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Dbiel

Joined 11 October 2006
Unified login: Dbiel is the unique login of this user for all public Wikimedia projects.

I have found Wikipedia to be a very useful tool and as a result was lead to help make it even better. I had been actively involved with SpamCop serving as one of the two admins of the SpamCop Wiki[1] and also as one of the five moderators of the SpamCop Fourms[2]

My current schedule no longer permits be to be active in Wikipedia, but I still believe in the value of Wikipedia and make use of it as a initial reference source.

Nazca lines
Photograph credit: Diego Delso
Time-saving links II

Sometimes you may be editing an article and want to link a plural to its singular form. For example, to link "Fred Foo was famous for his study of puddles" to puddle, you could link it like so: [[puddle|puddles]]. However, you can save time instead by writing [[puddle]]s.

This also works with adjectives (for example, [[Japan]]ese), regular verbs in present or past tense (for example, [[dance]]s or [[dance]]d) and any other suffixes or prefixes.

However, this method does not work with spelling changes, for example: [[try]]ied does not work; you have to enter [[try|tried]]. It also does not work with possessives, so you may want to use [[Fred Foo|Fred Foo's]] to get Fred Foo's. Using [[Fred Foo]]'s will look like Fred Foo's, i.e. the possessive suffix unlinked, in plain text, and black instead of blue.

Note: if a redirect exists from puddles to puddle you don't actually need to do any piping, it's fine to link [[puddles]] too.

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Links to my other accounts edit

Barnstars edit

  The Schools Barnstar
For long-term contributions to school-related articles on Wikipedia, I award Dbiel the Schools Barnstar! --Jh12 (talk) 13:19, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

To Do List edit

  • to purge any page add the following to the end of the address entry - ?action=purge

Wikipedia-specific Google searchbox edit

Note: the following does not seem to work at this time:

The default Wikipedia search engine can be slow and unreliable. Luckily, alternatives are available, such as a customized Google searchbox, already preset to search Wikipedia: http://www.google.com/custom?sa=Google+Search&domains=wikipedia.org&sitesearch=wikipedia.org

http://www.google.com/custom?sa=Google+Search&domains=wikidata.org&sitesearch=wikidata.org

Cut and paste it to your Userpage, or click on it, and save it as a button on your browser's toolbar.

Pages to watch edit

Pages to study

Links to users pages of interest

Users who have assisted me in the past edit

Worked with him in Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal on article National Civilian Community Corps see Case page

Admins who have been difficult to work with edit

Important Links edit

Links to pages in my NameSpace edit

Pages I have started edit

Pages I have edited edit

Templates I have edited edit

To allow for catagories=no edit

Cabal Mediation Cases I have worked on edit

Handy Tools edit

User Boxes edit

 This user is a Christian.
 This user is interested in Lutheranism.
7,000+This user has made more than 7,000 contributions to Wikipedia.
 This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles.
 This user has created a global account. Dbiel's main account is on Wikipedia (in English).
 This user encourages the peaceful correction of vandals.
 This user has a zero tolerance policy on vandalism.
 This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks.
<sum>:1This user believes that every edit should have a summary.
1RRThis user prefers discussing changes on the talk page rather than engaging in an edit war.
 This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)
 Unified login: Dbiel is the unique unified login of this user for all public Wikimedia projects.
UTC-8This user's time zone is UTC-8.
 This user observes Daylight Saving Time.
 This user is proud to be a United States citizen.
 This user lives in or hails from the U.S. State of California.
SoCalThis user lives in, hails from or is associated with Southern California.
enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
en-USThis user is a native speaker of American English.
SpamCopThis user knows how to report spam to blocklisters.

References edit

  1. ^ http://forum.spamcop.net/scwik/HowDoIRegisterWithTheSpamCopWiki
  2. ^ http://forum.spamcop.net/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=4351&view=findpost&p=29132
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