User:Truthanado

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This user lives in the United States of America.

This user lives in or hails from the state of New York.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 1 year, 3 months and 5 days.

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This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know.

This user assumes good faith.

dar This editor is a darwikinist.

This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks.

1RR This user prefers discussing changes on the talkpage rather than engaging in an edit war.

NPOV This user gets quite annoyed when he/she sees POV in the mainspace.

no ads This user is against commercials in Wikipedia.

vn-3 This user page has been vandalized 3 times.

This user is a newpage and recent changes patroller.

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This user scored 4792 on the Wikipediholic test .

This user has written/expanded 9 DYK articles on Wikipedia.

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its & it’s This user understands the difference between its and it’s. So should you.

they This user considers singular they standard English usage.

. The This user does not put two spaces after a full stop.

This user is a member of WikiProject Schools.

22 This user has set foot in 22 countries of the world.

ISTP This user's MBTI type is ISTP.

This user is a railfan.

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This user is of British ancestry.

This user is of German ancestry.

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Wikimood [purge] [edit]

My user name is a portmanteau of the words truth and aficianado,^[1] meaning one who strives for the truth.

[edit] About me

I am a Systems Engineer living in Rochester NY USA. I have worked in Rail Transportation and Electric Power industries for over 30 years. My personal motto is "to make life easier for everyone, including me". To that end, I strive to put the most correct and easy to find information possible in Wikipedia.

[edit] Wikilosophy

My Wikipedia Philosophy, or Wikilosophy, is not a set of hard and fast rules. I prefer shades of gray, making appropriate choices based on each situation. Having said that, I believe in processes, and my actions typically follow what's described below.

[edit] Deletionism and Inclusionism

I tend towards Inclusionism. If someone has taken the time to do something, whether that be creating a new article or modifying an existing one, that is important. So long as the work falls within the clear guidelines as to what can be included in Wikipedia: verifiability, no original research, and neutral point of view, I accept the work as-is. If, however, it falls outside the guidelines, I prefer to take action. Usually, I prefer discussion over outright delete or revert, except in the case of blatant vandalism.

[edit] Immediatism and Eventualism

This one is tough for me. I fully believe in the value of improving articles over time, and I see nothing wrong with a weak article that can and will be improved. After all, Wikipedia didn't suddenly become what it is today, it evolved over time. I am, however, someone who desires consistency and professionalism, and I generally do not hesitate to make format changes and general word smithing so that articles on similar topics have a similar professional look-and-feel. For example, I routinely add or update an infobox to articles about schools so that most school articles look the same.

[edit] Metapedianism and Exopedianism

I tend to be an Exopedian. The encyclopedic value of Wikipedia is why we are here, so that should be the most important. However, I prefer interacting with others over just editing on my own. It's the way I learn, and hopefully, the way I help others learn too.

[edit] Exclusionism and Inclusionism

I tend towards Inclusionism for information inside articles, and Exclusionism for the articles themselves. I have no problem including various facts about a topic in the article, so long as the article's topic is notable. Non-notable topics, however, are candidates for deletion, using the clear deletion policy.

[edit] Notability

Notability is not an opinion, it is based on facts and a set of Wikipedia policies. A topic is notable if it has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, reliable published works, whose sources are independent of the subject itself. Enforcing notability criteria for articles is important, and ensures that articles meet core criteria such as verifiability and no original research. It is less important for the specific content of articles ... that is more subjective and is usually resolved by the opinions of the community as a whole.

[edit] My contribution to Wikipedia

I have been a Wikipedia user for several years. In February 2007, I became an active member of the Wikipedia community. In my spare time, I often cruise around various Wikipedia articles, educating myself, adding bits of information as appropriate, and helping to clean up and organize. Occasionally, I may create a new article about an interesting and informative topic. I often check New pages and Recent changes to see what's new, to make sure changes are appropriate and to perform general copyedit and article improvements. I am not afraid to tag an inappropriate article for speedy delete, PROD or AfD; or to seek the help of a Wiki admin. I also use Random article, which is an interesting way to see what's out there.

Following the Wikipedia style guide, I believe in consistency (it makes things easier to understand), and I sometimes make minor edits to an article so that it is consistent within itself, with other similar articles and in agreement with Wiki guidelines. I copyedit and try to simplify text by removing peacock terms and unnecessary and over-used words like but and however and the over-used comma punctuation mark.

I'm currently spending quite a bit of time in the following areas:

• History (especially biographical articles)
• Schools in New York State and elsewhere (especially High School and School District articles, goal is to standardize the format and content using infoboxes)
• Railways, Rail Suppliers and Equipment
• Geography (especially towns and villages, goal is to standardize the format and content using geoboxes)

In June 2007, I scored 517 on the Wikipedia:Wikipediholism test, which rates me as a person with few edits. My retest in August 2007 scored 3784 points, which rates me "officially addicted". I took the automatic test in May 2008 and scored 4792 points, which makes me an official "Wikipediholic".

Though not a Wikipedia admin (I believe I can be more helpful as an editor), I am an admin and key user of a separate Wiki where I work. My experiences on Wikipedia help the work wiki and vice versa.

[edit] My edits

My edit milestones are:

• First Article: Cobblestone School, March 9, 2007
• 1000^th Wiki page: RailAmerica, August 23, 2007, which is also my 1836^th edit
• 2000^th Wiki page: Ford Bond, December 30, 2007, which is also my 3669^th edit
• One Year Anniversary (8 March 2008): 2685 pages edited, 5000 edits
• 3000^th Wiki page: David Owen Dodd, April 5, 2008, which is also my 5609^th edit

Some of my contributions have appeared on Did you know?:

• 15 September 2007, Florian ZaBach article that I started
• 6 October 2007, Anne Montgomery article that I started
• 27 November 2007, Henry Lomb article that I started
• 7 December 2007, Evelyn Venable article that I started
• 15 December 2007, Jimmy Wakely article that I started
• 4 January 2008, Boy Rangers of America article that I nominated
• 5 January 2008, Philip Diehl (inventor) article that I started
• 3 February 2008, George Schlatter article that I started
• 26 February 2008, David Owen Dodd article that I started
• 30 March 2008, Thomas Wakeman article that I started
• 3 April 2008, Colonel Wright (sternwheeler) article that I nominated

You can find a summary of my Wiki contributions by taking a look here or here or on mathbot's tool.

[edit] My To-Do list

• Add Persondata metadata to biographical articles - started June 2007, ongoing
• Create one page for each school district in List of school districts in New York#Mid-West Region - started June 2007, ongoing
• Job Control Language - check after August 8, 2007 and add "Other systems" section (need to find verifiable sources for XDS and SEL, which are hard to find)
• Add geoboxes with locator maps to towns and villages in New York State, do by counties using List of counties in New York, List of towns in New York and List of villages in New York; do towns first - started July 2007, ongoing
• Add Secondary school infobox or School infobox to school articles that don't have them; also add WikiProject Schools template - started August 2007, ongoing
• Create articles to eliminate red wikilinks on List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - in my spare time
• Create Standard Code of Operating Rules article to fix broken link in North American railway signaling (added December 15, 2007)
• Make dates consistent per WP:DATE (in progress, started January 2008)
• Clean up and validate the CMM and CMMI articles; CMM, in particular, mixes elements of CMMI with the CMM model (added March 22, 2008)
• Resolve proposed merge involving The historical rivalry of King's College London and UCL (added April 10, 2008)
• Improve David Owen Dodd article; see Talk:David Owen Dodd#GA failure (in progress, started March 30, 2008); Wikipedia:Peer review/David Owen Dodd/archive1 (done April 19, 2008); Wikipedia:Peer review/Automated/April 2008#David Owen Dodd (in progress, started April 19, 2008).

[edit] Articles to check

• 'TBD

[edit] What others think

		The Resilient Barnstar
		This Barnstar is awarded to Truthanado for his positive response to the Bowie State University, Department of Public Safety editorial comment. Sallicio (talk) 04:25, 5 January 2008 (UTC)Sallicio

[edit] My travels

For both business and pleasure, I have done a lot of traveling, and enjoy meeting people from different countries and cultures. I have completed three round-the-world trips by plane (all on business), two going East-to-West and one West-to-East.

[edit] Countries I have visited

[edit] USA states I have visited

[edit] Canadian provinces I have visited

[edit] My world vision

According to The Political Compass test, I am slightly Libertarian (-1.13) with Leftist (-4.25) economics, which puts me in good company with Nelson Mandela.

[edit] Useful wiki stuff

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• User:Truthanado/Sandbox - my sandbox and play area
• User:Truthanado/Sandbox2 - my OTHER sandbox and play area
• User:Truthanado/Sandbox3 - my OTHER OTHER sandbox and play area

[edit] Interesting articles and categories

• Category:Future public transportation
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of current systems for electric rail traction
• List of United States railroads
• List of school districts in New York
• Searchable Info about School Districts

[edit] Notes