User:HiEv

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Contents 1 Who is HiEv? 2 Current concerns 3 Useful tools and links 4 Miscellaneous information about HiEv in userbox form

[edit] Who is HiEv?

I'm a computer programmer who was active on Usenet and a moderator of the Skepticality forums, but is currently on a break from them. My somewhat out of date homepage can be found here:
http://www.alt-hacker.org/~HiEv/

"HiEv" is actually short for High Evolutionary, my old nick from my BBS days, and is pronounced "high-'ev".

I've been doing minor edits, corrections, and updates in Wikipedia anonymously for a while now, so I figured it was about time to get a user account.

If I do anything wrong, please let me know what I did and what I should have done instead. I enjoy constructive criticism.  :-)

[edit] Current concerns

I'm currently concerned about editors attempting to bypass Wikipedia's verifiability, reliable sources, and/or original research guidelines by adding categories to articles without any verification in the article. Also, many other editors simply overlook the additions of categories without thinking about those guidelines. I find this of special concern because of some editors who have added categories like "Category:Jewish atheists" to biographical articles that neither show that the person is Jewish nor an atheist (an example). A couple of times I've seen various "Jew" or "atheist" categories added to articles about Communist spies from around the WWII era, but without any justification, which makes me worry that some such edits are an attempt at a subtle antisemitic and/or anti-atheist smear campaign. Supporting that suspicion are some categories of Jews, such as "Jewish billionaires" (created by a banned user), apparently made for the purpose of supporting a stereotype, many of which have been deleted. In another example, the Lisa Crystal Carver article used to have Category:Courtesans and prostitutes in it, but there wasn't anything in the article suggesting she was a courtesan or a prostitute (see where I removed it here). And that was in a biography of a living person! As such I hope that other Wikipedia editors will pay closer attention to the categories that are included in articles. As a reminder, Wikipedia:Categorization says:

7. Categories appear without annotations, so be careful of NPOV when creating or filling categories. Categories that are not self-evident, or are shown through reliable sources to be controversial, should not be included on the article; a list might be a better option.
8. An article should normally possess all the referenced information necessary to demonstrate that it belongs in each of its categories. Avoid including categories in an article if the article itself doesn't adequately show it belongs there. For example, avoid placing a category for a profession or award unless the article provides some verification that the placement is accurate.

[edit] Useful tools and links

For quick reference, here's a link to my contribution history.

WikiDefcon 1 2 3 4 5

WikiDefcon 4 Low to moderate level of vandalism. Comment: Downgraded. Rate and nature of vandalism has cooled off. Vishnava talk 03:11, 12 June 2008 (UTC) ([edit])

Wikipedia: Policies and guidelines - WP:POLICY
Wikipedia: Citation templates - WP:CITET
Wikipedia: Vandalism - WP:VANDAL (Administrator intervention against vandalism, other warning templates)
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents - WP:ANI (for reporting various infractions)
Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup - WP:TMC
Template:Disputed - Template:Disputed (various POV and/or disputed templates)
Wikipedia: New pages - Special:Newpages
The Wikipedia Signpost - WP:POST

Main Information About HiEv This user has a website, which can be found here. This user loves knowledge. en This user is a native speaker of English. ja-1 この利用者は少しだけ日本語を話すことができます。 fr-1 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français. This user believes in logic. This user is a skeptic. This user swears by Science that he or she is an atheist. This user is a secular humanist. This user understands biological evolution. BCS This user has a Bachelor of Computer Science degree. This user is a software engineer.   Programming Languages Delphi-4 This user is an expert Delphi programmer. pas-4 This user is an expert Pascal programmer. vb-3 This user is an advanced Visual Basic programmer. bas-3 This user is an advanced BASIC programmer. asm-2 This user is an intermediate assembly language programmer. C-2 This user is an intermediate C user. pro-2 This user is an intermediate Prolog programmer. HTML-2 This user is an intermediate HTML user. js-1 This user is a beginning JavaScript programmer.

[edit] Miscellaneous information about HiEv in userbox form

My Philosophy and Preferences This user is a scientist. 98 This user is supportive of the new definition of planet. US This user uses American English. ANAL 4 This user advocates good grammar usage. A, B, and A and B This user uses the serial comma unless its inclusion is confusing. S-1 This user only drinks carbonated beverages on special occasions. C2H5 OH-0 This user is a non-drinker. This user does not smoke. This user is drug-free. This user is against the War on Drugs. This user supports the protection of the environment. This user supports sustainable living. This user is car-free.‡ This user supports public transit. This user wants to stop global warming This user prefers warm weather. This user supports the use of nuclear power. This user advocates pacifism. This user believes that the death penalty should never be used.* This user finds censorship offensive. ind This user is politically independent. lib This user is a liberal. PC This user is pro-choice. This user is a citizen of the World. This user is not Religious. This user is interested in religion as a sociological and psychological phenomenon. This user believes that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is as likely as creationism. This user believes in the separation of church and state. This user does not believe in the supernatural until proven wrong. This user is interested in materialism, the belief that everything that exists is made of matter.

I Enjoy アニメ This user is an Anime Otaku. This user enjoys playing Magic: The Gathering This user likes to play Role-playing games. This user enjoys comics. M This user reads Marvel Comics. This user reads webcomics. This user rejects your reality and substitutes one's own! TDS This user watches the most trusted name in fake news. [adult swim] This user likes to watch Adult Swim. This user enjoys reading science fiction. This user's hero is Isaac Asimov.  STAR    TREK This user enjoys Star Trek. This user reads the works of horror of the master Howard P. Lovecraft.

My Computer Setup This user contributes using Opera. XP This user uses Windows XP. This user has a dual monitor configuration.

Information About Me Which Should Be Unimportant Name This user wants his or her name to be confidential XXX This user is male. 36 This Wikipedian is 36 years, 5 months, and 7 days old on June 12, 2008. This user is American; recognized ancestry ends at the border. This user comes from Canada. This user identifies as straight.