User:Obankston

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About me
Information technology practitioner and computer scientist for 40+ years
Prior positions are Security & Compliance Technical Analyst, Health Information Exchange (HIE) which interfaces medical records systems, building websites using SharePoint for Fortune 500 companies, and a SCADA and information technology support engineer for power generation


Hobbies and interests

motorcycles and motocross

Airplanes

Space exploration and Astronomy
Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS)

transmission, and distribution
of electricity
Science and technology (generalist)
Biblical studies
Musician
Ontology (information science), upper ontology, and planning/scheduling
EVE Online
(in-game names Pommonde, Ygenesis, Asporus, and Effinite)


Biggest personal triumphs
In a self-employed capacity, I developed

IQ of 155 and does classified computer science
research for a prestigious government research laboratory. The company does have giant underground laboratories like you see in the movies, and he has visited them, but he normally works in a nondescript office.
Biggest personal tragedies
I have an
cum laude. My younger son passed away seven years after successfully becoming a Black Hawk military helicopter pilot. They were boy-and-girl fraternal twins, chimeras by placental anastomosis
.
Biggest personal relationship
My wife of 40+ years is a second cousin of
police undercover agent
. She has heard that "disappearing" was a family discussion subject in the extended family of Elvis, and this could have influenced Elvis.


Lofty Life Goals


Goals for Wikipedia

  • I like to fix spelling, punctuation, grammar, and formatting issues (as in Wikipedia:WikiGnome).
  • I like to contribute regarding current events, especially if the event involves both technical (e.g., science, technology, law) and controversial issues.
  • I like to improve cross referencing by adding wikilinks, by resolving red links, by adding entries to See Also, by hatting (e.g., not to be confused with WWWW) (e.g., YYYY redirects here; for other uses see ZZZZ), and by creating lists or outlines of Wikipedia articles.
  • I like to resolve {{Citation needed}} tags and fix errors in citations.
  • I like to reorganize subject headings in disambiguation pages, because I like to organize, title, and summarize information (an aspect of ontologies).
  • I like to resolve the templates Insufficient Context {{
    complex
    }}
    by writing introductions or sections that describe things in commonly-understood terms, simplify technical content, and summarize the article.
  • I like big-picture grand abstract organizing, classification, and procedural/planning/goal-based principles, like User:The Tetrast and User:The Tetrast/2.
  • I don't like trampling on the work of others, but I remove vandalism, disruptive edits, and inappropriate/non-notable material on my watch list. I tend to be harsher on faceless IP contributors than on users with a user page that I can talk to.
  • I don't like trampling on the work of others, but I may support, let stand, or even make a technical repair to changes (individual or en masse) by others that I wouldn't do myself.


Significant work on Wikipedia

Reorganized subject headings:

Added new articles for computer science and ontology:

Added new articles for astronomy:

Added new articles for other subjects:

Added new articles for lists of articles, outlines, or navigation purposes:

Added significant new material or significant reorganization:

Copyedit and new material for the Russian invasion of Ukraine:

Copyedit and new material for the Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accidents:

Added to lead or introduction, or resolved Too Technical, Intro-rewrite, Context, or Confusing tags:

Copyedit articles:


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