User:Richwales

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Richwales (talk • contribs • count)

I am Rich Wales, a computer systems analyst and system administrator living in California, USA.

I have received university degrees from Stanford and UCLA.

I grew up in California, but lived in Ontario, Canada from 1993 until mid-1997. I am a dual citizen of the USA (by birth) and Canada (by naturalization). I maintain a web site on dual US/other citizenship in an effort to dispel the widely held misconception that US law supposedly doesn't permit dual/multiple citizenship.

To the best of my knowledge, I am not related to Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales. My "Wales" ancestors lived in Redruth, Cornwall, England, and emigrated to California in the 19th century. Other ancestors of mine came from France (via Quebec), Norway, and the Ashkenazi Jewish population of Germany and Poland.

I am a believing, practising member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The majority of my Wikipedia edits involve the following topics:

  • Immigration and citizenship issues
  • Religion
  • Languages and linguistics
  • Science fiction

I also have accounts on the Romanian and French versions of Wikipedia. I have made significant contributions to the LDS Church article in the Romanian Wikipedia.

I made my 1,000th edit in the English Wikipedia mainspace on April 8, 2008.

This user contributes using Linux.


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This user was born in the state of California.
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This user is a citizen of the United States of America.
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