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I, Tony the Marine, do hereby bestow a long-overdue Barnstar on you for your dedication to the Wiki project and for being there when needed. Your assistance is deeply and sincerely appreciated not just by me but by many other users. I, hereby knight you "Sir James the Dependable".
James, also known as "Everyking", has been a Wikipedian since February 2004 and was an admin from May 2004 to September 2006. Feel free to leave a message on talk.
About me
I am from the U.S. state of Georgia. I primarily enjoy topics related to history, politics, and culture.
I am a strong believer that process is important. I promote the idea that community-oriented decision-making combined with a definite rules-based structure are necessary elements of mature project governance. I oppose the practice of controversial decisions being taken by individual admins; I oppose "boldness" with regard to admin actions. It is important that admins are very clearly subject to the community and simultaneously a part of the community: admins should be carrying out the community's wishes with regard to policy, and they should deliberate with other admins and the broader community when they encounter difficult situations.
Regarding article content and topics, I am strongly inclusionist—I believe that all verifiable information that meets a reasonable minimum standard of notability should be included. I think that as Misplaced Pages grows both in content and contributors, it becomes more inclusionist as a whole—there is a tendency to be more willing to include greater amounts of information, to approach topics more deeply and broadly than before. This is a tendency that should be anticipated and encouraged, alongside the tendency towards improving quality along with quantity—to expand content with minimal restriction but also to stress the importance of good writing and referencing. At the summit of Misplaced Pages's potential is a vast, unmatched collection of human knowledge, freely available to all and open to the contributions of everyone.
Wiki works!
New articles
Some people have suggested that there is a shortage of subjects for new articles. I believe, on the contrary, that the number of subjects needing articles is vast and effectively limitless. I started a project some time ago to create one article per day. Ultimately I couldn't keep to that commitment due to time constraints and my desire to expand the articles I was creating beyond stub level, but the project led me to start the following list of new articles I've created.
Where, the evening that the Wall of China was finished,
Did the masons go? — Brecht
Barnstar collection
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For longtime work on Misplaced Pages; improving this encyclopedia for over three and a half years. Acalamari 18:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For over 100,000 quality edits here on Misplaced Pages. Keep up the good work. -- Anonymous Dissident 03:10, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
Without your efforts, very many articles would have degenerated into rumours and gossip. Yamla 20:55, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
The Current Events Barnstar
I award James the Current Events Barnstar for his timely updates of articles on African politics. Haukur 21:51, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
The Current Events Barnstar
I award Everyking the Current Events Barnstar for his incredible edits to articles on the Zimbabwe election. In addition his use of dual pd when adding several long paragraphs. This has helped the Wikimedia project Wikinews create this article on the presidential election. --Smaalbig (talk) 21:50, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I award you this barnstar for your longtime dedication and outstanding contributions to Misplaced Pages. Thank you so much for your work. AdjustShift (talk) 16:23, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
100,000 Edits
I, Bugboy52.4, award you for reaching 100,000 edits according to the List of Wikipedians by number of edits generated 11:45 pm, 24 February 2009. Keep up the good work!________________________________________________________________
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