User:Ɱ/sandbox16

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This isn't mine, I pasted it from another editor's page because I like it and will make something similar.


Wiki-addicted?[edit]

Some things I've noticed that may suggest I spend too much time on Wikipedia:

  • I sign my emails - even my business emails - with four tildes.
  • I use wikimarkup in Microsoft Word, and get frustrated when it isn't recognised because I can't remember Word's actual commands for the things I want to do.
  • When I see a breaking news story or learn a new fact, my first thought is never, "How terrible!" or "How fascinating!", but invariably, "Do we have an article on that yet?"
  • My CV mentions my work on Wikipedia. More than once.
  • When I see a suspicious fact in a newspaper or on a website - or even on an advertising hoarding - I also see a little[citation needed] tag in my mind's eye.
  • I wish I owned a better camera - not to record the lives of my family, but so that I could produce decent panoramic pictures for Wikipedia articles.
  • I get genuinely angry when people question Wikipedia's reliability, and will aggressively cite studies at them to demonstrate its veracity.
  • I'm secretly pleased when my infant son wakes up in the night, because it means I get to edit whilst waiting for him to go back to sleep.

Everything I write as part of my job conforms to the Manual of Style.

  • I don't read blogs anymore, because they aren't reliable sources; what's the point?
  • I know more about copyright law than I ever thought I'd need to. More, in fact, than I ever thought a copyright lawyer would need to.
  • I treat the Civility policy as a moral guideline for real-world interactions (rather than applying real-world morality to Wikipedia interactions).
  • I was recently asked what the proudest moment of my life had been. My graduation, the births of my children, my wedding, various promotions - all took second place to my successful RFA.
  • I lecture my friends in the pub on the finer points of Wikipedia policy. None of them edit here.