User:Demi

If it has been done well enough, it has been done quickly enough.

—Tycho Brahe

Me

The following accounts in other Wikimedia projects are mine:

• Meta
• Wikimedia Commons
• Wikibooks

I also contribute as Demi on WikiTravel.

On a personal note, I am an old man (by Wikipedian standards--I was born in 1972) who lives in Southern Oregon.

I welcome email, but I don't check it that frequently--the fastest way to get in touch with me is on the #wikipedia IRC channel, and the clearest way is via my talk page.

Adminship

I am a former administrator on this wikipedia, but I am not any longer. I have some ideas on how admins should behave, but these are just ideas, and I don't consider myself or anyone else bound by them in the sense of policy. I am a slow, ponderous person, because I care about getting things done right rather than getting them done quickly. That means if you ask me for help, I'm going to try to understand the whole situation before stepping in--and beyond understanding it, I'll probably want it documented so that others can understand it, too. Anyway, you can help me out by having system messages, diffs, links and other necessary background information when you ask for my assistance--thanks!

Interests/ Contributions/ Factionalism

I've worked on a better Ashland, Oregon article and one on Lithia Park. I occasionally do my bit to cleanup (list) or deal with vandalism. Since the admins are so fast with the rollback button, I'm often stepped on; however, sometimes I see that the one-click rollback hasn't reverted all of it, so I clean that up.

I participate in the Spoken Wikipedia WikiProject. I've recorded Lithia_Park.ogg, Caesar_cipher.ogg, Evolution.ogg and Cladistics.ogg.

I generally reject labels, agendas and slates, but I suppose I'm a mild deletionist and enthusiastic eventualist. I think the appropriateness of the subject of an article (such as its notability) is the only valid reason to delete it--all other complaints are reasons to improve it.

I think Wikipedia is not a reference to fictional worlds, and fancruft should be removed. However, I recognize that this is a minority opinion and am not interested in engaging in any crusades to the effect.

Questionable or Offensive Images

I voted keep on IFD for Image:Autofellatio 2.jpg, but I also think it's overly glib to respond to people who might be shocked or offended with a simple censorship argument. The fact is, I would prefer that people be able to control in advance what sorts of potentially offensive images they might see.

So I'm very interested in m:End-user image suppression, but I think that's too complicated; we don't need to support every variation on image tagging under the sun. Instead, I'm for a much simpler scheme. In the meantime, there is a partial technical solution.

Law

Inspired by Raul654's impressive collection, I have one small law:

• There are only two kinds of actions that can be taken on a wiki: those that can be described as unilateral and those that can be described as supporting a cabal.

Speaking of questionable images...

Here are some "awards" people have offered me.

A picture of Dick on your talk page (A Man In Black 2005-11-30)

I, Redwolf24, hereby award you two apples. (Redwolf24 2005-12-30)

I, PZFUN, hereby award you the L33t Translator's Award. Keep up the good work whenever my keyboard breaks. Again!

You get a question mark for your questionable gender...The Land suggested we should swap usernames on my failing RfA :) --Osbus 01:50, 2 June 2006 (UTC).