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Member since 06 November 2008. Rollbacker; Article Reviewer; Copy Editor; Newbie Helper and Article Mergers. I was born and raised in Chicago, IL; currently residing in San Antonio, Texas. I have resided in, vacationed in, and/or worked in 49 of the 50 United States. (Alaska, I'm looking at you...)

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I have had a varied and eclectic work and educational background.

My educational background includes major interests in history; biology; Latin; grammar; astronomy; gemology; and advertising.

I was a BASIC and Visual Basic programmer back in the day. I have had life-long interests in, and worked as, an entertainer (including stage, radio, and TV, including script-writing, story-boarding, set design and construction, and performing. I still periodically perform as a Radio and Mobile DJ). I am a published genealogist.

I have owned my own businesses; and I have worked in corporate America (diamond sales, retail management), Blue collar (skilled construction); as well as medium to small business enterprises (advertising and entertainment agencies). I write corporate newsletters and have contributed to local and national newspapers, retail catalogs, and broadcast media. This requires a working knowledge of grammar, proper punctuation, and lay-out (including graphic, table, and picture placements).

As an active steinologist, I am a true believer of its basic precepts.

On Wikipedia, a hobby of mine, history is a very strong interest, as is copy editing, reliable referencing (re.: checks, creation, and inclusions), and article merging. Other Wikipedia interests include:

  • Creation of Wikipedia articles with meaningful content
  • Historically accurate place names and dating
  • A cohesive writing style, with strong adherence to the MoS
  • Proper grammar, punctuation, and written English;
  • The War of Independence—(or "American Revolutionary War" for you Brits)
  • Colonial, national, territorial and state border developments
  • Accurate biographical and immediate family information of article subject(s)
  • Illinois – North Carolina – Tennessee – Texas
  • Colonial America and Native American interaction
  • Helping new articles and new editors get off the ground
  • Geographical changes or events
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Works

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Action needed

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Currently needed 3rd opinions

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Third opinion disputes

  1. Talk:A. A. K. Niazi § English language failure on Early life. Disagreement over the appropriate ethnic terminology and geographical description in the Early life section. 10:03, 18 October 2026 (UTC)update, Purge

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AfC Backlog

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Level 4
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3.57 RPM according to DeadbeefBot 21:52, 20 October 2026 (UTC)

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