User:dgw

I'm dgw (formerly Voyagerfan5761), known as "Tuvok" in my signature (a symptom of my love for Tim Russ' character on Star Trek: Voyager). I started editing here back in April 2006, and have been hooked ever since. Wikipedia has jeopardized my high school career more than once (</hyperbole>).

I am obviously very much into Star Trek: Voyager (this I've already mentioned), and not-so-obviously into technical editing and dabbling in various programming languages like JavaScript and PHP. I also like to mess around in CSS and HTML, plus helping out a bit at the Support Desk on MediaWiki.org. Most of the work I do here is minor cleanup stuff, with some recent changes and new pages patrol sessions along the way.

I get a lot of questions about my username, so let me explain a bit. The first time I ever signed up for an account anywhere, really, was on Neopets in 2002. Since "voyagerfan" was taken (I was a Voyager fan by the age of 11), I appended the current Hebrew year at that time to the username I wanted, and it was available. Since registering for Neopets, I've registered at dozens of other sites, including here, all with the same username. A Google search for my username brings up only results related to me, which is great for vanity searching. :P

Much of my info can be found in my userboxes below. (That's my excuse for being lazy and not writing more up here. :D )

"...You may say, I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope some day you'll join us, and the world will be as one..." (John Lennon)

Projects

Userboxes

I have created a few humble userboxes, mostly by imitation (I freely admit). If you're interested, I've listed them on a subpage.

Dan Broida

I am currently researching information on Dan Broida (the founder of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation in St. Louis, MO) to write a biography. To contribute to the project, go to the project page. To ask questions about the project, go to the project talk page.

This page

I also really, really have to give this userpage an overhaul... It's really disorganized. Vulcans hate can't tolerate clutter. :P

Userboxes

Now for some information, distributed via userboxes:

About me

This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 7 months and 12 days.

22,900+

This user has made over 22,900 contributions to Wikipedia.

This user has been helping the Internet not suck since March 24, 2006.

This editor is a Veteran Editor IV and is entitled to display this Gold Editor Star.

This user tries to do the right thing. If he makes a mistake, please let him know.

21This user is 21 years old.

This user is a university student.

This user is proud to be a nerd, although he prefers not to brag and often go(es) incognito without a pocket protector.

This user has visited 32 of the 50 United States.32

5This user has visited 5 of the 205 countries in the world.

STAR TREKDgw is a fan of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.DS9

STAR TREKDgw is a fan of Star Trek: Voyager.VOY

STAR TREKDgw is a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation.TNG

This user is Jewish.

Neat!

This user is intrigued by the dietary laws of Kashrut.

This user enjoys photography.

This wikipedian is involved in FIRST Robotics

en-USThis user is a native speaker of American English.

USThis user uses American English.

USage decline

This user uses American English, but is appalled at its rapid and continuing deterioration.

This user is not British, but can speak with a British accent.

{{Wiki}}This user can write in the MediaWiki language.

AIM-AbleThis user understands AIM talk perfectly well, but does not seriously use it. Ever.

əThis user is a Grammar Nazi.

Computers

This user owns an Android phone.

This user contributes using Microsoft Windows.

This user contributes using Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise.

This Windows user has experienced one or more Blue Screens of Death.

This user contributes using a PC.

This user contributes using
Google Chrome.

This user thinks an explorer can't be better than a fox!

Notepad++This user contributes using Notepad++.

css-2This user is an intermediate Cascading Style Sheets user.

<html>This user can write HTML.

js-1This user is a beginning JavaScript programmer.

W3CThis user believes in compliance with W3C standards.

PHP-2This user is an intermediate PHP programmer.

Java-2This user is an intermediate Java programmer.

re-1This user writes regular expressions at a basic level.

This user had a number of bugs and votes reported at Bugzilla. You can report yours too.

This user uses Google as a primary search engine.

This user uses Wikipedia as a primary point of reference.

This user uses Gmail as a primary email service.

This user has/is using Mac OS X.

This user contributes using an
iMac.

This user wishes they had a Mac.

1920
x
1080This user contributes at
1920 x 1080 resolution.

1440
x
900This user contributes at
1440 x 900 resolution.

This user contributes using a wireless connection.

BBThis user contributes using a broadband connection.

C-0This person does not understand C (or does not want to program in C).

Grammar

theyThis user considers singular they standard English usage.

snukThis user says snuck.

byThe passive voice may be used by this user.

to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.

…in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with.

mankindThis user supports the use of gender-neutral language.

to
too
twoThis user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.

which & thatThis user knows how to use which and that correctly.

less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer.

whoThis user prefers using who for both the object and subject case. Who does it hurt to simplify things?

if & whetherThis user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly.

their
there
they'reThis user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!

your
you'reThis user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.

than
thenThis user understands the difference between using "than" and "then."

“,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler.

.  TheThis user puts two spaces after a period.

A, B, and
A and BThis user uses the serial comma unless its inclusion is confusing.

its & it'sThis user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you.

its
it'sIt's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner.

itsThis user understands the difference between its (of it) and it's (it is or it has).

’sThi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.

…This user is addicted to ellipses and has been known to use them indiscriminately...

Majority ≠ right

This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.

Wikipedia

vn-47This user page has been vandalized 47 times.

vn-19This user's talk page has been vandalized 19 times.

<sum>:1This user believes that every edit should have a summary.

This user scored 90010523 on the Wikipediholic test (revision 163713069).

This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user is not a Wikipedia administrator but would like to be one someday.

This user uses Lupin's navigation popups.

This user reverts vandalism in the blink of an eye with Twinkle!

This user welcomes new users with Twinkle!

{{tone}}

This user tags articles for maintenance with Twinkle!

Warning to Vandals: This user is armed with VandalProof.

This user edits with the gadget wikEd.

This user is a recent changes patroller.

This user is a member of the
Counter-Vandalism Unit.

CUTFThis user is a member of the Cleanup Taskforce. His desk is located here.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Spam.

Math

$\sum$This user is greater than the sum of his userboxes.

This user knows by heart the first 7 digits in the decimal representation of pi.

$0.{\bar {9}}=1$This user knows that 0.999... is exactly 1.

This user is pretty sure that it is an outlier compared to everybody else.

Music

vln-3This user is an advanced violinist.

voc-3This user is an advanced vocalist.

pno-1This user is a novice pianist.

Time

00:00This user uses 24-hour time.

This user begrudgingly observes Daylight Saving Time.

This user's time zone is UTC-6.

GMT
varThis user's time zone changes every so many days/weeks/months.

This user had a flux capacitor seized by the FBI.

This user has no understanding of time and does everything at the last minute.

Web-Related

This user uses WordPress.

This user helped design or create a website for Southwest Robotics Team 2129, but it is no longer available online. :-(

This user has helped design or create a website for another entity, which can be found here.

P	This user has a Google PicasaWeb account with public galleries.

This user posts on X as @hidgw.

This user maintains a Facebook profile.

Games

This user prefers to play games on a PC.

This user's SteamID is dgw.

cvg-2This user is an intermediate gamer.

This user knows that the cake is a lie.

This user is still alive.

This user is thinking with Portals!

	This user believes the cake is a lie!

BYHDThis user is going to BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN with lemons!

This user works with Anomalous Materials

Coming Soon!

This user can't wait for Half-Life 2: Episode Three.

L4DThis user was Left 4 Dead.

L4D2This user was Left 4 Dead...Again.

TF2Who touched this user's Sasha?!?!

TF2This user's sentry is being sapped!!

SrcThis user enjoys playing games that use Valve's Source Engine.

This user is a fan of
first-person shooters.

NeopetsThis user has quit playing Neopets.

Diff EThis user plays Video Games on Easy or the lowest difficulty available.

Diff MThis user plays Video Games on Medium or the default difficulty.

Diff HThis user plays Video Games on Hard or the highest difficulty available.

This user is opposed to regional lockout.

game
devThis user is interested in video game development.

This user enjoys computer and video game music outside gaming.

Other

This user enjoys attending the theatre on a regular basis.

This user subscribes to Lifehacker.

ft-lbThis user uses American Measurements.

This user's deviation is standard.

This user knows Who's on First.

Notes

* Based on the count shown in my Special:Preferences, also available via the API.

Awards

Awards have been moved to a subpage, rather creatively named Awards.

Identity

Committed identity: 3f8f62cc095036c896e39541d249aba0 is an MD5 commitment to this user's real-life identity.

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