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{{tmbox|image=none|textstyle=text-align:center|text=<b><big>I in the American flag and the republic which means loyalty, one nation pledge under freedom and justice and divided impossible God because of everything.</big></b><ref>The US [[Pledge of Allegiance]], as translated by Google from English to Japanese and back again.</ref>}}
{{tmbox|image=none|textstyle=text-align:center|text=<center><b>Checkuser is not magic wiki pixie dust.</b></center>}}
{{tmbox|image=none|textstyle=text-align:center|text=<b>Billions of voices, making all the wrong choices, then turning round and blaming me.<ref>[[Jerry Springer: The Opera]]</ref></b></center>
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{{tmbox|image=none|textstyle=text-align:center|text=<center><b>Do no harm. All the rest is wikilawyering. 
<ref>Tony Sidaway[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ARequests_for_arbitration%2FBadlydrawnjeff%2FWorkshop&diff=134713360&oldid=134713092]</ref></b></center>
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{{tmbox|image=none|textstyle=text-align:center|text=<center><b>Up with your damned nonsense will I put twice, or perhaps once, but sometimes always, by God, never.<ref>[[Hans Richter (conductor)|Hans Richter]]</ref></b></center>
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==About me==
Hi everyone! My name's Josh Gordon. I've got a ton of different interests and possibly interesting experiences that might or might not result in useful and informative additions to Wikipedia. For example, I've worked at [[IMSAI 8080|IMSAI]] (my first job out of college), [[Autodesk]] (my longest job) and [[eBay]] (where I was Chief Engineer) as a [[programmer]]; I was lead trumpet for the [[Oingo Boingo|Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo]] for a couple of years in the '70s; I'm an occasionally working musician in several genres and on several instruments including piano, bass, and ukulele;  I've lived in [[New York City]], [[Alexandria, VA]], [[Munich, Germany]], [[Eugene, Oregon]], [[Tarzana, California|Tarzana]], [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[San Francisco]], [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California|Carmel-by-the-Sea]], and [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]. I now live in [[Kernville, California]], my wife's hometown and my adopted hometown. I spent many years on [[The WELL|The Well]], for a long time as conference host of several of the most popular forums (Current Events and Politics, for example), and I'm an utter fanatic for encyclopedias and dictionaries of all sorts. 

I've collected comic books most of my life, though not much since the '90s -- my old friends kept getting killed off or replaced with children, so to hell with it. I do have a nice collection of original art by [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]], [[Neal Adams]], [[Scott McCloud]], and [[Chris Ware]]. I also collect photography, and have some lovely prints by [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], [[Ansel Adams]], [[Edward Weston]], [[Ruth Bernhard]], [[Paul Caponigro]], and [[Diane Arbus]] (the "[http://www.usc.edu/schools/annenberg/asc/projects/comm544/library/images/528bg.jpg Jewish Giant]" was my cousin [[Eddie Carmel]]).

==TV appearance==
I appeared on [[Antiques Roadshow]] on the show premiering May 12, 2008. I'm showing some [[Woody Guthrie]] drawings my Dad was given when he interviewed Woody for a [[New York Times]] story in 1949 or so.

[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/12/las-vegas-nv/appraisals/woody-guthrie-drawings-ca-1960--200706A42/ Here's] the appearance.

==Birds==

I'm now maintaining my [http://www.furface.com/birdlist.html bird list] offsite. These are all birds I've sighted from my home on the [[Kern River]] in California. Number 55 is the [[Summer Tanager]]; I think I saw the red female morph. Number 56 is the [[Black-headed grosbeak]]. Number 57 is the [[Cedar waxwing]].  Number 58 is the [[Spotted Towhee]]. Number 59 is the [[Northern mockingbird]]; they've been absent from the immediate vicinity for well over a decade, but hopefully they are re-establishing their presence. Number 60 is the [[Common poorwill]]; we heard it but haven't seen it. I wonder if anyone in the world besides me looks at that page? Let me know if you do; only one person has done so since I started it in 2005 or so.

==Administrating==
Mostly I'm doing [[janitor]]ial [[Labor|work]] around here. It comes naturally to me; I was "code cop" at Autodesk and at eBay, so browsing other people's work is quick, easy, and pleasurable.

I became an [[Wikipedia:Administrator|administrator]] on Nov. 26, 2004. 
I have been named a "monster admin" by a fellow editor at [[WP:RfAr]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration&oldid=47122411] -- I don't think it was meant as praise, though.

==Arbitration Committee==

I was named to the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]] on December 25, 2006. I resigned a year early; three years is too long. I hated it.
:And now a decade later (2019), I find myself overwhelmingly relieved not to be part of the governance of this operation.

==Therapy==
I'm the inventor of the concept [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not therapy]], though I don't think it should be part of [[WP:NOT]].

==Ironically==

I'm currently on a crusade against "[[Wikipedia:Words to avoid|ironically]]". And now "interestingly" is also on my list -- I found one sentence starting, "Interestingly and ironically", which was just proof to me that my sword is insufficiently swift. But I'm letting "interestingly" stay in video game and other pop culture sorts of articles, because, really, who cares.

I don't like adverbs in general, it would appear. "Indeed" is now on my list too.

Oh, and, "reportedly". What the hell does that mean? To my hear, it casts doubts as to the validity of the following statement; it rarely has any information-increasing value.

==It should be noted==
It should be noted that it is noteworthy that it should be mentioned that I also have a bug up my ass about "It should be noted" and other such wastes of bits.

==Yet another lower colonic arthropod==
Random lists of covers of standards. For example, there are hundreds of recordings by different artists of [[Over The Rainbow]]; that's the whole point of a standard -- it gets recorded a lot. So there's no need for [[Over the Rainbow]] to have a list of artists that have covered the song; it suffices to say the song has been widely covered, and pick out a few that are notable such as [[Bruddah Iz]]. And for gosh sake, lets not have a list including episodes of TV shows that have included the songs. Criminy.

==Is mentioned in==
Popular culture sections are bad enough trivia collections as is, but I do draw the line at "The topic of this article is mentioned in Episode #23 of The Fanboy Webcomic". "Is mentioned in" is an immediate clue that the rest of the sentence is subtrivia.

== Then- ==

When you're talking about something that happened 150 years ago, do you really need to refer to Lincoln as "then-President Lincoln"? New sport: thenectomy.

== Openly ==
I'm tired of seeing "openly gay" for contemporary BLP subjects. There are a contexts where it might be appropriate, such as in countries where it's a serious risk to be publicly identified as gay and the subject is unusual for being "openly" gay. But we don't refer to living people as gay unless they have self-identified as such, under [[WP:BLP]]; if we're going to mention someone is gay, then they of course are "openly" gay. Times have changed, and this is a place where we can actually reflect that change by our editorial choices without any risk of violating NPOV.

== Including XX women and children ==
A good example of really pointless text: in [[Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building]], we find ''the building was the target of the [[Oklahoma City bombing]], which killed 168 people, 19 of whom were children under the age of six.'' This might be language you'd see in tabloids and such, but I don't see what's in the least bit encyclopedic about such blather. How many were under the age of 10? How many were under the age of 18? How many were over 70? What's the point of this verbiage?

== "Convicted felon" ==
I think "convicted felon" almost never belongs in a BLP lede. We should be either more specific when it's an critical part of their biography ([[Harvey Weinstein]] gets "convicted sex offender", [[Ted Kaczynski]] gets "domestic terrorist"). But "convicted felon" doesn't really impart any illumination.

== "Very first" ==
Like, is there some other sort of first? If I notice these outside of direct quotes, I provide a veryectomy.   

== [[Kwanzaa]] pool ==
I'm thinking it would be odd fun to have a Kwanzaa pool. How early in the season will the idiots start vandalizing [[Kwanzaa]]? My definition would be the first edit that warrants a RBI.

==International Travels==
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I had the privilege and pleasure of making two Atlantic crossings, in the [[SS United States]] and the [[SS America (1940)|SS America]].

==US Travels==
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==Barnstars and things==
== Precious ==
{{user precious|header=flowers music images|thanks=for beginning quality articles such as [[Ruth Bernhard]], for fighting "wastes of bits", for "I find myself overwhelmingly relieved not to be part of the governance of this operation", for [[:File:Yellow fritzi.jpg|images of life]], for missing Sarah SV, - Josh, repeating from 11{{nbsp}}November 2008:}}
You are recipient no. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Precious#Jpgordon|2593]] of Precious, a prize of [[WP:QAI|QAI]]. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 22:03, 14 May 2021 (UTC)


{{hat|Haven't gotten one in more than a decade...}}
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Image:Original_Barnstar.png|From sock blocking, to arbitration, to ANI, to talk pages, to plain ol' editing, in every situation, irrespective of namespace, action, result or intent, every opportunity I have had to interact with or witness your actions, has resulted in a superb outcome.  I very much appreciate all the work you do and have done on Wikipedia.  [[User:WLU|WLU]] <small>[[User talk:WLU|(t)]] [[Special:Contributions/WLU|(c)]] Wikipedia's rules:</small>[[WP:SIMPLE|<sup><span style='color:#FFA500'>simple</span></sup>]]/[[WP:POL|<sub><span style='color:#008080'>complex</span></sub>]] 15:09, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Image:Zen Garden.jpg|The Zen Garden Award: I've been noticing your herculean efforts at [[Kwanzaa]].  I don't know how you can stand it, but you ''really'' deserve this.  [[User:Deeceevoice|deeceevoice]] ([[User talk:Deeceevoice|talk]]) 23:36, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

|This '''Whack-a-Mole Stuffed Tiger Prize''' is hereby awarded to [[User:Jpgordon|Jpgordon]] for skillfully reblocking returning sockpuppets at Carnival Wikipedia. [[User:Durova|<span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#009">Durova</span>]]<sup>''[[User talk:Durova|Charge!]]''</sup> 07:12, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Image:Barnstar_of_Diligence.png|''The Barnstar of Diligence''' Thanks for blocking that rude user who always vandalizes Wikipedia it was greatly appreciated! [[User:Bobsmith319|bobsmith319]] 22:08, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Image:Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|'''The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar''' I have seen some amazing anit-vandal work from you for a long time. You have blocked countless trolls of Wikipedia. Keep up the great work! I decided to put it on your talk page, and let you put it on your user page, just incase if you would mind.--[[User:{{{User|Wikipedier}}}|{{{User|Wikipedier}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{User|Wikipedier}}}|talk]] <small>•</small> [[Special:Contributions/{{{User|Wikipedier}}}|contribs]]) 05:33, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|'''The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar''' For going above and beyond in removing flagrant sockpuppeteers from the wiki. [[User:Avraham|Avi]] 06:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Working_Man's_Barnstar.png|Awarded for the relentless work on closing open proxies. Keep it up and thanks for the hard work! [[User:Jossi|≈ jossi ≈]] <small>[[User_talk:Jossi|(talk)]]</small> 04:35, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Whirlyworld.svg|Congratulations, you have been awarded the Spirals of Doom! OH YAY! [[User:132.161.187.62|132.161.187.62]] 01:18, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:WikiDefender_Barnstar.png|Jpgordon, this barnstar is for you, for all your hard work, finding, and blocking those open proxies!! Keep up your good work, both as a Wikiadmin, ArbCom member, Checkuser and open-proxy blocker! '''[[User:SunStar Net|sunstar net]]<sup>[[User talk:SunStar Net|talk]]</sup>''' 08:44, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Grapes05.jpg|For reverting vandalism on [[Jew]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jew&curid=15913&diff=28054567&oldid=28054178] you get a bunch of grapes. Enjoy. :) [[User:Sam Vimes|Sam Vimes]] 22:31, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Image:Surreal_Barnstar.png|To JPGordon I award the surreal barnstar for his addition of "special flavor" to the community and being of great help at all times,  [[User:Drboisclair|Drboisclair]] 02:42, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Image:SilverBarnstar.jpg|I award you this Barnstar, for your work as ''Sherrif'' against hatred on Wikipedia - especially as it pertains to '''Antisemites''', and '''Holocaust deniars''' --[[User:Ludvikus|Ludvikus]] 02:27, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
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