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==Awards==
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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Barnstar of Diligence'''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for all your hard work that you have done to make Wikipedia a better place. [[User:FirePolyglot|FirePolyglot]] ([[User talk:FirePolyglot|talk]]) 20:16, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The Original Barnstar'''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Just for the hell of it - well done on your contributions [[User:Zymurgy|Zymurgy]] ([[User talk:Zymurgy|talk]]) 00:28, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
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|style="align: center; vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | This award is given to {{BASEPAGENAME}} for your significant contributions to articles related to the '''WikiProject Writing Systems'''.
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|style="align: left; vertical-align: middle;" | I figured if anyone needs to be recognized for their contributions to WikiProject Writing Systems, it should be you. [[User:Vanisaac|Vanisaac]] ([[User talk:Vanisaac|talk]]) 13:26, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | In launching the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ireland_Collaboration/Poll_on_Ireland_(xxx)|Ireland (xxx) poll]], you did good work in difficult situation. Despite the inevitable criticism that came your way, your bold actions most certainly helped move this process forward. Well done. [[User:Rockpocket|<span style="color:green;">Rockpock</span>]]<span style="color:black;">e</span>[[User_talk:Rockpocket|<span style="color:green;">t</span>]] 02:36, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
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==My Chinese name: Yè Mìháo 葉密豪 ==
{| align=center id=toc style="margin-center: 25px;"
|align=center colspan=8 bgcolor=#ccccff| '''Michael Everson's name in Chinese'''
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| colspan=2 align=center | '''Pinyin'''
| colspan=2 align=center | '''Simplified'''
| colspan=2 align=center | '''Traditional'''
| colspan=2 align=center | '''"Meaning"'''
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| colspan=2 align=center | Yè&nbsp;Mìháo
| colspan=2 align=center | 葉密豪
| colspan=2 align=center | 葉密豪
| colspan=2 align=center |  leaf&nbsp;secret&nbsp;bold
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! colspan=8 align=center |'''Comment'''
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|colspan=8 | '''葉 ''Yè''''' is a surname chosen for its similarity to the first sound in ''Everson''.
[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/葉 葉] means 'leaf, page, era' and contains the [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/艹 艹] form of the 'grass' radical [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/艸 艸] ''cǎo'', the 'life' character [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/世 世] ''shì'' (whose radical is [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/一 一] ''yī'' 'one'), and the 'tree' character [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/木 木] ''mù''. 

'''密豪 ''Mìháo''''' as a given name can represent the Irish name ''Mícheál'' ['mʲi:ha:l̪ˠ]. 

[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/密 密] ''mì'' is 'secret'. Its radical is [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/宀 ⼧] ''mián'' 'roof', and its other elements are the 'certainly' character [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/必 必] ''bì'' (itself made of the 'heart' radical [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/心 心] ''xīn'' and a stroke [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/丿 丿] ''piě'' 'line'), and the 'mountain' character [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/山 山] ''shān''. (Compare 密码 mìmǎ 'cipher, cipher code, secret code'.) 

[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/豪 豪] ''háo'' 'bold' derives from the 'pig' radical [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/豕 豕] ''shǐ'' + the 'tall' character [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/高 高] ''gāo''. The pig-radical is an echo of Old English ''eofor'', Modern English ''ever'' 'boar'.
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|align=center colspan=8 bgcolor=#ccccff| '''Readings of Michael Everson's name in Han characters'''
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| colspan=2 align=center | '''Tang'''
| colspan=2 align=center | '''Mandarin'''
| colspan=2 align=center | '''Cantonese'''
| colspan=2 align=center | '''Taiwanese'''
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| colspan=2 align=center | *Jiap̚ Myit Ɦaw
| colspan=2 align=center | Yè&nbsp;Mìháo
| colspan=2 align=center | Jip6 Maht-hòuh
| colspan=2 align=center | Ia̍p Bi̍t-hô
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| colspan=2 align=center | '''Hakka'''
| colspan=2 align=center | '''Korean'''
| colspan=2 align=center | '''Vietnamese'''
| colspan=2 align=center | '''Japanese'''
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| colspan=2 align=center | Ya̍p Met8-hau2
| colspan=2 align=center | Yeop Milho (엽밀호)
| colspan=2 align=center | Diệp Mật Hào
| colspan=2 align=center | Ha You
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==About me==
For further information about me, see the article [[Michael Everson]]. Yes, I wrote the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Everson&oldid=3111150 first version of that article], dated [[August 8, 2004]]. That's a long time ago now ([[July 20, 2006]]). [[User:Roozbeh|Roozbeh]] had inserted my name in the [[Unicode]] article and a couple of months later I filled in the [[wikipedia:Stub|stub]]. I wasn't aware of the [[Wikipedia:Auto-biography|autobiography]] policy, but I didn't intend to write a "vanity" page. The article has been reviewed and edited by other people who appear to be satisfied by its [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiability]], as well as to its [[Wikipedia:NPOV|neutrality]]. The article has also been [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalized]] by [[Internet troll|trolls]], sometimes by people who are angry with me because of arguments we have on other topics elsewhere on the Wikipedia. Sometimes because some people just aren't very nice, and don't like people who aren't [[modesty|falsely modest]] about their work or achievements.

I don't believe that what some people believe is a '''ban''' on autobiographical editing actually makes a lot of sense. One of the edits I made to the list of scripts encoded on the article about me was to add [[Balinese script]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Everson&diff=10392036&oldid=9699620 article] when Balinese was accepted for encoding. Why? The work I do encoding scripts is why I'm meant to be "notable"; it's one of the things people want to know about. Would it be better to edit covertly, sockpuppeting or getting friends or colleagues to add a link like that? Apparently the second VfD on the article was caused by my deleting some nonsense about my having a [[beard]] and a [[moustache]] and being a [[Sagittarius (astrology)|Sagittarius]]. When I deleted the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Everson&diff=64829001&oldid=64814086 obvious vandalism] I signed it "I'm a Capricorn ;-)". The edit was transparent, and made in good faith and with good humour.

I'm a member of the Wikipedian community, and I'd have deleted such nonsense from any biography. At the same time, I don't believe that ''any'' Wikipedian who has an article ignores it or its contents. In light of the viciousness with which I've been attacked on two occasions (for daring to notice that people consider me notable), I consider that I am obliged to keep an eye on it. Now, I don't mind criticism. I have my detractors. There's room for criticism of me in the article. But not, I should think, for abuse.

I have a point of view. Of course I do. So does everyone. But Wikipedia doesn't require that individual contributors have a neutral point of view. Rather, it tries to have ''articles'' which have a neutral point of view, by the synthesis and integration of the points of views of various contributors. The Wikipedia is a fascinating social experiment. I'm proud to be a part of it, and to try to make good edits. I'm not going to pretend that the article isn't there, though. I hope it will stay factual, and interesting, and useful to people.

==From [[Wikipedia:Autobiography]]==
"It is difficult to write neutrally about yourself.  Therefore, it is considered proper on Wikipedia to let others do the writing. Instead, contribute material or make suggestions on the article's [[Wikipedia:Talk pages|talk page]] and let independent editors write it into the article itself.

However, in clear-cut cases, it is permissible to edit pages connected to yourself. So, you can revert [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]]; but of course it has to be ''simple'', obvious vandalism, and not just a content dispute. Similarly, you should feel free to correct mistaken or out-of-date facts about yourself, such as marital status, current employer, place of birth, and so on. However, be prepared that if the fact has different interpretations, others [[WP:BB|will edit it]]."

==From [[WP:BLP|Biographies of living persons]]==
"In some cases the subject may become involved in an article.  They may edit it themselves or have a representative of theirs edit it.  They may contact Wikipedians either through the article's talk page or via email.  Or, they may provide information through press releases, a personal website or blog, or an autobiography. When information supplied by the subject conflicts with unsourced statements in the article, the unsourced statements should be removed.

Information supplied by the subject may be added to the article if:

* It is relevant to the person's notability;
* It is not contentious;
* It is not unduly self-serving;
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A blog or personal website written by the subject may be listed in the external links/further reading section, even if the subject is not used as a source."


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