Welcome to my user page
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Who I am
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Introduction
About me
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Welcome! You can call me Alex on Wikipedia. The most important thing you should know about me is that I am always open to discussion. If we're having a disagreement, if you're concerned about something I did, or if you need help with anything, I invite you to leave me a message. That's it! If you'd like to know more about me, keep reading. Things I'm passionate about:
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What I do
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My Work
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Wikipedia and me
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Occupation & Education
Editing
- I will always document reasons for my changes in an edit summary.
- The more explanation a change requires, the longer the summary.
- If something's not clear, you are always welcome to contact me on my talk page.
- I can contribute to Russian→English text translations, but my English→Russian is only passable.
- I like to patrol RecentChanges and copyedit Random articles.
- I am interested in improving the WP:ACCESSIBILITY of Wikipedia.
- Please read User:AlexEng/COI for details regarding my conflicts of interest.
- You are welcome to read my statement of bias.
Works in Progress
Useful Links
I found many of these links useful at one point or another. Sharing them on this page with a brief blurb for each in hopes that others also find them useful.
- AlexEng/RfA Criteria - My personal RfA criteria
- WP:MOREX - Arguments based on the experience of the editor
- WP:CRUSH - Civil POV pushing
- WP:Service awards - Various self-granted awards for editors based on time served and edit count
- WP:NUTSHELL - Very simple breakdown of Wikipedia core principles for new users and those with shorter attention spans
- WP:GUIDELINES - List of all guidelines that apply to the project
- WP:MOS/C - Manual of Style, Table of Contents
- Special:CentralAuth - Look up various useful information about user accounts
- WP:CHUNK - Walls of text
- WP:FILIBUSTER - Breaking discussions by repeatedly pushing a point of view that fails to attract consensus
- WP:TRIFECTA - Three core principles of Wikipedia
- Help:Interwiki linking - Syntax for linking between different wiki projects, e.g. Wiktionary
- WP:Template messages - Navigable index of template messages, such as cleanup banners
- WP:Hatting - For uninvolved editors to close toxic discussions
- WP:Noticeboards - A list of noticeboard to use for various purposes
- WP:Reliable sources/Perennial sources - Breakdown of which perennial sources have consensus on reliability
- WP:COI - for guidance related to editing when you have a conflict of interest
- WP:FLAT - Solid essay on the misuse of policy to push nonsense
- WP:MANDY - Response to denial of various accusations. "Well, they would deny it, wouldn't they?"
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Award(s)
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What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
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For suggesting an infobox to replace the lead image at Haredi Judaism. Great idea! You just saved the project many hours in keystrokes and reads. Well done, my friend!  Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:19, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
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