User:Libcub

I have been a Wikipedia editor since 2008. I mostly do copy editing and vandalism reverting. I live in Seattle, WA, USA, and am a PhD student in information science at the University of Washington's Information School.

Languages & scripts

en-us
-NThis user is a native speaker of American English.

en-us
-5This user can contribute at a professional level of American English.

ipa-3
əThis user has an advanced understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

English usage preferences

LE-0This individual still maintains a shred of dignity in this insane world by adhering to correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalization.

they…This user considers singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so avoids it on Wikipedia.

mankindThis user supports the use of gender-neutral language.

y'allThis user thinks y'all serves a useful purpose as a second-person plural pronoun, and would like to see y'all use it more often.

byThe passive voice may be used by this user.

to¦<b>ly¦goThis user is proud to rightfully split infinitives.

…in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with.

which & that

This user joins with Dickens, Melville, and other great writers[1] in rejecting the canard that which may not be used for restrictive relative clauses.

English Singulars: "The data is..."

This user recognizes that "data", "media", and "agenda" have become incorporated into English as singular nouns.

golden toad

This user advocates lowercase common names in an encyclopedia.

A, B, and CThis user prefers the serial comma.

"…"!
US vs. UKThis user uses "logical quotation marks". Forcing internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a nationalistic style issue!

ANAL 4This user advocates good grammar usage.

“,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler.

enThis user uses American English on talk pages, but the appropriate variety of English in articles.

2024-12-02This user uses ISO-8601 to express dates.

Chicago,
IllinoisThis user thinks articles about large U.S. cities should follow the "City, State" format, not just "City".

Wikipedia views

Mind
the
GapThis editor wants to close Wikipedia's gender gap.

This user is a member of the Association of Structurist Wikipedians.

Everyone has points of view with inherent cultural biases - recognition is the first step to achieving NPOV.

This user believes that a user's edit count does not necessarily reflect on the value of their contributions to Wikipedia.

This user believes all public domain images should be moved to the Commons.

COMMON REASONThis user believes that "common sense" is a worthless delusion and prefers to argue using reason.

This editor thinks that all articles should have an infobox.

This user uses the "Show preview" button so as to avoid making a great number of useless, successive edits.

Don't forget about Larry!

UARThis editor believes that account creation keeps people accountable here on Wikipedia.

This user is bold, but not reckless, in updating pages.

This user believes that all editors have bias when seeking WP:NPOV.

WP:RS

This user believes in using Reliable Sources.

This user is a member of the Association of Categorist Wikipedians.

This user knows why redirects exist and how to use them effectively.

<ref>This user recognizes the importance of citing sources.

This user provides information using user boxes for statistical reasons.

Areas of experience/expertise

ISCIThis user is an expert in Information science.

{{Wiki}}This user is an intermediate writer in the MediaWiki language.

wiki-3This user is an advanced Wikipedia editor.

XML-2This user is an intermediate XML coder.

HTML-2This user is an intermediate HTML user.

re-2This user writes intermediate regular expressions.

py-1This user is a beginning Python programmer.

prog-1This user is a beginning programmer.

SGML
1This user has heard of the SGML language and knows its basics.

BASIC-1This user is a beginner BASIC programmer.

mysql-1This user is a beginning MySQL user.

Basics about me

This user has been a Wikipedian since 2008.

This editor is a WikiGnome.

This user likes to keep things organized.

This user is a lifelong resident citizen of the United States of America.

This user lives in Seattle.

'Dis User is a Yooper,
   Yep, Ya Bet'cha!

This user identifies as a gay male.

PhD(c)This user is a doctoral student in information science.

MLISThis user has a Master of Library and Information Science degree.

This user is a librarian.

This user is an educator.

BAThis user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in linguistics.

This user attends or attended
Cornell University.

This user attends or attended the
University of California, Berkeley.

This user the
University of Washington

Subpages

To-do list .... Template tags .... Userboxes .... test .... monobook.js .... monobook.css