User:Dbiel

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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.

Sword-billed hummingbird
Photograph credit: Andy Morffew
Redirects

A redirect is a page that has the sole purpose to automatically redirect readers to a differently named page; to take the reader where they really wanted to go. Redirects allow a topic to have more than one title. Redirects are used for synonyms, abbreviations (initialisms), acronyms, accented terms (diacritics), misspellings, typos, nicknames (pseudonyms), scientific names, etc.

To create a redirect for the term "Oof":

  1. Type Oof in the search box, press ↵ Enter
  2. Click on the redlink for Oof that it presents
  3. In the edit window that appears, type #REDIRECT [[Foo]] on the first line to make it lead to the article Foo
  4. Redirects should be organized in to categories too. Each redirect can have up to seven redirect categories. Categories go on the third line of the redirect. (Note: Plant has a subcategory within the category of scientific name; enter plant after a pipe).

Here are two examples of a redirect category using a category template:

  • {{R from birth name}}
  • {{R from scientific name|plant}}

Preview your new redirect before saving it. Make sure:

  1. There is a big right-facing arrow to the left of the bolded name of your target page name.
  2. That your target page is bolded in blue (if it is red, go back and double check your target name in the edit window).
  3. That your redirect category has rendered properly and that the boilerplate it presents makes sense.
To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}}

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 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.
Flag of the United StatesThis user is proud to be a United States citizen.
SoCalThis user lives in, hails from or is associated with Southern California.
enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
SpamCopThis user knows how to report spam to blocklisters.

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