Due to my increasing workload in the leadup to my final school exams, I'm not particularly active at the moment. However, I'm still keeping an eye on Wikipedia Editor Review, so please badger me for a review if you haven't yet received one. I'll be back to full-tilt editing in early November.
I'm a eighteen-year-old autonomous individual living in Canberra, Australia, and currently drifting in that limbo between school and university. For some unfathomable reason, my school gave me a beer mug (a freakin' enormous one, at that) as a leaving gift. Apparently they don't know me at all.
I usually contribute on an AppleiBook G4 running Mac OS X. I also use an old eMac as my secondary machine, and my dad's iMac G5 whenever he's not looking. My primary browser is Camino. I have a passable knowledge of Visual Basic and am trying to learn Objective-C, emphasis on trying.
I am also an author (not an editor) at Larry Sanger's Citizendium pilot. I don't pass WP:BIO, although I've been cited as a source at Wikipedia. Take that as you will. :)
RfA Standards
I have no numerical or highly specific standards that I require from candidates for adminship - frankly, they're a farce. Instead, I have a few very simple requirements from all candidates, all of which are passed by default:
The candidate show a basic degree of courteousy. They must be extremely careful never to violate WP:NPA and especially WP:BITE, and must never make direct insults toward other users.
They must demonstrate that they will not actively harm Wikipedia through their actions as administrator. This means, simply, that they show a basic level of experience, and reasonably good judgement.
Finally, they must show a willingness to learn, especially in the case of newer candidates. I'm happy enough to support a candidate with fewer than 1,000 edits at Wikipedia (as arbitrary a requirement as there can possibly be), provided that they show a willingness to learn: applying for admin coaching at any time before or during the RfA is a good way to satisfy this, provided that the candidate intends to actually go through a process of mentorship.
Nice Things I've Been Given
CVG Barnstar
For your amazing contributions to CVG articles! Keep up the good work, jaco♫plane 21:41, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Original Barnstar
To Daveydweeb for doing the little things that make articles better. We all appreciate it. Samir
Daniel.Bryant Blue Star of Thanks
I award you the Daniel.Bryant Blue Star of Thanks for your participation in my editor review. Your kind words and constructive criticism will help me with my editing, and for this I am extremely grateful. Daniel.Bryant 06:55, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Original Barnstar
I couldn't figure out which barnstar was the best one (they need a sparkly one, dammit!). Eventually I decided you can't beat the classics. So here's the original barnstar for the extensive work on WP:ER – I try to pop in a good word there wherever I can, but I always find you've beaten me to it! — riana_dzastawreak havoc|damage report 23:04, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
The Golden Quackstar
I award you Húsönd's Golden Quackstar for your comment at my editor review. My thanks were long overdue, I hope you forgive me. :-)Best regards.--Húsönd 01:49, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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