
PLEASE NOTE: I tend to keep track of my new postings on other user talk pages, so please reply to those on your own talk page instead of here. :''BY COMMENTING HERE, YOU SHOULD EXPECT THAT I WILL REPLY HERE'' ---- ;Archives of previous talk *User talk:Stevietheman/2004 *User talk:Stevietheman/1Q2005 *User talk:Stevietheman/2Q2005 ==Taking a real break== Well, my original "summer break" idea didn't hold. I've realized lately that I've been spending way too much time contributing to Wikipedia and frankly, it's been detrimental to other work I'd like to accomplish. So, I'm going to take a ''real break''. I'm going to drop watches of everything except my personal pages. In fact, the only thing I will probably edit will be my personal pages. So... see ya back in the Fall. Oh, and try not to break anything, kids. :) — Stevie_is_the_man!">User:Stevietheman User talk:Stevietheman | Special:Contributions/Stevietheman 06:56, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)
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Stevietheman''' is ''Steve Magruder'' from Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Steve is a freelance World Wide Web computer programming specializing in PHP and MySQL, and is an occasional writer.
''Disclaimer'': The handle ''Stevietheman'' and the signature (e.g., "— Stevie_is_the_man!">User:Stevietheman User talk:Stevietheman | Special:Contributions/Stevietheman 05:06, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)") are meant to be 100% sarcasm and also are mild references to an idea that if one is 18 years of age or older, a male should act like a man rather than a boy. Steve runs into tons of "grown-up children" in his life experiences... certainly, you do as well. :)
__TOC__ ==Philosophy of participation== Enzyte">Image:SteveMagruder-goofy.jpg|thumb|80px|right|Enzyte Steve participates in the Wikipedia to: *Ensure that people understand what they need to know about subjects he cares deeply about. *Give the people of the world the power to control all knowledge and keep it out of the hands of the elite, greedy and power-hungry. *Enrich the commons and bolster openness and the public domain. *"Give something back" in appreciation to all those who have taught Steve something in this thing called life. We stand on the shoulders of giants. *Show everyone he's a smart dude. :) *Destroy Encarta and Encyclopædia Britannica. Who needs 'em? ==Authorship== A Wikipedian since March 2004, Steve contributes to many articles and discussions, especially related to political science, computer science and his hometown. See his special:contributions/Stevietheman. As of April 27 2005, Steve was situated on the Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits as the 293rd most active contributor to the article namespace. ===Approach to editing=== Wikipedia:Be_bold_in_updating_pages">Image:Be bold.png|thumb|100px|right|Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages Steve believes in making positive changes to articles in a very Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages manner, but whenever a change dramatically alters the content of an article, he tries to seek consensus first from other contributors to the article. When it comes to editing other contributors' work, beyond the obvious spelling, grammar, structure and formatting issues, Steve also takes a strong look at: *''Blatant advertising'', esp. of unrelated products/sites, but also of related entities that could eventually get out of hand (e.g., under Internet forum, listing all forums on the web). *''Non-Wikipedia:Neutral point of view'' and subject (philosophy) in general. *''Lack of encyclopedic relevance''—and Google hits aren't enough to prove it! There must be provable common knowledge of the article's subject and a significant number of references ''outside'' the original article author's sphere of influence. *''Egos'' of contributors in their promotion of original research and pet ideas that don't belong here. *''Elitism''—that is, Steve supports a very non-elitist Wikipedia and thus takes a dim view of stuffy, highfalutin wording. ===Conflict=== When it comes to disagreements over the content in articles, I'm a strong adherent to seeking honorable compromises that maintain factuality above all else. However, there are times when some other contributors go into "mud throwing mode" and refuse to discuss content without lobbing one personal insult after another. These folks are usually dealt with via consensus of the other contributors. In only one case have I seen an weblog when there wasn't enough other good players around to keep them in check. ===Biases=== Steve is a MetaWikipedia:Association of Deletionist Wikipedians. See also ''User:Stevietheman/What I Think''. ===Contributions=== Steve has created (*) or otherwise contributed significant edits to the following articles: ====Politics and political science==== {| width="90%" | |- | width="50%" align="left" | *Arguments for and against drug prohibition *Athenian democracy *Constituent* *Defense of Marriage Act *Democracy *Democracy (disambiguation)* *Democracy (varieties) *Direct democracy *Direct democracy (history in the United States) *E-democracy* *EGovernment || | width="50%" align="left" | *Election *Electronic voting *Internet democracy *Global warming controversy *Liberal democracy *List of politics-related topics *Majoritarianism *Marriage Protection Act* *Minoritarianism* *Paper trail *:Category:Politics and technology* *Redistricting* *Right of recall* |} ====Computer science==== {| width="90%" | |- | width="50%" align="left" | *Application software *Collaborative software *Internet forum *Delphi programming language *:Template:Major programming languages small *List of collaborative software* || | width="50%" align="left" | *List of GIS software* *MySQL *Open source *PHP *Session (computer science)* *Wiki |} ====My home area: Louisville and Kentucky==== {| width="90%" | |- | width="50%" align="left" | *:Category:Cemeteries in Kentucky* *Foster Brooks* *Frederick Law Olmsted *George Rogers Clark *Giacomo* (winner of the 2005 Kentucky Derby) *Jefferson Memorial Forest *Jerry E. Abramson *Kentucky || | width="50%" align="left" | *Kentucky Derby Festival* *List of people from Kentucky *:Category: Louisville attractions* *:Category: Louisville education* *Louisville, Kentucky *:Category: Louisville media* *Zachary Taylor National Cemetery* |} ====Entertainment==== {| width="90%" | |- | width="50%" align="left" | *:Template: Comedian-stub* *:Category: Comedian stubs* *List of fictional brands in South Park *List of movies, television shows and books parodied on South Park || | width="50%" align="left" | *Roast (comedy) *South Park *Three's Company |} ====Miscellaneous==== {| width="90%" | |- | width="50%" align="left" | *Body parts slang* *Gay agenda *Glocalization* *Herding instinct/Herd behavior (should be merged) || | width="50%" align="left" | *Meme *Sexual slang *:Template:Web reference 4 *Wikipedia |} ===To-do's=== The following are items I'd like to work on in the near future. Of course, feel free to beat me to doing any of the items. ==Biography== Steve attended J. B. Speed School of Engineering (formerly Speed Scientific School) at the University of Louisville, majoring in Engineering Math and Computer Science (concentrating in Computer Science), and received his B.S. in Engineering Science in 1989. Subsequently, he has worked alternately as a permanent employee and contractor with various firms and organizations as a software developer. He is now pursuing a mix of web development and writing assignments. ==Other interests== ''Adult Swim'', ''American Idol'', Astronomy, Board games, Ten-pin bowling, Caving, Classic rock, Coffee, Comedy, Cooking, Cycling, ''Family Guy'', Physical fitness, Hiking, ''MADtv'', Film, Roller coasters, Romantic love/Sensuality, ''Scrabble'', ''SimCity'', Slashdot, Theater, Travel, Wine, Writing, Garage sales ==Favorite Wikipedia/Wikimedia shortcuts== ===Wikipedia=== *Wikipedia:Errors in the Encyclopædia Britannica that have been corrected in Wikipedia *Lists of articles needing follow-up: **:Category:Wikipedia cleanup **:Category:Section stubs **:Category:To do **:Category:Stubs *Wikipedia:Manual of style *Wikipedia:Topical index *Wikipedia:Utilities *Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress *Wikipedia:Votes for deletion ===MetaWiki=== *MetaWikiPedia:Interwiki map *MetaWikiPedia:Queer Wikipedians *Wiki Proposals: **Lists: MetaWikiPedia:Proposals for new projects and MetaWikiPedia:Talk:Proposals for new projects **MetaWikiPedia:User:Stevietheman/WikiCivicActivator — My proposal for documenting civic efforts and organization techniques geared toward progressive change. **MetaWikiPedia:Wikilaw — A proposal I'm very keen on seeing come to fruition. **MetaWikiPedia:User:Stevietheman/WikiLifeGuide — My proposal for the ''How to Do Everything in Your Life Guide''. ===Wikibooks=== *Wikibooks:How-tos bookshelf *Wikibooks:Voter's Guide — interesting new project to create voter's guides about elections, parties and issues worldwide. *Wikibooks:Cookbook ==External links== ===About Stevie=== *[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Steve+Magruder%22 Google on ''Steve Magruder''] *[http://www.stevemagruder.com Nexus Stevie - The Steve Magruder Academy of Self-Absorption] (personal website) **Includes his [http://resume.stevemagruder.com résumé] *[http://photobucket.com/albums/v618/stevietheman/Complete/ Pics o' Stevie] *[http://democracy2.blogspot.com/ ''The Public's Power Base''] — Stevie's blog, where he shares thoughts about the state of democratic participation and public sovereignty in the United States of America. *[http://stevietheman.stumbleupon.com/ StumbleUpon page] *[http://people.tribe.net/stevietheman Tribe.net profile] ===Wikipedia-related=== *[http://wikipedia.group.stumbleupon.com/ Wikipedia Group] at StumbleUpon *[http://wikipedia.meetup.com Wikipedia Meetup Group] at Meetup *[http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=Wikipedia_Status Wikipedia Status] *[http://wikipedia.tribe.net Wikipedia Tribe] at Tribe.net ===Non-Wikimedia wikis=== *[http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Main_Page dKosopedia, the free political encyclopedia] *[http://www.knowmore.org/ KnowMore.org, the corporate watch search engine] — comes with a wiki for editing content (both criticism and praise) about companies *[http://www.wannawiki.com/wiki/index.php/WannaWiki%21 WannaWiki!] — "What do you wanna do?" *[http://wiki.ehow.com/Main-Page wikiHow] — "The How-To Manual That Anyone Can Write or Edit" ==Contact Steve== Steve welcomes suggestions, criticisms, etc. on his User_talk:Stevietheman (unless it's repetitive or insolent). You may also [mailto:steve@stevemagruder.com email Steve] or IM him (AOL/AIM: ''stevietheman''; YIM: ''stevietheman66''). ==Licensing== I agree to Wikipedia:Multi-licensing all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages and personal images, as described below:Downing Street memo
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PLEASE NOTE: I tend to keep track of my new postings on other user talk pages, so please reply to those on your own talk page instead of here. :''BY COMMENTING HERE, YOU SHOULD EXPECT THAT I WILL REPLY HERE'' ---- ;Archives of previous talk *User talk:Stevietheman/2004 *User talk:Stevietheman/1Q2005 *User talk:Stevietheman/2Q2005 ==Taking a real break== Well, my original "summer break" idea didn't hold. I've realized lately that I've been spending way too much time contributing to Wikipedia and frankly, it's been detrimental to other work I'd like to accomplish. So, I'm going to take a ''real break''. I'm going to drop watches of everything except my personal pages. In fact, the only thing I will probably edit will be my personal pages. So... see ya back in the Fall. Oh, and try not to break anything, kids. :) — Stevie_is_the_man!">User:Stevietheman User talk:Stevietheman | Special:Contributions/Stevietheman 06:56, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)
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__TOC__ ==Philosophy of participation== Enzyte">Image:SteveMagruder-goofy.jpg|thumb|80px|right|Enzyte Steve participates in the Wikipedia to: *Ensure that people understand what they need to know about subjects he cares deeply about. *Give the people of the world the power to control all knowledge and keep it out of the hands of the elite, greedy and power-hungry. *Enrich the commons and bolster openness and the public domain. *"Give something back" in appreciation to all those who have taught Steve something in this thing called life. We stand on the shoulders of giants. *Show everyone he's a smart dude. :) *Destroy Encarta and Encyclopædia Britannica. Who needs 'em? ==Authorship== A Wikipedian since March 2004, Steve contributes to many articles and discussions, especially related to political science, computer science and his hometown. See his special:contributions/Stevietheman. As of April 27 2005, Steve was situated on the Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits as the 293rd most active contributor to the article namespace. ===Approach to editing=== Wikipedia:Be_bold_in_updating_pages">Image:Be bold.png|thumb|100px|right|Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages Steve believes in making positive changes to articles in a very Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages manner, but whenever a change dramatically alters the content of an article, he tries to seek consensus first from other contributors to the article. When it comes to editing other contributors' work, beyond the obvious spelling, grammar, structure and formatting issues, Steve also takes a strong look at: *''Blatant advertising'', esp. of unrelated products/sites, but also of related entities that could eventually get out of hand (e.g., under Internet forum, listing all forums on the web). *''Non-Wikipedia:Neutral point of view'' and subject (philosophy) in general. *''Lack of encyclopedic relevance''—and Google hits aren't enough to prove it! There must be provable common knowledge of the article's subject and a significant number of references ''outside'' the original article author's sphere of influence. *''Egos'' of contributors in their promotion of original research and pet ideas that don't belong here. *''Elitism''—that is, Steve supports a very non-elitist Wikipedia and thus takes a dim view of stuffy, highfalutin wording. ===Conflict=== When it comes to disagreements over the content in articles, I'm a strong adherent to seeking honorable compromises that maintain factuality above all else. However, there are times when some other contributors go into "mud throwing mode" and refuse to discuss content without lobbing one personal insult after another. These folks are usually dealt with via consensus of the other contributors. In only one case have I seen an weblog when there wasn't enough other good players around to keep them in check. ===Biases=== Steve is a MetaWikipedia:Association of Deletionist Wikipedians. See also ''User:Stevietheman/What I Think''. ===Contributions=== Steve has created (*) or otherwise contributed significant edits to the following articles: ====Politics and political science==== {| width="90%" | |- | width="50%" align="left" | *Arguments for and against drug prohibition *Athenian democracy *Constituent* *Defense of Marriage Act *Democracy *Democracy (disambiguation)* *Democracy (varieties) *Direct democracy *Direct democracy (history in the United States) *E-democracy* *EGovernment || | width="50%" align="left" | *Election *Electronic voting *Internet democracy *Global warming controversy *Liberal democracy *List of politics-related topics *Majoritarianism *Marriage Protection Act* *Minoritarianism* *Paper trail *:Category:Politics and technology* *Redistricting* *Right of recall* |} ====Computer science==== {| width="90%" | |- | width="50%" align="left" | *Application software *Collaborative software *Internet forum *Delphi programming language *:Template:Major programming languages small *List of collaborative software* || | width="50%" align="left" | *List of GIS software* *MySQL *Open source *PHP *Session (computer science)* *Wiki |} ====My home area: Louisville and Kentucky==== {| width="90%" | |- | width="50%" align="left" | *:Category:Cemeteries in Kentucky* *Foster Brooks* *Frederick Law Olmsted *George Rogers Clark *Giacomo* (winner of the 2005 Kentucky Derby) *Jefferson Memorial Forest *Jerry E. Abramson *Kentucky || | width="50%" align="left" | *Kentucky Derby Festival* *List of people from Kentucky *:Category: Louisville attractions* *:Category: Louisville education* *Louisville, Kentucky *:Category: Louisville media* *Zachary Taylor National Cemetery* |} ====Entertainment==== {| width="90%" | |- | width="50%" align="left" | *:Template: Comedian-stub* *:Category: Comedian stubs* *List of fictional brands in South Park *List of movies, television shows and books parodied on South Park || | width="50%" align="left" | *Roast (comedy) *South Park *Three's Company |} ====Miscellaneous==== {| width="90%" | |- | width="50%" align="left" | *Body parts slang* *Gay agenda *Glocalization* *Herding instinct/Herd behavior (should be merged) || | width="50%" align="left" | *Meme *Sexual slang *:Template:Web reference 4 *Wikipedia |} ===To-do's=== The following are items I'd like to work on in the near future. Of course, feel free to beat me to doing any of the items. ==Biography== Steve attended J. B. Speed School of Engineering (formerly Speed Scientific School) at the University of Louisville, majoring in Engineering Math and Computer Science (concentrating in Computer Science), and received his B.S. in Engineering Science in 1989. Subsequently, he has worked alternately as a permanent employee and contractor with various firms and organizations as a software developer. He is now pursuing a mix of web development and writing assignments. ==Other interests== ''Adult Swim'', ''American Idol'', Astronomy, Board games, Ten-pin bowling, Caving, Classic rock, Coffee, Comedy, Cooking, Cycling, ''Family Guy'', Physical fitness, Hiking, ''MADtv'', Film, Roller coasters, Romantic love/Sensuality, ''Scrabble'', ''SimCity'', Slashdot, Theater, Travel, Wine, Writing, Garage sales ==Favorite Wikipedia/Wikimedia shortcuts== ===Wikipedia=== *Wikipedia:Errors in the Encyclopædia Britannica that have been corrected in Wikipedia *Lists of articles needing follow-up: **:Category:Wikipedia cleanup **:Category:Section stubs **:Category:To do **:Category:Stubs *Wikipedia:Manual of style *Wikipedia:Topical index *Wikipedia:Utilities *Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress *Wikipedia:Votes for deletion ===MetaWiki=== *MetaWikiPedia:Interwiki map *MetaWikiPedia:Queer Wikipedians *Wiki Proposals: **Lists: MetaWikiPedia:Proposals for new projects and MetaWikiPedia:Talk:Proposals for new projects **MetaWikiPedia:User:Stevietheman/WikiCivicActivator — My proposal for documenting civic efforts and organization techniques geared toward progressive change. **MetaWikiPedia:Wikilaw — A proposal I'm very keen on seeing come to fruition. **MetaWikiPedia:User:Stevietheman/WikiLifeGuide — My proposal for the ''How to Do Everything in Your Life Guide''. ===Wikibooks=== *Wikibooks:How-tos bookshelf *Wikibooks:Voter's Guide — interesting new project to create voter's guides about elections, parties and issues worldwide. *Wikibooks:Cookbook ==External links== ===About Stevie=== *[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Steve+Magruder%22 Google on ''Steve Magruder''] *[http://www.stevemagruder.com Nexus Stevie - The Steve Magruder Academy of Self-Absorption] (personal website) **Includes his [http://resume.stevemagruder.com résumé] *[http://photobucket.com/albums/v618/stevietheman/Complete/ Pics o' Stevie] *[http://democracy2.blogspot.com/ ''The Public's Power Base''] — Stevie's blog, where he shares thoughts about the state of democratic participation and public sovereignty in the United States of America. *[http://stevietheman.stumbleupon.com/ StumbleUpon page] *[http://people.tribe.net/stevietheman Tribe.net profile] ===Wikipedia-related=== *[http://wikipedia.group.stumbleupon.com/ Wikipedia Group] at StumbleUpon *[http://wikipedia.meetup.com Wikipedia Meetup Group] at Meetup *[http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=Wikipedia_Status Wikipedia Status] *[http://wikipedia.tribe.net Wikipedia Tribe] at Tribe.net ===Non-Wikimedia wikis=== *[http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Main_Page dKosopedia, the free political encyclopedia] *[http://www.knowmore.org/ KnowMore.org, the corporate watch search engine] — comes with a wiki for editing content (both criticism and praise) about companies *[http://www.wannawiki.com/wiki/index.php/WannaWiki%21 WannaWiki!] — "What do you wanna do?" *[http://wiki.ehow.com/Main-Page wikiHow] — "The How-To Manual That Anyone Can Write or Edit" ==Contact Steve== Steve welcomes suggestions, criticisms, etc. on his User_talk:Stevietheman (unless it's repetitive or insolent). You may also [mailto:steve@stevemagruder.com email Steve] or IM him (AOL/AIM: ''stevietheman''; YIM: ''stevietheman66''). ==Licensing== I agree to Wikipedia:Multi-licensing all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages and personal images, as described below:
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