User:Linuxbeak/Old

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Who I am
My name is Alex Schenck. I'm a Wikipedia administrator and bureaucrat, Meta administrator, IRC channel operator, auxiliary MediaWiki developer, part-time article editor, and generally fun guy.

Wikipedia stuff
You can find lots of neato stuff that somehow involve me here. If you're interested in stuff on Meta, such as Wikimania 2006 (in which I am and will be a.) participating, b.) volunteering, and possibly c.) presenting), then go to my Meta user page.

Administrative-related
I have been an administrator since 06 June, 2005. You may find my RFA (which passed 45/4/1) here. Additionally, I ran for bureaucrat in late August 2005 but did not pass (22/13/10). However, I ran again in December 2005 and was promoted with a 98.36% support rate (120/2/2). I was approved as a Freenode-Wikimedia IRC group contact on 31 July, 2006.

A note regarding Requests for adminship: I, along with a number of other administrators and editors, are of the school of thought that while it served its purpose well for a long time, it is now obsolete (or at least very broken). I would like to hear your thoughts on the matter as well.

If you're interested in my administrative activities, I invite you to visit the following links:


 * [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=Linuxbeak&page= User block log]
 * [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=protect&user=Linuxbeak&page= Page protection log]
 * [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=Linuxbeak&page= Page deletion log]
 * [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=Linuxbeak&page= Rights log]
 * [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Linuxbeak&page= User rename log]

Editing-related
That's why we're here in the first place! I personally think that we need more editors and less people like myself (-) ) lest we lose a balanced sight of Wikipedia's purpose.

All hope is not lost for me, however. I am the driving force behind the vast majority of the Civil Air Patrol article. I am very proud of this article for several reasons: not only is it some of my best work, it is also a featured article. I also heavily participated in bringing Half-Life 2 up to featured article status.

I am [slowly] working on bringing another article up to Featured status: fencing.

If you are interested in seeing my editing-related activities, I invite you to visit the following links:


 * My contributions
 * [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=upload&user=Linuxbeak&page= File upload log]
 * [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=move&user=Linuxbeak&page= Page move log]

IRC-related
I normally lurk around on Freenode, which coincidentally is where Wikipedia has its IRC channel. I am a channel operator, so if you need help or if someone is harassing you, do not hesitate to ask for help.

Places you will find me include:


 * #wikipedia – Channel operator
 * #wikimedia – Channel operator
 * #wikimania
 * #mediawiki

Mentorship-related
In November of 2005, I decided to take a rather bold action by allowing two banned editors, JarlaxleArtemis and MARMOT, to be allowed back into the community. This decision was permitted by the Arbitration Committee and approved by Jimbo Wales. The Mentorship Committee was formed with the intent of monitoring these users for a year. I am one of the founding members of this committee.

As of right now, JarlaxleArtemis appears to be making progress as a productive editor. MARMOT, however, was reblocked by Curps in January.

Edit this user page
Seriously! Do stuff to it... make it pretty, make it amazing. Just don't be a jerk and vandalize it, because I know that over twenty editors have this page on their watchlists. But... have fun otherwise!


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