User:TomTheHand
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This user [1] an administrator on the English Wikipedia. |
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This user's AOL Instant Messenger screenname is TomTheHand. |
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This user is a member of the Ships Wikiproject. |
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This user is not interested in normal humans. |
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I am 25 years old and a graduate of North Carolina State University, with a degree in computer science. Since April 11, 2006, I have done software development at a company in Research Triangle Park. My Wikipedia contributions are mostly on history and automotive-related topics.
I work 9-to-5-ish, US Eastern time, but while I'm at home I can be reached on AOL Instant Messenger if anyone wants to talk "off the record," so to speak.
I believe strongly in the need to cite reliable sources for controversial statements. Most websites are not reliable sources. I've nominated articles for deletion for not citing a single reliable source. I don't believe that every unsourced article should be deleted, but if your article is about a thousand ton tank and neither you nor I can find a single reliable print source, we have a problem.
I'm currently involved in a large categorization project for naval vessels, with WP:SHIPS. I compiled the current WP:SHIPS categorization guideline from the discussions we've had over the past year.
I also developed Template:USN flag in order to make it easy to put the proper navy jack into ship infoboxes. Since the traditional US Navy Jack uses the stars from the US flag, it changed every time a new state was admitted, and many ship articles were written simply using the current 50-star flag when an older one would be more appropriate. When I need a light project I can work on for a couple of minutes at a time, I seek out incorrect uses of the US Navy jack and replace them with my template.
In cleaning up and updating ship articles, I kept running into the various limitations of Template:Infobox Ship. For example, there was no way to express that a ship had been decommissioned for some time and then recommissioned. There was also no way to include service in multiple navies. To try to address this and other issues, I implemented a solution suggested by wwoods where each part of the infobox would be a separate template, so you could repeat sections as necessary. Check out Template:Infobox Ship Example and its talk page for more details, or look at USS Entemedor (SS-340) to see it in action. I am concerned that it's gotten a little bloaty, so if you've got suggestions to clean it up, let me know.
Lately, I haven't had as much time as I'd like for editing, in part because of work, but also in large part because of Dwarf Fortress, which I'm unbelievably addicted to. I am also TomTheHand at the Dwarf Fortress Wiki.
Some links for me:
Stub types | AfD | Criteria for speedy deletion | Categories for deletion | CFD working | Dates and numbers | WP:SHIPS talk | WP:SHIPS tables
I award this Barnstar of Good Humor to TomTheHand for a particular piece of wit written on January 9, 2006 that made me laugh!
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I, FireFox, hereby award you, TomTheHand, The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for your tireless efforts in reverting vandalism on Wikipedia!
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