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Loadmaster — David R. Tribble ----- {{User unified login}} ----- My [http://commons.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Commons] account → User:Loadmaster My [http://meta.wikimedia.org Wikimedia] account → User:Loadmaster My [http://en.wiktionary.org Wiktionary] account → User:Loadmaster My [http://en.wikibooks.org Wikibooks] account → User:Loadmaster My [http://en.wikiquote.org Wikiquote] account → User:Loadmaster My [http://simple.wikipedia.org Simple English Wikipedia] account → [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Loadmaster User:Loadmaster] My [http://en.wikinews.org Wikinews] account → User:Loadmaster My [http://www.conservapedia.com Conservapedia] account → [http://www.conservapedia.com/User:Loadmaster Loadmaster] My [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Bugzilla] account → david@tribble.com My [http://picasaweb.google.com Google Picasa] → [http://picasaweb.google.com/David.R.Tribble portfolios] My PGP public key → User:Loadmaster/PGP public key My web page → [http://david.tribble.com david.tribble.com] |valign=top|{{Infobox Person |name = Loadmaster
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→ Current date and time: {{currentdate}} → [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Loadmaster&action=edit§ion=new Leave me a message] at my user talk page → Yes, I am a fan of the original Star Trek TV series → {{in title|tribble|More tribbles}} → No, I am not actually a loadmaster {{userpage}} Articles of interestProjectsProjects of which I am a member Contributions
→ My current [http://tools.wmflabs.org/supercount/index.php?user=Loadmaster&project=en.wikipedia.org&toplimit=10 edit count] → 13,000th edit (2018-08-10): [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Few&diff=prev&oldid=854366042 The Few] → 12,000th edit (2015-12-30): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System_time&type=revision&diff=697501055&oldid=693688448 System time] → 11,501st edit (2014-07-22): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_Dream&diff=618042637&oldid=612588926 American Dream] → 11,000th edit (2013-12-18): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Binary-coded_decimal&diff=prev&oldid=586695912 Binary-coded decimal] → 10,500th edit (2013-06-06): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intel_4040&diff=prev&oldid=558683615 Intel 4040] → 10,000th edit (2013-01-15): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Wyandot_(AKA-92)&diff=prev&oldid=533316685 USS Wyandot (AKA-92)] → 9,500th edit (2012-06-04): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S._E._Cupp&diff=prev&oldid=495996230 S. E. Cupp] → 9,000th edit (2011-08-29): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brian_Clark_(September_11_attacks_survivor)&diff=prev&oldid=447390791 Brian Clark (September 11 attacks survivor)] → 8,500th edit (2011-01-12): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=COT&oldid=407498788 COT] → 8,000th edit (2010-05-24): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:COBOL&diff=prev&oldid=364046524 Talk:COBOL] → 7,500th edit (2009-08-28): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Loadmaster&oldid=337099726 User:Loadmaster] → 7,000th edit (2009-08-28): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eiffel_(programming_language)&diff=cur&oldid=310586067 Eiffel (programming language)] → 6,000th edit (2009-05-12): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mystery_Science_Theater_3000&diff=prev&oldid=289513010 Mystery Science Theater 3000] → 5,000th edit (2008-10-25): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pink_noise&diff=prev&oldid=247679185 Pink noise] → 4,000th edit (2008-01-17): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Chset-tableformat&diff=prev&oldid=185001306 Template:Chset-tableformat] → First edit (as user Loadmaster): [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Controversy_over_Cantor%27s_theory&diff=prev&oldid=47989285 Controversy over Cantor's theory] (2006-04-11) = Using my work =If you wish to use any of the photographs or images created or uploaded by me, see the "Licensing" section for each image. Also refer to Commons:User:Loadmaster/permissions for more details. = Articles Started by Me ={{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=33%}}
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Better screenshot imagesTo get the best screenshot images from DVDs, I use a technique of sampling two or more consecutive frames from the source film and then combining them together into a single image. Most graphics editing programs (I use Paintshop Pro) allow two (or sometimes more) images to be averaged together into a single image. The averaging smooths out the pixel noise of each individual image, making the result much cleaner than any of the source frames. The only trick to using this technique is getting two or more consecutive images that are alike enough so that the resulting combined image does not appear blurred. Non-moving subjects are usually the best to work from. Example images created using this technique: Fighting Wikipedia VandalismThe approach I take to fighting vandalism on Wikipedia is pretty simple. I check "my watchlist" page periodically, looking for edits made by unregistered users (i.e., users with IP addresses instead of user names). For each one of those edits, I click on the "diff" link for it. This displays the changes made by that user. If it's obviously vandalism, I then click on the user's name or the "contribs" link on the "diff" page, which shows a page listing all the contributions made by that user. I can then check many edits made from the same IP address. Typically, several edits are made by the same vandal within the span of an hour or so. Reverting the edits is then a straightforward thing to do. If a user looks like he is vandalizing pages, add a Another item to check is the inclusion of image Example.jpg within articles, which is a favorite target of vandals. As an example of vandalism idiocy, see that 98 edits were made to the article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pythagoras&diff=131543429&oldid=129058619 Pythagoras], none of which contributed anything of value. Example of a blocked abusive vandal: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3ALookaroundyou User:Lookaroundyou] (Oct 2007). I am of the opinion that vandalism could be greatly reduced by simply limiting editing access to Wikipedia articles to only registered users, but apparently this goes against the current policy. ;Marking bad new articles for deletion A small percentage of new articles are simply nonsense or vandalism. These articles should be tagged with
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:* {{On AFD|Archimedes Plutonium|Archimedes Plutonium (2nd)}} (2nd, Mar 2007) → {{blue|Keep}} :* {{On AFD|Archimedes Plutonium|Archimedes Plutonium (third nomination)}} (3rd, Jun 2007) → {{red|Delete}}, merged into Notable Usenet personalities :* {{On AFD|Archimedes Plutonium|Archimedes Plutonium (4th nomination)}} (4th, Oct 2007) → {{red|Delete}}
:renamed, was → Notable Usenet personalities :* {{On AFD|List of Usenet personalities|List of Usenet personalities (2nd nomination)}} (2nd, Apr 2009) → {{blue|Keep}} ::AP has edited pages such as Talk:Archimedes Plutonium from IP addresses in the range [http://ws.arin.net/whois/?queryinput=216.16.55.255 216.16.55.*] ([http://www.prairiewave.com PrairieWave.com]) :renamed to → Usenet celebrity
:* {{On AFD|Edward P. Felt|Edward P. Felt}} (Jun 2007) → {{blue|Keep}} ::* {{On AFD|Edward P. Felt|Edward P. Felt (2nd nomination)}} (Jun 2008) → {{red|Delete}}, redirected to United Airlines Flight 93 :* {{On AFD|Richard Guadagno|Richard Guadagno}} (Jun 2007) → {{red|Delete}}, redirected to United Airlines Flight 93 :* {{On AFD|Jeremy Glick (September 11, 2001 attack victim)|Jeremy Glick (September 11, 2001 attack victim)}} (Jun 2007) → {{red|Delete}} :* {{On AFD|Lauren Grandcolas|Lauren Grandcolas}} (Jun 2007) → No consensus (Keep) :* {{On AFD|Waleska Martínez|Waleska Martínez}} (Jun 2007) → Redirect to United Airlines Flight 93
:* {{On AFD|Infinite monkey theorem in popular culture|Infinite monkey theorem in popular culture (second nomination)}} (2nd) (Aug 2007) → No consensus (Keep)
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