User:DeLarge/Userboxes

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There are no statements of belief or opinion on this page. I'm here as an encyclopedist.

I only include userboxes relevant to my editing on Wikipedia. My advocacy of a particular automobile brand, television show, political ideology or sexual peccadillo will not be reflected, as it would constitute a point of view of content.


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[edit] Language

en This user is a native speaker of English.

British English, although I will endeavour to use colonial variants where appropriate, as per the WP:MoS.


[edit] Editing interface

This user contributes using Microsoft Windows XP.
This user contributes using Microsoft Windows Vista.
This user contributes using Opera.
Firefox This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.
IE This user contributes using
Internet Explorer.
sfri This user contributes using Safari.
This user contributes using Netscape.

I edit on a 20" 16:10 wide TFT, although a supplementary 17" 5:4 TFT allows me to check screen widths up to 2960 pixels. I typically check my edits on layouts of 640px, 800px, 1024px, 1152px, 1280px and 1600px, in all browsers. Clearly, many editors do not, and they should. WP would also benefit aesthetically from enforcing a maximum width for articles.


[edit] Tools

The VandalProof lock Warning to Vandals: This user is armed with VandalProof.
This user uses AutoWikiBrowser.


[edit] WikiProjects

This user is a member of WikiProject Automobiles.

Wikipedia:WikiProject Automobiles is one of the poorest quality WikiProjects; the standard of articles is very low, the participants often conduct themselves in an objectionable fashion, and there seems to be a general lack of awareness of many WP policies (especially WP:ATT). Further, there is a great deal of circular editing, with the same few users returning to the same articles over and over, making tiny, incremental and largely irrelevant edits, often changing their own previous contributions, and never improving any articles.


This user is a member of WikiProject World Rally.

I am inactive in the WRC project. After I created twelve pages of WRC seasons, an outside editor implemented a change in the layout which would require rebuilding existing pages from scratch. He offered no assistance himself, apparently expecting everyone else to implement his preferences. Sorry, no. As a result, the project now remains in a mess, with two seasons still undocumented, and at least two different layout styles across the existing articles.


[edit] General contribution areas

[edit] Did You Know?

This user has been a major contributor to 9 articles featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.

My esoteric tastes in subject matter mean that a lot of my authored articles are stubs or stubby. Therefore, rather than planning featured articles, I try to write something just long enough and compelling enough that it can be nominated as a "did you know...?" factoid for the main page. I've had nine successes to date:


[edit] Patrolling

This user is a recent changes patroller.
This user is a newpage patroller.

Inactive, due to recent WP policy changes.


[edit] Disambiguation

This editor repairs links to disambi­guation pages - you can help!

Inactive, due to recent WP policy changes.


[edit] Adoption

This experienced editor is seeking to adopt new users. (Users requesting adoption)

Inactive, due to recent WP policy changes.

[edit] Wikipedia:problems and solutions

[edit] Anonymous contributions

This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles.


[edit] Systemic bias

CSB This user is a member of the Wikiproject Countering Systemic Bias


[edit] Content

This user helped promote the article Talbot Tagora to featured article status.

I was awarded a barnstar and userbox for my contributions to this page prior to it reaching FA status, although my involvement in the article was minimal.


This user has significantly contributed to 1 Good Article on Wikipedia.