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On July 29, 2009 I was ] by a 117-2-7 vote. I am truly honored and humbled by the outpouring of support and look forward to serving the community in my new role. On July 29, 2009 I was ] by a 117-2-7 vote. I am truly honored and humbled by the outpouring of support and look forward to serving the community in my new role.


On September 4, 2009, I received my first ] credit on an article (]) for which I was the primary contributor. I have made over 200 improvements to ] and have written three bots: On September 4, 2009, I received my first ] credit on an article (]) for which I was the primary contributor. I have created two barnstars: the ] and the ]. I have made over 200 improvements to ] and have written three bots:
*] which updates external links that have ] *] which updates external links that have ]
*] which helps prevent link rot of citations by submitting most newly added links to ] for permanent archival. *] which helps prevent link rot of citations by submitting most newly added links to ] for permanent archival.
*] which keeps track of Misplaced Pages statistics requested by WikiProjects and such. *] which keeps track of Misplaced Pages statistics requested by WikiProjects and such.
If you have a task you'd like to see automated, ]. If you have a task you'd like to see automated or would like a new barnstar created, ].


A log of my proposed deletion activity can be found at ]. A log of my proposed deletion activity can be found at ].
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        Hello, I am Thaddeus from Columbus, Ohio (USA). I have been editing Misplaced Pages for a while now (and reading it longer), and have dabbled a little in many different areas. I have done some vandalism fighting, done a little New page patrol, offered a few third opinions, wikified some articles, de-orphaned a few pages, and participated in many AfDs. Of course, I have worked some on content creation and consensus building too. In most everything I have done, I have tried to "get it right" and handle the hard cases where help was most needed rather than just doing what was easier and quicker.

Overtime, I have found that the three areas I enjoy contributing the most are correcting spelling & grammar errors, patrolling proposed deletions to find article worth saving or transwiking, and writing bots to automate tedious tasks.

On July 29, 2009 I was promoted to administrator by a 117-2-7 vote. I am truly honored and humbled by the outpouring of support and look forward to serving the community in my new role.

On September 4, 2009, I received my first good article credit on an article (Household Hacker) for which I was the primary contributor. I have created two barnstars: the Swine Flu Barnstar and the Zoroastrianism Barnstar. I have made over 200 improvements to RegExTypoFix and have written three bots:

  • DeadLinkBOT which updates external links that have "rotted"
  • WebCiteBOT which helps prevent link rot of citations by submitting most newly added links to Webcitation.org for permanent archival.
  • WikiStatsBOT which keeps track of Misplaced Pages statistics requested by WikiProjects and such.

If you have a task you'd like to see automated or would like a new barnstar created, drop me a line.

A log of my proposed deletion activity can be found at User:ThaddeusB/PROD Log.

View my edit count

 
About me:
This user is a Christian.
This user is married.
This user is an administrator on the English Misplaced Pages. (verify)
This user is a BotOp on the English Misplaced Pages.
PerlThis user is just another Perl hacker.
This administrator will consider reasonable requests to provide copies of deleted articles.
I've spent a lot of time on:
tyoptypo This user is a member of the Misplaced Pages Typo Team.
This user is a proposed deletion patroller.
This user is a recent changes patroller.
This user edits and assesses articles
in the Article Incubator.
This user rescues articles for the Article Rescue Squadron.
I would like to contribute to:
(If I had more time)
This user is a member of the
Atari task force.
This user participates in WikiProject Olympics.
This user participates in
WikiProject Ohio.

Useful Stuff

Editing Help/Guideline Useful Tools

Awards

I'm shocked that you haven't recieved this yet. (X! · talk)  · @232  ·  04:34, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
This editor is a Yeoman Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge.
This user helped promote Household Hacker to good article status.
This user helped promote PokerTracker to good article status.
The Minor Barnstar
For your excellent work helping to keep wikipedia clean of typos! QueenCake (talk) 19:48, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
The da Vinci Barnstar
For creating a bot that will single-handedly prevent a whole slew of dead reference links. Great job! Anomie⚔ 01:25, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
For keeping a watchful eye on the 2009 swine flu related articles, and the even-keeled sensibility you bring to the hourly "emergencies" that arise at the article/template talk pages. Regards. Abecedare (talk) 00:50, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
The Article Rescue Barnstar
Thank you so, so much for providing the reliable sources that saved nigahiga from deletion and, in other words, one of the articles I most wanted to get created. I was tempted to give you a cookie but this barnstar is far more appropriate. (Sorry for not formatting this properly; I'm still a wiki formatting dunce.) Clem (talk) 04:43, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
I award this Barnstar to ThaddeusB for their great efforts in maintaining deletion quality standards and helping new users. --Hell In A Bucket (talk) 18:43, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
The Cool Barnstar Award
I award you this Cool Barnstar. Your continued efforts to keep the encyclopedia growing, in the face of so many who act as if it is complete, is not always an easy task. When editors feel new articles should spring into existance already perfect, in contravention to Wikpedia's knowing that is not expected to be perfect, your efforts let newcomers know that their contributions are welcomed. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 06:19, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
This is being presented in appreciation of the positive contributions that you bring to Misplaced Pages. Thank you! Pastor Theo (talk) 01:49, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
The Article Rescue Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to administrator ThaddeusB, for his continued service in making Misplaced Pages more encyclopedic and working to preserve other editors contributions. Thank you. Ikip (talk) 22:30, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
The Article Rescue Barnstar
For your excellent prod work. Joe Chill (talk) 18:36, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
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