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Hello! I used to be a red link, until I created this page. Anything that isn't covered in the userboxes will be explained here in text. This page is a work in progress. You may edit and/or vandalize it if you wish, however, please be advised that if you do the latter, your contribution will be reverted. You may also sign my guestbook at the bottom of the page, if you like. Before you continue reading this page, you must know one more thing: I pwn.
[edit] Introduction
The first time I stumbled upon Wikipedia had to be during a google search sometime back in 2004. That would be the primary means I would access Wikipedia for the next couple of years. I remember usually being disappointed by the content, for example, finding stub articles that aren't really informative. Thankfully, Wikipedia has been vastly improved in the last four years, so this does not happen as often, nowadays. Although I had been reading Wikipedia a lot, especially since about September 2006, when I began using it as a primary source, and finding typos and factual errors, I never bothered to fix them. One reason was that I had been accustomed to not copyediting what I read online for so long that it didn't seem like a "big deal". Another reason is that I was hesitant to edit with my IP, and finally, I held off on joining, because I knew that it would be taking up my time. What finally motivated me to join was an error that I found on January 13, 2007 in the infobox of the Kenny vs. Spenny article. It said that the premiere was in 2004 and not 2003. I just couldn't let that go. So I fixed it.
My username comes from the fact that I pwn everyone and everything. Well.. actually, I don't. At the time I made this account, I had been playing a lot of tennis and handball with my friends, and they would often use the word "pwned", or "pwnage", as in "that was pwnage". And so I started using that word on a regular basis, more than I had been before. When it came time to make an account, I just wanted something random and neutral that I was comfortable with. I tried "Pwnage", since that seemed like a logical choice, but it was already taken. So I added the "8" on the end, as a reference to the townhouse I lived in as a kid, which was Unit #8. Thus, my name. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.
[edit] My contributions
Special:Contributions/Pwnage8
I'm all over the place when it comes to editing, that is, I edit pretty much anything I come across, doing everything from copyediting and converting embedded citations, to full-scale clean-up of articles that badly need it, to expanding articles and creating new ones. However, I tend to stick to the stuff that interests me most of the time; Music, Urbanism. You can have a look at my favourite artists/bands further down the page.
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[edit] Wikipedian views
I am an Immediatist, and in deletion discussions I lean towards Inclusionism, although I believe there are times that an article just doesn't belong in wikipedia. However, that does not make me an Incrementalist.
[edit] Deletionism vs. Inclusionism
I believe that Deletionism is inherently anti-wiki, detrimental to this project, and that no one who seriously looks out for its well-being, and is commited to building this free encyclopedia would adopt such a position. There seems to be too many of them these days. The worst ones are those who shamelessly prod articles when they don't meet criteria for deletion, and if someone objects they go to a full AfD, when improvements are possible, but they are too lazy to make them. According to Wikipedia's guide to deletion, before nominating an article, one must first try to make improvements. Thus, most AfDs are not properly followed through. However, since deletion discussions are mostly dominated by deletionists, a lot of articles go down without a fight. Sometimes, common sense prevails and the deletionists suffer humiliation as a consequence of their careless actions; sources are available, subject really is notable (you can read my opinions about that concept in the next subsection), etc. and the AfD is swamped by Keeps. Thankfully, most users do not fall into this extreme. I take the view of some Delusionists that labels like "Deletionist" and "Inclusionist" really are delusional, and both extremes are ultimately detrimental to the project.
[edit] Notability
Many articles get deleted nowadays because the subject is "non-notable". I advise everyone to keep in mind that notability is not a core policy of Wikipedia, and shouldn't be treated as such. I've used the term to defend some articles, and help delete others. The latter may seem contradictory to my previous rant about deletionism, but do keep in mind what I said at the top of this section. Sometimes an article just doesn't belong here, such as ones with no meaningful content that can be found on the subject. For example, an elementary school with nothing special about it, and the only information that can be found is on the board website, and would constitute an infobox and nothing more. Pretty much meaningless content. This can also be applied to streets, strip malls, etc. Other than that, most articles on seemingly non-notable subjects can stay, provided that they aren't any of these. We must know that the verifiability and no original research policies are more important than "notability".
[edit] Favourite bands/artists
[edit] To-do list
- fix Mississauga elementary/middle school articles
- finish "Evolution of Music Management" and "Sex, Drugs and Music in the1960s" and integrate content into mainspace
- create The Used's fourth studio album page
- re-create Biblical Numerology article
- create a decent Spaceman Gary Bell page that won't get deleted again, and improve AM 640/related articles
- create pages for protected titles Sonny Moore, and Hollywood Undead
- fix the following articles to be less POV:
- Cleanup all Mississauga and Toronto school articles
- create articles for all high schools that don't have one
- Improve Toronto to featured, and Mississauga to good article status
- Create "list of albums" articles for each year
- extract additional info from second external link of 1979 Mississauga train derailment, and create in-text citations, if possible.
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[edit] Guestbook
Sign below everyone else. You don't need to hit 'enter' (there's already a ton of space), and remember the four tildes at the end.
- Yay! 1st signiture! It's been a pleasure talking to you, hope you have a good collection of signitures (starting with this first one). (By the way, you might want to add this to {{User:Jack/ABs}}).--Sunny910910 (talk|Contributions|Guest) 03:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
- Big ups to my main man, MC.Ihaveacomputer (talk) 03:28, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
- Cheers from another Wikipedian Matt Good fan! You're dreaming eh? 03:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
- Cheers. SlightlyMadwanna si-ign? 13:22, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
- Hi! Chubbennaitor 13:28, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Here is a list maintained by Jack of other places where you can sign. Please feel free to add yours by clicking here.
Anyone can use this list, just add {{User:Jack/ABs}} where you want it.
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