While I was once very active, bordering perhaps upon too active upon Wikipedia, I no longer have the time nor the passion to contribute to the same degree. Still, my use of Wikipedia as a reference has remained consistent, and I find myself still fixing the odd typo every so often, in the hopes that I can continue to help.
Wikipedia has changed so much since I first came - as perhaps most things do in eight years. Still, I cannot help but be amazed at how much of an impact something as "simple" as a free encyclopedia has had upon the world. Knowledge must be free, and I'm glad to see that Wikipedia has ensured that will always be the case.
I won't drop a retirement banner on this page, that's much too cliche. Even this stretches the boundary. I'll continue to visit - drop me a line if you'd like my help in something. I can't promise a prompt response, but I'll respond....sometime :)
Including the contents of a template page on a different page (by surrounding the page name with double braces, i.e. "{{}}" and leaving out the "Template:" prefix) is called transclusion.
This allows the other page to be automatically updated whenever the template page is updated.
Besides templates, pages in the following namespaces can be transcluded:
Category:
Help:
Portal:
User:
Wikipedia:
The only difference between transcluding these and templates is that you must include the prefix (followed by a colon) with the page's name inside the double braces.
Images also can be transcluded, but this is done using double square brackets instead of braces.
The following articles comprise a list of the articles that I have created. Since the creation, many of the articles have changed completely, no doubt for the better. Nevertheless, I am proud that I can say I was the original creator of these articles.
For correcting literally hundreds of spelling errors and other typos made by me, I award you with The Original Barnstar. Mr.crabby(Talk) 01:02, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
The Dwight Schrute Award of Excellence
I award you The Dwight Schrute Award of Excellence (the first one) for your amazing work on the Office project, and many of its articles. Good job! STORMTRACKER94 Go Irish! 14:40, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
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