User:Ira Leviton

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Name	Ira Leviton
Born	Brooklyn, New York
Nationality	American
Country	United States
Current location	New York, New York (it's so nice you have to say it twice)
Race	4 × 400 meter relay
Hair	yes
Eyes	only two
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs
Hobbies	genealogy, Wikipedia, and correcting my wife
Religion	Jewish
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Joined	May 2, 2015
First edit	May 2, 2015
Edit count	← click on the blue words
Signature	Ira Leviton (talk)
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This user was identified as an awesome Wikipedian on January 19, 2018. This user received the Editor of the Week award for the week beginning March 25, 2018. THIS USER HATES ALLCAPS!! tyop typoThis user is a member of the Wikipedia Typo Team. This user is one of the 170 most active English Wikipedians of all time. ABCXYZThis user hates to see jargon and unfamiliar acronyms or abbreviations on Wikipedia.
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Hi, I'm Ira Leviton. Even if I were to try to keep my name a secret, I realize how easy it is to find out, and since I haven't done anything wrong and I'm not paranoid, I make no effort to hide.

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Ira may be a NY Mets fan

Ira Leviton

Editor of the Week for the week beginning March 25, 2018

Since 2015, Ira's New York focus works at disseminating knowledge and information in all the spheres of the Wiki. Over 43000 edits with 97% to mainspace: uses edit summary 99% of the time. Constantly adding facts, links, references and correcting errors.

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WP:Typo Team member

Notable works

25 articles including List of hospitals in New York City

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The basics

• I'm the only Ira Leviton in the world.
• I was born July 22, 1959 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
• I was named יצחק מאיר‎ for my father's father, who was born the year after the death of the first Gerrer Rebbe, Yitzchak Meir Alter, and named for him, so I can trace my name back to 1799.
• I've lived in New York City for my entire life and am proud of that.  Twenty years in Brooklyn, sixteen years in the Bronx, and currently in my twenty-eighth year in Manhattan.  (Perhaps it's time to move to Queens or Staten Island?  Nahhhhh...)
• I'm a medical doctor specializing in infectious diseases.  I work for Montefiore Hospital and am on the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
• Some of my information, philosophy, and outlook is summarized in the user boxes below.  I'll make more user boxes for other things that I think are important... some day.  Feel free to contact me via my talk page.

Why I became a Wikipedia editor

I became a Wikipedian to create a page for Disco Freddy as a personal challenge. Shortly afterward, I noticed an obvious error on the page for Hans Schmidt, the only priest to be executed for murder in the U.S. – it stated that he was buried at Mount Zion Cemetery in Queens. I knew that was impossible, because it's a Jewish cemetery, although because the cemetery is still active, I called to confirm that he wasn't there.  (Yes, I know, no original research allowed...)  After that, I continued to fix grammatical and occasional factual errors that I noticed, add references when they were needed, and occasionally create new pages. I believe in disseminating knowledge and information, and that whenever possible, knowledge and access to it should be free.  (I'm not saying that teachers or professors shouldn't be paid, or that students should be able attend any school they want to, or that books should be free, but I think it's always a good thing when knowledge can be created or distributed at no cost.)  I add facts, links, and references, correct errors, and try to improve the delivery of information on pages I read.

You can find all my user subpages by clicking here: see Ira's subpages.

Category pages created
Bronx County District Attorneys John Dewey High School alumni Kings County District Attorneys

Photos uploaded to Wikimedia
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Endless lists of things to fix
CS1 maintenance CS1 errors numeric names: authors list unsupported parameter Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls PMC format invisible characters abbreviated year range extra punctuation empty unknown parameters unrecognized parameter unrecognized language missing pipe‎ extra text: edition

About me via userboxes

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This user is from Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. NYCThis user lives in New York City. This user lives in the U.S. State of New York. This user is proud to be a resident native citizen of the United States. 6'3"This user is 6 feet, 3 inches tall. enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. USThis user uses American English. This user is interested in his family history. This user is currently near geocoordinates 40.782690°N 73.977740°W / 40.782690; -73.977740 NYC 51This user thinks New York City should secede from New York State. This user enjoys walking. This user doesn't know the difference between a doughnut and a cup of coffee. This user is of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. גאליציאנערThis user is a Galitzianer. This user is a Levite לוי. landsmanshaft This user is a member of a landsmanshaft. This user is an identical twin, but is also their very own person. So there. This user is interested in Genealogy and has started plotting his family tree. This user knows that a politician is lying if his mouth is open. This user believes it is every citizen's duty to vote. This user is interested in DNA and genetics. POEMThis user has had one of his poems published. cRap This user can't stand rap music. This user supports recycling. This user prefers non-fiction. This user is interested in history. This user is interested in World War II. This user deeply and utterly loathes people who deny the Holocaust. This user remembers using a rotary dial telephone. NIThis user remembers when telephone numbers began with exchange names, such as Nightingale. This user has no cell phone. TV-0This user has no television set. BSThis user has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry. SBThis user is an alumnus of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. MDThis user has a Doctor of Medicine degree. This user is a graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. OCDThis user lives with obsessive–compulsive disorder. A+This user got a perfect score on his blood test. His blood type is A positive. This user is a blood donor. This user loves thunderstorms. :-] This user is polite and expects others to act accordingly. This user is against smoking. This user maintains a Facebook profile. This user reads The New York Times. This user uses public transit. This user rides the New York City Subway on a regular basis. This user rides MTA NYC Bus. This user supports the use of wind power, solar power, and electric vehicles. YUEThis user drinks beer crafted by D. G. Yuengling & Son FDR"I think this would be a good time for a beer." – Franklin Roosevelt, March 12, 1933. Let's Go Mets! This user does not know how to drive a car. AEThis user wears shoes made only by Allen Edmonds. This user is an advanced mathematician. ${\frac {?}{0}}$ This user can divide by zero. This user likes Pi(e). This user speaks with proper grammar.1 ’sThi'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. their there they'reThis user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling! its & it'sThis user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you. less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer. This user is proud to be a New Yorker ! This user enjoys something, but will not tell you. error This space intentionally left blank. to/too/ two Too many people have no idea how to use words they should have learned in grade two. This user is highly... um... What's that word again? sar-NThis user is a native speaker of sarcasm. Isn't that just great? A, B, and CThis user prefers the Oxford comma. <html>This user can write HTML. This user is highly sensitive to the oil found in poison ivy plants. This user is a mammal. This user likes jokes and humor. This user will find the humor in anything with a funny side. In Soviet Russia, Wikipedia reads you. "Surely this user can't be serious?" This user doesn't invoke conspiracy as explanation, when ignorance and incompetence will suffice. Katz's LawThis user knows that men and women will act rationally when all other possibilities have been exhausted. This user believes Groupthink is the most dangerous aspect of the human psyche. Who's with me? This user is from Uranus. This user is an advanced toilet user. This user has a Rubik's Cube, and it looks very similar to ←— that one (unsolved)! This user often makes mistakes while typing, and like take oppurtunity to aoplogiae. .....This user is a professional procrastinator. one too manyThis user currently has one too many spouses. Don't click this userbox. WhoThis user knows Who's on First. Today is 18 April 2024 "Watch it, sucker." - 'Aunt Esther' Anderson (LaWanda Page), Sanford and Son "Missed it by that much." - Maxwell Smart, Secret Agent 86 (Don Adams), Get Smart "Baby, you're the greatest." - Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason), The Honeymooners "I know nothing, I see nothing, I was not even here!" – Sgt. Hans Schultz (John Banner), Hogan's Heroes Just one more thing... "People Are Strange." - Jim Morrison "Don't take me on Friday, Lord, 'cause that's when I get paid." - John Fogerty This user is a Wikidee. This user is a member of WikiProject New York City assessments | recent changes | talk This user is a member of WikiProject New York City Public Transportation. tyop typoThis user is a member of the Wikipedia Typo Team. THIS USER HATES ALLCAPS!! This user has created 36 articles on Wikipedia. This user has created 3 categories on Wikipedia. This user has created 7 templates on Wikipedia. This user's mind-reading skills are not so good. Please leave an edit summary. 8Y This Wikipedian joined Wikipedia on May 2, 2015 (8 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 2 days ago). 14%This user has been a Wikipedian for 13.8% of his life.  0.00053% This user has created 36 of the 6,813,698 articles on the English language Wikipedia. [[redlink]]This editor adds useful red links to articles to encourage content creation. This user was identified as an awesome Wikipedian on January 19, 2018. This user edits on Wikipedia under his real name. This editor is a WikiGnome. This user has earned the 250,000 Edits Award. This user has given 22 barnstar(s) to others. This user has been awarded 15 Barnstars on Wikipedia. This user likes to steal wikimarkup code for use on their own userpage. <ref>This user would like to see everyone using inline citations. Please... This user has created a global account. 301,000+This user has made more than 301,000 contributions to Wikipedia. This user thinks you can learn a lot by editing an Encyclopedia. This user believes that anyone who thinks Wikipedia is an unreliable source should continue their quest to find a better website. This user likes to use the thank button. This user is being watched by 1,463,538 other editors. This user believes userboxes are a form of expression. This user userboxes userboxes. This user likes to use redundant userboxes that are redundant. This user has created 18 userboxes, including this one. 123 ubxsThis user has 123 userboxes. ENDThis user has no more userboxes.

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