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*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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Hi! My real name is Larry Pieniazek and I am not ]. I like ] ® Brand building elements.
*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.


I am an English Misplaced Pages ]. Let me know if you have any questions or issues, and I'll do what I can to help. 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:
*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! Lately 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 ] 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 ]. ]s, ]s, ]. * I'm a ]. ]s, ]s, ].
* I like ]s. Real ones, and models (especially LEGO ones) * I like ]s. Real ones, and models (especially LEGO ones)
* I like ]s. At one time we had 8 in our family but we're doing better now. * I like ]s. At one time we had 8 in our family but we're doing better now.
* 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 ]. 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 ], ], ], 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.


{{User:Lar/Contact}} {{User:Lar/Contact}}


===Vocation=== ===In Real Life===
Professionally I am a ], 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 ] with a wife, 2 kids, 0-2 ]s depending on season, 4 cats, 1 dog, 3 cars and a horse that doesn't live with us. 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 goverment is good economically for much of anything except protecting people from fraud and theft and suchlike. * 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> administrator, 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> nine 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'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.


* I am an ] but not enough to join an association. * I am an ] but not enough to join an association.
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*Feel free to mail me with comments or concerns, my mail link should work. *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! *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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Other Wikis... I have the ID "Lar" on many other places. Among them:
*Commons (some of my images are ])
*Meta
*BrickWiki
*Yellowiki
*UnCyclopedia
*Encyclopedia Dramatica (this id has been set up but the password discarded, to prevent impersonation)


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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)


===Projects=== ===Projects===
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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.


===Vandalisms=== ===Vandalisms===
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Latest revision as of 01:52, 24 December 2024

   
About Me 		       
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This user believes in the use of semi-protection for all Biographies of living people.

This user demands flagged revisions NOW and refuses to do vandal fighting.

I recognize that this user page belongs to the Misplaced Pages project and not to me personally. As such, I recognize that I am expected to respectfully abide by community standards as to the presentation and content of this page, and that if I do not like these guidelines, I am welcome either to engage in reasonable discussion about it, to publish my material elsewhere, or to leave the project.

     (from User:Mindspillage/userpages)
Bella Beane 1997-2007
Rock's Anne, our new baby (mid 2007 photo)
Rock's Anne as a 2 year old (mid 2009 photo)
  • I am extremely proud that User:Josette was my wife.
  • My real name is Larry Pieniazek and I am probably not notable. I like LEGO ® Brand building elements. The WMF 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.

Roles:

  • I served on the WMF Ombudsman commission for the 2010 term. (While serving, I was temporarily suspended from all Checkuser roles. These suspensions were noted with strikeouts)
  • I was an English Misplaced Pages administrator and checkuser but I stepped down in April 2011.
  • I was also an administrator on Wikisource, the wiki for making source text available but I stepped down in October 2008.
  • I was also an administrator, bureaucrat, and checkuser on Commons, the multiwiki media repository but I stepped down in April 2011.
  • I was also an administrator, bureaucrat, and checkuser on Meta, the wiki for coordination of Wikimedia projects.
  • I was formerly (for two "terms" in 2008 and 2009) a steward, 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:

My Admin Policy: I trust that my fellow admins' actions are done for the good of Misplaced Pages. So if any of my admin actions are overturned I will not consider such an action to be a "Wheel War", but rather an attempt to improve Misplaced Pages. If I disagree with your action, I will try to discuss it with you or with the admin community, but I absolve you in advance of any presumption of acting improperly. We should all extend the same benefit of the doubt to our fellow admins, until they repeatedly prove that they are unworthy of such a presumption.
(from User talk:NoSeptember/admin policy, this is how I admined when I did, or tried to anyway)
  
Admin statistics
Action Count
Edits 28166
Edits+Deleted 29885
Pages deleted 992
Revisions deleted 4
Pages restored 122
Pages protected 128
Pages unprotected 29
Pages imported 4
Protections modified 14
Users blocked 583
Users reblocked 4
Users unblocked 46
User rights modified 13
Users created 1


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User:Lar
Credential information
Real Name Larry Pieniazek
Age 65
Degrees BS in Comp Sci
'83 MTU
MS in Comp Eng
'93 Syracuse
Employer Current: Huntington
Former: Data Migrators, IBM, CTP, Novera, Mercator, Ascential. IBM
Reason for this box Reply to the Essjay controversy
Verification These credentials are unverified, except for name, see my WikiMatrix which explains how this diff verifies it. Other credentials could be verified if there was compelling reason to do so.


Outside interests

Avocations

  • I'm a LEGO 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 BrickWiki a MediaWiki based wiki concerned with LEGO, LEGO fans, and LEGO creations. My personal website is Milton Train Works. (yes I realise that the WP:MoS 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 games, computer games, fusball.
  • I like trains. Real ones, and models (especially LEGO ones)
  • I like cars. 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 music. Especially live music. All kinds but especially blues, rock, classical, and things that mix one or more of those together.
  • I like space. Especially SpaceX. Elon Musk is a hero of mine (even though he can be a bit of a jerk from time to time). Ed: he's not my hero any more, he's went full MAGA.

Contact info

Email via WP mail link
AOL LarryPieniazek
(IM only. Not a mail address. Rarely on.)
MSN larrypieniazek(at)hotmail(dot)com
(IM only. Not a mail address. Rarely on.)
Yahoo Larry_Pieniazek
(IM only. Not a mail address. Rarely on.)
Stolen from User:Kelly Martin

In Real Life

Professionally 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.

Beliefs

I 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.

  • Politically I'm a libertarian, or a freedom advocate. I come out in the far upper right on the Nolan Chart 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 ACLU on and off for years.
  • 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 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 Buddhism, as a very good philosophy of life. (you can be Buddhist and atheist, I checked :) )

Misplaced Pages

I'm a Misplaced Pages novice apprentice journeyman administrator, -holic with only a few a few hundred less than just over two three four five nine eleven fourteen I don't know how many thousand edits 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 am an inclusionist but not enough to join an association.
  • User:Karmafist identified me as a metawikipedian. He's probably right.
  • 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 WP:1000
  • 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: 1 and 2... (don't discount that user just because they chose to speak anonymously)
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24 December 2024

Some comments:

  • 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!


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

Abbey RoadThis user is a participant in WikiProject The Beatles, which aims to expand and improve coverage of The Beatles on Misplaced Pages. Please feel free to join us!
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Lar is a member of WikiProject Bridges and Tunnels, a WikiProject which aims to expand coverage of bridges on Misplaced Pages. Please feel free to join us.
This user is a participant in WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America, which aims to expand coverage of Indigenous peoples of North America related articles on Misplaced Pages. Please feel free to join us!
This user is a member of WikiProject Michigan, a WikiProject which aims to expand coverage of the State of Michigan on Misplaced Pages. Please feel free to join us.
WikiProject CouncilThis editor participates in the WikiProject Council, a collaborative effort regarding WikiProjects in general. Please feel free to join us.

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.

Vandalisms

1, 2, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Misc items

Status
Unified login: Lar is the unique unified login of this user for all public Wikimedia projects.
This user has been on Misplaced Pages for 19 years, 7 months and 3 days.
This user was once an administrator and checkuser on the English Misplaced Pages (verify)
This user was once an administrator on Wikisource (verify)
This user was once an administrator, bureaucrat and checkuser on Commons (verify)
this user was once an administrator, bureaucrat and checkuser on Meta (verify)
This user was a member of the Wikimedia OTRS team.
Article space
This user has written or significantly contributed to at least 1 Featured articles on Misplaced Pages.


This user has helped promote more than 3 good articles on Misplaced Pages.
This user has written or expanded 37 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page.
Languages
enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
de-1Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.
(or less)
  • No other useful spoken languages,
    but I've used a lot of programming
    languages in the last 30 years or so...
Media
BG-2This user is able to contribute at an intermediate level using bitmap graphics (PNG,...).
VG-2This user is able to contribute at a good level using vector graphics.
PH-2This user is able to take good-quality photographs.
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