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*I am extremely proud that ] was my wife. | |||
*My real name is Larry Pieniazek and I am not ]. I like ] ® Brand building elements. <small>The ] has seen validation of my identity (see credentials box at right). I have means to validate my identity and credentials independently if necessary. Contact me if for some reason you have a valid need to do this. Be prepared to explain the need in great detail or for me to decline to validate for you, because I've already done so with the WMF.</small> | |||
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*I served on the WMF ] for the 2010 term. (While serving, I was temporarily suspended from all Checkuser roles. These suspensions were noted with <s>strikeouts</s>) | |||
*I was an English Misplaced Pages ] and ] but I stepped down in April 2011. | |||
*I was also an ] on ], the wiki for making source text available but I stepped down in October 2008. | |||
*I was also an ], ], and ] on ], the multiwiki media repository but I stepped down in April 2011. | |||
*I was also an ], ], and ] on ], the wiki for coordination of Wikimedia projects. | |||
*I was formerly (for two "terms" in 2008 and 2009) a ], which gave me certain roles and responsibilities on every WMF wiki. After the early 2010 confirmation process, marked by controversial secret proceedings that went against apparent steward consensus, I no longer hold those rights. | |||
Let me know if you have any questions or issues with any of these roles or wikis, and I'll do what I can to help. | |||
Other things: | |||
Hi! My real name is Larry Pieniazek and I am not ]. I like ](r) Brand building elements. | |||
*Other accounts I openly acknowledge having: ] (for rote edits), ], ] (both for fun) ] (anti-impersonation) ... did I forget any? LMK!, preferably by leaving me a note on my talk or email. | |||
*I have userids at various non WMF wikis. For some of them, see ]. | |||
*I am "Lar" at Misplaced Pages Review. For why I participate there, see . | |||
*Me on other platforms: | |||
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==Outside interests== | ==Outside interests== | ||
===Avocations=== | ===Avocations=== | ||
* I'm a ] community activist, I guess you could say, getting involved in lots of LEGO related projects... some might say more to the detriment of the project than the benefit! |
* I'm a ] community activist, I guess you could say, getting involved in lots of LEGO related projects... some might say more to the detriment of the project than the benefit! In the past, I've been involved in ] a ] based wiki concerned with LEGO, LEGO fans, and LEGO creations. My personal website is . (yes I realise that the ] says LEGO isn't to be written in all caps. I'll do my articles that way, but this is my user page!!! Deal!) | ||
* I'm a gamer. Board |
* I'm a ]. ]s, ]s, ]. | ||
* I like |
* I like ]s. Real ones, and models (especially LEGO ones) | ||
* I like |
* I like ]s. At one time we had 8 in our family but we're doing better now. | ||
* I like planes. Always wanted to get a license, don't have one, but am always willing to spring for gas or rental if you'll take me up in yours. | * I like ]. Always wanted to get a license, don't have one, but am always willing to spring for gas or rental if you'll take me up in yours. | ||
* I like music. Especially live music. All kinds but especially blues, rock, classical, and things that mix one or more of those together. | * I like music. Especially live music. All kinds but especially ], ], ], and things that mix one or more of those together. | ||
* I like space. Especially ]. ] is <s>a hero of mine</s> (even though he can be <s>a bit of</s> a jerk from time to time). Ed: he's not my hero any more, he's went full MAGA. | |||
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===Vocation=== | |||
Professionally I am a System Architect, working on data and application integration projects and I travel for work a lot (most of the states and countries below are due to work related travel). I live in Michigan with a wife, 2 kids, 0-2 exchange students depending on season, 4 cats, 1 dog, 3 cars and a horse that doesn't live with us. | |||
===In Real Life=== | |||
Professionally I am a ] / ] /] developer, working on data and application integration projects and (until COVID) I traveled for work a lot (most of the states and countries below are due to work related travel). I live in ] with my wife. | |||
===Beliefs=== | ===Beliefs=== | ||
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* Politically I'm a ], or a freedom advocate. I come out in the far upper right on the ] almost to anarchy. I don't think government is good socially for much of anything except protecting our individual liberties. I've belonged to the ] on and off for years. | * Politically I'm a ], or a freedom advocate. I come out in the far upper right on the ] almost to anarchy. I don't think government is good socially for much of anything except protecting our individual liberties. I've belonged to the ] on and off for years. | ||
* Economically I'm a libertarian too, or a free market capitalist if you prefer. I don't think |
* Economically I'm a libertarian too, or a free market capitalist if you prefer. I don't think government is good economically for much of anything except protecting people from fraud and theft and suchlike. | ||
* I'm pro choice on *everything*. Legalise everything and expect people to do the right thing, or suffer the consequences. | * I'm pro choice on *everything*. Legalise everything and expect people to do the right thing, or suffer the consequences. | ||
* I'm an atheist, or at best a very skeptical agnostic. Personally I think religions as a whole have done more harm than good, overall, to society since we've been civilised. I oppose any sort of state imposition of a particular religion, but if you want to have one, by all means, be my guest. Just don't impose your views on me and mine. | * I'm an atheist, or at best a very skeptical agnostic. Personally I think religions as a whole have done more harm than good, overall, to society since we've been civilised. I oppose any sort of state imposition of a particular religion, but if you want to have one, by all means, be my guest. Just don't impose your views on me and mine. That said, I'm partial to ], as a very good philosophy of life. (you can be Buddhist and atheist, I checked :) ) | ||
==Misplaced Pages== | ==Misplaced Pages== | ||
I'm a Misplaced Pages <s>novice</s> <s>apprentice</s> <s>journeyman</s> <s>administrator</s>, -holic with <s>only a few</s> <s>a few hundred</s> <s>less than</s> just over <s>two</s> <s>three</s> <s>four</s> <s>five</s> <s>nine</s> <s>eleven</s> <s>fourteen</s> I don't know how many thousand ] to my credit, mostly typos I spotted and WP related advocacy in Wikiproject space, but I have created a ''few'' articles here and there. | |||
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I'm a Misplaced Pages <s>novice</s> <s>apprentice</s> journeyman, with <s>only a few</s> <s>a few hundred</s> <s>less than</s> just over <s>two</s> three thousand ] to my credit, mostly typos I spotted and WP related advocacy in Wikiproject space, but I have created a few articles here and there. I think Misplaced Pages is great but it can take up a LOT of time so I've held back. (ha!) | |||
* I am an ] but not enough to join an association. | * I am an ] but not enough to join an association. | ||
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* I may (see above) have a ''bit'' of editcountitis (d'ya think??). | * I may (see above) have a ''bit'' of editcountitis (d'ya think??). | ||
* When I get too proud of my edits, I need to go look at ] | * When I get too proud of my edits, I need to go look at ] | ||
* When I get too proud of my adminship, I need to remember that not everyone looks favorably on my actions here, or in my previous community activities: and ... (don't discount that user just because they chose to speak anonymously) | |||
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Feel free to mail me with comments or concerns, my mail link should work. | |||
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One annoying habit I have, I forget to hit preview before save, or preview, but miss some typo causing multiple edits. I hate that! | *Feel free to mail me with comments or concerns, my mail link should work. | ||
*One annoying habit I have, I forget to hit preview before save, or preview, but miss some typo causing multiple edits. I hate that! | |||
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===Projects=== | |||
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Other Wikis... I have the ID "Lar" on many other places. See ] for details on many of them. (Note: Since that matrix has links to all of my accounts, and since I link to it from here, and since only I edit it, it fulfills the requirement for a "link to my account on wiki X" for any wiki X that I have listed there, by transitive closure, for any page of mine that links to it on any wiki. This reduces the N squared problem to 2N) | |||
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Note: I'm not very active in any of these and will not be upset if my name is moved to the inactive list or removed. | |||
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===Misc items === | |||
===='''Less than serious''' department==== | |||
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===Bragging about various things=== | |||
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<div class="NavHead" style="background:none; {{{title_style|border:0px; padding:0px;}}}"><span style="font-size:{{{title_size|12}}}pt">This is probably too long... I do go on at length when bragging... </span></div> | |||
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====Articles I am proud of having had a hand in==== | |||
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====Articles I created that I'm officially proud of!==== | |||
Several of my articles have been selected for ] To read more about them, see: ] | |||
====Articles I created that I am not sure I am proud of yet, but for which I have high hopes==== | |||
*] (made public 21:28, 19 December 2005) | |||
*] (made public 22:30, 19 December 2005) | |||
*] (made public 01:50, 23 December 2005) | |||
*] (made public 23:14, 24 January 2006) | |||
*] (made public 00:12, 1 April 2006) | |||
====Articles which may never amount to much more than they are now but which are fine for what they are==== | |||
*] (made public 10:45, 13 December 2005) | |||
====Goofs because I can't spell==== | |||
*] There is a perfectly fine ] article out there which I missed... think I merged it all in now. | |||
====SuperSTUBS I am working on that might be articles some day==== | |||
'''Bridges & related''' | |||
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*] in Lockport, Pivotal in the construction of the I&M canal | |||
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:(Ugh, there is a difference between forward and backward slashes! ack! I am a doofus, apparently. w.r.t. that.) | |||
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:If Aaron doesn't get to it first! | |||
====Images I have uploaded==== | |||
(Some taken by me, some found, and since I'm using special:contributions, some are just wording/license tweaks on images by others... should I build a gallery? Message me if you care one way or the other) | |||
*en.wikipedia: | |||
*Commons: | |||
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===Useful Links and notes=== | |||
====Guides, References, and Examples==== | |||
* ] It's actually not that hard but following the recipe means it gets done right. | |||
* ] because I just can't remember table sytax | |||
* ] How to do footnotes (better example than at ], actually as it explains multiple cites). | |||
* <nowiki>{{Geolinks-US-streetscale|47.147291|-88.763180}}</nowiki> Geolinks code for the map references | |||
* {{tl|Infobox_Conditionals}} all kinds of conditionals, using {{tl|qif}} and ] | |||
* {{tl|TestTemplates}} A big list of Templates for dealing with vandalism. | |||
* ] a BIGGER list of templates. | |||
* ] The ins and outs of categories | |||
* ] Guide to IRC channels | |||
* ] covers: making better images, seeking permission and loads of other stuff | |||
* ] Magic words (like subst:, msg: etc)... | |||
====Tools==== | |||
* ] The popup page, popups are one of the greatest things since sliced bread | |||
* ] A good tool for evaluating contributions of candidates for things. needs clientside install | |||
* ] A shedful of good tools | |||
* ] Need to enhance my .js with this stuff... a BUNCH of good javascript stuff, like add a purge tab!!! (much already added) | |||
* ] cool script stuff that needs looking at | |||
* (already pointing to me) | |||
* (already pointing to me) | |||
* ] for statistics geeks, policy wonks, Deletionist Scum, people with grudges against articles, and those noble, heroic or angelic inclusionists out there (all 3 of you), this tool is for you. | |||
===Thought Provoking Essays and Neat Links=== | |||
*] CatherineMunro is an old hand. Her essay on what participation means to her is thought provoking and very well written. There's something in it for just about every conscientious editor. | |||
*] Geogre and I seem to be on the opposite side of just about everything we've both been involved in. But this is good stuff. The ] dealing with how one should vote in AfDs is really well put, and the musings on article quality and why no article is better than an inadequate article seem very apt. I need to remember to reread these every so often. | |||
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*] Not sure anyone could be that neutral but worth striving for! | |||
*] also thought provoking! Don't whinge, fix it yourself (something I could do to remember more often) | |||
*] a bit more "cynical" but pragmatic view of how stuff gets done... | |||
*] this is a counterpoint to the stance I've been taking that experts should be shown deference or at least given the benefit of the doubt by default. | |||
*] Just an enjoyable read. Lots of little tidbits on how to be a better Wikipedian and interesting background facts about stuff he's worked on. I hope if I ever get as prolific as he is, that this page is half as good. | |||
*] "For any article you vote to delete, vote one to keep, or improve one which is on the border of being thrown in the bin." | |||
*] Some fascinating analysis of number of edits/articles/sizes/growths and the correlations among them... not sure what it all means but it seems significant. | |||
More as I find them. but I'm lazy, so feel free to suggest some! | |||
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Outside interestsAvocations
In Real LifeProfessionally I am a System architect / Data engineer /DataStage developer, working on data and application integration projects and (until COVID) I traveled for work a lot (most of the states and countries below are due to work related travel). I live in Michigan with my wife. BeliefsI believe in WP:NPOV so these beliefs are listed so you know how I feel about stuff and (VERY IMPORTANT) you should call me on any editing that looks like I'm POV pushing!!!! Seriously. Please do if you see it. Mostly I edit technical stuff so hopefully it's not that big an issue, but if you see it, call me on it.
Misplaced PagesI'm a Misplaced Pages
Some comments:
Other Wikis... I have the ID "Lar" on many other places. See my WikiMatrix for details on many of them. (Note: Since that matrix has links to all of my accounts, and since I link to it from here, and since only I edit it, it fulfills the requirement for a "link to my account on wiki X" for any wiki X that I have listed there, by transitive closure, for any page of mine that links to it on any wiki. This reduces the N squared problem to 2N) Projects
Note: I'm not very active in any of these and will not be upset if my name is moved to the inactive list or removed. VandalismsMisc items
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- Misplaced Pages featured article contributors
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