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Real name is Scott Andrew Johnson; ''EngineerScotty'' (or variants thereof) is a online nick I've used for quite a few years. I maintain an unofficial homepage on ] at ]. I live in ], where I work as a ], and am married with three children.
Real name is Scott Andrew Johnson; ''EngineerScotty'' (or variants thereof) is a online nick I've used for quite a few years. I maintain an unofficial homepage on ] at ]. I live in ], where I work as a ], and am married with three children.
== Misplaced Pages philosophy ==
I'm generally an ]. Other than areas where well-defined criteria are set forth (such as ]), or for things that have no notability whatsoever (like the fire hydrant down the street from my house), I generally don't support deletion based on notability. I've no objection to "cruft" in Misplaced Pages, as long as it is well-written cruft that satisfies ], ], and ].
I have been known to send poorly-written articles to AfD, after warnings that they are poorly written.
I believe that writing an ] is a ] endeavor; and that Misplaced Pages editors should exhibit high degrees of professionalism. Edit-warring, POV-pushing, name-calling, incivility, and similar have no place here. Activities which would get an editor or writer for '']'' fired from his job, should not be tolerated on Misplaced Pages. This is ] a free speech platform; this is not a forum for righting the (perceived) wrongs of society, and this is not a place to publish theories that you have made up.
I believe that this is, and should be, an encyclopedia first and a ] second. A wiki is a medium (like a magazine or a weblog or a newspaper), and should serve as a means to a particular end. I believe that a wiki is an excellent way to write an encyclopedia, but that the end (the encyclopedia) should take precedence over the means (the wiki).
I support policies designed to improve the level of professionalism here.
Real name is Scott Andrew Johnson; EngineerScotty (or variants thereof) is a online nick I've used for quite a few years. I maintain an unofficial homepage on WikiWikiWeb at wiki:ScottJohnson. I live in Beaverton, Oregon, where I work as a software engineer, and am married with three children.
Misplaced Pages philosophy
I'm generally an m:Inclusionist. Other than areas where well-defined criteria are set forth (such as WP:MUSIC), or for things that have no notability whatsoever (like the fire hydrant down the street from my house), I generally don't support deletion based on notability. I've no objection to "cruft" in Misplaced Pages, as long as it is well-written cruft that satisfies WP:V, WP:NOR, and WP:NPOV.
I have been known to send poorly-written articles to AfD, after warnings that they are poorly written.
I believe that writing an encyclopedia is a professional endeavor; and that Misplaced Pages editors should exhibit high degrees of professionalism. Edit-warring, POV-pushing, name-calling, incivility, and similar have no place here. Activities which would get an editor or writer for Encyclopædia Britannica fired from his job, should not be tolerated on Misplaced Pages. This is not a free speech platform; this is not a forum for righting the (perceived) wrongs of society, and this is not a place to publish theories that you have made up.
I believe that this is, and should be, an encyclopedia first and a wiki second. A wiki is a medium (like a magazine or a weblog or a newspaper), and should serve as a means to a particular end. I believe that a wiki is an excellent way to write an encyclopedia, but that the end (the encyclopedia) should take precedence over the means (the wiki).
I support policies designed to improve the level of professionalism here.
Misplaced Pages interests
Transportation, particularly in my home state of Oregon.
Pages I've created or significantly contributed to
A list of pages in article that I've either created (excluding stubs and redirects), or expanded from a stub/redirect into a full article. This list is likely incomplete, and is not sorted (other than into high level categories as indicated)
Feature articles
The following are feature articles I've worked significantly one; these are also listed below.
Pages I created that got swept away by the AfD broom. May they rest in peace (those reading this, please don't recreate them without good reason):
Pirate rock. Deleted for lack of good sources on the genre (which I agree is an issue). If better sources appear, I may move to resurrect this one from Davey Jones' locker. :) Also, no clear criteria for membership were established.
Misplaced Pages Awards
A smiley
I (Paladin 18:11, 6 July 2006 (UTC)) award EngineerScotty a super smiley for all his contributions to Misplaced Pages and his hardwork correcting Vandalism .
Welldone !
Other stuff
I occasionally may have draft articles in progress. If there is something here, feel free to finish it and turn it into an article (let me know)! Or feel free to edit it. Generally, things in my draft section are things which are highly incomplete or unfinished; my usual method is to edit articles directly, so my draft section may often be empty.
