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User:THFSW

This editor is a
**Veteran Editor III**
and is entitled to display this
**Silver Editor Star**.

Welcome to my userpage! I am a Wikipedian, as well as a rollbacker, autopatrolled, and a reviewer on the site. I have been nominated twice to become an administrator, but failed both times. I am active on Commons as well, so you can contact me on either of my talk pages, as well as email me. The name "The High Fin Sperm Whale" comes from the High-finned sperm whale (which unfortunately we have no article on).

About me
My name is Timmy, and I live in Montreal, Quebec, where I am studying physics and chemistry at McGill University. I have a quite wide variety of interests, which along with irl responsibilities, prevent me from actively contributing as much as I used to. I still respond to messages and make occasional edits though.

Common problems, mistakes, and injustices on Wikipedia

One thing that really annoys me on Wikipedia is when a poor newbie makes a new page or adds some text to an article, or course without having an understanding of MOS, NPOV, or other core policies. It is simply rollbacked, and the user gets a warning. Of course, this upsets them, and they react with anger. They just get more warnings, without ever getting an explanation or reason, and if they aren't blocked, they are so upset that they leave Wikipedia forever. This really is injustice, and despite violating IP!=VANDAL and PDNBTN, it really happens all the time. Please, rather than just giving a CSD notice and warning them for personal attacks when they try to contact you, explain to them what they did wrong and why it was deleted; even better, help them re-create it along wiki guidelines.

Another thing to remember is that editors are valuable. They are not expendable. I see it happen so often that people get pestered for every little mistake, while not being given credit for all the work and time they put into this place. It's really sad when someone spends a year learning the ropes and starts really doing great work, then someone carelessly insults them and they leave Wikipedia forever. Keep in mind that editors can leave at any time and if pushed, they will.

Barnstars

		The Resilient Barnstar
		For not letting your recent RfA closure mistake not keeping you from continuing to contribute. NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 00:38, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For taking on the Old School Vandalism Hunting 4 challenge presented at both WP:Reward Board and O4E Challenges and successfully completing it by finding 4 examples of 4 different various forms of vandalism and reverting them, I award you this Anti-Vandalism Barnstar, Well Done. Ottawa4ever (talk) 10:04, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Good job, keep at it:) Ottawa4ever (talk) 10:04, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		For being there and showing me around Wikipedia and Commons when I was new. Thomas888b (talk) 20:47, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		Firstly, for the brilliant this section is too short idea. I'm glad to help you by expanding it! Then, for the section Funny stuff on this page. And additionally, because your revert [1] finally lead to Bone1234's decision to create the highly valuable redirect Grate Britain which is also some kind of (bad) humor. Cyfal (talk) 17:00, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

		The Userpage Barnstar
		For having such an amazing userpage (Which I stole some ideas from) Thomas888b (Say Hi) 19:47, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	greetings i saw you helped with that guy who vandalized mosquito anyways heres a barnstar for you Leeboy100 (talk) 19:37, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	re barnstar for you Your welcome Leeboy100 (talk) 23:32, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Your section on common mistakes helped me a lot! Thank you. SandKitty256 (talk) 21:26, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

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Special thanks to...

RfA nominators

Barnstar givers

Userpage vandalism reverters

Other especially helpful and supportive people

Rlendog (for welcoming me to Wikipedia and showing me around)
Bob the Wikipedian (for nominating me for Wikiproject Animals coordinator)
ZooPro (for helping me out as WPAN coordinator)
The Interior (for organizing the Vancouver Wikipedia Meetup)

Funny stuff

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 16 years, 2 months and 24 days.

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This user has created 46 userboxes.

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This user page has been vandalized 18 times.

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This user's birthday is on January 21.

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