User:Skotywa

This user is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.

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About Me This user lives in Seattle. B Y U This user attended Brigham Young University. This user was born during the Ford administration.
Things I Like This user worked for the Dharma Initiative. firefly This user is a Browncoat. SEA This user is a fan of Seattle Sounders FC This user supports Los Guaraníes.
Wikipedia Contributions This user has been on Wikipedia for 17 years, 9 months and 16 days. 5,000+ This user has made more than 5,000 contributions to Wikipedia. This user has contributed to or nominated 4 articles featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. This user has helped promote 7 good articles on Wikipedia. This user helped promote 4 featured articles on Wikipedia. 3 of this user's featured articles have appeared on Today's featured article. {{t|26}} This user has made or created 26 Templates. This user has taken and uploaded  11 images to Wikipedia and Commons. This user is block free - (see my block log here!).

I like Wikipedia and use it a lot. I try to add value where I can.

I have little time to make significant contributions to Wikipedia beyond the occasional grammar touch up, fact check, or vandalism removal. That said, occasionally I'll take the opportunity to write about (or improve the writings of others on) things that I enjoy or am passionate about.

My edit count is relatively low as compared to the amount of time I've been contributing to Wikipedia and the amount of content I've worked on. Mostly this is because I've learned to preview my edits before saving them. I believe that lists such as this, this, and this are better measurements of your productivity as an editor than lists like this or this. Similarly, I believe that editors should pursue awards such as this, this, and this (or compete for this) rather than trying to accumulate service awards or barnstars. That said, I still believe it's important to recognize great work whenever you notice it by giving barnstars to those responsible for the contribution(s) and I am appreciative of those who recognize my efforts with barnstars or other recognition.

Here's a list of articles I focus on or have focused on in the past. The icons link to the review pages for each article.

• 5th Avenue Theatre (T)
• Lego Modular Houses (T)
• Seattle Sounders FC (T)
  • History of Seattle Sounders FC (T)
  • Steve Zakuani (T)
  • List of Seattle Sounders FC seasons (T)
  • 2009 Seattle Sounders FC season (T)
  • 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final (T)
  • 2010 Seattle Sounders FC season (T)
  • 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final (T)
  • 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final (T)
  • 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final (T)
  • 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final (T)
• {{footballbox collapsible}} (T) - a space-saving box score template Bobblehead and I originally developed (here and here) that's now used in 20,000+ articles (nearly surpassing {{footballbox}})
• MOS for soccer/football match articles - I created this after I started getting the U.S. Open Cup final articles promoted to FA level.

I'm an original member of the Seattle Sounders FC task force (T) which is focused on the improvement of articles related to the club.

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise – although the philosophers generally call it "recognition"! ~William James
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Each of these symbols link to a talk page change where I gave awards or recognition to someone or I received one.

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Received

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• How to improve your writing
• List of cognitive biases
• Wikipedia:Collapsible tables
• WP:CREEP
• My sub-pages
• Templates
  • Template:Ordinal
  • Template:otheruses4