User:Hbackman

"Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic." – Dan Rather

Hi everyone! Don't really have much to say about myself personally, other than stuff that's already covered below. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if there's anything you'd like to chat about! :)

I should note that I haven't really been around much for quite a while in terms of editing. I do still check my talk page on a regular basis, though.

If someone wants to give me a hand with any of these, I'd always appreciate the help. :)

• Translate this into English, to be integrated into Finrod Felagund (working on it now; see User:Hbackman/Finrod)
• subst: all of the test templates that haven't been subst:ed. Currently on {{test2}}.
• Join Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels, when I have the time to actually participate in the project.
• Create sections in The Spoilers.
• Remove irrelevant information from the section on Pilgrim's Progress in John Bunyan and put this information in other, more appropriate sections.
• Archive my talk page.
• Clean up Carl Byoir.

This user is female.	This user identifies as bisexual.	This user has a boyfriend.
This user was born on February 9.	This user is a college student.	This user does not smoke.
This user drinks tea.

vn-29 This user page has been vandalized 29 times.	This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks.	This user does not understand mean people. Please be nice.
vanity This user supports the removal of vanity pages with extreme prejudice.	It's really pretty simple: → Remain neutral ← → Don't be a dick ← → Ignore all rules←	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 is opposed to online censorship.	Wikipedia is not censored.	This user is a member of the Counter-Vandalism Unit.
This user finds edit/revert wars disruptive.	This user is a recent changes patroller.	This user scored 215.34959365358978 on the Wikipediholic test.

• Lucile Lomen, the first woman to clerk for a Supreme Court justice

More and more, as I look at the talk pages of users with warnings, particularly those who might be able to make constructive edits if they were only willing to compromise and listen to other people, I'm struck by how full of themselves some people can be. This is a cooperative project, people, and you are not God's gift to Wikipedia. Don't come in as a newbie assuming you can run the place. Take some time, learn the ropes (policies, how people interact on the site, how to get things done), and FOR GOD'S SAKE be civil. Do you actually think it's going to help your case to throw insults around?

Why, why, why can't I stop feeding the trolls? I have some strange belief that I might be able to get them to come around if I talk to them reasonably... I guess I just can't understand getting one's kicks from being vindictive, irrational, mean-spirited, and destructive.

• The edit summary on this made my day. Rklawton never fails to entertain me in his dealings with vandals.
• This... I don't even know what to say about this. Where did it come from?
• This tall tale concocted for an AfD which was interesting in and of itself... talk about desperation to get an article kept.
• YES! PLEASE!!! That comment should go at the top of every damn page in Wikipedia. If people are going to vandalize, they can at least entertain those of us who have to go around and revert it.
• Another "where the heck did THAT come from?" edit. Seriously. How do people come up with this stuff?
• It amazes me how full of themselves some people are...
• Yeah, no kidding. (You have to read the two comments directly above the added one for this to make sense.) This made me laugh out loud.

Since I'm an English major, I figured that I should weigh in on the pressing grammatical issues of our time. </tongue in cheek>

This user is a bibliophile.	This user enjoys reading fiction.	This user enjoys reading anything.
This user enjoys heavy reading, such as Shakespeare and other dead guys.	This user enjoys reading short stories.	This user enjoys reading the newspaper.
Big Brother is watching this user.	._. This user sometimes reads manga.

This user enjoys writing.	This user enjoys singing.	This user enjoys cooking.
*_* This user loves anime.

lib This user is a liberal.	This user believes it is every citizen's duty to vote.	This user opposes George W. Bush but equally vandalism of his Wikipedia biography.
This user believes that the death penalty should never be used.	PC This user is pro-choice.	This user supports equal rights for queer people.
This user supports the legalization of same sex marriage.	File:FirstCrusade.jpg This user believes the world would be a happier, safer and saner place without religion.	This user is probably going to Hell.

This user enjoys sex.

This user supports and encourages the practice of safe sex.

This user supports the inclusion of sex education in school systems.

This user knows that 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.	This user knows where in the world Carmen Sandiego is.
Just because I think everyone is trying to kill me doesn't mean they aren't. You know what I mean?

This user recently discovered how to use userboxes.	ubx This user uses userboxes.	ubx-5 This user uses entirely too many userboxes.
This user loves userboxes.	This user was up all night finding userboxes and is now very drowsy.	This user prefers using userboxes to fill up their user page instead of actually writing something useful.
66 ubxs This user has 66 userboxes.	Ceci n'est pas une boîte utilisateur.	This is a standard size userbox created with Template:Userbox. It stacks neatly with others of its ilk.

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar For having infinitely better interpersonal skills than I, basically you know why this is awarded. For something I wish I could do myself. — nathanrdotcom (T • C • W) 05:14, 26 March 2006 (UTC)