User:Tijuana Brass

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Tijuana Brass is on an extended break from Wikipedia. I'll be getting married in early March and moving to start a new job soon thereafter. While contributing to Wikipedia can be great, there are far more important things to me in my life — like my family and the students who I minister to. Best wishes, and remember to keep your time here in perspective as well. Mahalo! Tijuana Brass 11:15, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Tijuana Brass

"For one who is in to latin jazz, you dissapoint me." - User:Jazzper

Wikipedia began to eat up my time sometime around the summer of 2005. I spend most of my time doing either admin stuff, working with the Latter Day Saint WikiProject, or doing RC patrol as part of the Counter Vandalism Unit. Oh yeah, and I try to keep my alma mater's page clean. I'm a youth group director, a cyclist, a tikiphile, a coffee drinker, and a lover, not a fighter. Oh, and my favorite word is "flying buttress." Okay, two words. Whatever. And to clear up a few occasional misunderstandings, I'm not Mormon (although I used to be), and the username comes from here.

Recent news: If you're a C:CSD patroller like me, you might find this template useful for notifying users that they just had an article deleted — I personally don't like leaving new editors wondering why their work disappeared. Check it out: User:Tijuana Brass/deletion1. 09:18, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

A few articles I intend to write or do some work on — want to help?

Herb Alpert - Hope to get my namesake up to FA status some day
Soul City, North Carolina - A new city in rural North Carolina, the first directed by all African American leadership
Floyd McKissick - Former leader of CORE and founder of Soul City
~~Samaritan Institute - The largest faith-based counseling organization in the United States~~

Finished, April 30. Might tweak it a little in the future, but it's done with for now. Peer reviews welcome.

Shane & Shane, Shawn McDonald, Chris Tomlin, Robbie Seay Band, Bebo Norman - A few Christian musicians
Cook Out, Biscuitville - North Carolina chain restaurants
~~Red Dog - A poker variation found in some casinos~~

Got it. Second opinions welcome.

Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi - An area that's been consistently overlooked post-Katrina
Wikipedia:Can't We All Just Get Along? - Seriously, it's just Wikipedia. Go outside, get some fresh air, and get over your issues. It's not as big of a deal as you think.

Status:

Ahhhhhh.

This user is an administrator on the English Wikipedia.

This user is a member of Esperanza.

This user is a member of the
Counter-Vandalism Unit.

This user is a member of the Welcoming Committee.

en	This user is a native speaker of English.

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Este usuario puede hablar con un nivel hablante casi nativo de español.

POV Check

We've all got one, and if you've gone this far, you may as well know mine.

A perfunctory glance over my user page and interests should make it clear that I take my Christianity seriously; it's unfortunate that many have grown to consider the institutions of faith and academia as opposites, or, at best, uncomfortable companions. In reality, truth is truth, and a person grounded in their convictions should have nothing to fear from what science, history or faith can prove. I hope that is reflected in my edits, but I realize that my biases may seep into articles I edit, especially those that I'm most interested in (Christianity, Mormonism, and social justice to name a few). To that end, I'd appreciate constructive criticism and / or support on my talk page if you've got an issue with my edits.

I ♥ vandals

Here's a few entertaining edits. If you've found some particularly good ones, add them on. If you haven't, vandalize this page — I'm trying to reach the century mark. To date, this page has been vandalized 78 times.

Unique uses for electric chairs
Naughty Boy Brigham - Probably funnier if you're part of the LDS WikiProject.
You are SO off the list - Not vandalism, but still funny.
Get a job
Incentives to revert
Martin Luther's dietary habits
The mystery of Dutch Beer's odor
Admins - 8, MerchantOfBaggage - 0 - As Petros471 points out, admins can agree on some things.
My first rogue admin accusation! Woo hoo!
Nigel Havers' dangerous past
The only aquatic realtor in town

This is a Wikipedia user page. Sort of.

This is not an encyclopedia article by any stretch of the imagination, and it's not much of a user page either. But if you want to mirror it, knock yourself out.