User:RedSoxFan2434

User:RedSoxFan2434

— Wikipedian ♂ —
Born	6 September Seminole, FL
Nationality	American
Current location	South Kingstown, RI
Languages	English, Spanish
Time zone	Eastern
Current time	Current time for UTC-4 is 12:24
Education and employment
High school	South Kingstown High School
University	University of Florida
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs
Religion	United Church of Christ
Politics	Independent Socialist
Account statistics
Joined	8 April 2012
First edit	The Office (U.S. season 8)
Pending changes reviewer	17 November 2012

Hello!

I'm RedSoxFan2434, and I created this account so I don't appear as my IP address when editing. That's about it.

If you for some reason wish to know me a little better, you can read my Infobox and many Userboxes.

Committed identity: 8ad99cbc4015dde956e944ff7315d51873855b42 is a SHA-1 commitment to this user's real-life identity.

My Work on Wikipedia

I started out here in Spring of 2012 as an anonymous vandal who was soon made aware of the error of his ways and converted into a loyal, vandalism-fighting, neutrality-defending editor. Soon after, I created this page on April 8, 2012, and became a full-fledged Wikipedian. My first edit was on The Office (U.S. season 8), where I removed a redundancy from an episode summary.

Soon after, I became a member in several WikiProjects, but only in the way that I prefer to edit articles on those subjects, as they are all subjects that interest me and that I have substantial knowledge of. I have been particularly active in the areas of the Baseball, Red Sox, and Office WikiProjects.

In addition to maintaining and improving the encyclopedia in general, I also focus my efforts on maintaining the neutrality of Wikipedia, especially in articles related to the elections or other controversial, often 2-sided events, where many editors are leaning towards one side and (sometimes intentionally) attempting to lean the encyclopedia to their side in order to influence the reader's views. I also function as a WikiGnome.

I have contributed heavily at 2012 Boston Red Sox season in the Game Log and season summary; many Wikipedians are opposed to the game logs due to the lack of season summaries to support them, so I have worked to make both viable at that page and will do so again at 2013 Boston Red Sox season when the time comes.

My first (and, to date, only) article I created was Turf War (The Office), which reached Good Article status in less than 3 weeks. Speaking of GAs, I have also had a hand in turning Free Family Portrait Studio and Philip Humber's perfect game into GAs. I have also been working heavily on Rhode Island should it ever be nominated for GA status again.

I recently scored a 17177 on the Wikipediholism test, making me so addicted that only the world's best psychologist, physiologist, and witch doctor combined can cure my Wikipediholism.

On November 17, 2012, I was promoted to the rank of Reviewer for the December 1 implementation of Pending-changes protection on the English Wikipedia.

Beginning in March 2013, a series of real-world stressors began to draw me away from Wikipedia (thus curing my Wikipediholism). Eventually, I became so detached that I declared myself "semi-active" in September 2013 and disappeared from the Wiki shortly after. I officially returned 20 April 2014 (UTC), which happened to be Easter Sunday (make of that whatever you want, but I assure you, I am no WikiChrist).

Discussion Hall of Infamy

I joined the Feedback Request Service on July 3, 2012, and I love it. And thanks to the FRS, I am announcing today, this thirtieth day of the month of September in this two-thousand-and-twelfth year of our Lord, the RedSoxFan2434 Discussion Hall of Infamy:

(NOTE: This only applies to discussions I was/am involved in. I will expand the DHI as I get involved with more infamous discussions.)

Pending Changes - The well-known, seemingly-endless debate about whether or not to have a Pending Changes policy at Wikipedia. I was vehemently outspoken against the upcoming policy, which, in my opinion, has serious issues due to a backlog of pending edits which can and will delay the functionality of an article. However, the pro-PC decision that was ultimately made was fair and I now urge that we move forward to solve the backlog issue.

Naming Fictional Characters - A series of move discussions about moving articles for fictional characters (such as at Apu Nahasapeemapetilon and Coach Ernie Pantusso), which became confusing since there is no guideline on naming them. This was taken to the village pump, which yielded no help and no results.

X on Twitter - The now-infamous debates about whether "X on Twitter" articles (such as Barack Obama on Twitter and Justin Bieber on Twitter) should be on Wikipedia. This soon became a debate as to whether or not WP:INDISCRIMINATE could apply to things not specifically listed in the policy as examples of indiscriminate information, and, if it could, whether or not it applied to "X on Twitter" articles. Not 2 months after becoming a Wikipedian, I was commended by an admin, Scottywong, for my defense of WP:INDISCRIMINATE's application in the "X on Twitter" debates, which Scottywong said I said better than he could. However, the AfD where I posted that comment was closed in favor of keep, and the closer, TParis, used the exact argument I had defeated in that comment.

Paul Ryan's Marathon Time - A rather long RfC at Talk:Paul Ryan about whether or not to mention Paul Ryan's marathon time gaffe in the Paul Ryan article. The RfC was so long, one Wikipedian created a preliminary proposal to close, and that subsequently became even longer than the original RfC. Various users have debated into every minute detail over there in just a few days, including whether or not someone misinterpreted my vote. Yes, THAT much detail.

The Beatles vs. the Beatles - Perhaps the most endless of infamous debates, it's the "The" vs. "the" debates regarding Beatles-related articles that I have recently become involved in. Supporting the 47% of lower-case t's since 2012! UPDATE: In a twist, one user actually resigned from Beatles articles because he couldn't stand the sight of "the Beatles," believing "The Beatles" to be the proper name. If you read that out loud, it sounds like an even bigger overreaction.

Abolish EmailUser? - This, thankfully mostly unnoticed, RfC in which I was basically the only person for abolition of EmailUser (even the proposing user reversed his vote soon after, resulting in an eventual close as withdrawal)

The 5th Pillar - A user's suggestion via RFC to remove a significant portion of text from the 5th pillar of Wikipedia; with nobody agreeing, I closed the "discussion" (my first closure!) in favor of keeping the 5th pillar as it currently is.

Binders Full of Arbitrary Breaks - In spite of the name I have given it, it is only remotely related to Mitt Romney, although the arbitrary breaks were actually called that. The actual discussion was an AfD for the Richard Mourdock rape comments controversy, ultimately deleted and partially resurrected at Rape and pregnancy controversies in United States elections, 2012, which you will likely see on the DHI many, many more times.

You Didn't Delete That - An AfD for You didn't build that, in which many invalid arguments were thrown (WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS being the most popular one) only leading to a lack of consensus, as expressed in one of the best closures I have ever seen (I'm not kidding; if there were a Discussion Hall of Fame, this would belong there as well just for Sjakkalle's closing statement).

The Case of the 19th-Century BLP - My misguided AfD of William Highfield Jones, ultimately withdrawn. A 19th-century politician who clearly meets inclusion criteria, only I had failed to recognize so. Oh, and I referred to the article at least once as a "BLP." If you don't see what's wrong with that, you need to refresh your memory of WP:BLP.

So You Think You Can Name a Rape Article - Rape and pregnancy controversies in United States elections, 2012 was created from pages centered on the infamous Akin and Mourdock comments, and discussions immediately commenced as to its proper name. Many people wanted the word "Republican" inserted, citing the fact that all of the controversies involved Republican politicians. However, as much as I may despise the GOP, in the interest of neutrality, I remained firmly against that. Ironically, there are now controversial comments by at least one Democrat included in the article.

So You Think You Can Name a Rape Article II: Screw It, Let's Just Delete the Thing - Some users, not satisfied with the aforementioned rape comment controversy article's surmountable problems, asserted that it is POV trash, and like all POV trash, should be thrown out. The problems were fixed and the article kept (but not necessarily in that order...)

So You Think You Can Name a Rape Article III: So You Think You Can Name a Section - Some users became concerned with my use of "selective quoting" in headers to clarify the controversial comments. We resolved to go by reliable sources, but, contrary to reliable sources, only Akin's and Mourdock's headers still receive "selective quoting."

Closing Non-Admin Closures - The discussion was actually quite good, but the suggestion - to discontinue allowing non-admin closures, a great way for non-admins to get admin-esque experience - was off-the-wall enough to land the discussion here. Oh, and it was closed by a non-admin. HA!

I Wanted to Contact a Politician, So I Came to Wikipedia - An anonymous feedback came in on a politician saying exactly that, and an RfC was promptly started at Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons. It was almost unanimously opposed, including my strong oppose, which misinterpreted the suggestion as a demand for private contact information, which it wasn't. (Oops!) There was also one Support for the proposal, from a (hopefully TROUTed) Wikipedian who "just [doesn't] like the way a unanimous discussion looks on the screen."

SNOW in Italy - Yet another bad AfD nom by me, this time on Giovanni Battista Armenini, quickly SNOW Keeped. Lesson learned: don't try to delete an article about someone or something you've never heard of.

Idle No More or Hungry No More? - A rather long, convoluted debate that really didn't end, but sort of fizzled out when we all lost interest (some may have even left the project altogether). Unfortunately, this meant that a sockmaster got away, as it has been determined that there was IP socking involved at Theresa Spence, Hunger strike, and other pages involved Chief Spence's hunger strike which many users (mostly IPs) sought to illegitimize whenever possible, and then claim that I and other neutrality-restoring editors were the POV-pushers and socks. It was actually rather nasty, and infamous for all the wrong reasons.

I Wanted to Contact a Corporation, So I Came to Wikipedia - said no one, ever. Yet, there was a similar proposal to that in the case three above this one, except this proposal was to put corporate HQ phone numbers on Wikipedia infoboxes. It was quickly SNOWed out. RedSoxFan2434 (talk) 01:47, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

No Punny Title Out of Respect - Respect being something some people don't have when they formulate conspiracy hypotheses (because that's what I think they should be called) such as those as Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting conspiracy theories, which was AfD'd. I actually supported a keep, for good reasons, despite the reprehensibleness of the theories. However, there were some, um, interesting comments on that AfD, the best being "it is important that these be kept. Especially in this age of compartmentalization and State secret-keeping, once we start censoring ideas because a majority feel them to be outlandish or distasteful, we have begun down a slippery slope." Give me a break. And they did, with a no-consensus finding, which means "No Punny Title Out of Respect II" is an inevitable future addition to the DHI.

So You Think You Can Name a Snowstorm - The Weather Channel thinks they can, naming the February 2013 nor'easter "Winter Storm Nemo". Although a recognized alternative name on that article, many people want it to be the pagename. I would rather see "North American blizzard of 2013" as the pagename, and our minority are enough to keep a no-consensus status of the page's name. So, it has yet to change.

Civility Enforcement... without the Enforcement. - Remember that massive RFC a lot of people participated in that was going to finally solve the problem of whether or not to enforce the Civility policy? Yeah, well, that went nowhere. There were a few data collection and analysis spreadsheets involved, but that was about it.

Userboxes

Religious/Philosophical Userboxes

This user's spiritual beliefs are complex and personal.

This user believes GOD saves everyone - including YOU!

This user is a Christian.

This user is a Protestant Christian

This user believes in the existence of a human soul or spirit.

This user prays.

This user believes in the premise of theistic evolution.

This user believes that the universe began with a big bang when God said, Let there be light.

respect

This user respects others' religions and realises not all people wish to follow the same path.

This user's political choices grow from and reflect their faith and religious values.

RLThis user is on the religious left.

randThis user opposes Ayn Rand's objectivist philosophy.

This user believes American products should be made in the USA.

This user is interested in environmentalism.

This user advocates pacifism.

This user opposes Imperialism.

This user rejects the use of
violence, force, or coercion
to resolve regional disputes.

This user wants to stop
global warming.

This user supports
renewable energy.

This user believes Groupthink is the most dangerous aspect of the human psyche. Who's with me?

This user feels that letting oneself be struck with terror by terrorists means actually doing most of their job for them.

This user is interested in Utilitarianism, the belief that a moral action is one which increases the total happiness of humanity.

This user is interested in, but does not believe in, conspiracy theories.

DIVORCEThis user is thoroughly against divorce, except in a few cases.

BS-NThis user is a native speaker of Bullshit.

sarThis user is obviously not sarcastic.

Political Userboxes

This user is interested in political science.

?This user follows his own political ideals.

PROThis user is a progressive.

This user is a socialist, and is disgusted by this regressive societal system, that places corporate greed and profitability above human life, the environment and the collective well being of society.

DS	This user is a democratic socialist.

This user is a libertarian socialist.

This user believes that both capitalism and state socialism a.k.a. state capitalism are inherently unjust and oppressive and that humans can do better.

This user advocates Workplace democracy and Workers' self management.

This user is a member or supporter of MoveOn.org.

NonPThis user is not affiliated with a party.

This user believes in a non-partisan, direct democracy.

This user supports instant-runoff voting.

This user supports equality for everyone.

This user is a male feminist.

This user knows Black Lives Matter.

This user strongly supports the policies and views of Bernie Sanders.

This user supports the Occupy Movement, but not uncritically.

This user is opposed to online censorship.

AntichristThis user believes that the MPAA is the Antichrist.

This user wants to tax the rich to provide health care, education and welfare for everyone._†$ £
¥ €

This user believes in the separation of church and state.

This user believes the First Amendment was written to protect freedom of religion, not abolish it.

This user does not trust electronic voting machines.

This user despises Gerrymandering.

This user supports the independence of Scotland.

This user supports Catalan independence.

This user supports Basque independence.

This user supports the independence of Tibet.

This user supports the creation of an independent country for the Kurds.

Wikipedic/Internet-related Userboxes

This user is not a Wikipedia administrator but would like to be one someday.

This user is signed up for the Feedback Request Service.

This user scored 17177 on the Wikipediholic test.

This user is a member of the Kindness Campaign.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Baseball.

This user is a member of
WikiProject
Boston Red Sox.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Rhode Island.

This user participates in
WikiProject Television.

This user is a member of the
WikiProject Television
The Office task force.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Politics.

This user believes in the right of every human being to have access to Wikipedia.

This user is a member of Wikipedians against censorship.

This user uses Wikipedia as a primary point of reference.

This user contributes using a MacBook Pro.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Music.

HPThis user is a participant in the
Harry Potter Task Force.

This user maintains a Facebook profile.

This user uses Gmail as a primary email service.

Sports Userboxes

NEThis user is a fan of the
New England Patriots.

BOSThis user is a fan of the
Boston Red Sox

BOSThis user is a fan of the
Boston Celtics.

BOSThis user is a fan of the
Boston Bruins.

This user follows the
Red Sox religiously

This user despises the New York Yankees.

MaddenThis user believes in the Madden Curse.

This user enjoys association football and American football.

This user enjoys playing golf.

8+This user has run an 8 minute mile. (and is too honest)

Travel Userboxes

This user lives in the U.S.
State of Rhode Island.

3	This user has set foot in 3 continents of the world.

This user has visited 13 countries of the world.13

This user has visited Asia.

This user has visited Europe.

This user has visited 6 of the 27 EU Member States.

6

This user has visited France.

This user has travelled to Greece.

This user has visited Italy.

This user has visited the Netherlands.

This user has visited Spain.

This user has visited the Vatican City.

This user has visited Canada.

This user has visited Mexico.

This user has visited or driven through 28 of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.28

This user has visited Narnia.

Musical Userboxes

This user knows intermediate
music theory.

orchThis user plays in an orchestra.

This user plays the clarinet.

This user plays the bass clarinet.

This user plays the piano.

This user enjoys music by Frédéric Chopin.

This user enjoys rock music.

This user appreciates progressive rock.

AC/
DCThis user is a fan of AC/DC.

'This user thinks The Allman Brothers is a great band.

This user loves
The Beatles.

This user is The Walrus

This user imagines All the people living life in peace.

This user revisits Highway 61 from time to time.

ESB	This user is a fan of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

This user is a fan of Genesis in all of its forms. Supper's Ready!

When this user dies, this user takes the stairway to heaven.

  All in all, this user's just another brick in the wall.

This user knows that there is no dark side of the moon really — matter of fact it's all dark.

This user can tuna piano, but can't tuna fish.

RSThis user is a fan of
The Rolling Stones

This user believes in the freedom of music.

TH	This user is Speaking in Tongues.

This user still hasn't found what they are looking for.

This user won’t get fooled again.

This user is a fan of Arcade Fire.

am	Contrary to popular belief, this user does not look good on the dance floor.

CPThis user enjoys listening to music by Coldplay.

DKMThis user is shipping up to Boston.

This user doesn't look a thing like Jesus.

A-IWake this user Up When September Ends.

MMThis user knows that we will all float on okay.

This user is a huge fan of Nirvana and mourns the death of Kurt Cobain.

R.E.M.This user knows it's the end of the world as we know it, and feels fine.

VWThis user does not give a fuck about an oxford comma.

This user supports local music

Film/TV/Literary Userboxes

ALLThis user is a fan of all kinds of comedy.

This user watches The Office

JamThis user thinks Jam is the best kind of love.

Daily ShowThis user watches The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

CThis user watches
The Colbert Report.

30	This user is a fan of 30 Rock.

AD	This user made a huge mistake.

VEEPThis user supports the
Meyer Administration!

PnRThis user hates Eagleton almost as much as Leslie Knope.

CommunityThis user loves Annie's Boobs since he is named after Annie's boobs.

CheersSometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name.

This user is a Monty Python fan.

FLOWERY TWATSThis user has stayed at Fawlty Towers.

MITMThis user knows "you're not the boss of me now."

MFThis user has gotta fix that step.

SEINThis user is obsessed with Seinfeld... not that there's anything wrong with that!

HIMYMThis user is legend- wait for it- dary!

SNL	This user would like to give some important advice on surviving a flaming...live from New York, it's Saturday Night!!

This user is something completely different.

BENDER B. RODRIGUEZBite this user's shiny metal ass!

This user knows Who's on First.

LOST	4 8 15 16 23 42

This user worked for the Dharma Initiative.

TZThis user was once trapped in
The Twilight Zone.

This user's life occurs in
real time.

BrBaThis user stays out of Heisenberg's territory

This user believes that Josiah Bartlet is the greatest president in American history.

This user enjoys writing.

G	This user is a Gryffindor.

DAThis user is a member of
Dumbledore's Army

This user knows that the answer is 42.

This user enjoys the works of
J. R. R. Tolkien.

This user enjoys the works of
Sherlock Holmes.

This user enjoys the Lord of the Rings book and movie series.

This user has been There and Back Again.

This user believes life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

ND	This user voted for Pedro.

This user is a Nazi-fighting archaeologist in his spare time.

This user has Hivo, but it's a disease. It's a horrible, horrible disease.

This user is serious. And don't call him "Shirley".

DSThis user knows you can't fight in the War Room.

This user demands a shrubbery! Ni!

STAR WARSThis user is a Star Wars fan.

Other Userboxes

This user attends or attended the University of Florida.

This user participates in Model United Nations.

This user is interested in
Russian history.

This user is interested in the
History of the
United States of America.

This user has ancestors who fought on both sides of the Civil War.

This user is interested in the
History of New England.

This user has read the United States Constitution.

This user knows that Pope Pius XII may have saved 700,000 lives during World War II.

This user is interested in Ancient Greece.

This user is interested in Genealogy and has started plotting his family tree.

This user enjoys hiking.

This user enjoys playing Chess.

This wikipedian is involved in FIRST Robotics

math-3This user can contribute with advanced mathematical skills.

This user knows that math is $\int e^{xy}\,$.

e^2i$\pi$=1This user thinks that this equation is as beautiful as a Rembrandt painting.

$0.{\bar {9}}$=1

This user knows that 0.9...(repeating) is exactly 1 and can prove it, but wishes that other people could understand it the way he does.

23This user is a 23rdian; he sees the number 23 everywhere.

√xRedSoxFan2434 is/was a member of a competitive math team.

🤔📚RedSoxFan2434 is/was a member of a knowledge quizzing team.

This user has memorized the elements' names and symbols.

NO₃This user has nitrated more organics than has had girlfriends.

$E_{k}={\frac {1}{2}}mv^{2}$This user understands Physics at an intermediate level.