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Hi! My name is '''Johan Elisson'''. I am a [[Gothenburg]]er working as an [[information architect]] at Aleido (formerly [[Semcon]]), a global product information consultancy. I got my job in part thanks to my long-time dedication to Wikipedia. I have studied [[engineering physics]] at [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] level and [[engineering mathematics]] and [[computational science]] at [[Master of Science|MSc]] level at [[Chalmers University of Technology]]. I started out as a [[technical communication|technical communicator]], a profession one of my favourite authors ([[Kurt Vonnegut]]) once described—also quite fitting for a Wikipedia editor—as
{{quote|[...] trained to reveal almost nothing about themselves in their writing. This makes them freaks in the world of writers, since almost all of the other ink-stained wretches in that world reveal a lot about themselves to readers.}}

I rarely write about subjects related to my work or education, my main interests on Wikipedia are history and sports, focusing on Swedish military history and Swedish football. I follow the football club [[IFK Göteborg]], and since 2016 I work extra as a [[supporter liaison officer]] for the club. I have also been a board member of the official supporters' club [[Supporterklubben Änglarna]], of which I am now part of the nominating committee.

My first edits to Wikipedia were made in July 2004 and I became an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] in October 2006. I once upon a time created the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Football|WikiProject on Football]] and the [[Portal:Association football|Football Portal]]. I have been mostly inactive here for some years with only a handful of edits per month or less, and I am no longer an administrator due to my inactivity. I semi-regularly check my watchlist and talk page though, and occasionally do major work on expanding/rewriting articles or creating new articles.

I have a slight problem with [[Wikipedia:Recentism|recentism on Wikipedia]] and as such focus my efforts mainly on expanding or creating articles about not-so-recent, or timeless, stuff. Sure there are positive sides to recentism, but when e.g. 90 % of a club history section deals with the 10 most recent years, while the first 90 years of existence gets 10 % of the space ... Come on, expand at the early end of that section instead of adding some trivial fact about a match last week.

In regard to writing outside Wikipedia and my job, I was blogging for the—at the time—largest (and best, according to an [[Aftonbladet]] award) Swedish sports blog for a number of years. I have subsequently co-authored the book ''[[Special:BookSources/978-91-637-5138-7|Vi som är från Göteborg åker aldrig hem med sorg]]'' (published in 2014)—a fan culture history of IFK Göteborg—, and contributed text to the official 110th anniversary book ''[[Special:BookSources/978-91-637-5138-7|IFK Göteborg 2004–2014]]''. I am aware of [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#Citing yourself|WP:SELFCITE]] and avoid it whenever I can. I am dreaming of publishing a book about [[IFK Göteborg in European football]], and a biography on [[Carl Linde (football manager)|Carl "Ceve" Linde]].

My <span class="plainlinks">[https://tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-ec/?user=Johan+Elisson&project=en.wikipedia.org current edit count]</span> is not really interresting for anything but the adminship nomination process, and seeing I actually passed that one, the edit counts have no value at all. I feel I can make useful contributions to Wikipedia no matter if I have admin privilegies or not. I think of myself as a [[m:Delusionism|delusionist]], but closer to being a [[m:Deletionism|deletionist]] than an [[m:Inclusionism|inclusionist]].
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;Selected sports contributions:
Related to IFK Göteborg:
* [[Image:Featured article star - cross.svg|8px]] [[IFK Göteborg]]
* [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] [[Torbjörn Nilsson]]
* [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] ''[[The Last Proletarians of Football]]''
* [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] [[Carl Linde (football manager)]]
* [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] [[Gamla Ullevi]]
* [[IFK Göteborg (sports club)]]
* [[IFK Göteborg (women)]]
* [[List of IFK Göteborg seasons]]
* [[List of IFK Göteborg chairmen]]
* [[IFK Göteborg in European football]]
* [[Snart skiner Poseidon]]
* [[Kamratgården]]
* [[Karlsrofältet]]
* [[Idrottsplatsen]]
* [[Walhalla IP]]
* [[Gunnar Larsson (sports administrator)]]
Related to football:
* [[Image:Featured article star - cross.svg|8px]] [[List of Sweden international footballers]]
* [[Image:Featured article star - cross.svg|8px]] [[List of top-division football clubs in CONMEBOL countries]]
* [[Image:Featured article star - cross.svg|8px]] [[Swedish football champions]]
* [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] [[Göteborgs BK]]
* [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] [[Kalle Svensson]]
* [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] [[Swedish football (code)]]
* [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] [[Nordic Football Championship]]
* [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] [[Supporter liaison officer]]
* [[Big Three (Sweden)]]
* [[P19 Allsvenskan]]
* [[List of Swedish youth football champions]]
Other:
* [[Centralföreningen för Gymnastik- och Idrottssällskapen i Göteborg]]
* [[Gothenburg Sports Hall of Fame]]
* [[Nordiskt Idrottslif]]
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;Selected misc contributions:
Related to Boden:
* [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|8px]] [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] [[Boden Fortress]]
* [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] [[Boden Fortress Radio Bunker]]
* [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] [[English Canal]]
* [[Boden Garrison]]
Related to (military) history:
* [[Image:Featured article star - cross.svg|8px]] [[Allotment system]]
* [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] [[För tapperhet i fält]]
* [[Vaberget Fortress]]
Other:
* [[Image:Updated DYK query.png|8px]] [[Roffe Ruff]]
* [[LOK (band)|LOK]] (first article ever!)
* [[Peter Englund]]
* [[Pirate Party (Sweden)]]
* [[Gothenburg tram network]]
* [[Gothenburg dialect]]
* [[Serneke]]
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;Todo list:
* [[IFK Göteborg]] ([[/sandbox4]])
* [[List of IFK Göteborg players]] ([[/sandbox12]])
* [[Boden Fortress]]
* [[Football in Gothenburg]] ([[/sandbox6]])
* [[Evenemangsstråket]]
* [[Poseidon med brunnskar]]
* [[Änglagårdsskolan]]
* [[Anders Bernmar]]
* [[Swedish football league system]] ([[/sandbox5]])
* [[Gothenburg humour]]
* [[51-percent rule]]
* [[Sport in Sweden]] (general cleanup)
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|Countries where I've seen [[IFK Göteborg]] play: {{flagicon|Sweden}} {{flagicon|Norway}} {{flagicon|Finland}} {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{flagicon|Netherlands}} {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Portugal}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{flagicon|Poland}} {{flagicon|Slovakia}} {{flagicon|Hungary}} {{flagicon|Lithuania}} {{flagicon|Turkey}} {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} {{flagicon|Israel}}
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Useful links and WP shortcuts:
* [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|WP:POL]]
* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|WP:MOS]]
* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout|WP:MOSLAYOUT]]
* [[Wikipedia:Article development|WP:ARTDEV]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|WP:AFD]]
* [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship|WP:RFA]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WP:PJ]]
* [[mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions|Parser functions]]
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Links related to my adminship:
* [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Johan Elisson|My RfA]]
* <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=Johan_Elisson My admin actions]</span>
* [[Wikipedia:Administrators|WP:ADMIN]]
* [[Wikipedia:Administrators' guide|WP:ADMINGUIDE]]
* [[Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list|WP:ARL]]
* [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard|WP:AN]]
* [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring|WP:AN/3RR]]
* [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents|WP:AN/I]]
* [[Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism|WP:AIV]]
* [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|WP:BLOCK]]
* [[Wikipedia:Protection policy|WP:PROTECT]]
* [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|WP:DEL]]
* [[Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators|WP:DGFA]]
* [[Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Fixing cut-and-paste moves|WP:CUTPASTE]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace|WP:USETEMP]]
* [[:Category:Wikipedia backlog|WP:BACK]]
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Links that have no use:
* [[Wikipedia:Unusual articles|WP:UNUSUAL]]
* [[Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars|WP:LAME]]
* [[Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense|WP:BJAODN]]
* [[Wikipedia:List of really, really, really stupid article ideas that you really, really, really should not create|WP:STUPID]]
* [[Wikipedia:Deleted articles with freaky titles|WP:FREAKY]]
* [[Wikipedia:Assume stupidity|WP:ASS]]
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia does not need you|WP:WPDNNY]]
* [[Wikipedia:List of cabals|WP:LOC]]
* [[Wikipedia:Words of wisdom#On Wikipedia and the Cabal|WP:CABAL]]
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My various [[Special:PrefixIndex/User:Johan Elisson/|sandboxes]]:
* [[User:Johan Elisson/sandbox|Sandbox]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/sandbox2|Sandbox 2]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/sandbox3|Sandbox 3]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/sandbox4|Sandbox 4]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/sandbox5|Sandbox 5]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/sandbox6|Sandbox 6]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/sandbox7|Sandbox 7]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/sandbox8|Sandbox 8]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/sandbox9|Sandbox 9]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/sandbox10|Sandbox 10]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/sandbox11|Sandbox 11]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/sandbox12|Sandbox 12]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/victorynames|Swedish victory names]]
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* [[User:Johan Elisson/common.css|common.css]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/common.js|common.js]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/monobook.css|monobook.css]]
* [[User:Johan Elisson/monobook.js|monobook.js]]
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* ''Wikipedia is a paradox &mdash; it doesn't work in theory, only in practice.''
*: &ndash; [[User:CatherineMunro|CatherineMunro]]
* ''Vandalizing Wikipedia is like masturbating. It feels good to you, but not to anybody else, and it results in a sudden spurt of useless information that needs to be cleaned up.''
*: &ndash; [[User:DragonflySixtyseven|DragonflySixtyseven]]
* ''When you start accusing everyone of being in on a conspiracy, you shouldn't be surprised if they decide to confirm your paranoia by banding together against you.''
*: &ndash; [[User:Khaosworks|Khaosworks]]
* ''If enough people act independently towards the same goal, the end result is indistinguishable from a conspiracy.''
*: &ndash; [[User:Extreme Unction|Extreme Unction]]
* ''Editing Wikipedia is a privilege, not a right.''
*: &ndash; [[User:Alhutch|Alhutch]]
* ''I wish I could read Wikipedia as fast as it's being written...''
*: &ndash; Fundraise donator comment
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