User:Mboverload

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[6] If you want an overview of who I am with more information about me, see my Userboxes page.
My AOL Instant Messenger screenname is mboverloadALT.
You can email me at mbovrldalt_ AT _gmail.com
IRC: irc.freenode.org #wikipedia as mboverload

About me

Summary: I am a WikiGnome with claws.

I am mboverload. On Wikipedia I do minor things like rewording sentences, spellchecking, and fighting vandalism. Although I write extremely well, I only write for my own enjoyment and not generally for Wikipedia.

I am the creator and maintainer of RegExTypoFix, an automatic spellchecker for Wikipedia built-in to AutoWikiBrowser. It is made completely by hand and many users have used it to make tens of thousands of spelling corrections. It is completely open source and hosted by Sourceforge.net. It is my biggest project and probably my only legacy.

In addition, I am a developer of AutoWikiBrowser, but I really only do stuff like add in minor things like tooltips and making minor changes to the interface.

Fun facts:

Biggest peeve: Crappy school articles
What I spend the most time doing: Fixing spelling errors
First edit: November 7, 2004 to the Total Annihilation article
First person I interacted with on Wikipedia: User:RickK
First article: Administrative shares
First time a user made up a husband to challenge me to a fight: July 22, 2006

Pages I'm proud of having contributed to

Administrative shares (Created)
Hydroponics
IOGEAR (Created)
Quarter Video Graphics Array (made image for it)
commons:Nintendo 64 (Created and made ALL images for)
Expansion Pak (Created image for)
Transfer Pak (Created image for)
Controller Pak (Created image for)
GameShark (Created image for)
USERBOX Template:User_AIM-able (Created)
USERBOX {{User:UBX/androgynousonline}} (Created)
Dead Serious
Low-life (Created)
Loner (Created)
Wikipedia:Do NOT bite the developers (Created)
Home theater in a box
Cable spaghetti (Created)
Dormston School
Template:Unbalanced-section (Created)

Pages in progress / that need help / that have a situation I'm monitoring

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mboverload's Vital Stats
Nationality:	American
Ethnicity:	Caucasian
Employment:	Computers
Religious Identity:	Atheist
Fiscal Ideology:	Conservative
Social Ideology:	Liberal
Political Ideology:	Cynic

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For refusing to allow the Robert Byrd article to become a political platform, I hereby award you this barnstar. youngamerican (talk) 12:58, 25 May 2006 (UTC) [1]	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar is presented to mboverload for his many excellent contributions across all of Wikipedia, and especially his spellchecker. Alphachimp ^talk 22:01, 24 July 2006 (UTC) [2]	Thanks for making our Wikipedia WP:AWB edits that bit more meaningful! Reedy Boy 21:20, 25 July 2006 (UTC) [3]	For your hard work on RegexTypoFix, I award you this barnstar. --Draicone ^(talk) 06:11, 28 July 2006 (UTC) [4]
I'm awestruck that you have spent fifty+ hours of your valuable time developing your spellchecker to help Wikipedia. It is a true testament to your desire to make Wikipedia a better place. hoopydink 1 August 2006 [5]	For helping to make Wikipedia a more accurate resource and allowing me to correct many spelling errors easily. Keep up the good work. Guinnog 12:50, 6 August 2006 (UTC)