User:The Wordsmith

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About Me

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The Wikiprayer

God, grant me the serenity to accept the pages I cannot edit,

The courage to edit the pages I can,

And the wisdom to know the difference.

This user is a Sockpuppet Investigations clerk

This user is an administrator on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user is a
Rouge admin.

This administrator can and will make difficult blocks if needed.

This user edits like a dog having just spotted a squirrel.

ADHDThis user has ADHD and tends to start articles and .... hey look at that! Let me work on that article.

This user is a member of
The Bathrobe Cabal.

This user was a member of the Mediation Committee.

This user volunteered his service to the Mediation Cabal before it was closed.

This user has helped promote a good article on Wikipedia.

This user has written or expanded 5 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page.

3.3This user has 3.3 centijimbos.

This editor is a Veteran Editor and is entitled
to display this Iron Editor Star.

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

fr-2Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.

la-2Hic usor media latinitate contribuere potest.

py-2This user is an intermediate Python programmer.

This user is a PowerShell guru.

I enjoy doing a number of things around the wiki. In January 2010 I became a Coordinator of the (now-defunct) Mediation Cabal, and in March 2010 I became an Administrator on the English Wikipedia. Currently most of my work on-wiki is in dispute resolution and enforcement, particularly in contentious areas and topics under Arbcom sanctions. I continue to uphold the spirit of the Mediation Cabal, even though it has long since been retired. I can often be found roaming around various topic areas and attempting to resolve disputes.

I have also been called a BLP Hardliner. Given my role in the 2010 Mass BLP Deletions and the creation of WP:BLPPROD, that's accurate. My position has not changed in recent years, I openly accept and embrace the label. BLP is our most important policy, and protecting living persons from unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material trumps all other policies and guidelines.

Useful Links

This is a list of links I need to reference on occasion.

WMF/Community Disputes

• WP:FRAM/WP:CANSANFRANBANFRAM

• Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fram

• RFC on making Visual Editor opt-in
• WP:V22RFC & WP:V22RFC2

Important Arbcom Cases

• Badlydrawnjeff
• Rachel Marsden
• Footnoted Quotes/BLPSE
• Manning naming dispute
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Giano
• Climate Change
• Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/WikiProject Tropical Cyclones#Building consensus: WikiProjects
• WP:EEML
• Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conduct in deletion-related editing / Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Requests for comment/AfD at scale

Important RFCs

• WP:GMORFC
• WP:BLPRFC WP:BLPRFC2 WP:BLPRFC3
• WP:ADMINACTIVITY2022
• WP:PARBLOCK2019

Other

Wikipedia:Shrubbery Template:Burma-shave-notice

Pages I have created

Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline

Pirate Party (United States)

Tiny Bubbles (song)

Wikipedia:What Mediation Cabal is not

Content creation credits

Council on Religion and the Homosexual

Pirate Party (United States)

Doria Atlas

Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline

The Right Stuff (blog)

White Night Riots

Wikipedia:Notability (events)

Images I have uploaded

All photographs were taken by me, uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, and licensed under CC-BY or CC-BY-SA, unless something different is specified.

General

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  Photo of the White Night riots. Taken by Daniel Nicoletta.
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  Members of Project Chanology marching in Boston.
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  A TARDIS prop being assembled in London, 2006. Uploaded from Flickr.
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  Sunset over the Fire Island Inlet, south of Long Island, New York
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  An east-facing view of the marina at Cedar Beach, south of Long Island, New York
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  A wast-facing view of the marina at Cedar Beach, south of Long Island, New York
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  Small, grassy island in the Fire Island Inlet.
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  A pavilion on Cedar Beach, New York situated between the parking lot/marina and the beach itself.
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  Interior of a Long Island Rail Road train servicing the Ronkonkoma line.
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  Exterior of the King Kullen in North Babylon, New York.
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  A display of Boar's Head Provision Company products in a deli.
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  A New York City taxicab in motion. Photo taken on W. 46th st in Manhattan.
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  An F-14A Tomcat on display at Grumman Memorial Park in New York.
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  An AIM-54A "Phoenix" missile on display at Grumman Memorial Park in New York.
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  A view down the tube of a Phoenix AIM-54A missile
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  A Grumman flag flying at Grumman Memorial Park.
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  Flag of the Town of Riverhead flying at Grumman Memorial Park.
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  A Grumman A-6 Intruder on display at Grumman Memorial Park.
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  The facade of the Scientology Org on W. 46th st in New York City.

Astrophotography

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  Stars of the Cassiopeia constellation. Taken from New York.
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  Tail of the constellation Capricornus. Delta Capricorni (Deben Algedi) on the left, and Gamma Capricorni (Nashira) on the right. Taken from New York.
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  Cropped version of previous photograph.

WikiConference NYC 2009

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  Gmaxwell playing with a paddleball at WikiConference NYC 2009.
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  An attendee of Wikiconference NYC 2009 looking at w:User Talk:Ed Poor during a seminar on NPOV.
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  User:Ragesoss, User:David Shankbone, and Joseph Reagle answering questions from the audience at Wikiconference NYC 2009.
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  A list of lost and found items at WikiConference NYC 2009.
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  User:harej giving the longest lightning talk ever at Wikiconference NYC 2009
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  User:Gmaxwell vandalizing the English Wikipedia under the username User:Bad article creation bot. His vandalism caused User:harej to accidentally autoblock the entire conference.
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  Sitting arbitrator User:Newyorkbrad at a restaurant with other Wikipedians during Wikiconference NYC 2009. User:harej is the creeper to the left.

Awards

Barnstars

We've awarded you this PARC research star in recognition for your contribution to research about conflict in Wikipedia. Thank you for your help!!! --Parc wiki researcher 21:09, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		A copy of my first barnstar, and certainly you deserve it more than I did. Prodego talk 04:24, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

		The BLP Barnstar
		For your numerous contributions at (and creation of) User:The Wordsmith/BLP sourcing.--Father Goose (talk) 09:09, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

		The Admin's Barnstar
		For acting as a role model for other administrators by making important Wikipedia policies such as WP:BLP a priority on Fred Singer. FormerIPOnlyEditor (talk) 06:37, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

		The Admin's Barnstar
		For the apparently thankless task of drafting a suggested closing summary at the RfC/U. Tryptofish (talk) 20:48, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For solving an issue at WP:DYK in the most harmonious and positive manner possible. ©Geni (talk) 19:00, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diplomacy
		After watching you navigate the recent discussion at AE, build a consensus among editors that at first appeared diametrically opposed to one another, and civilly close a contentious discussion I am thoroughly impressed and grateful for your time, skill, and dedication. It is my distinct pleasure to present you a well earned Barnstar of Diplomacy. Thank you for all you do, Mifter (talk) 03:38, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

For taking on closing the long, convoluted and highly testy ANI discussion regarding EllenCT. You earned this! RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:42, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

		The Admin's Barnstar
		Thank you for leading the novel GMO RfC process from conception to completion. I believe that it will provide an important resolution to a previously intractable dispute. (And if anyone thinks that you showed me any special favoritism, our discussion yesterday proves that it is not so!) --Tryptofish (talk) 21:54, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For coming to a decision and helping with the ANI thread, and dealing with socks. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 14:17, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

	A bathrobe for you!
	I saw the top of this page and how could I not do this? QueenofHearts 19:43, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	Appreciate your remaining even-keeled in resolving the NFL draft dispute. —Bagumba (talk) 07:18, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your significant effort in reviewing part of the long, long, ADL RFC and its close review. starship.paint (RUN) 06:10, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diplomacy
		For an adroit close on a complex RfC Chetsford (talk) 06:03, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

		The Closer's Barnstar
		For your diplomacy and effort in taking the lead to close the ADL RfC, as well as collaboration with others to achieve this. CNC (talk) 14:28, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

A rouge TARDIS (or the closest thing I could find on Commons), for having made a closure so Rouge that its effects travelled through time and were being challenged before you even issued it. . . . But to be serious, I appreciate that you undertook to close, and closed so thoughtfully, such a large and complex discussion even as it was getting international attention and pushback. Someone had to do it; the discussion was open for so long as to suggest no-one wanted to do it; I appreciate you doing it. -sche (talk) 16:08, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

		The Admin's Barnstar
		I stated in the discussion below the vote that I felt quite bad for whichever poor admin got tasked with closing the ADL RfC - props for being one of the ones to do so! The Kip (contribs) 21:38, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Other

User:The Wordsmith has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as The Wordsmith's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear The Wordsmith! Peace, Rlevse 00:18, 6 March 2010 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here.

"the carrot sometimes works better than the stick"

Thank you for quality articles such as White Night riots and Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline, for uploading images, for trying to mediate - lighthearted and reflected - even without a cabal, - wikidragon, repeating (6 March 2010): you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:39, 11 March 2017 (UTC)