User:JodyB/Sandbox5

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JodyB is an editor and administrator here on Wikipedia. Thanks for visiting my user page. I will do my best to help you with any editing questions. If there is an administrative matter you wish me to help with just let me know. You can leave a message at my talk page.

I am a man, married to a lovely girl I met in college. We have three sons that are the joy of our lives. Oh yeah, my wife has a dog named "Sassie." I think Beaudroux Beaudafras is a better name that it more descriptive of her canine highness.

I am precisely half Irish and half German but I am an American. No hypens here. I am proud of my country and find that even with its faults it far outshines any other country. I am a son of the South as well. I reject racism in all its forms but find that people are too often satisfied to think of the south in stark terms of black and white. That is a shallow and uneducated understanding.

Most importantly, I am a Christian. I believe and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ as revealed in Scripture. I am not perfect, but his precepts govern my daily life.

Wikipedia and my interests
I am a Wikipedia Administrator since July of 2007. I began editing a year or so prior to that. While everyone loves to say that "adminship is no big deal," I take it very seriously. If I have done something as an administrator that concerns you, please know that I did give it serious thought. Please let me know what concerns you and I will try to address it.

My first account edit to Wikipedia was on May 1, 2006 to an article about Daphne, Alabama. Interestingly, that edit is still part of the article. I find that my interests here shift between editing, reverting vandalism and handling gnomish tasks to keep the place cleaned up. It just depends on the day of the week as to what I will be focusing upon.

Thoughts on civility
Few of us actually know one another. We associate here and may actually meet or talk on the phone sometime but we really do not have a deep knowledge of one another. Therefore, it is essential to be civil in every aspect of your wikilife. It doessn't really matter how someone else speaks to you or how they show disrespect to you. You are in control of your own emotions and can show restraint. To paraphrase my beloved daddy, its easy to be nice to man who's changing your tire for you. It's much harder when swings at you with a lug wrench. In other, have thick skin and lots of patience.


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"one nation, under God"...



"Between the saddle and the ground is found the grace of God"



"Everything has an end, only sausage has two"


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