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User:Dbiel

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I have found Wikipedia to be a very useful tool and as a result was lead to help make it even better. I had been actively involved with SpamCop serving as one of the two admins of the SpamCop Wiki[1] and also as one of the five moderators of the SpamCop Fourms[2]

My current schedule no longer permits be to be active in Wikipedia, but I still believe in the value of Wikipedia and make use of it as a initial reference source.

Common starling
Photograph credit: Frank Schulenburg
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Barnstars

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The Schools Barnstar
For long-term contributions to school-related articles on Wikipedia, I award Dbiel the Schools Barnstar! --Jh12 (talk) 13:19, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

To Do List

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  • to purge any page add the following to the end of the address entry - ?action=purge
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Note: the following does not seem to work at this time:

The default Wikipedia search engine can be slow and unreliable. Luckily, alternatives are available, such as a customized Google searchbox, already preset to search Wikipedia: http://www.google.com/custom?sa=Google+Search&domains=wikipedia.org&sitesearch=wikipedia.org

http://www.google.com/custom?sa=Google+Search&domains=wikidata.org&sitesearch=wikidata.org

Cut and paste it to your Userpage, or click on it, and save it as a button on your browser's toolbar.

Pages to watch

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Pages to study

Links to users pages of interest

Users who have assisted me in the past

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Worked with him in Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal on article National Civilian Community Corps see Case page

Admins who have been difficult to work with

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Pages I have started

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Pages I have edited

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Templates I have edited

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To allow for catagories=no

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Cabal Mediation Cases I have worked on

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Handy Tools

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User Boxes

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This user is a Christian.
This user is interested in Lutheranism.
7,000+This user has made more than 7,000 contributions to Wikipedia.
This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles.
This user has created a global account. Dbiel's main account is on Wikipedia (in English).
This user has a zero tolerance policy on vandalism.
This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks.
<sum>:1This user believes that every edit should have a summary.
1RRThis user prefers discussing changes on the talk page rather than engaging in an edit war.
This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)
Unified login: Dbiel is the unique unified login of this user for all public Wikimedia projects.
UTC-8This user's time zone is UTC-8.
This user observes Daylight Saving Time.
Flag of the United StatesThis user is proud to be a United States citizen.
SoCalThis user lives in, hails from or is associated with Southern California.
enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
SpamCopThis user knows how to report spam to blocklisters.

References

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