About me

I chose my username because I am a Utah fan, and I lived in Washington, D.C. when I registered for Wikipedia.

Now I have graduated from law school and am back in Salt Lake City, but I kept my original username.

I am active in WikiProject College football. I also enjoy welcoming newcomers as well as reverting vandalism, which I find therapeutic.

I love barnstars. I have four so far, but always appreciate more. So if I've done something you think is worthy of recognition, show some WikiLove and award me one on my talk page, okay?
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I endorse more pictures and visual media on Wikipedia. To that end, I put the picture of the day on my profile page to raise awareness of the power of visual media.

Rock Springs massacre
The Rock Springs massacre occurred in 1885 in the present-day United States city of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The riot, and resulting massacre of immigrant Chinese miners by white immigrant miners, was the result of racial prejudice toward the Chinese miners, who were perceived to be taking jobs from the white miners. The Union Pacific Coal Department found it economically beneficial to give preference in hiring to Chinese miners, who were willing to work for lower wages than their white counterparts, angering the white miners. When the rioting ended, at least 28 Chinese miners were dead and 15 were injured. Rioters burned 78 Chinese homes, resulting in approximately $150,000 in property damage (equal to $5.09 million in 2020 terms). The massacre in Rock Springs touched off a wave of anti-Chinese violence, especially in the Puget Sound area of Washington Territory.Artwork credit: Thure de Thulstrup; restored by Adam Cuerden
Awards



Barnstars
The Original Barnstar
Great work on your edits to Holy War (Utah vs. BYU). You did a good job of making balanced edits to an article that sees some very partisan and biased edits. I tried to find a 'Keeping It Real' barnstar, but I don't think there is one. So thanks for not letting your own views get in the way of writing a fair and complete article. Glennfcowan (talk) 03:13, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
The Cleanup Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Ute in DC for copy editing articles totalling over 12000 words in the January GOCE Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Diannaa (Talk) 17:43, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
The Modest Barnstar
For copy editing five articles with a total of 5,329 words (including rollover) during the Guild of Copy Editors' March 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thanks for all your contributions! SMasters (talk) 05:41, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks for your help with addressing vandalism issues with Paul Johnson article. Mistercontributer (talk) 02:34, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
DYKs
Updated DYK query On May 25, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wayne Howard (football coach), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On February 22, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2005 TCU Horned Frogs football team, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
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