Hi there, I'm Mike. I'm a Wikipedia editor from the United States. I have been editing Wikipedia since at least June 2005, and on this account since 2006 with waves of activity and inactivity over the years, but (as of June 2020) I am currently very interested in trying to be more consistently active given where I'm currently at in life. I have always been deeply passionate about the mission of Wikipedia, and even during my years of relative inactivity here, I have always tried to at least make one-off edits whenever I happen to notice something incorrect, or when there's a typo, obvious vandalism, or incorrect grammar. Many of my edits have been small. I try to do bigger copyedits when I can.
I am also an amateur photographer and have contributed some original photographic work to Wikimedia Commons for inclusion on Wikipedia pages, and plan to do more of this in the future. I am active on several WikiProjects and patrols, and I keep track of my ideas and planned contributions on my projects page. At the moment I am focusing my time and energy on New Pages Patrol and WikiProject Notability.
In real life, I have been a software engineer, business analyst, trader, and entrepreneur. I am very much a fan of automation and would be happy to help develop tools to make Wikipedians' jobs easier. Feel free to message me on my talk page if your project could use a hand. I have dabbled with running my own MediaWiki software installations for a few different use cases and it has been interesting to see how the software works from the technical / devops side of things.
If you're reading this, thank you for stopping by! If you have any feedback for me for any reason, please drop me a line on my talk page. I would love to have a mentor who is an existing administrator if you happen to be one. I love to learn and I want to be of service to the community.
10 topics I think you should know about
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Above all else, I'm here to learn, and I hope you are too. This is a short collection of some of the most interesting and important topics that I think everyone should be aware of on some level. Feel free to share your own suggestions on my talk page!
About Me
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Notable people I've met
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- Mike Singletary, former Chicago Bears linebacker - 2002 or 2003
- Robert J. Gordon, economist - January 7, 2008
- Greg Hastings, professional paintball player - July 26, 2008
- ZP Theart, former Dragonforce singer - September 20, 2006
- Herman Li, Dragonforce guitarist - September 20, 2006
- Sam Totman, Dragonforce guitarist - September 20, 2006
- Frédéric Leclercq, Dragonforce bassist - September 20, 2006
- Vadim Pruzhanov, Dragonforce keyboardist - September 20, 2006
- Dave Mackintosh, former Dragonforce drummer - September 20, 2006
- Toby Mao, renowned Rubik's Cube solver - September 28, 2008
- Rick Santelli, CNBC analyst / editor - September 7, 2007
- Pierre-Cédric Labrie, professional hockey player - September 18, 2014
- Chris Gronet, founder of Solyndra - 2014
- Björn Gelotte, In Flames lead guitarist - May 21, 2015 - I managed to give him a fistbump mid-show between songs due to an incredibly awkwardly configured staircase at a smallish concert venue with minimal security
Countries I've visited
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