User:me_and
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me_and (sometimes rendered Me and for technical reasons) has been a Wikipedia editor since 2005. They are a WikiOgre, meaning Template:They will switch between high and low levels of editing activity with little warning or apparent cause, depending on life outside of Wikipedia. Nonetheless Template:They will always (eventually) see messages on [[User talk:me_and|Template:Their talk page]].
As a long-standing editor, me_and occasionally considers adminship as an additional way to help the community, but they do not currently have those privileges. They do have pending change reviewer permissions.
For the avoidance of doubt, me_and is a single person; they are the only user of this Wikipedia account, and they have no other Wikipedia accounts. They have used this handle since the late 1990s, and despite the confusion it occasionally causes, they continue to use it for reasons of continuity.
Background
me_and grew up in Merseyside, before leaving to attend university at Worcester College, Oxford, where Template:They initially studied for a master's degree in mathematics, before converting in Template:Their final year to mathematics and computer science. They began editing Wikipedia in Template:Their first year at university.
On graduation, me_and moved to Enfield to work for Metaswitch, where they continue to work since February 2015[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
In Template:Their spare time, me_and enjoys live action roleplaying, board games, and working on personal programming projects.
Interests
me_and performs a variety of work on Wikipedia. They can frequently be found tidying up article formatting and style, particularly relating to citations, and will also work on content in areas where 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'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.[1]
Conflicts of interest
me_and tends to focus editing on areas of particular interest to Template:Them, but it is worth noting that they have particular conflicts of interest in certain areas. To help maintain a neutral point of view, they try to always 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 conflict of interest guidelines, me_and is happy for that editor to revert the edits as a first step without discussing it first. Nonetheless, Template:They would appreciate a message on [[User talk:me_and|Template:Their talk page]] if such a revert is necessary.
Non-financial conflicts of interest
- They know, to varying extents, the authors Frances Hardinge and Adrian Czajkowski, the singer CN Lester, and the sports person Kelly Morgan.
- They have contacted the subjects of some of the biographical articles they have written, to let them know the article exists, to reassure them about Wikipedia's "Biographies of living persons" policy, or to 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 independent, reliable sources (and they have refused to make changes Template:They 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 Template:Their job and Template:They 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, since September 2015[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". me_and is working on improving the article on work time. 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 Template:Their role as being essentially that of a minor Wikipedian in Residence; it is far from being his primary role in the company, but other than bringing other editors on-site, they are already fulfilling the core characteristics of a Wikipedian in Residence – liaising between the company and the community, helping the company understand Wikipedia and Wikipedia processes, encouraging others to become editors, etc etc.
since September 2015[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 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 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 Template:They strongly advocates for other editors within the company to do similarly. Additionally, Template:They will make any potentially controversial edits through the edit request process.
Current and future projects
me_and maintains a list of things they are either currently working on or are planning on working on in the near future. since 29 September 2015[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., that list is as follows:
- List of SIP response codes, which needs its presentation and citations cleaning up.
- 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's Pink and Rainbow Lists, and other such similar award lists, which need writing or expanding. Next up are:
- Work on 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 general notability guideline, although that hasn't been thoroughly checked)
Notable contributions
Articles started
The below articles are ones that were initially created by me_and.
Biographies
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Others
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Significant article contributions
The below articles are those where me_and made a significant contribution to the content of an article, either through Template:Their initial article write-up, or through a significant rewrite of the article.
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Significant other contributions
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Source access
me_and has access to the below resources, and they are happy to take requests to look up information.
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- Direct subscriptions:
- Resources available to University of Oxford Alumni, including:
- JSTOR
- The Wall Street Journal
- The Economist
- Publications from Cambridge University Press, Palgrave Macmillan and Emerald
- Resources available to Bodleian Library readers, including:
- The Bodleian Libraries themselves
- Some University of Oxford college and department libraries
- Resources available through the Enfield Library Service, including:
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 they are working on, including both displayed versions and code versions ready to copy-paste. Thanks to transclusion trickery, there are different subpages to provide different date formats for compliance with the Manual of Style.
Opinions
me_and prefers to use List-defined references for citations; they are in the progress of writing a short essay on Template:Their reasoning.
References
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