User:HiEv

Main Information About HiEv

This user loves knowledge.

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

ja-1この利用者は初級の日本語ができます。

This user believes in logic.

This user is a skeptic.

This user swears by Science that they are an atheist.

This user is a secular humanist.

This user understands biological evolution.

BCSThis user has a Bachelor of Computer Science degree.

This user is a software engineer.

This user has an account on GitHub.

progThis user has been programming for 77.1% of their life.77%

 
Programming Languages

[[Twine]]-4This user is an expert [[Twine]] programmer.

[[Delphi]]-4This user is an expert [[Delphi]] programmer.

pas-4This user is an expert Pascal programmer.

HTML-3This user is an advanced HTML user.

js-3This user is an advanced JavaScript programmer.

vb-3This user is an advanced Visual Basic programmer.

{{Wiki}}This user is an advanced writer in the MediaWiki language.

BASIC-3This user is an advanced BASIC programmer.

css-2This user is an intermediate Cascading Style Sheets user.

svg-2This user is an intermediate SVG user.

C++-2This user is an intermediate C++ programmer.

asm-1This user is a beginning assembly language programmer.

Who is HiEv?

I'm a computer programmer with a specialization in 2D computer graphic formats. I was was active on Usenet for quite a while (until Verizon Online dropped free Usenet access to the alt.* hierarchy). I'm also a former moderator of the Skepticality forums, AniDB, and the North American Perfect World wiki (under the name "Sangodoc"). I'm a long-time follower of the James Randi Educational Foundation and a proud skeptic.

"HiEv" is actually short for High Evolutionary, my old nick from my BBS days, and is pronounced "high-'ev".

I've been doing minor edits, corrections, and updates in Wikipedia anonymously for a while now, so I figured it was about time to get a user account.

If I do anything wrong, please let me know what I did and what I should have done instead. I enjoy constructive criticism.  :-)

Useful tools and links

For quick reference, here's a link to my contribution history.

WikiDefcon 1 2 3 4 5

WikiDefcon 4 Low to moderate level of vandalism Comment: 3.80 RPM according to EnterpriseyBot 19:10, 4 May 2024 (UTC) ()

Wikipedia: Policies and guidelines - WP:POLICY
Wikipedia: Citation templates - WP:CITET
Wikipedia: Vandalism - WP:VANDAL (Administrator intervention against vandalism, other warning templates)
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents - WP:ANI (for reporting various infractions)
Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup - WP:TMC
Template:Disputed - Template:Disputed (various POV and/or disputed templates)
Wikipedia: New pages - Special:Newpages
The Wikipedia Signpost - WP:POST

Miscellaneous information about HiEv in userbox form

My Philosophy and Preferences

This user is a computer scientist.

This user believes science, practiced through the scientific method, is the
most reliable way of determining the
nature of reality.

This user is a Naturalist who believes only natural laws and forces operate in the universe.

This user is a physicalist who believes everything that exists consists of matter and energy.

evolThis user considers evolution an amazing biological fact.

This user advocates pacifism.

This user is not religious.

This user is interested in religion as a sociological and psychological phenomenon.

This user believes that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is as likely as creationism.

This user believes in the separation of church and state.

Until proven wrong, this user does not believe in the supernatural.

I Enjoy

アニメThis user is an anime otaku.

This user enjoys playing Magic: The Gathering

This user likes to play Role-playing games.

This user reads webcomics.

TDSThis user watches the most trusted name in fake news.

This user enjoys reading science fiction.

This user's hero is Isaac Asimov.

This user enjoys Star Trek.

This user reads the horror works of the master H. P. Lovecraft.

My Computer Setup

This user contributes using Opera.

This user contributes using
Windows 10.

This user runs macOS.

This user has a dual monitor configuration.

Information About Me Which Should Be Unimportant

NameThis user wants their name to be confidential.XXX

This user is a male.

52YThis Wikipedian was born on 5 January 1972 and is 52 years, 3 months, and 30 days old.

This user is American; recognized ancestry ends at the border.

This user comes from Canada.