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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 join us , and the world will be as one..."
(John Lennon)
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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
Other Presences
I maintain a personal website at http://technobabbl.es/. For a list of my other Web presences, check out my Web Presences page.
Usurpation of the username Tuvok was successful, and that is now my first doppelgänger account.
Userboxes
Now for some information, distributed via userboxes:
About me
 | This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 1 month and 4 days. |
| 22,100*+
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This user has made over 22,100* contributions to Wikipedia.
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 | This user tries to do the right thing. If he makes a mistake, please let him know. |
| 21 | This user is 21 years old. |
208 countries in the world |
 Neat!
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This user is intrigued by the dietary laws of Kashrut.
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This wikipedian is involved in FIRST Robotics
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| USage decline
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This user uses American English, but is appalled at its rapid and continuing deterioration.
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 | This user is not British, but can speak with a British accent. |
| {{Wiki}} | This user can write in the MediaWiki language. |
AIM talk perfectly well, but does not seriously use it. Ever. |
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Computers
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise . |
| This Blue Screens of Death . |
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This user contributes using a PC.
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fox! |  |
| W3C | This user believes in compliance with W3C standards. |
 | This user uses Google as a primary search engine. |
 | This user uses Wikipedia as a primary point of reference. |
 | This user has/is using Mac OS X. |
 | This user contributes using an
iMac. |
1920
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1080 | This user contributes at
1920 x 1080 resolution. |
1440
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900 | This user contributes at
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| BB | This user contributes using a broadband connection. |
| C-0 | This person does not understand C (or does not want to program in C). |
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Grammar
| snuk | This user says snuck. |
| …in. | Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with. |
to
too
two | This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two. |
| who | This user prefers using who for both the object and subject case. Who does it hurt to simplify things? |
| if & whether | This user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly. |
their
there
they're | This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling! |
your
you're | This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help. |
than
then | This user understands the difference between using "than" and "then." |
A, B, and
A and B | This user uses the serial comma unless its inclusion is confusing. |
| its & it's | This user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you. |
its
it's | It's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner. |
| its | This user understands the difference between its (of it) and it's (it is or it has). |
| ’s | Thi'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
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This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.
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Wikipedia
| vn-19 | This user's talk page has been vandalized 19 times. |
| <sum>:1 | This user believes that every edit should have a summary. |
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This user welcomes new users with Twinkle!
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This user tags articles for maintenance with Twinkle!
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 | Warning to Vandals: This user is armed with VandalProof. |
| This user edits with the gadget wikEd. |
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Math
 | This user is of his userboxes. |
 | This user knows by heart the first 7 digits in the decimal representation of pi. |
| This user is pretty sure that it is an outlier compared to everybody else. |  |
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Time
| 00:00 | This user uses 24-hour time . |
GMT
var | This user's time zone changes every so many days/weeks/months. |
flux capacitor seized by the FBI |
 | This user has no understanding of time and does everything at the last minute. |
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Web-Related
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This user helped design or create a website for Southwest Robotics Team 2129, but it is no longer available online. :-(
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This user has helped design or create a website for another entity, which can be found here.
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Games
 | This user prefers to play games on a PC. |
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This user's SteamID is dgw.
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| cvg-2 | This user is an intermediate gamer. |
 | This user is thinking with Portals! |
| L4D2 | This user was Left 4 Dead...Again. |
| TF2 | Who touched this user's Sasha?!?! |
| TF2 | This user's sentry is being sapped!! |
| Src | This user enjoys playing games that use Valve's Source Engine. |
Neopets | This user has quit playing Neopets. |
| Diff E | This user plays difficulty available. |
| Diff M | This user plays difficulty . |
| Diff H | This user plays difficulty available. |
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Other
 | This user enjoys attending the theatre on a regular basis. |
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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
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