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| title=me_and
| image=[[File:Wikipedia user me_and.jpg|220px|alt=Photograph of me_and, with bright red and blue hair, wearing a black and dark red velvet coat and holding a top hat]]
| caption=me_and in February 2015 at [[Blackfriars, Gloucester|Blackfriars Priory]]. Photo by [http://tgarnett.com/ Tom Garnett].
| header1=Personal data
| label2=Born
| data2={{bya|1987}}
| label3=Residence
| data3=[[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]], [[United Kingdom]]
| label4=Nationality
| data4=[[United Kingdom|British]]
| label5=Education
| data5=[[Master's degree|Master's]] in [[mathematics]] and [[computer science]] from [[Worcester College]], [[University of Oxford]]
| label6=Occupation
| data6=[[Software engineer]]
| label7=Employer
| data7=[[Metaswitch Networks]]
| header20=Wikipedia information
| label21=First edited
| data21={{Start date and age|2005|5|31|df=yes}}
| label25=Permissions
| data25=[[Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes|Pending change reviewer]]
| label30=[[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]]s ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/Task forces|task forces]])
| data30={{unbulleted list|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject User Warnings|User Warnings]]|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation|Disambiguation]]|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|LGBT studies]]|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Sexology and sexuality|Sexology and sexuality]] ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Sexology and sexuality/Sex work task force|Sex work]])}}
| label40=Editing tools
| data40={{hlist|[[Wikipedia:HotCat|HotCat]]|[[Wikipedia:Twinkle|Twinkle]]|[[User:Ohconfucius/script|scripts by Ohconfucius]]}}
| label50=Source access
| data50={{hlist|[[JSTOR]]|[[British National Formulary|BNF]]|[[ABI/Inform]]|[[Sage Publications|SAGE]]|[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]]|[[#Source access|others]]}}
| label60=Other projects
| data60={{unbulleted list|[https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Me_and Wikidata]|[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Me_and Wikimedia Commons]}}
}}

'''me_and''' (sometimes rendered '''Me and''' for [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)|technical reasons]]) has been a Wikipedia editor since 2005. {{gender:me_and|He is|She is|They are}} a [[Wikipedia:WikiOgre|WikiOgre]], meaning {{they|me_and}} will switch between high and low levels of editing activity with little warning or apparent cause, depending on life outside of Wikipedia. Nonetheless {{they|me_and}} will always (eventually) see messages on [[User talk:me_and|{{their|me_and}} talk page]].

As a long-standing editor, me_and occasionally considers [[Wikipedia:Administrators|adminship]] as an additional way to help the community, but {{gender:me_and|he does|she does|they do}} not currently have those privileges. {{gender:me_and|He does|She does|They do}} have [[Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes|pending change reviewer]] permissions.

For the avoidance of doubt, me_and is a single person; {{gender:me_and|he is|she is|they are}} the [[WP:ROLE|only user]] of this Wikipedia account, and {{gender:me_and|he has|she has|they have}} no [[Wikipedia:Sock puppetry|other Wikipedia accounts]]. {{gender:me_and|He has|She has|They have}} used this [[username|handle]] since the late 1990s, and despite the confusion it occasionally causes, {{gender:me_and|he continues|she continues|they continue}} to use it for reasons of continuity.

== Background ==
me_and grew up in [[Merseyside]], before leaving to attend university at [[Worcester College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], where {{they|me_and}} initially studied for a [[master's degree]] in [[mathematics]], before converting in {{their|me_and}} final year to mathematics and [[computer science]]. {{gender:me_and|He|She|They}} began editing Wikipedia in {{their|me_and}} first year at university.

On graduation, me_and moved to [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]] to work for [[Metaswitch]], where {{gender:me_and|he continues|she continues|they continue}} to work {{as of|2015|2|lc=yes}}.

In {{their|me_and}} spare time, me_and enjoys [[live action roleplaying]], [[board games]], and working on personal [[computer programming|programming]] projects.

== Interests ==
me_and performs a variety of work on Wikipedia. {{gender:me_and|He|She|They}} can frequently be found tidying up article formatting and style, particularly relating to citations, and will also work on content in areas where {{gender:me_and|he has|she has|they have}} subject expertise, such as in the areas of [[software development]] or [[IP telephony]].

Since 2013, me_and has been enjoying writing biographies of notable [[LGBT]] people, based off lists such as ''[[The Independent on Sunday]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "[[Rainbow List]]" and ''[[The Guardian]]''/[[Square Peg Media]]'s "World Pride Power List". These articles include [[Paris Lees]], the existence of which Lees has stated helped her get in touch with her long-lost grandfather.<ref name="LeesGrandad"/>

== Conflicts of interest ==

me_and tends to focus editing on areas of particular interest to {{them|me_and}}, but it is worth noting that {{gender:me_and|he has|she has|they have}} particular [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|conflicts of interest]] in certain areas. To help maintain a [[Wikipedia:neutral point of view|neutral point of view]], {{gender:me_and|he tries|she tries|they try}} to always [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|include reliable sources]] for changes that have any chance of being controversial, regardless of whether there is any possible conflict of interest.

In the event that another Wikipedia editor thinks me_and is breaching Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|conflict of interest guidelines]], me_and is happy for that editor to [[Help:Reverting|revert]] the edits as a first step without [[Wikipedia:Discussion|discussing]] it first. Nonetheless, {{they|me_and}} would appreciate a message on [[User talk:me_and|{{their|me_and}} talk page]] if such a revert is necessary.

=== Non-financial conflicts of interest ===

* {{gender:me_and|He knows|She knows|They know}}, to varying extents, the authors [[Frances Hardinge]] and [[Adrian Czajkowski]], the singer [[CN Lester]], and the sports person [[Kelly Morgan (athlete)|Kelly Morgan]].

* {{gender:me_and|He has|She has|They have}} contacted the subjects of some of the biographical articles {{gender:me_and|he has|she has|they have}} written, to let them know the article exists, to reassure them about Wikipedia's "[[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|Biographies of living persons]]" policy, or to [[Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission|ask them if they would be willing to provide a photograph suitable for Wikipedia]]. As a result of this, me_and has occasionally made changes to articles at the subject's request, but only when the changes have been obviously uncontroversial, or have been supported by [[Wikipedia:Independent sources|independent]], [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable]] sources (and {{gender:me_and|he has|she has|they have}} refused to make changes {{they|me_and}} could not verify met these criteria).

=== Financial conflicts and paid editing ===

me_and is an employee of [[Metaswitch]] as a software developer.  In general, editing Wikipedia is not part of {{their|me_and}} job and {{they|me_and}} receive no reward from Metaswitch for doing so.

In 2015, the company's marketing department contacted me_and for help as an experienced Wikipedia editor. As a result, {{as of|2015|9|lc=yes}} me_and is working on improving the article on work time. {{gender:me_and|He is|She is|They are}} still absolutely committed to maintaining neutral point of view and remaining in line with the rules on conflicts of interest and paid editing.

In this, me_and considers {{their|me_and}} role as being essentially that of a minor [[WP:WIR|Wikipedian in Residence]]; it is far from being his primary role in the company, but other than bringing other editors on-site, {{gender:me_and|he is|she is|they are}} already fulfilling the [[outreach:Wikipedian in Residence#Core characteristics of a Wikipedian in Residence|core characteristics of a Wikipedian in Residence]]&nbsp;– liaising between the company and the community, helping the company understand Wikipedia and Wikipedia processes, encouraging others to become editors, etc etc.

{{As of|2015|9}}, me_and has not made any paid edits to article space, but has begun editing at [[User:me_and/Metaswitch]] on company time. Any paid edits {{gender:me_and|he makes|she makes|they make}} will be clearly flagged as such (and it can accordingly be assumed that any edits that aren't clearly flagged are not paid edits), and {{they|me_and}} strongly advocates for other editors within the company to do similarly. Additionally, {{they|me_and}} will make any potentially controversial edits through the [[WP:edit requests|edit request]] process.

== Current and future projects ==

me_and maintains a list of things {{gender:me_and|he is|she is|they are}} either currently working on or {{gender:me_and|is|is|are}} planning on working on in the near future. {{As of|2015|9|29}}, that list is as follows:

* [[List of SIP response codes]], which needs its presentation and citations cleaning up.
* [[Maia (video game)|''Maia'' (video game)]], which needs updating and expanding.
* Complete the rewrite of [[Metaswitch]] at [[User:me_and/Metaswitch]] and get it moved back to article space
* Biographies of people listed in ''[[The Independent on Sunday]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Rainbow List|Pink and Rainbow Lists]], and other such similar award lists, which need writing or expanding. Next up are:
** [[Phyll Opoku-Gyimah]]
** [[Ashley Steel]]
* Work on [[Boy Meets Girl (BBC TV series)|''Boy Meets Girl'' (BBC TV series)]] and associated articles
* Work on [[All About Trans]]
* Finish [[User:me_and/Sex Workers' Opera]] and move it to article space
* Write articles for red links on [[Dastan Kasmamytov]] (at a very brief glance, they all look like they meet the [[WP:GNG|general notability guideline]], although that hasn't been thoroughly checked)
** [[Global Forum on MSM & HIV]]
** [[Eurasian Coalition on Male Health]]
** [[Kyrgyz Indigo]]
** [[Labrys (organization)]]
** [[Bishkek Feminist Collective SQ]]

== Notable contributions ==
=== Articles started ===
The below articles are ones that were initially created by me_and.

==== Biographies ====
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* [[Georges Azzi]]
* [[Suran Dickson]]
* [[Dastan Kasmamytov]]
* [[Paris Lees]]
* [[CN Lester]]
* [[Riley Carter Millington]]
* [[Tom Preston-Werner]]
* [[Rebecca Root]]
* [[Jonathan Rosenberg (SIP author)]]
* [[Anthony George Watson]]
{{div col end}}

==== Others ====
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* [[All About Trans]]
* [[Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Deutschland]]
* [[Boy Meets Girl (BBC TV series)|''Boy Meets Girl'' (BBC TV series)]]
* [[Eisenfunk]]
* [[Electrowerkz]]
* [[ISO/IEC 7813]]
* [[King George V College]]
* ''[[The Lie Tree]]''
* [[Maia (video game)|''Maia'' (video game)]]
* ''[[My Transsexual Summer]]''
* [[Reiss (brand)]]
* [[Silent Opera]]
* ''[[Verdigris Deep]]''
{{div col end}}

=== Significant article contributions ===
The below articles are those where me_and made a significant contribution to the content of an article, either through {{their|me_and}} initial article write-up, or through a significant rewrite of the article.

{{div col||15em}}
* [[@MAX SyncUp]]
* [[Be like Bill]]
* [[Boy Meets Girl (BBC TV series)|''Boy Meets Girl'' (BBC TV series)]]
* [[Cow tipping]]
* [[Paris Lees]]
* [[CN Lester]]
* [[List of SIP response codes]]
* [[Maia (video game)|''Maia'' (video game)]]
* [[Kelly Morgan (athlete)]]
* [[Anthony George Watson]]
{{div col end}}

=== Significant other contributions ===
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* {{tl|Birth based on age as of date}}
{{div col end}}

== Source access ==
me_and has access to the below resources, and {{gender:me_and|he is|she is|they are}} happy to take requests to look up information.

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* Direct subscriptions:
** ''[[Which?]]''
* [https://www.oxfordbusinessalumni.org/library-databases Resources available to University of Oxford Alumni], including:
** [[JSTOR]]
** ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''
** ''[[The Economist]]''
** Publications from [[Cambridge University Press]], [[Palgrave Macmillan]] and [[Emerald Group Publishing|Emerald]]
* [http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/using/getting-a-readers-card/facilities Resources available to Bodleian Library readers], including:
** The [[Bodleian Libraries]] themselves
** Some [[University of Oxford]] college and department libraries
* [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/24hourlibrary Resources available through the Enfield Library Service], including:
** The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]''
** [[Encyclopædia Britannica Online|''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Online]]
** [[LexisNexis]]
** ''[[Ancestry.co.uk]]''
** ''[[Findmypast]]''
** ''[[TheGenealogist]]''
** ''[[The Financial Times]]''
** ''[[The Times]]'' Digital Archive
** [[British Newspaper Archive]]
{{div col end}}

== Tools ==
To help editing Wikipedia, me_and has created a small number of useful tools:

* [[User:me_and/Common citations]] has lists of citations that me_and may want again for projects {{gender:me_and|he is|she is|they are}} working on, including both displayed versions and code versions ready to copy-paste. Thanks to [[Wikipedia:transclusion|transclusion]] trickery, there are different subpages to provide different date formats for compliance with [[MOS:DATEUNIFY|the Manual of Style]].

== Opinions ==
me_and prefers to use [[Help:List-defined references|List-defined references]] for citations; {{gender:me_and|he is|she is|they are}} in the progress of writing [[User:me_and/On list defined references|a short essay]] on {{their|me_and}} reasoning.

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="LeesGrandad">{{cite twitter|author=Lees, Paris|author-link=Paris Lees|user=ParisLees|number=390471764142080000|date=16 October 2013|title=My mum recently found her long-lost father. She was wondering how best to introduce me. Thank you, whoever made this. http://en&#46;wikipedia&#46;org/wiki/Paris_Lees}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* {{github|me-and|me_and}}
* {{twitter|me_ander|me_and}}
* {{facebook|adam.dinwoodie|me_and}}
* [http://stackoverflow.com/users/220155/me-and me_and] on [[Stack Overflow]]

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