User:Mckaysalisbury

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

User Boxes

Programming

prog This user is a programmer.
C# This user can program in C#.
C++ This user can program in C++.
Java This user can program in Java.
php This user can program in PHP.
pro ?- Knows(Mckaysalisbury, Prolog).

Yes
pas This user can program in Pascal.
C This user can program in C.
bas This user can program in BASIC.
{{t|3}} This user contributes to the template namespace with confidence.
λ This user is fluent in Lambda calculus.

Games

This user is addicted to video games.
This user enjoys computer and video game music outside gaming.
game
dev		 This user is interested in computer and video game development.
? This user doesn't care what console a game is for as long as it's fun.
This user is a Board Game Geek.
SC This user plays StarCraft.
P This user prefers to side with the Protoss.
FFXI This user plays Final Fantasy XI.
WoW This user plays World of Warcraft.
This user plays Dance Dance Revolution (or another dance game such as In The Groove or StepMania).
This user has a thing for meeple.
This user settled Catan.
This user enjoys playing chess.
This user plays games in the Super Mario series.
KH This user plays the Kingdom Hearts series.
This user plays the Final Fantasy series.
This user plays games from The Legend of Zelda series.
DQ This user plays the Dragon Quest series.
This user plays the Metroid series.
This user can solve a Rubik's Cube without cheating.
This user knows where in the world Carmen Sandiego is.
LG This user's alignment is Lawful Good: the "Crusader."
You just lost The Game.

Computing

This user has a website, which can be found here.
This user uses Wikipedia as a primary point of reference.
G This user uses Google as a primary search engine.
This user is crunching numbers using BOINC.
This user is using a web browser.
os This user uses an operating system.
This user hacks happily with Emacs.
NOTEPAD.EXE| This user contributes using Notepad.
Left monitorRight monitor This user has a dual monitor configuration.
This user uses Gmail as a primary E-mail service.
This user uses Windows Live Hotmail as a primary email service.
Y!
This user uses Yahoo! Mail as a primary email service.
ISP
This user uses the email account provided by their ISP.

Locales

This user is from Earth.
Utah State Flag This user is from Utah.

Wikipedia

ubx-5 This user uses entirely too many userboxes.
{{Wiki}} This user can write in the MediaWiki language
This user is a member of WikiProject Databases.

Education

BS This user has a Bachelor of Science degree.
AS This user has an Associate of Science degree.

About me

trek This user is a Trekkie or Trekker.
This user supports the
Galactic Empire.
This user has been assimilated by the Borg.
Resistance is futile.
This user is a Naruto fan.
*_* This user loves anime.
Eagle Scout knot This user is an Eagle Scout.
This user is a hoopy frood who really knows where their towel is.


This user enjoys ballroom dancing.
This user enjoys swing dancing.
This user enjoys classical music.
This user enjoys electronic music.
This user enjoys computer and video game music outside gaming.
User:UBX/film Score
This user has an iPod.
last
·fm		 This user tracks what they listen to on Last.fm-(mckaysalisbury).


e^{i \pi} \,\; This user is a mathematician.
This user knows by heart the first 15 digits in the decimal representation of pi.
met? This user prefers metric units, but, having grown up in the U.S., cannot relate to them.


H2O This user drinks water regularly.
C2H5
OH-0		 This user is a non-drinker.

Grammar

LE-0 This individual still maintains a shred of dignity in this insane world by adhering to correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalisation.
A, B, and C This user prefers the serial comma.

Languages

en This user is a native speaker of English.
es-2 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español.
tlh-1 loQ tlhIngan Hol jatlh lo'wI'vam.
1337-4 7|-|!$ |_|$3|2 (@|\| |23@|) @|\||) \/\/|2!73 1337 @7 @ |\|3@|2-|\|@7!\/3]] 13\/31.
pig-5 Isthay useryay ancay ontributecay Igpay Atinlay atyay ayay ofessionalpray evellay.
Rot13 Guvf hfre fcrnxf Ebg13.
nws-1 This user newspeaks ungoodwise.
AIM-Able This user understands AIM talk perfectly well, but does not use it. Ever. Well, sarcastically sometimes. But that's it. Really. lulz.
... This user would like to be able to speak more languages.

Contents

[edit] Current Tasks (requests for help)

Why is it that no one can tell me how I'm understanding policy, but they always tell me that I don't understand it?

If someone wants to help explain one or more of these things to me, I'd love to have a nice little discussion with them.

[edit] Notability

I've heavily defended a couple articles up at AFD, and usually, people think differently than I do about the "trivial" portion of the Primary notability criterion. Admittedly, the policy is intentionally little ambiguous, but I think everyone else misunderstands the policy. If a news article article is about X and Y together, Is "Y" trivial? I say no. I'd say that Y is one of the primary subjects of the article. What about an article about how X affected Y. I'd say that in that case, it is clear that X and Y are subjects of the article. sure, An article about X that mentions Y in it, even for a few paragraphs is a grey area. The canonical example of trivial, is a one sentance mentioning in an entire book. Only on that scale can someone say something is clearly trivial. A single sentence in a news article? probably trivial. A paragraph? Definite grey area, deletionists will say "trivial", inclusionists will say "non-trivial". That's where I stand on the matter. Apparently, an article has to be about only Y to be considered a non-trivial mentioning by many.

[edit] James Earl Salisbury

James Earl Salisbury is my father (Archived at User:mckaysalisbury/James Earl Salisbury.

  • When I was WikiYoung, I created the article, I used "google hits" as criterion for inclusion. (version). Someone asked about notability, and I was able to satisfy questions then (see Talk:James Earl Salisbury for discussion).
  • Eventually the article was nominated for deletion. (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Earl Salisbury. I thought that the outcome of the article was obviously "keep", but the end result was that User:Cuchullain, the closing administrator, thought that the result of the debate was "merge", so he merged it. So, today, I put a note on his talk page with my reasoning of why I think he was mistaken. (my post to his talk page).

I think that he's mistaken in his decision on a couple of levels:

  1. He executed his vote, rather than consensus
  2. His vote wasn't something I think is in line with policy, but I kinda see where he's coming from

So am I crazy? Am I missing some crucial piece of Wikipedia policy?

[edit] collecting sources about him, not just mentioning him=

[edit] Consensus

History has shown that I'm not understanding what consensus means. I've read the article, but according to others, I don't understand it. I've asked for help specifically to administrators about this, but I don't ever get a response.

[edit] Bias

Some have hinted that Creation of an article means that votes shouldn't count, so does that mean I shouldn't ever be allowed to delete or redirect my own article (e.g. Canyonlands desert)? Or am I only biased when it's in favor of keep?

[edit] What do I do with my life?

I'm a computer scientist. Mainly that means I'm a programmer and software engineer. I currently work in databases. I work a lot with Dataphor and Relational Databases. I'm rather familiar with the theory, but most of the time I end up implementing database systems. I have a couple of contract positions, mostly involving math and physics programming. Also, I'm doing some real computer science research in my spare time, and I'm writing an indie video game, basically by myself.

I love playing video games. I don't spend as much time doing this as I like. I would like to work in video games in the future.

My hobbies include: Literature and movies, mainly Science Fiction. Postcyberpunk and Time Travel are probably my favorite sub genres. I enjoy reading about the latest discoveries in math (like Rational Trigonometry) and science. From a non-geek perspective, sure, I'm dating. I like social dance, and rock climbing & spelunking.

I'm somewhat active in Wikipedia.

my webpage can be found at http://www.mckaysalisbury.com/

[edit] My Watchlist

I now watch about a bajillion pages. Many of them have so infrequent changes, that I forget I have them in my watchlist. I have several topics that I try to keep the articles pure, mostly in the database industry:

Some other computer science topics:

I watch a few math related topics:

Some science topics:

Some Science-Fiction topics:

  • Cardassian I had a question about spoonheads, and I'm awaiting a response. Maybe I'll eventually see the episode again
  • Star Trek

And, finally, from nowhere, a couple of people topics:

Yeah, there are other pages in my watchlist, but these are the important ones.

Update: 04:08, 20 October 2007 (UTC) My watchlist isn't helpful anymore because I have too much on it. ("539 pages watched not counting talk pages.") My wikitime is far less than what it used to be, so I'm going on a watchlist purge. I'm removing topics I don't care about as much. If you'd like me to help out with something, let me know on my talk page, and I'll be glad to help out. McKay 04:08, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Todo list

[edit] Cool Links

  • Elephants tripling: [2]

[edit] Other Wikis

I hereby certify that I am user:mckaysalisbury on Wiktionary, Meta, Spanish Wikipedia, Memory Alpha, and WoWwiki (certification diff).

[edit] Block History

I feel my block log is very clean, but yet, there are entries. I feel a bit of a need to explain myself in these cases. Yes, I've got the final edit on this page, but feel free to take a look at the page histories (the ones I provide or others)

  • June 6, 2007, I was blocked for making a single edit to a page. I felt very justified in the edit, as it seemed like it was in full compliance with all of the policies particularly because I was sourcing my material. I had discussed how the enforcement of BLP wasn't correct policy. I discussed the block with a friend of mine, and he suggested I email some admins, so I did. A large discussion with several admins got involved, and I eventually got unblocked before the 3 hours was up. Since, several admins have said they disagreed with the block, and one (via email) even said "PS. Being punished by a tyrant is generally considered an honour."