User:Covington

UPDATE: I'm thinking of coming back to Wikipedia after a long break. Thanks to all who thought about me. (^'-')^ Covington 02:40, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

covington 1.1 :: non videri sed esse :: established 17 march 2006 :: northeastern united states :: :: contribs :: count :: desk :: sandbox :: talk :: userboxes :: wikiproject :: browser :: review ::
Bio My name is Covington. I am from Northeastern US. I am English-, Chinese-, and Malaysian-American. My personal motto is non videri sed esse (not seeming but being) and my familial motto is non sufficit orbis (the world is not enough). I hold these words to the bottom of my heart. I am a moderate Wikipedia user, and I am on Wikipedia almost every day. I love to participate in the inner workings of Wikipedia, such as Wikiprojects and Request for Adminship. I believe that civility and cooperation are the keys to a successful Wikipedia and I do my part to promote these two values. I am completely responsible for my own actions, so feel free send your concerns to me at my talk page. If I'm not on Wikipedia, I'm either working, in class, on the so-called court (a.k.a. driveway with a hoop at the end) or playing Oblivion. I am currently writing a couple of screenplays and trying to start a business. Among my best friends I am rumored to be of the likes of James Bond, or Aragorn, or even Martin Septim. Sadly, I am neither. See you around. Covington (talk · contribs · count) Thanks to Sceptre for helping me design my userpage.	ubx Clock It is currently 07:45, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (UTC) update More About Covington Who I am Name: Covington Personal Motto: non videri sed esse (not to seem, but to be) Familial Motto: non sufficit orbis Ethnicity: English-, Chinese-, and Malaysian-American Location: Northeastern US First Edit: 17 March 2006 Languages: English, Latin, Greek (read only) What I like Education Classics Dungeons and Dragons Macs American Football and Touch Football What I don't like Vandalism Ads Incivility TV What I do here Vote on RfAs Vote and Maintain the AID Esperanza Election and User Page Award staff COTW Tip of the Day Stub Sorting Community Justice, including counsillor duties Various Wikiprojects, including Classical Greece and Rome Disambiguate existing links Editing This user helped maintain the Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive. Wikipedia Wikipedia:Babel This user is a member of the Counter-Vandalism Unit. This user is a member of the Kindness Campaign. This user is a Wikipedia tipster. This user participated in Collaboration of the week. no adsThis user is against advertisements on Wikipedia. This user likes their Martinis shaken, not stirred. Search user languages Languages Wikipedia:Babel enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. grc-2Ὅδε ὁ χρήστης δύναται συμβάλλεσθαι μετρίᾳ γνώσει τῆς ἀρχαίας ἑλληνικῆς. la-2Hic usor media latinitate contribuere potest. pig-5Isthay userway ancay ontributecay Igpay Atinlay atway away ofessionalpray evellay. Search user languages . I feel forgotten. I took time off to heal my wrists, and when I come back, I feel like I am forgotten. I posted a message that I would be back, but still, I feel as people thought I disappeared off this planet. Very few people left notes on my talk page. Thank you all who thought about me during my break; I really appreciated it. (^'-')^ Covington 01:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Achievements Major Contributions: Wikiproject Classical Greece and Rome: created Wikiproject Esperanza: couple of templates for the userpage award contest Major Nominations: Collaboration of the Week: Storm (chosen May 7-14) Article Improvement Drive: Dungeons and Dragons (nom Apr 3-May 22) Nikola Tesla (nom May 1 - May 28) Active Memberships: Wikiproject Classical Greece and Rome: founder Concordia: counsillor Article Improvement Drive: maintenance person Esperanza	Remote Article Namespace Maintenance: Disambiguate Articles for Deletion Feedback Needed: Requests for Adminship Editor Review Software: AutoWikiBrowser VandalProof Reference: Editing Guide Templates Images
To-do list for User:Covington: edit - history - watch - purge High Priority Concordia counsillor duties AID maintenance duties review candidates on Editor Review "get well soon" userbox archive Medium Priority participate in the AfD work on Wikiproject Ancient Greece and Rome page list of people whose userpage layout is inspired by mine Wikiproject Asian American History new userboxes template page Low Priority redo userbox page/rearrange userpage work on other Wiki accounts (i.e. Wikitionary) Covington's Goal: 500 Mainspace Edits by December 1st, 2006: 44% done The dove is the symbol of the Covington family. It has inspired me to strive for civility. I take complete responsibility for my actions. Please contact me if you have any concerns. For going out of his way to help another user and showing exceptional WikiCitizenship, I award Covington this Random Acts of Kindness barnstar. _-M o P-_ 04:51, 23 April 2006 (UTC) I have awarded barnstars to these deserving Wikipedians. Congrats to Dijxtra (AID and AIDbot), Dozenist (dental-related articles), and Go for it! (Tip of the Day and Main Page layout). A distinguished newcomer award? Some say so ... Tip of the day... Using templates Templates are a type of page that contain boilerplate text that is intended to be displayed on more than one page in Wikipedia. This Tip of the day box is an example of a template (there are several versions actually), and besides being displayed here it is displayed on many userpages as well. Template names start with the prefix "Template:" followed by the page name. The main version of the template you are reading right now is called "Template:totd". To display a template on a page, go to the target page, click "edit", and add the template's name (with or without the prefix) surrounded by double curly brackets to the page's source text. (The text you see in the edit box when you click edit this page is called "source text", because it is a lot like programming code, which is called "source code"). Including a template on a page in this way is called "transclusion". Here's an example: To include the Template:Philosophy topics, type this at the end of the philosophy article you wish to place it on:: {{Philosophy topics}} Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Help:Template   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{tip of the day}}