User:Stevietheman
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Don't feed Microsoft!
Template:Dablink Stevietheman is Steve Magruder from Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Steve is a freelance web programmer specializing in PHP and MySQL, and is an occasional writer.
Disclaimer: The handle Stevietheman and the signature (e.g., "— Stevie is the man! Talk | Work</span> 05:06, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)") are meant to be 100% tongue-in-cheek and also are mild references to an idea that if one is 18 years of age or older, a male should act like a man rather than a boy. Steve runs into tons of "grown-up children" in his life experiences... certainly, you do as well. :)
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circa December 2004
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Philosophy of participation
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Steve participates in the Wikipedia to:
- Ensure that people understand what they need to know about subjects he cares deeply about.
- Give the people of the world the power to control all knowledge and keep it out of the hands of the elite, greedy and power-hungry.
- Enrich the commons and bolster openness and the public domain.
- "Give something back" in appreciation to all those who have taught Steve something in this thing called life. We stand on the shoulders of giants.
- Show everyone he's a smart dude. :)
- Destroy Microsoft Encarta and Encyclopædia Britannica. Who needs 'em?
Authorship
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A Wikipedian since March 2004, Steve contributes to many articles and discussions, especially related to political science, computer science and his hometown. See his full list of contributions. As of April 27 2005, Steve was situated on the List of Most Active Wikipedians as the 293rd most active contributor to the article namespace.
Approach to editing
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Steve believes in making positive changes to articles in a very bold manner, but whenever a change dramatically alters the content of an article, he tries to seek consensus first from other contributors to the article.
When it comes to editing other contributors' work, beyond the obvious spelling, grammar, structure and formatting issues, Steve also takes a strong look at:
- Blatant advertising, esp. of unrelated products/sites, but also of related entities that could eventually get out of hand (e.g., under Internet forum, listing all forums on the web).
- Non-neutral POV and subjectivity in general.
- Lack of encyclopedic relevance—and Google hits aren't enough to prove it! There must be provable common knowledge of the article's subject and a significant number of references outside the original article author's sphere of influence.
- Egos of contributors in their promotion of original research and pet ideas that don't belong here.
- Elitism—that is, Steve supports a very non-elitist Wikipedia and thus takes a dim view of stuffy, highfalutin wording.
Conflict
When it comes to disagreements over the content in articles, I'm a strong adherent to seeking honorable compromises that maintain factuality above all else. However, there are times when some other contributors go into "mud throwing mode" and refuse to discuss content without lobbing one personal insult after another. These folks are usually dealt with via consensus of the other contributors. In only one case have I seen an article taken over by roughians when there wasn't enough other good players around to keep them in check.
Biases
Steve is a deletionist. See also What I Think.
Contributions
Steve has created (*) or otherwise contributed significant edits to the following articles:
Politics and political science
Computer science
My home area: Louisville and Kentucky
Entertainment
Miscellaneous
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To-do's
The following are items I'd like to work on in the near future. Of course, feel free to beat me to doing any of the items.
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Pending tasks for [[Template:Articlespace:Stevietheman]]: (https://academickids.com:443/encyclopedia/index.php?title=User:Stevietheman&action=purge) | edit (https://academickids.com:443/encyclopedia/index.php?title=User:Stevietheman/to_do&action=edit) - watch (https://academickids.com:443/encyclopedia/index.php?title=User:Stevietheman/to_do&action=watch) - purge (https://academickids.com:443/encyclopedia/index.php?title=User:Stevietheman&action=purge) | |
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Biography
Steve attended J. B. Speed School of Engineering (formerly Speed Scientific School) at the University of Louisville, majoring in Engineering Math and Computer Science (concentrating in Computer Science), and received his B.S. in Engineering Science in 1989. Subsequently, he has worked alternately as a permanent employee and contractor with various firms and organizations as a software developer. He is now pursuing a mix of web development and writing assignments.
Other interests
Adult Swim, American Idol, Astronomy, Board games, Bowling, Caving, Classic rock, Coffee, Comedy, Cooking, Cycling, Family Guy, Fitness, Hiking, MADtv, Movies, Roller coasters, Romance/Sensuality, Scrabble, SimCity, Slashdot, Theatre, Travel, Wine, Writing, Yard sales
Favorite Wikipedia/Wikimedia shortcuts
Wikipedia
- Errors in the Encyclopædia Britannica that have been corrected in Wikipedia
- Lists of articles needing follow-up:
- Manual of style
- Topical index
- Utilities for contributors
- Vandalism in progress
- Votes for deletion (VfD)
MetaWiki
- Interwiki map
- Queer Wikipedians
- Wiki Proposals:
- Lists: Here and Here
- WikiCivicActivator — My proposal for documenting civic efforts and organization techniques geared toward progressive change.
- WikiLaw — A proposal I'm very keen on seeing come to fruition.
- WikiLifeGuide — My proposal for the How to Do Everything in Your Life Guide.
Wikibooks
- How-tos bookshelf
- Voter's Guide — interesting new project to create voter's guides about elections, parties and issues worldwide.
- Wikimedia Cookbook
External links
About Stevie
- Google on Steve Magruder (http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Steve+Magruder%22)
- Nexus Stevie - The Steve Magruder Academy of Self-Absorption (http://www.stevemagruder.com) (personal website)
- Includes his résumé (http://resume.stevemagruder.com)
- Pics o' Stevie (http://photobucket.com/albums/v618/stevietheman/Complete/)
- The Public's Power Base (http://democracy2.blogspot.com/) — Stevie's blog, where he shares thoughts about the state of democratic participation and public sovereignty in the United States of America.
- StumbleUpon page (http://stevietheman.stumbleupon.com/)
- Tribe.net profile (http://people.tribe.net/stevietheman)
Wikipedia-related
- Wikipedia Group (http://wikipedia.group.stumbleupon.com/) at StumbleUpon
- Wikipedia Meetup Group (http://wikipedia.meetup.com) at Meetup
- Wikipedia Status (http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=Wikipedia_Status)
- Wikipedia Tribe (http://wikipedia.tribe.net) at Tribe.net
Non-Wikimedia wikis
- dKosopedia, the free political encyclopedia (http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Main_Page)
- KnowMore.org, the corporate watch search engine (http://www.knowmore.org/) — comes with a wiki for editing content (both criticism and praise) about companies
- WannaWiki! (http://www.wannawiki.com/wiki/index.php/WannaWiki%21) — "What do you wanna do?"
- wikiHow (http://wiki.ehow.com/Main-Page) — "The How-To Manual That Anyone Can Write or Edit"
Contact Steve
Steve welcomes suggestions, criticisms, etc. on his talk page (unless it's repetitive or insolent). You may also email Steve (mailto:steve@stevemagruder.com) or IM him (AOL/AIM: stevietheman; YIM: stevietheman66).
Licensing
I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages and personal images, as described below: