User:Haukurth

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My name is Haukur. I am Icelandic, born in Reykjavík in 1980. I have a BS degree in electrical engineering and an MS degree in computer science. For several years I've been doing part-time studies towards a BA in linguistics or Icelandic studies.

I'm a sysop/administrator here on the English Wikipedia. That just means I have access to a few extra tools to help out a bit more. If it ever seems to you that I am abusing the admin tools then please tell me. If five established editors tell me that I have abused the admin tools I will resign my adminship regardless of my opinion of the merit of the claim. See Category:Wikipedia administrators open to recall for other admins who have made similar commitments.

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[edit] Wikimedia career

[edit] English Wikipedia

I remember the days when it was an even money bet that clicking on "Random article" would take you to a Rambot generated stub. I've contributed sporadically to English Wikipedia since the summer of 2003. I edited anonymously for a while but got a username on July 22 2003 with this as my first edit: [1]. Even though I had a username a large part of my edits continued to be anonymous. I became substantially more active in January 2005 and rarely edit anonymously anymore except by accident.

Nowadays I mostly work on Old Norse literature, which includes topics such as Norse mythology, kings' sagas and skaldic poetry.

[edit] Other projects

Though I'm most active on the English Wikipedia I contribute to several other projects as well, here's a list of my contribution logs where I've made more than 50 edits.

[edit] Contributions

[edit] Selected creations

I've created a number of pages through my career here, the first few back in 2003. I think maintaining an endless list of articles one has written is not very interesting so here are just a few eclectic samples. This includes articles I didn't start but have completely rewritten.

Wikipedia:Babel
en-3 This user is able to contribute with an advanced level of English.
is Þessi notandi hefur íslensku að móðurmáli.
fr-2 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.
fo-2 Hesin brúkarin dugir føroyskt hampuliga væl.
da-2 Denne brugers kendskab til dansk er på mellemniveau.
sv-2 Denna användare har kunskaper på mellannivå i svenska.
no-2 Denne brukeren har god kjennskap til norsk.

[edit] Rewritten mythological articles

I've done a lot of work on Norse mythology. Here are some examples.

  • Heiðrún - An extremely convenient goat.
  • Búri - A creation-god, reminds me of Mithra with his rock-birth.
  • Auðumbla - Primordeal cattle, got to love it.
  • Eikþyrnir - A stag, Heiðrún's friend.
  • Four stags of Yggdrasill - Some more stags.
  • Lóðurr - A very comprehensive article about a very obscure god.
  • Freyr - One of the most important gods. I vaguely intend to bring this to FA quality but much more work is needed. I've basically collected the necessary sources and quoted many of them but some sections need fleshing out and readability and coherence needs to be improved.

[edit] Sample images

I like contributing images. Some I've scanned, some I've found on the web, some are photographs taken by me or my wife.

[edit] Subpages

You can also check old versions of this page for some more old thoughts and information.

[edit] People being nice to me

Barnstar, awarded by Wiglaf to Haukurth for his work on Norse mythology, which is making Wikipedia a great resource.

The Matt Crypto Enigma Rotor Award for Being an OK Bloke

Haukur is awarded this Barnstar for his many particularly fine contributions to Wikipedia. Latinus 17:28, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar For nominating for adminship a person whom you have disagreements with, being a forerunner and a role model for us. An "Ideal Wikipedian". -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:36, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I award you Húsönd's Golden Quackstar for kindly helping me with my request. Thank you so much. Best regards. --Húsönd 22:29, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Licencing

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I agree to multi-license my text contributions, unless otherwise stated, under the GFDL and the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license version 1.0 and version 2.0. Please be aware that other contributors might not do the same, so if you want to use my contributions under the Creative Commons terms, please check the CC dual-license and Multi-licensing guides.
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