User:Rogue 9

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

The motto of the AIW is conservata veritate, which translates to "with the preserved truth".
This motto reflects the inclusionist desire to change Wikipedia only when no knowledge would be lost as a result.

This user believes that only articles need reflect a NPOV, and that displaying political, religious, or other beliefs using userboxes and user categories should not be banned.

This user supports deleting the Deletionists, because he has strong opposition to any group opposed to the concept of fun.

T1	This user believes that the most divisive thing about userboxes is admins who speedy delete them out of process, and advocates the deletion of these admins under criterion T1.

UBX

This user opposes other users screwing with his userboxes.

This user is pissed about admins ignoring policy.

Temper

This user has a temper.

Warning: This user has a vocabulary of over 75,000 words, and is not afraid to use it. Any of it.

This user supports a policy change to allow fair use images and logos in user boxes.

This user survived the Great 2006 New Year's Day Userbox Purge.

This user actively participated in rebellion against the Great 2006 New Year's Day Userbox Purge, and would do it again.

inf

This user is an infidel.

gk

This user is a geek.

This user is a carnivore.

LG

This user's alignment is Lawful Good: the "Crusader."

Shameless capitalist

This user is a capitalist pig-dog.

bass-3

This user is an advanced double bassist.

This user is a paladin.

This user is vehemently against Scientology.

Chowder time!

This user supports Operation Clambake.

Star
Wars

This user supports the Rebel Alliance.

STAR WARS

This user would shoot Greedo first.

This user is a member of Wikipedians against censorship.

This user supports the use of nuclear energy.

This user believes that U.S. President Donald Trump is steering the United States onto a dangerous course.

This user rejects all kinds of Marxist thinking

This user supports the use of personal attacks, because idiots don't need to be coddled.

This user is of Irish ancestry

This user is of Scottish ancestry

This user is of German ancestry

Despite this user's Confederate States of America heritage, this user recognizes and is against the actions of the Confederacy.

This user is proud to be an American.

This user is thankful that the good guys won the Civil War ^†

This user supports the free and independent state of Israel.

This user trusts the EU about as far as he can throw it.

This user does not support the United Nations.

This user believes in the separation of church and state.

This user loathes, but is forced to observe, daylight saving time.

This user believes stupid, inconsiderate, and/or overly aggressive drivers should be deported to France as a war effort.

vrwc

This user is a member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.

elc

This user is a member of the Evil Liberal Conspiracy.

cda

This user is a Centrist Double Agent. Playing both ends against the middle since 1776.

In Memoriam: 9/11
Lest we forget…

MOB-0

This user accepts that Wikipedia is not a democracy, and is glad that the United States isn't either, because republics are superior.

This user unashamedly likes THINGS THAT GO BANG.

This user supports sensible gun control measures but opposes total bans.

~~PETA~~

This user does not support People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

This user is drug-free.

This user finds copyright paranoia disruptive.

This user is a member of the
Counter-Vandalism Unit.

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

This user is a member of Users in Defense of Userboxes and Individuality on Wikipedia.

AS

This user has Asperger syndrome.

ubx-5

This user uses entirely too many userboxes.

General Information

I choose to keep my name confidential most places online, and will do so here. I go by a few different aliases on the Internet, including Rogue 9, Renegade, and Renegade Paladin.

I was a student at Murray State University. My interests include playing music (music education being my major), biking, fishing, and water tubing, as well as more sedentary activities like engaging in debate both online and off, and playing real time strategy games as well as Dungeons & Dragons, in which I am quite fond of playing paladins, especially unusual multiclass combos thereof such as rogue/paladins. I am an active member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. I'm a player and tournament organizer of Warhammer 40,000.

I suffered a home fire in 2006 and was forced to drop out of university due to the resulting strain on my finances. I continue my studies independently, and am working to master artisan bread baking. I baked professionally for a few years, but lost my job in a layoff when the local bakery was bought out. I now work in a local furniture factory to support myself while saving money to return to school. In the meantime, I continue independent study of many topics both as a matter of personal interest and to exercise my mind, including trigonometry and American history, particularly of the antebellum period and American Civil War.

Wikipedia-related interests

I am an amateur historian, specializing in American history leading up to the American Civil War. I also take great interest in Star Wars-related articles, as well as lesser interest in most other science fiction. I also have a lesser interest in political articles. You might see my edits in any of these topics.

I am also highly interested in putting a stop to rampant deletionism. For the articles, Wikipedia is not paper, and there are some who would do well to remember that. Wikipedia is also a community, and messing with the rights of a community's members is an excellent way to make them seek out other communities. If we wish the encyclopedia to grow and benefit from a large number of serious users, we need to not interfere with those users' rights on their personal userpages.

Salva veritate

My Neighbor's Yard: An Allegory

If a storm comes and the wind blows, and a branch falls from my tree into my neighbor's yard, it is my responsibility to fix it. But my neighbor is more likely to notice first than I am, seeing as the branch is in his yard. If my neighbor asks me to remove the branch, I do so gladly. If my neighbor calls his lawyer and files a lawsuit to make me remove the branch without talking to me, I will still remove the branch but will like my neighbor less. If my neighbor shows up at my door with a gun to demand removal of the branch, I will still remove the branch, but my neighbor will find the police at his door soon after. And if my neighbor demands I change the landscaping of my own yard to please his aesthetics, he needs to get a hobby. In this final way, deletionists and HOAs share much in common.