User:Isomorphic

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[edit] Who am I?

I'm just a guy who knows a bit about everything. I prefer breadth to depth, although having both is best. There are few things I know a lot about, but few that I know nothing about. The things I do know a lot about are an odd collection, and include:

I've been around Wikipedia since Fall 2003, making me a veteran Wikipedian but certainly not one of the oldest.

I stumbled on to this site while writing trivia questions for quiz bowl, and used it as a reference for more than a year before starting to contribute significantly. Then I got addicted. You know how it goes.

[edit] What do I do here?

When I was a slacking college student, I spent an immense amount of time on Wikipedia. These days I have a job, a serious girlfriend, a social life, and a World of Warcraft addiction. You won't see me around here much; too many other demands on my time.

I'm an administrator, and have been for years. Since I haven't been very active lately, I'm not up-to-date on current policy and practice. For that reason, I don't use my admin abilities for anything except occasionally deleting spam and other obvious nonsense on the recent changes page.

[edit] Where have I been?

Of all my work on Wikipedia what you're most likely to see is the Tutorial, which was my idea even though I'm sure it would have happened eventually without me. I wrote most of it, and still do some updating and maintaining occasionally. I started the Welcoming committee page, but can't claim credit for the tradition of welcoming new users. I'm also proud to have written much of Wikipedia:Assume good faith.

To see a list of the articles I've started or made major edits to, check out my obligatory bragsheet.

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