User:Ute in DC

About me

I chose my username because I am a Utah fan, and I lived in Washington, D.C. when I registered for Wikipedia. Now I have graduated from law school and am back in Salt Lake City, but I kept my original username. I am active in WikiProject College football. I also enjoy welcoming newcomers as well as reverting vandalism, which I find therapeutic. I love barnstars. I have four so far, but always appreciate more. So if I've done something you think is worthy of recognition, show some WikiLove and award me one on my talk page, okay?

Userboxes

College football   Userboxes UtesWho am I, sir? A Utah Man, am I. This user participates in WikiProject College football.	My language choices   Userboxes USThis user uses American English. DMCausing unintended humor, this user edits dangling modifiers. ;This user is addicted to semicolons; he uses them frequently. they This user uses singular they as standard English, as did Twain, Shakespeare and Chaucer. …in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with. ??? ?!? !!!This user terminates excessive use of exclamation points and question marks on sight. Grow up!	About me   Userboxes This user is a cyclist. This user has visited 43 of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.43 This user has visited 10 of the 63 National Parks in the United States.10 This user supports public transit. This user supports recycling. This user supports the use of green energy. This user has donated blood 22 times. This user has migraines.
Wikipedia   Userboxes This user has been on Wikipedia for 15 years, 6 months and 21 days. This editor is a Veteran Editor II and is entitled to display this Bronze Editor Star. This user has written or expanded 2 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user has pending changes reviewer rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) vn-5This user page has been vandalized 5 times. vn-7This user's talk page has been vandalized 7 times. This user appreciates WikiLove.	Education & learning   Userboxes This user is a Presbyterian. This user graduated from The University of Utah. This user has a BA in Political Science. This user has a BA in English. GUThis user graduated from Georgetown University. This user has a law degree. This user is a practicing attorney. This user is licensed to practice law in the State of Utah This user is an autodidact in a wide range of subjects that they never took in school or college. This user knows that American Independence occured on July 2, 1776.	Reading   Userboxes This user is Waiting for Godot, who will surely be arriving on July 2. The New YorkerThis user reads The New Yorker. In much wisdom is much grief. —Ecclesiastes R This user is a Ravenclaw.
Movies   Userboxes DSThis user knows you can't fight in the War Room. This user was born to kill. PULPThis user does not think Marsellus Wallace looks like a bitch. SW VThis user thinks The Empire Strikes Back is one of the best films of all time.	Other pop culture   Userboxes LTIThis user embiggens Wikipedia with their cromulent editing! JDThis user knows that love will tear us apart again.	Food & drink   Userboxes HFCSThis user prefers foods and beverages that do not contain high-fructose corn syrup. CHIPOTLE!This is user is absolutely addicted to Chipotle Mexican Grill This user loves to eat avocados. This user prefers Chicago-style pizza. This user enjoys sampling cuisines from all over the world. This user appreciates Fine Coffee This user drinks Coca-Cola

Picture of the day

I endorse more pictures and visual media on Wikipedia. To that end, I put the picture of the day on my profile page to raise awareness of the power of visual media. Picture of the day Mundus Alter et Idem (Another World and Yet the Same) is a satirical dystopian novel written by the English writer and bishop Joseph Hall around 1605. In the novel, the narrator takes a voyage in the ship Fantasia through the southern seas, visiting the lands of Crapulia, Viraginia, Moronia, and Lavernia (populated by gluttons, nags, fools, and thieves, respectively). These locations feature on this map, which accompanies the novel.Map credit: Joseph Hall

Awards

Barnstars

		The Original Barnstar
		Great work on your edits to Holy War (Utah vs. BYU). You did a good job of making balanced edits to an article that sees some very partisan and biased edits. I tried to find a 'Keeping It Real' barnstar, but I don't think there is one. So thanks for not letting your own views get in the way of writing a fair and complete article. Glennfcowan (talk) 03:13, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Ute in DC for copy editing articles totalling over 12000 words in the January GOCE Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Diannaa (Talk) 17:43, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

		The Modest Barnstar
		For copy editing five articles with a total of 5,329 words (including rollover) during the Guild of Copy Editors' March 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thanks for all your contributions! SMasters (talk) 05:41, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thanks for your help with addressing vandalism issues with Paul Johnson article. Mistercontributer (talk) 02:34, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

DYKs

On May 25, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wayne Howard (football coach), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On February 22, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2005 TCU Horned Frogs football team, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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