Coldacid

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incl

This user is an inclusionist.

This editor is not an administrator and does not wish to be one.

This user thinks that Wikipedia has become too bureaucratic.

This user finds copyright paranoia disruptive.

This user thinks fair use images should be allowed in userboxes.

KB

This user asserts that a kilobyte is 2¹⁰ bytes, not 10³ bytes.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Computing.

This User Is A participant in WikiProject Microsoft

This user is a proud member of
WikiProject Toronto.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Microformats.

This user is signed up for the Feedback Request Service.

This user is an editor on Wikidata.

This user comes from Canada.

prog-3

This user is an advanced programmer.

game
dev

This user is interested in video game development.

This user is interested in politics.

Welcome to the user page of Mr Acid the Harassment Campaigner!

I'm an on-again off-again kind of editor, but I can really sink my jaws into some articles here. I've created and heavily revised a number of articles here, and have also created a variety of userboxes. I did a lot of work some time ago building out the Toastmasters International article, and while it's been some time since I worked on it, I'm proud of the state I brought it to, and of the work by other editors in maintaining the quality I brought to it. My main focus now on Wikipedia involves software development and video game topics, although I'm also likely to lurk in administrative spaces (as much as I don't want to be an admin, I'm still interested in the processes and how I can help improve the site through them.)

I have my complaints and issues about Wikipedia (mostly related to bureaucracy and fair use paranoia) but I don't let that stop me from making my own improvements to the content. I've considered leaving the project in the past, and whenever I become a bit too melancholy, such thoughts are quick to return. As a font of information, Wikipedia would be so much better were it not for people of bureaucratic inclinations who are too heavily focused on the notion of notability, when rather they should focus on whether something is factual. In fact, I'm even writing an essay about how verifiability should be balanced with truth, instead of strictly overriding it.

Wikipedia interests and activities

Software development
Computer games and game development
Toronto, Pickering, and historical townships and counties of Ontario
Minor clean-up of pages (copyediting, link fixing, etc.)

All contributions

Pages I've started or contributed to heavily

This is not a complete list, and just because the article may be great (or crappy) now doesn't mean that I'm the reason for it. If I am responsible for such status, however, you'll see it bragged about below.

City of Toronto Act (rewrite)
Cure for Sanity (plus cover image)
George Brown College
OkCupid
Port Union, Ontario
Program Design Language
Toastmasters International (rewrite; plus curriculum graph)
Commodore 8060

Templates of note

{{Mf-adr}}
{{oldmergefull}}
{{Commodore disk drives}} (reorganized)
{{User python-0}}
{{subst:SPI-notice}}

Former or minor interests

Template:Holocene and other early civilization period templates
Computer science and software engineering
Big Eyes, Small Mouth and Tri-Stat

Disclosures

I am a member of Toastmasters.
I have a pro-GamerGate bias (and am avoiding that page due to it).
I am a (past) member of the Pirate Party of Canada.
I work as a software developer, primarily with Microsoft technologies.
I attended George Brown College.

User subpages

All subpages

Possibly useful crap?

When summoned by WP:FRS to participate in an RfC, and not planning to watch the page, the following can be used in place of the regular signature:

{{subst:User:Coldacid/Templates/FRS involved|coldacid}}

Of course, if you're not me, you should replace my username with your own.

When involved in content disputes, or dealing with stuff in places like WP:AN/I or WP:AE, chill out and read these before doing something you may regret later. (You especially, coldacid.)

Reminder: As much as you may want to, you can't give thanks to a bot. :(

Reminder: Despite whatever the definition for they says, it absolutely cannot be used as the singular third person! To do otherwise is obviously an attack. /s