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Revision as of 02:29, 7 January 2015

Goodbye, Misplaced Pages community! I really enjoyed these past nearly nine years editing with you all. I still believe in you. I hope and pray my time here accomplished some good. I was not fully the Misplaced Pages editor I ought to have been, and for my mistakes, I sincerely apologize. Thank you for the collaborations on articles, the congratulations on my accomplishments, and the constructive criticisms for my shortcomings. Much as I have loved contributing to this great body of knowledge and have gotten to know some wonderful people here, it is time for me to move on. I will miss you. Neelix (talk) 02:27, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Hello,

Thank you for dropping by my user page. My name is David Mark Purdy and my username on Misplaced Pages is Neelix.

I consider myself an academic and love working in academia, but I choose to spend more time writing Misplaced Pages articles than submitting articles for publication in scholarly journals because I believe that Misplaced Pages embodies three values that academia too often neglects:

1. Misplaced Pages is thoroughly, inherently collaborative. In the humanities division of academia, we still hold to the ideal of the lone genius, expecting that each humanities scholar be the sole author of his or her journal articles. In the sciences and social sciences, we expect that there be two or three authors for each journal article. On Misplaced Pages, every well-developed article has many more than three authors. The result is an ever-increasingly accurate approximation of objectivity. This objectivity is not the pseudo-objectivity that results from ignoring our biases as authors, but is rather the result of diverse perspectives all being covered proportionally through discussion between people who have those diverse perspectives. We write better when we write together.
2. Misplaced Pages recognizes the interdisciplinarity of all things. The development of the Giraffe article requires not only the collaboration of many biologists, but also requires the collaboration of sociologists to contribute the cultural significance of giraffes; folklore specialists to add information about giraffes in folk tales; and historians to document how giraffes and humans have interacted. On Misplaced Pages, the walls that separate the disciplines fall down.
3. Misplaced Pages is free for everyone to access. Every article that appears on the main page of Misplaced Pages is read by at least hundreds of readers and normally thousands. The average academic journal article is only read by between 3 and 4 people, mainly because journal subscriptions and journal database subscriptions are prohibitively expensive for the average global citizen. Humanity has amassed an overwhelming amount of knowledge, and the majority of that knowledge is out of the grasp of the average person because it is too expensive to access. As academics, we have spent an inordinate amount of time and energy producing novel treatises on novel concepts rather than disseminating the knowledge that we have already attained. Misplaced Pages allows us to give our knowledge to the world, instantly and free of charge.

The main thrust of my edits on Misplaced Pages is a desire for a better relationship between Misplaced Pages and academia, which is why I volunteer as an Online Ambassador with the Misplaced Pages Ambassador Program. Many of my edits on Misplaced Pages attempt to establish format standardization and better navigation. I accomplish this goal mainly by creating and reformatting redirects, disambiguation pages, navboxes, and hatnotes, but also by standardizing article titles so that the only differences between titles are substantive. I have created articles on a range of topics, and I have written far more disambiguation pages. I am deeply involved in Today's featured list which currently runs biweekly and I hope to eventually get running daily, although this may be something of a long-term goal.

The guidelines I feel most strongly about are the notability guidelines (particularly the general notability guideline), the manual of style for disambiguation pages (particularly the one against partial title matches), the hatnote guidelines (particularly the one against disambiguating article names that are not ambiguous), and the article title guidelines (particularly those about precision and disambiguation). If you are interested in working on disambiguation pages, I would recommend reading "Disambiguation Dos and Don'ts". If you are interested in creating new articles, I would recommend reading "The answer to life, the universe, and everything".

Feel free to post a message on my talk page. I would love to hear from you.

Neelix

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How I edit This user hopes that in light of massive media coverage of the blackout that SOPA and PIPA will not become a law. This user has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian and was awarded his own day. 160,000+ This user has made more than 160,000 contributions to Misplaced Pages. 130,000+ This user has made over 130,000 contributions to Misplaced Pages This user has created over 5000 articles on Misplaced Pages. This user has contributed over 800 images to Misplaced Pages and Commons. This user has created over 100 templates on Misplaced Pages. This editor is a WikiGnome. even This editor is an eventualist. prec This editor is a precisionist. incr This editor is an incrementalist when considering fictional subjects. Lists can be a good thing. This user values quality over quantity and has mergist and mild incrementalist tendencies. [REDACTED] This user is interested in helping with GLAM projects. [REDACTED] This user is interested in open access to research literature. - to – This user employs the Dashes script to fix dashes on Misplaced Pages. YOU This user is Time magazine Person of the Year 2006. This user participates in WikiProject Anthroponymy. This user is a member of WikiProject Africa. This user is a participant in WikiProject Senegal. CA This user uses Canadian English spelling. SI This user uses the metric system and loves it. ~~~~ Neelix signs his posts and thinks you should too! This user opposes the installation of any kind of advertisements on Wikimedia Foundation–operated sites. This user believes that there should be a navbox on every page. spell This user likes to correct spelling errors. A, B, and C This user prefers the serial comma. they This user considers singular they standard English usage. to¦go This user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives. …in. Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with. which & that This user knows how to use which and that correctly. if & whether This user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly. by The passive voice may be used by this user.

Who I am This user is an administrator on the English Misplaced Pages. (verify) This user is a Misplaced Pages Online Ambassador. This editor is a Master Editor III and is entitled to display this Bufonite Editor Star. This user is ranked 49 on the list of Wikipedians by articles created. 112 This user is ranked 112 on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits. This user has been on Misplaced Pages for 18 years, 9 months and 24 days. This user helped promote the topic She Has a Name to good topic status. 6 of this user's featured articles have appeared on Today's featured article. This user has written or expanded 9 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. This user has successfully nominated or updated 1 article featured in the In The News section on the Main Page. This user has a userpage on Wikimedia Meta-Wiki. [REDACTED] This user has a page on the French Misplaced Pages. [REDACTED] This user contributes to Wikimedia Commons. This user has a page on MediaWiki. [REDACTED] This user has a page on Wikisource. [REDACTED] This user is an editor on Wikidata. This user has an alternative account named Ambassador Neelix. This user comes from Newfoundland. This user is a Wikipedian in Nova Scotia. This user is a Canadian citizen. en This user is a native speaker of the English language. fr-2 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français. MUN This user has graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland. A This user has graduated from Acadia University. KING'S This user has an affiliation with the University of King's College. DAL This user has an affiliation with Dalhousie University. UWO This user has an affiliation with the University of Western Ontario. BA This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and French. MA This user has a Master of Arts degree in English literature. BEAKER This user is an academic. ENFJ This user's MBTI type is ENFJ. POSE Jesusfreak4545 once posed as this user. 11 This user page has been vandalised 11 times. Neelix has signed the Petition against Ignore All Rules abuse. [REDACTED] This user uses Google as a primary search engine. This user contributes using Google Chrome.

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For the creation of many useful disambiguation pages, e.g. Yellow-breasted. -- MightyWarrior (talk) 00:30, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

		The Bio-star
		I commend your actions in taking this bold step in disambiguating abbreviated binomial names. Keep up the good work. Bob the Wikipedian (talk) 12:57, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		Great work creating all those disambig pages. Thanks for your contributions! J.delanoyanalyze 02:18, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		Thank you for doing all that cleaning up (Template:Warriors (Erin Hunter), etc.) after me after I moved the Warriors lists! Brambleclawx 14:17, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		Thanks for completing the Goosebumps (Original series) merge. d'oh! talk 05:10, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Belated Congratulations on your 100000th edit! You have achieved a milestone that only a rare few have accomplished. The Misplaced Pages Community thanks you for your continuing efforts.Buster Seven Talk 12:32, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Neelix, thanks so much for your work assessing student articles! For that (and more) I award you the Tireless Contributor Barnstar Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 13:30, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

		Civility Award
		for exceptional work at and leading up to Talk:Environmental impact of nanotechnology#Requested move. Andrewa (talk) 13:33, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

		The London Transport Barnstar
		Awarded for undertaking the laborious task of adding alt text to the hundreds of images at List of London Underground stations. Thanks on behalf of WikiProject London Transport --DavidCane (talk) 23:01, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

		The Disambiguator's Barnstar
		A barnstar for your creation of the Noria (disambiguation) disambiguation page, and for working to further improve disambiguation on Misplaced Pages. Northamerica1000 00:44, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

		The Human Rights Barnstar
		For your contributions to bring She Has a Name to Good Article status. Thanks from WikiProject Human rights-- and keep up the good work! -- Khazar2 (talk) 16:28, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

		The Good Article Barnstar
		I award you this barnstar for promoting ProtoGalaxy to GA status. Thanks, and keep up the good work! --Niwi3 (talk) 20:35, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	Thanks very much for all of your help with successfully getting Freedom for the Thought That We Hate to Featured Article quality. I really appreciate the assistance in getting this article about freedom of speech to FA. — Cirt (talk) 23:34, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

		Spirit Barnstar!
		Got to recommend you... for your excellent hat at Spirit in the Sky. Warden (talk) 13:29, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

images
Thank you for quality articles on underrepresented topics, such as Carabane and 2012 tour of She Has a Name, for uploading images and illustrating Featured articles, for gnomish tasks, and for your trust in collaborative interdisciplinary free access for everyone, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (29 June 2010)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:54, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	I was very pleased to see When God Writes Your Love Story get promoted to FA today. Well done! Keep up the great work. —Cliftonian (talk) 12:50, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

		The Human Rights Barnstar
		For the work you've been doing on the subject of human trafficking, but specifically for getting the Tara Teng and Natasha Falle articles to GA status. Great job! --1ST7 (talk) 20:46, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

		The Invisible Barnstar
		I re-read Tintin in Tibet today; I have to admit: It's a great read. That's because everyone who contributed to it did an outstanding job. This includes your contributions, Neelix! I'm glad to have most of your advice (your good ideas truly were the very best copy edits the article received; it is a better article because of you). But what an honour it was to work on this particular article, right? Thanks again for your uniquely thorough and insightful contributions; keep them coming. :-) Cheers. Prhartcom (talk) 15:39, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Congratulations on WP:TFA day! And thank you for contributing to human rights and expanding coverage of WP:WikiProject Human rights related articles with your Quality improvement project successfully bringing Not My Life to WP:FA. Much appreciated. :) — Cirt (talk) 00:44, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

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