User:Shadow1

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Summary

Hello! I'm Alex, aka Shadow1, a Perl hacker, Wikipedia addict, and open source nut. I used to be an avid contributor here, but I've since realized that I'm not really a Wikipedia editor but a Wikipedia programmer. I'm currently scaling back on my work here to change that.

Contact information

If, for some ungodly reason, you need to contact me, you can use one of the following methods:

My PGP public key ID is AD31FA16, expand for key:


Current Projects

Articles I've Started

Other Stuff

My Projects

  • DiffShovel—A program for high-speed edit reviewing

Source Code

I believe strongly in the Open source movement and the GPL. As such, the source code for most, if not all, of my projects is available on Wikipedia or various source code hosting sites.

Barnstars

The da Vinci Barnstar
The da Vinci Barnstar may be awarded to anyone who has enhanced Wikipedia through their technical work.
Awarded to Shadow1 for his creation of the ever-vigilent and faithful spam-fighter, Shadowbot. --A. B. (talk) 13:31, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
The da Vinci Barnstar
Congrats on building such a good bot in User:Shadowbot. Cheers! —— Eagle 101 (Need help?) 19:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
The da Vinci Barnstar
Awarded to Shadow1 for his bot, Shadowbot's good job since it's creation. It never stops reverting spam. Keep up the great work! Meldshal42 May 7,2007.
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