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This is '''bob rulz'''. My real name is Jason; I'm a 24-year old living in [[South Salt Lake, Utah|South Salt Lake]], [[Utah]], [[United States]]. I have a wide variety of interests, including most notably [[geography]], [[meteorology]], [[urban planning|urban development]], [[architecture]], [[astronomy]] and [[space exploration]], [[world history|history]], [[American football]], [[music]], and [[television programs|TV]]. I am a proud [[critic]] (although not a cynic!). I am very socially liberal. I am an [[apatheism|apatheist]] (also known as pragmatic atheism), although I did grow up as a member of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints|LDS Church]]. I am a [[Denver Broncos]] ([[National Football League|NFL]]) and [[Utah Jazz]] ([[National Basketball Association|NBA]]) fan, although I am much more passionate about the NFL than anything. I am also an avid [[ten-pin bowling|bowler]] and self-avowed [[Minecraft]] addict.

I don't really have the attention span to learn instruments but listening to music is a major part of my life - I did play the [[viola]] and [[piano]] in the past and I have experimented with some electronic music programs. I can appreciate some music from just about any genre, but most of my favorite music is [[alternative rock]], [[indie rock]], [[art rock]], [[new wave]], and [[electronic music]] of all varieties (particularly [[electronic dance music]]).

Check out my [[User:Bob rulz/music|music page]] for more a more in-depth look at my music tastes.

My [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/bob rulz|vote for adminship]], from [[September 20]] to [[September 27]], [[2005]], failed with a vote of 7 for, 11 against, and 1 neutral. I don't plan to apply for adminship again. That was a long-ass time ago!

'''Born''': [[March 13]], [[1990]] in [[Morristown, New Jersey]]

'''Places I've lived''':
*[[Netcong, New Jersey]] (1990 - 1991)
*[[Greensboro, North Carolina]] (1991 - 1994)
*[[Kalispell, Montana]] (1994 - 1995)
*[[Salt Lake City, Utah]] (1995 - 2009)
*[[South Salt Lake, Utah]] (2009 - present)

'''Edit history''':
*[[Special:Contributions/67.166.64.98|67.166.64.98]] was me before I created this account (I am counting those edits, 252 of them, in this section, plus four edits I made on another computer where I forgot to sign in)
*''Current # of edits'': 12,143 (as of [[March 2]], [[2010]])
*''[[Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits|Latest ranking]] (as registered user; ranking is subject to error)'':
**[[February 24]], [[2010]]: #3,276
*''First edit'': [[August 13]], [[2004]] - [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]
*''First edit with signed account'': [[October 13]], [[2004]] - [[Utah Jazz]]
*''First created article'': [[August 13]], [[2004]] - [[Xel'Naga]] (before they banned the creation of new articles by anons)

==Current Wiki-status==
* I have been quite dormant for a long time (41 edits in all of 2013, yikes; that used to be a good DAY for me!), but I've been getting that itch to contribute again (seeing how much work that some articles could still use has really inspired me). I plan on becoming much more active.
- July 2, 2014

==What I contribute==
I have been editing Wikipedia since I was 14 (!) years old. I am good with prose and in providing general descriptions of certain subjects, but I am still getting the hang of the referencing on this website. It was something that has nearly driven me away on occasion but I just love this website too much. I am great at general copy-editing, cleanup, and grammar edits, but I have also been known to vigorously rewrite bad or stubby articles.

When I began I was a [[Star Wars]] geek and avidly contributed to the Star Wars-related articles, as well as anything relating to [[Utah]], but I have moved beyond the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]. I now focus on Utah-related articles, and try my best to contribute to meteorology, video game, television, and music articles as well (and soon perhaps architecture and urban planning-related articles?). I was a huge contributor to tropical cyclone articles during the [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|2005]] and [[2006 Atlantic hurricane season|2006]] hurricane seasons, but the quality of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones|WikiProject Tropical cyclones]] is so high that I don't have much to contribute anymore.

For tons of useless info on me, check out my [[User:Bob rulz/personal|personal subpage]].

==Subpages==
'''''THIS NEEDS CLEANING UP'''''
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/personal]]''' - tons of info about me
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/music]]''' - my favorite music, basically
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/images]]''' - images I've uploaded to Wikipedia
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/Hurricane Herald]]''' (NOTE: the creation of the Hurricane Herald tropical cyclone newsletter goes to [[User:Hurricanehink]], ''not'' me) - the Hurricane Herald is the monthly newsletter for the tropical cyclone wikiproject
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/Utah weather of 2006]]''' - major weather events that occurred in Utah during 2006
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/Utah weather of 2007]]''' - major weather events that occurred in Utah during 2007
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/Utah weather of 2008]]''' - major weather events that occurred in Utah during 2008
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/betting pools]]''' - these are the 2006 Atlantic and East Pacific hurricane season betting pools that are merely for fun and were saved from imminent deletion; however, they were trimmed down to make them sane and reasonable
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/2006 NFL season predictions]]''' - purely for fun and probably completely wrong, but it's worth a try. Make any comments on it you'd like on the talk page!
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/2008 NFL season predictions]]''' - see above
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/2008 NBA playoff predictions]]''' - complete with analysis; again just for fun, and as always make any comments you'd like on the talk page!
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/2008-09 NBA season predictions]]'''
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/List of shopping malls in Utah]]''' - created due to my renewed interest in [[shopping mall]]s and the deletion of the article in the AfD.
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/List of famous Utahns]]''' - Want this to become an article eventually, so I'm starting it as a subpage to organize all the info first.
*'''[[User:Bob rulz/Userboxes]]''' - a list of my userboxes

==WikiProjects==
'''''THIS NEEDS UPDATING'''''
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games]]''' - Occasional contributor
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles]]''' - Currently inactive, though that may change
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Meteorology]]''' - Frequent contributor
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Non-tropical storms]]''' - Upstart project, plan to contribute frequently
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Shopping Centers]]''' - Am increasing involvement
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stargate]]''' - Currently inactive, through that may change
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Television]]''' - Plan to increase involvement
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones]]''' - May not be very involved next year
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Utah]]''' - Frequent (and one of the very few) contributors
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Utah State Highways]]''' - [Not Active] (but I plan to contribute to what this article was originally for...eventually)

==Articles I've created==
[[1931 Atlantic hurricane season]] | [[1948 Atlantic hurricane season]] | [[2003 Utah snowstorm]] | [[2007 in video gaming]] | [[Apple Valley, Utah]] | [[Bear River Mountains]] | [[Bryce Canyon City, Utah]] | [[East Bench, Salt Lake City, Utah|East Bench (Salt Lake City)]] | [[Half-Life 2: Episode Three]] | [[Hanksville, Utah]] | [[Hiawatha, Utah]]  | [[Kennecott Land]] | [[Logan Canyon]] | [[Parley's Canyon]] | [[Salt Lake Valley]] | [[Utah State Route 201]] | [[UTA TRAX]]

===Articles I've created that have been deleted or merged===
[[Anoat]] (since merged into ''[[List of Star Wars planets (A-B)]]'') | [[Anoat system]] (since merged into ''[[List of Star Wars systems]]'') | [[Kennecott Copper Mine]] (merged with ''[[Bingham Canyon]]'' to form ''[[Bingham Canyon Mine]]'') | [[List of shopping malls in Utah]] | [[United States weather of 2006]] | [[United States Weather of 2007]] | [[Xel'Naga]] (since merged into ''[[Species of StarCraft]]'') | [[Zerus]] (since merged into ''[[StarCraft]]'')

==Long-term projects==
'''''THIS NEEDS UPDATING'''''
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Utah]] (what's left of it, at least; mostly city articles)
** [[Salt Lake City]] - bringing up to [[Wikipedia:Featured article|featured article]] status is my long-term goal but I don't think that's going to be happening anytime soon
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Shopping Centers]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Meteorology]] (more involvement planned...eventually)
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Non-tropical storms]]
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Severe weather]]

==To work on==
'''''THIS NEEDS UPDATING'''''
[[City Creek Center]] | [[Climate of Salt Lake City]] | [[Geography of Salt Lake City]] | [[Geography of Utah]] | [[Salt Lake City]] | [[Salt Lake City Intermodal Hub]] | [[Taylorsville, Utah]] | [[Transportation in Salt Lake City]] | [[UTA TRAX]] | [[Wasatch Front]] | [[West Valley City, Utah]]

==To create==
'''''THIS NEEDS UPDATING'''''
[[Cedar Valley (Utah)]] | [[Central Valley, Utah]] | [[Climate of Utah]] | [[List of famous Utahns]] (also should merge [[List of famous Salt Lakers]] into this article when it is created) | [[Living Planet Aquarium]] | [[Raft River Mountains]] |  [[Stansbury Mountains]]

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