Introduction

About me This user lives in or hails from the U.S. State of California. It is approximately 1:58 PM where this user lives (California). [refresh] This user is male. This user is of Ukrainian ancestry. This user loves a good cup of tea. en This user is a native speaker of the English language. ru Русский — родной язык этого участника. uk-0 Цей користувач не розуміє української мови (або розуміє зі значними труднощами). This user has publicly declared that he has a conflict of interest regarding the Wikipedia article Apple Inc..

Things I'm passionate about:

• Board Games
• Video Games
• Physical Fitness
• United States Politics
• Irreligion
• World History
• Geography
• Current Events
• Fine dining
• Tea
• Dramatic irony

Do not expand    This user has just wasted both their time and yours placing this userbox on their profile, because it says absolutely nothing important, interesting or relevant to anything. LOL

Wikipedia and me - This user is a translator from Russian to English on Wikipedia:Translation. This user previously used another account. 17Y This Wikipedian joined Wikipedia on February 17, 2007 (17 years, 2 months, 1 week and 4 days ago). trout . This user will not serve. This user believes that edits need useful summaries. This user is a WikiOgre.

Occupation & Education

• I work in software
  Test Automation
  .
• I earned a degree in
  Electrical Engineering
  .

Editing

• I will always document reasons for my changes in an edit summary.
  • The more explanation a change requires, the longer the summary.
  • If something's not clear, you are always welcome to contact me on my talk page.
• I can contribute to Russian→English text translations, but my English→Russian is only passable.
• I like to patrol RecentChanges and copyedit Random articles.
• I am interested in improving the
  WP:ACCESSIBILITY
  of Wikipedia.
• Please read User:AlexEng/COI for details regarding my conflicts of interest.
• You are welcome to read my statement of bias.

Works in Progress

• (On hold) Vasily Anisimoff - This page needs a more thorough Russian→English translation that I am equipped to provide.
• Assassination of Kemal Arıkan - Needs to be created from the merger of its two constituent articles, when I have time.
• Truth value (computer science) - To be created, based on massive expansion of Truth value#Computing
• Fictional company - Needs additional sourcing

Useful Links

I found many of these links useful at one point or another. Sharing them on this page with a brief blurb for each in hopes that others also find them useful.

• AlexEng/RfA Criteria - My personal RfA criteria
• WP:MOREX
  - Arguments based on the experience of the editor
• WP:CRUSH
  - Civil POV pushing
• WP:Service awards - Various self-granted awards for editors based on time served and edit count
• WP:NUTSHELL
  - Very simple breakdown of Wikipedia core principles for new users and those with shorter attention spans
• WP:GUIDELINES
  - List of all guidelines that apply to the project
• WP:MOS/C
  - Manual of Style, Table of Contents
• Special:CentralAuth - Look up various useful information about user accounts
• WP:CHUNK
  - Walls of text
• WP:FILIBUSTER
  - Breaking discussions by repeatedly pushing a point of view that fails to attract consensus
• WP:TRIFECTA
  - Three core principles of Wikipedia
• Help:Interwiki linking - Syntax for linking between different wiki projects, e.g. Wiktionary
• WP:Template messages
  - Navigable index of template messages, such as cleanup banners
• WP:Hatting
  - For uninvolved editors to close toxic discussions
• WP:Noticeboards - A list of noticeboard to use for various purposes
• WP:Reliable sources/Perennial sources - Breakdown of which perennial sources have consensus on reliability
• WP:COI
  - for guidance related to editing when you have a conflict of interest
  • Specific discussion regarding COI in relation to published sources regarding Wikipedia editors
• WP:FLAT
  - Solid essay on the misuse of policy to push nonsense
• WP:MANDY
  - Response to denial of various accusations. "Well, they would deny it, wouldn't they?"