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Gidonb, a married PhD candidate, resident of Illinois and father of two children, is in his sparse free-time much engaged in dispute resolution, consensus building, extensive categorizing and addressing of POV and vandalism. See here an example how a page with important information can be preserved after we reach an agreement.
Creating a first or better balance in many articles, I managed to include the Holocaust permanently on the Germany page, an inclusion that was previously contested as "POV" with the use of sock-puppets. Also it was often eroded because of "lack of space". Until today I am shocked by the rudeness of the behavior on that page. I am engaged in many other human rights issues around the globe and the promotion of culture and arts.
Last 2 years I detected several hoaxes, including a dormant hoax system of multiple articles and edits around Gal Vardi who was supposedly buried on the Hiria (the best known garbage dump in Israel). The hoax, definitely written by an Israeli, described a completely unknown Israeli general and his army unit who committed some of the worst possible war crimes. Several Wikipedians happily edited the articles thereafter.
It can get worse than this. While I was adressing POV-pushing, a promoter of conspiracy theories got so angry at me that at times he accused me of no less than participation in murder, assistance to murder or cover-up for murder. He even invented a new conspiracy theory whereby a politician he blames in his theories pays me for my work at Wikipedia. I wish it was true ;-) In short, never a dull moment.
Please note that while I am on en.wikipedia for a long while and on nl.wikipedia much longer, I am not an administrator, so I make all contributions the hard way. I have never been a candidate either. I manage fairly well without the buttons, but cannot give special assistance to others or achieve maximum efficiency fighting vandalism. Nevertheless, I always give it a shot!
The pictures were kindly sent to me by Dakota (from whom I also took over some design elements), Buchanan-Hermit, Tomer and UkPaolo.
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For your service and dedication to helping Wikipedia grow and improve. Your work on the Hitler page is most notable. Keep up the good work! Sharkface217 01:48, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
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