgh Condors &mdash; Stanford Stadium &mdash; Rose Bowl (stadium) &mdash; Holman Stadium (New Hampshire) &mdash; Heaven's Gate (cult) &mdash; Standard Oil of Iowa &mdash; Massachusett &mdash; Plymouth Harbor &mdash; Plymouth Bay &mdash; Clark's Island &mdash; William Bradford (1624-1703) &mdash; Alkane &mdash; List of U.S. states by population &mdash; List of United States cities by population &mdash; List of Cleveland Browns first-round draft picks &mdash; Minnesota Vikings seasons &mdash; Chicago Bears seasons &mdash; St. Louis Rams seasons &mdash; New England Patriots &mdash; Logos and Uniforms of the New England Patriots &mdash; Created stubs for all New England Patriots specific year season articles 1962-2005 &mdash; List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition &mdash; Marquette Building (Chicago) &mdash; Youghiogheny River Lake &mdash; Amanita phalloides‎ &mdash; Texas A&M University &mdash; Chocolate &mdash; Inverclyde Line &mdash; Mark Harmon &mdash; Hills Memorial Library &mdash; Rockingham County, New Hampshire &mdash; State Library of North Carolina &mdash; Waylon Jennings &mdash; Pawtucket Falls &mdash; Dick Lane (billiards) &mdash; Dalewool Auckland Brass &mdash; Charles S. Spencer &mdash; Westhoff, Texas &mdash; Laurent Dauthuille &mdash; Shot heard round the world &mdash; Wake County, North Carolina &mdash; Connie Carpenter-Phinney &mdash; Auburn, North Carolina &mdash; Stephen Lucius Gwynn &mdash; Prince William Parkway &mdash; Frederick Peterson (neurologist) &mdash; J.R. Monterose &mdash; Rovers Cup &mdash; New Hampshire Democratic Party &mdash; York House &mdash; Robert Hett Chapman &mdash; Indian Caribbean Museum of Trinidad and Tobago &mdash; Wesget Sipu &mdash; Kolkata Orthodox Diocese &mdash; Dittrick Museum of Medical History &mdash; Calendars of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration &mdash; Anne Sullivan &mdash; WZMY-TV

Major contributions
Hudson, New Hampshire &mdash; Alvirne High School &mdash; NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III &mdash; Founder of the WikiProject American football &mdash; American football plays &mdash; National Football League &mdash; Formation (American football) &mdash; Circumferential Highway (Nashua) &mdash; Granite State Challenge &mdash; Raymond Buckley &mdash; Ghost to the Post &mdash; Randy White (American football) &mdash; List of undefeated Division I-A football teams &mdash; Ed Sabol &mdash; List of National Football League stadiums &mdash; 1960, 1961 Boston Patriots season articles &mdash; New England Patriots players &mdash; Flag football &mdash; U.S. Route 40 &mdash; Kind of Blue &mdash; Playhouse Disney &mdash; Sloppy Seconds (album) &mdash; 2008 International Bowl &mdash; 2008 Capital One Bowl &mdash; 2008 Gator Bowl &mdash; American football

Did You Know Articles

 * [[Image:Updated DYK query.svg|14x14px]] Standard Oil of Kentucky &mdash; November 26, 2006
 * [[Image:Updated DYK query.svg|14x14px]] Gettysburg Cyclorama &mdash; May 8, 2007
 * [[Image:Updated DYK query.svg|14x14px]] Tom Jennings (billiards) &mdash; October 2, 2007
 * [[Image:Updated DYK query.svg|14x14px]] The Hogettes (in collaboration with LaraLove) &mdash; October 15, 2007

Good Articles

 * [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|14px]] NFL Playoffs &mdash; February 22, 2007
 * [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|14px]] Gettysburg Cyclorama &mdash; May 24, 2007
 * [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|14px]] The Hogettes (in collaboration with LaraLove) &mdash; November 2, 2007

Featured Articles

 * [[Image:LinkFA-star.png]] Timeline of chemistry &mdash; April 12, 2007
 * [[Image:LinkFA-star.png]] New England Patriots seasons &mdash; April 21, 2007
 * [[Image:LinkFA-star.png]] Plymouth Colony &mdash; August 14, 2007
 * [[Image:LinkFA-star.png]] History of American football &mdash; Sept 19, 2007

Awards and recognition
see /Awards for full text of awards

Tools I use regularly

 * Template messages/User talk namespace canonical list of warnings.
 * Citing sources how to cite sources in various ways
 * Citation templates formal citation templates
 * WikiProject Vandalism studies important project to see where vandalism is actually coming from.
 * Good article statistics Good article statistics
 * Template:ArticleHistory convert talk page commendations to new format
 * Template:Geographic Location (8-way) exactly what it sounds like.
 * Good article candidates/Report Very helpful GA page...

Namespace subpages

 * /Musings on notability An essay I am working on. I take the stance that there is one test for encylopedic articles: Multiple, non-trivial references from reliable sources.  All other "tests" as they exist only serve to obfuscate and confuse.  Simplify, simplify, simplify.
 * /Esperanza A WikiCommunity I used belong to. Gone defunct, following a partial dismantling via MFD (see below)
 * /Orthodoxy and heresy at Wikipedia An essay inspired by the rather contentious MfD for Esperanza
 * /How to argue effectively I was getting tired of reading bad, illogical, or otherwise ineffective arguments on XfD and other discussions.
 * /Jayron32's Principles of Vandal Fighting

Other random stuff I think others should read

 * User:Uncle G/On notability Best essay on notability and why it should matter.
 * Who Writes Wikipedia Essay with some preliminary research that provides an interesting perspective on how Wikipedia works.
 * Don't be a Dick Primary civility criteria. Like the primary notability criteria, only better.
 * Funniest. Wikipedia. Humor. Ever.
 * User:Opabinia regalis/Article statistics Some interesting statistics on edits at wikipedia.
 * User:Raul654/Raul's laws Raul's laws. Cool read.  I agree with most of it.  Not all, but most.
 * Wikipedia Spin Hmmm. Nice to see someone finally did this.  Vedy interesting...
 * SEO Tips & Tactics From A Wikipedia Insider and The Right Way To Fix Inaccurate Wikipedia Articles Two great articles by Durova.
 * User:Uncle G/On sources and content another great Uncle G essay.
 * The 8 Most Needlessly Detailed Wikipedia Entries What it says. Some of these may have since been deleted, but these were all at one time real articles.
 * Don't "call a spade a spade" AWESOME essay about avoiding ad hominem comments and maintaining the moral high ground in disputes.
 * Wikipedia Rules Article in the Phoenix about wikipedia. Quite well written and comprehensive.
 * User:Misza13/Nobody cares about your credentials Another great essay.
 * Talk page highlights Funny "haha" and funny "strange" all at once.