User:Remember the dot

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[edit] A short story

Well, to tell you a little bit about me, there is a story behind my username. I was with a group of friends at an event where people kept failing to pronounce the dot in "VB .NET". This led me to say "DOT net" whenever someone left out the dot. So my friends nicknamed me "DOT net" or "dot" for short.

This story says a lot about me and my attention to detail. Feel free to help me achieve the following goals for Wikipedia:

  • Add credible sources to back up content.
  • Use the <ref> tag to cite sources when appropriate.
  • Use the cite web and cite news templates to cite sources when appropriate.
  • This is good.[1]
  • This is bad[1].
  • This is also bad. [1]
  • Convert GIF images to PNG images whenever the PNG image has a smaller file size.
  • Convert GIF and PNG images to SVG images whenever possible.
  • Use valid XHTML - <br> should be <br/>
  • Improve the general clarity and accuracy of Wikipedia.

[edit] About use rationales

I would like to share a few simple facts about explicitly written non-free use rationales. These are not my opinions; they are just the facts.

  • Explicit use rationales are not required by law.
    Neither fair use nor fair dealing laws require an explicit use rationale.
  • Explicit use rationales are not required by the GFDL.
    The GFDL permits inclusion of fair use content without explicit use rationales.
  • Explicit use rationales are not required by the Wikimedia Foundation.
    According to Kat Walsh, a member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, the foundation is satisfied with just a boilerplate license tag.

[edit] Images requiring attention

[edit] Cool pictures

These are now at /Cool pictures so that our friends using dial-up will not have to download them all as part of my user page.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Wikipedia:Citing sources. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2007-01-01). Retrieved on 2007-01-01.

[edit] Multi-licensing

My text contributions to the English Wikipedia are available under the GFDL, but I do not ask you to credit me personally or preserve my edits in the page history (as the GFDL ordinarily requires) as long as credit is given to Wikipedia. This extra release does not apply to contributions to the User namespace, talk namespaces, and edit summaries, which remain under the regular GFDL.

From time to time, I send e-mails from rememberthedot@gmail.com to confirm image licensing etc.

Committed identity: b8ea178367dfe72c2fab7c034591c59c67c426b9843f904e792605497c05d768b73e488d283c563141dfbb400268a0b2ce0a62923118ceee6c618d6c8323cde9 is a SHA-512 commitment to this user's real-life identity.