User:Jayen466

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Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these Imperial triple crown jewels upon Jayen466 for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:37, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I'm Andreas Kolbe. Areas I enjoy working in and/or know a little about: sociology of religion; quality management methods; German history; tropical plants; dinosaurs; languages; popular music.

[edit] Contributions

	This user has written or significantly contributed to 11 featured articles on Wikipedia.

	This user has written or significantly contributed to 4 good articles on Wikipedia.

	This user has reviewed 3 Good Article nominations on Wikipedia.

	This user has written or expanded 13 DYK articles on Wikipedia.

	This user has uploaded 1 valued picture on Wikipedia.

	This editor is a Senior Editor II and is entitled to display this Platinum Editor Star.

38,000+	This user has made over 38,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

	This user has been on Wikipedia for 4 years, 11 months, and 12 days.

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	This user is ranked 777 on the list of Wikipedians by number of recent edits.

	This user has autopatrolled rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

	This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

	This user is a newpage patroller.

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	This user is married to DracoEssentialis, a fellow Wikipedian.

[edit] Articles

Articles I started or have made significant contributions to:

Note: FA and GA which I wrote or co-wrote are displayed in the header at the top of this user page. Contributions to other FA and GA consisted in proofreading, copy-editing, reference organisation, minor content contributions, ALT texts and sorting out issues at FAC.

[edit] GA reviews

I have reviewed the following GA candidates:

Adi Da 2009-12-11
Siege of Godesberg (1583) 2009-12-17
Radar (song) 2010-04-07

[edit] Guidelines and essays

I have written or significantly contributed to the following Wikipedia guidelines and essays:

Guidelines

WP:Plagiarism

Essays

[edit] My work on religious movement articles

Project-wide statistics (note that the graphic artist wasn't able to fit the Scientology section in, as they only had a 30-inch screen when they created this)

As regards my work on various religious movement articles, I don't have, and never have had, any personal affiliation with any of the movements concerned, with one exception: I joined the Osho (Rajneesh) movement as a teenager and lived in and around various Osho communes for about five years, from 1980 to 1984. I have never held any office in the movement. I have lived apart from the movement for the past 25 years and have no particular affiliation with or allegiance to any of its organisations and businesses today, nor am I here to represent any of their interests. I do, however, have a lively academic interest in the movement and have contributed to several of Wikipedia's articles on it.

Contributions to the New Religious Movements WikiProject:

Wikipedia:WikiProject Religion/New religious movements work group/Manual of Style

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Wikipedia Review

I post as HRIP7 at Wikipedia Review.

[edit] Quotes

Mulla Nasrudin

[edit] The NPOV policy explained

Nasrudin was a judge and arbitrator in a dispute. First the advocate of the first side gave an eloquent discourse advancing his claims. Nasrudin, who had been listening intently, agreed and said, "That's right."
Next, it was the other advocate's turn, and he was just as erudite. Once more Nasrudin agreed, adding, "That's right."
Listening to Nasrudin's pronouncements, his clerk commented, "They can't both be right." To which Nasrudin agreed by saying, "That's right!" —Idries Shah

[edit] Verifiability and truth explained

One day the King decided that he would force all his subjects to tell the truth.
A gallows was erected in front of the city gates. A herald announced, "Whoever would enter the city must first answer the truth to a question which will be put to him."
Nasrudin was first in line. The captain of the guard asked him, "Where are you going? Tell the truth – the alternative is death by hanging."
"I am going," said Nasrudin, "to be hanged on that gallows."
"I don't believe you."
"Very well, if I have told a lie, then hang me!"
"But that would make it the truth!"
"Exactly," said Nasrudin. "YOUR truth." —Idries Shah

[edit] "Assume good faith" explained

Nasrudin dreamt that he had Satan's beard in his hand. Tugging the hair he cried: "The pain you feel is nothing compared to that which you inflict on the mortals you lead astray." And he gave the beard such a tug that he woke up yelling in agony.
Only then did he realize that the beard he held in his hand was his own. —Idries Shah

[edit] On Wikipedia in general

Wikipedia demographics. (You have been warned.)

Wikipedians are 80 percent male, more than 65 percent single, more than 85 percent without children, around 70 percent under the age of 30. —Source: [1].

Wikipedia isn't governed by the thoughtful or the informed – it is governed by anyone who turns up. There are a small core of people who like playing wiki as an in-house role-playing game and simply deny real-world consequences that might limit their freedom of action. There are a larger group who are too immature or lazy to think straight. And then there are all those who recognise "something must be done", but perpetually oppose the something that's being proposed in favour of a "better idea". The mechanism is rather like using a chat-show phone-in to manage the intricacies of a federal budget – it does not work for issues that need time, thought, responsibility and attention. I doubt this problem can be fixed – since it needs structural change to decision making – which is impossible for precisely the same reasons. —Scott MacDonald

The Wikipedia philosophy can be summed up thusly: "Experts are scum." For some reason people who spend 40 years learning everything they can about, say, the Peloponnesian War – and indeed, advancing the body of human knowledge – get all pissy when their contributions are edited away by Randy in Boise who heard somewhere that sword-wielding skeletons were involved. And they get downright irate when asked politely to engage in discourse with Randy until the sword-skeleton theory can be incorporated into the article without passing judgment. —Lore Sjöberg, from "The Wikipedia FAQK"

[edit] On God and the world

When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book? —Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (Lichtenberg at Wikiquote)

The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. —H. L. Mencken (Mencken at Wikiquote)
- If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner, and wink your eye at some homely girl. —Mencken's epitaph

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. —Frederick Douglass (Douglass at Wikiquote)

Questioners sooner or later end up in a library ... And answers are dangerous, they kill your wonder. —Osho (Osho at Wikiquote)

In the coming world they will not ask me—Why were you not Moses? They will ask me—Why were you not Zusha? —Zusha of Hanipol (Zusha of Hanipol at Wikiquote)

Poems are made by fools like me / But only God can make a tree / And only God who makes the tree / Also makes the fools like me / But only fools like me, you see / Can make a God who makes a tree. —Yip Harburg (Harburg at Wikiquote)

[edit] Awards

		The Half Barnstar
		Awarded to you and to Curt Wilhelm VonSavage. For the most civil disagreement I have ever seen on Wikipedia, at 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack. Very impressive. Keep it up! Katr67 (talk) 23:16, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		Awarded for your constant effort in promoting understanding and fellowship at the Prem Rawat articles.Momento (talk) 03:40, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For making the effort to locate a difficult to find and out-of-print source. If only more editors would go beyond Google in their research! ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 17:40, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

		The Surreal Barnstar
		Awarded to Jayen466 by Esowteric for the wonderful and inspired work put into the Sam Blacketer controversy. Esowteric (talk) 16:20, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

		The Neutral Point of View Medal with Human Rights / Local Police Ribbon
		JN466, in recognition of his many efforts towards balance and discretion on Wikipedia biographical articles, with special mention of his most recent proposal for image captions on the Cambridge P.D. – Prof. Skip Gates article: spot on in its provision of necessary context with extraordinary neutrality and concision!—Justmeherenow 19:39, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		I would hereby bestow this barnstar as an enormous gesture of thanks for your help in bringing Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident to Featured Article status. Ohconfucius (talk) 02:39, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For the hard work verifying that Hannibal Fogg was a hoax and thus preventing Wikipedia containing a number of intentionally and methodically falsified entries, I award you this barnstar. Esowteric+Talk 12:45, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Awesomeness
		You rock man! I am truly amazed how fast you can find high quality third party reliable sources. --HappyInGeneral (talk) 17:42, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

		The Citation Barnstar
		In recognition of your outstanding work in organising and resolving citation issues in the Inner German border article. -- ChrisO (talk) 12:29, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

		The Teamwork Barnstar
		For being one of the copyeditors and reviewers who helped get Makinti Napanangka to FAC, but also for just generally being part of the FAC team. hamiltonstone (talk) 10:38, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

		The Reviewer's Barnstar
		For your incredible ability to find the minutest ‘’minutae’’, and for suggestions on Cologne War, Unification of Germany, Hermann Detzner, and others. Auntieruth55 (talk) 19:55, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diplomacy
		For trying to make two of our best editors work together, instead of against each other. GRuban (talk) 04:31, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

		The Guidance Barnstar
		Thank you so much! Weaponbb7 (talk) 15:50, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

		The Helping Hand Barnstar
		Thank you for helping me format my first article, rescuing it from deletion, and writing a genius hook for its DYK nomination. And for generally being a most excellent ♥ husband ♥. DracoEssentialis (talk) 22:23, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

		The Law Barnstar
		Thank you very much for your support in the kangaroo court. You were clearly the most analytical person there. Where would I have been without a "lawyer"? I will not appeal, too much work, no fun. Anyway, this page is now on my watch list, which could be handy sometime. Thanks again. /Pieter Kuiper (talk) 20:25, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

		Military history reviewers' award
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews during the period July-December 2009, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

		Military history reviewers' award
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews for the period Jan-Jun 2010, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Ian Rose (talk) 09:40, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

		Imperial Triple Crown
		Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these Imperial triple crown jewels upon Jayen466 for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:37, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

		The Human Sexuality Barnstar
		Nice work on the Creampie article.Cptnono (talk) 01:20, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

		Wikicookie
		for Jayen466. Bravo. For your very good correction in page of Pauline Bebe. Continue your good work in Wikipedia. Pass a good week chérie, Best regards --Geneviève (talk) 22:01, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

		The Teamwork Barnstar
		Thank you for all your corrections of pages on the Women Hockey specially for the page German women's ice hockey Bundesliga . You were there to complete the best translation and correct my errors. I am grateful to you for it. Congratulation --Geneviève (talk) 11:57, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Credits

On August 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death, 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)} 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. WP:DYK 20:14, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

On December 31, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bruce High Quality Foundation, 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. Royal broil 03:42, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

On January 3, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article INFORM (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements), 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. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 06:00, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

On January 4, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, 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. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 06:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

An image created by you has been promoted to valued picture status

Your image, File:PetitPiton.JPG, was nominated on Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Elekhh (talk) 07:08, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

On 24 May, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Swim ~, which you recently nominated. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

On June 23, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article James A. Beckford, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the 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. — Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

On June 25, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Journal of Contemporary Religion, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the 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. Mifter (talk) 12:03, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

On June 25, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Peter B. Clarke, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the 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. Mifter (talk) 12:03, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

On June 27, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lorne L. Dawson, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the 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. — Rlevse • Talk • 06:04, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

On June 27, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Andreas Grünschloß, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the 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. — Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

On 29 June, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gregory Berns, which you recently nominated. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 18:02, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

On July 7, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dick Anthony, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the 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. — Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

On July 11, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John A. Saliba, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the 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. Materialscientist (talk) 12:04, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

On 18 August 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Lazarus Effect (film), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the 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. Courcelles 18:03, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

On 17 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Red Barked Tree, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that while it took Wire three months to come up with a title for their last album, Object 47, the band immediately agreed on naming their current record Red Barked Tree? You are welcome to check how many hits the 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. Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

On 8 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ivy Alvarez, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that award-winning poet and Cardiff resident Ivy Alvarez (pictured) was born in the Philippines, grew up in Tasmania, has worked in Scotland, Ireland, and Spain, and had her first book published in the US? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. —HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:48, 7 March 2011 (UTC) 03:04, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

On 8 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anna Murray-Douglass, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Anna Murray (pictured) helped her future husband, Frederick Douglass, escape slavery by giving him sailor's clothes and a part of her savings? You are welcome to check how many hits the 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. —HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:02, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

On 8 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Maureen Corrigan, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that according to book critic Maureen Corrigan, today’s narratives of women’s suffering are breaking with a tradition going back to Homer, in that they show women talking – and fighting – back? You are welcome to check how many hits the 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. —HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:03, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Some of the images I uploaded, taken either by myself or my wife

Gros Piton ...

... and Petit Piton

La Désirade seen from Guadeloupe

Frangipani

Costus speciosus

Alpinia purpurata (red ginger)

Tapeinochilus ananassae (wax ginger)

Alpinia purpurata (red ginger)

Delonix regia var. Flavida (yellow poinciana)

Leptophyes punctatissima (speckled bush-cricket)

[edit] Travels

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