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== Some stuff I've done ==

=== Related to [[the Bronx]] ===
*[[American Bank Note Company Printing Plant]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]]  [[File:Featured article star.svg|17px]]
*[[Bronx County Bird Club]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]]
*[[Bronx County Hall of Justice]]
*[[Bronx Skate Park]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
* [[Claremont Park]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[Edward G. Faile]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]]
* [[Elias Karmon]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]]
*[[Fleetwood Park Racetrack]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]] [[File:Featured article star.svg|17px]]
*[[Givans Creek Woods]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School]]
*[[Julio Carballo Fields]]
* [[The Lit. Bar]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[New York Park Association]]
*[[Printer's Park]]
*[[Robert Weinberg (urban planner)]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]]
*[[Rocking the Boat]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[South Bronx Greenway]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[Vinmont Veteran Park]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[Walter Gladwin]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]  [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]]
*[[West Farms Soldiers Cemetery]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[Wildlife in the Bronx]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]

=== New York City in general ===
*[[Cranksgiving]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[Julio and Marisol]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]]
*[[Hotel Normandie (New York City)]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[Leaders of the World]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]]
*[[Louis Abramson]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]]
* [[Michael Goldstein]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[SoHo Weekly News]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]][[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]]
*[[St. Mark's Bookshop]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
* [[Tad's Steaks]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]

=== Other ===
*[[Alden Rowing]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[Arthur O. Austin]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]  [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]] [[File:Featured article star.svg|17px]]
*[[Big Duck]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[Carlisle & Finch]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[Dorothy Olsen]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]]  [[File:Featured article star.svg|17px]]
*[[Feetloaf]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[The Lincoln Project]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]
*[[Margaret Sibella Brown]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]] [[File:Featured article star.svg|17px]]
*[[Neptune All Night]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]]
*[[New York State Agricultural Society]]
*[[Viking Saga censorship incident]] [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|17px]]
*[[Zoo key]]  [[File:Symbol question.svg|17px]]

=== Not in mainspace ===

* ''The Signpost:'' The long road of a featured article candidate ([[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-01-10/In focus|part 1]], and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-01-31/In focus|part 2]])
* [[User:RoySmith/Three best sources|Three best sources]], a surprisingly popular (and oft-misunderstood) user essay

== Things about 130326 ==

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* It is [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:RoySmith&action=info my user id]
* It is a [https://www.scbt.com/scbt/product/il-6-antibody-1 mouse monoclonal kappa light chain antibody]
* It is a [https://www.colorhexa.com/130326 very dark violet]
* It is a bill declaring April, 2013, as [http://cityclerk.kcmo.org/LiveWeb/Documents/Document.aspx?q=DWJDxlp9O7MgAuPQ4218DqEXu4b0VQnuHsQsxOo3R5KfedT0NdEJMEowngZRNepzC1Lbu6zxtZZ9k3MjsgSzOw%3D%3D Fair Housing Month in Kansas City, Missouri]
* It is [http://www.lowrycrossfit.com/130326-2/ 18 deadlifts, 60 box jumps, 30 handstand push-ups, and running 900 meters]
* It is [https://www.partsroom.com/parts/hardware/hinges-latches/genie-130326.html a pintle hinge]
* It is a sequence of the [[oeis:A130326|least primes, p, such that 3*p*2^n+1 is prime]]
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==Admin==
{{User:Cyberpower678/RfX Report}}
I am <s>an admin</s> a legacy admin on en.  You can look me up on [[Wikipedia:List_of_administrators]].  You can also view the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&offset=&limit=500&type=&user=RoySmith&page=&wpdate=&tagfilter= log of my administrative actions].

I'm also a (non-legacy) checkuser.  You can look me up on some [[Special:Listusers/checkuser|nifty special page that does some magic that I don't understand.]]  Most of you can not view the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CheckUserLog&cuInitiator=RoySmith log of my checkuser actions].  Those of you who can know who you are.  If you suspect socking, please file an SPI report rather than reporting on my talk page.  My involvement in SPI wanes and waxes, so even if it's a case I've worked before, I may not be the best person to deal with the sock du jour.

I am serving on the [[meta:Ombuds_commission|Ombuds commission]] for the Feb 2024 – Jan 2026 term.

== Contacting me ==

* The best way is to leave a message on my talk page or just [[Help:Notifications|ping]] me.  You can also [[Special:EmailUser/RoySmith|send me email]], but I much prefer on-wiki communication; I may or may not respond to email, and certainly don't promise I'll keep anything you send me confidential.

* I exist on IRC as roy649 on Libera Chat, but I often don't pay attention to that.
* I also exist on Discord as Roy649#7240, but often don't pay attention to that either.

== Alternate accounts ==
I am a member of [[Harlem Yacht Club]].  I am not an employee or otherwise compensated by the club.  I have, however, created an alternate account, [[User:RoySmith-HYC]].  Should I decide to do any editing of material related to the club, I will use that account to emphasize the COI relationship.

I also have created [[User:RoySmith-Mobile]].  I use this on mobile devices and other insecure locations, where I don't want to login using my admin credentials.

[[User:RoySmith-testing]] is me as well.  It's for testing stuff.  And [[User:RoySmith-RenameTest1]].  Not to mention the infamous [[User:RoySmith-YetAnotherSockForTesting]].

I also run [[User:DYK-Tools-Bot]].

== Articles of interest ==
*[[Pelham Park and City Island Railway]]
*[[User:RoySmith/notes/Pelham Park and City Island Railway]]
*[[User:RoySmith/drafts/Society for the Recognition of the Universal Brotherhood of Man]]

==Links==
===Tools===

*[[toolforge:afdstats/|AfD stats tool]]

===Subpages===

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixIndex&prefix=User%3ARoySmith/&namespace=0 All my sub-pages]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex?prefix=User%3ARoySmith%2Fdrafts/&namespace=0 my drafts]

[[Category:Wikipedia administrators]]
[[Category:Wikipedians interested in civility]]
[[Category:Wikipedians in the Bronx]]
[[Category:Wikipedians who like redlinks]]
[[Category:Wikipedians who should probably stop screwing around with categories, lest they draw unwanted attention from the Categories Police]]
[[Category:Wikipedians who are too sarcastic for their own good and who no one takes seriously or takes too seriously]]
[[Category:Wikipedia checkusers]]
[[Category:Admins who have had a close reverted]]
[[Category:Members of the Twenty Year Society of Wikipedia editors]]

== Not advertising??? ==
A random assortment of amusing quotes on the topic of [[WP:G11]]

* We aren't trying to advertise but rather provide a description of our community.
* not meant at all for advertising purposes, more so fans can search and find out a little bit more about ourselves.
*I tried to make this page so it's not a advertisement. I just want to make it for my company.

==Some things I'm interested in==

* E.C. Smith Herbarium: {{find|E.C. Smith Herbarium}}
*[[Jena glass]]

== Wiki Sadness ==
Reproduce by:

# Make an edit
# Provide a useful edit summary
# Copy edit summary
# Make a similar edit
# Paste the edit summary you copied in step 3
# Repeat steps 4-5 many times

Expected results:

# You will have generated a bunch of useful edit summaries while saving time

Actual results:

# Discover that you made a typo in step 2

== Geekyness ==
After a lifetime of using computers in all sorts of useful ways, I finally got around to figuring out how to customize my shell prompt today.  I ended up with

<code>\[\033[1;31m\]\u\[\033[00m@\[\033[1;34m\]\h\[\033[00m\] [\[\033[1;35m\]\W\[\033[00m]</code>

whis is both wonderful and frightening, and a little bit sad.

== Spin ==
Many years ago, I took physics in high school.  I was good at it.  Then I went on to college and took another three semesters of physics.  Rotational mechanics.  Electromagnetism.  Optics.  Relativity.  I was good at that too.  In the decades since that, I've enjoyed a vague sense of inner satisfaction about the fact that I understood how the universe worked.  I could look at a computer and see all the way down to the P-N junctions doing their magic (even if it's really all MOSFETs these days).  It's only in the past year or so that I've dived back into the subject, mostly from watching YouTube videos about quantum mechanics.  The MIT Open Courseware stuff is great.  I now understand that I don't actually understand how the universe works at all.  But I'm getting there.  Although I do wish I had paid more attention in my Differential Equations and Linear Algebra classes.