User:Johnuniq

I have a technical background, mainly connected with computers and programming, and a wide range of interests, spread regrettably thinly. After a few edits as an IP, I made this account, choosing a name that protects privacy but conveys something of my past—the useful uniq utility was required as my first few attempted user names were taken.

Most of my wikitime has involved Lua modules, as outlined in this index. Over a year (September 2012 to December 2013) was needed to develop Module:Convert which is used here and at other Wikipedias. Techo stuff is good, but supporting those who do significant content development is better. Opposing contributions that degrade the project is also useful.

One reward from working on Wikipedia comes from interacting with a wide variety of amazing talent. Why do great contributors edit here? A factor is that humans have evolved to enjoy cooperation and the passing of knowledge to others. Further, Daniel H. Pink has written a very interesting book asserting that rewarding people with payments will only go so far towards motivating them (and in fact, can produce negative effects on productivity). Instead, Pink suggests, the best results occur when people find intrinsic meaning in their work. The three key motivating factors for creative work are autonomy (choice of task and its implementation); mastery (urge to improve performance on a task believed to be worthwhile); and purpose (desire to improve the world). Enabling those factors has resulted in what is seen at Wikipedia. See the RSA animated lecture.

Comments or questions about what I have done are welcome, or if you notice some blunder I have made, please [ tell me].

Tom was kind enough to post the following here, I think to brighten my drab page.

I wrote a module for the Hindi Wikipedia: hi:User:Johnuniq/number

Module:Convert

  Pony!

Congratulations! For all your hard work on the hands conversion issue, you have received a pony! Ponies are cute, intelligent, cuddly, friendly (most of the time, though with notable exceptions), promote good will, encourage patience, and enjoy carrots. Treat your pony with respect and he will be your faithful friend! Montanabw (talk) 21:50, 3 January 2014 (UTC) To send a pony or a treat to other wonderful and responsible editors, click here.

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Did you know...
... that I have created a small amount of content?
 * Female genital mutilation in India
 * Lutheran Trinity Church, East Melbourne • DYK • nom
 * Hermann Herlitz • DYK • nom
 * Matthias Goethe • DYK • nom
 * Driffield, Gloucestershire • stub

I have not (yet!) done any significant GA/FA development but have participated in the featured article process with:
 * a small amount of work on Shakespeare authorship question and participation in the FAC with many comments and clean-ups to the article, and was thanked; and
 * some minor work at Female genital mutilation and participation in a peer review leading to its FAC and was thanked.