User:Risker

Note regarding mainstream media interviews
On occasion, I will participate in interviews with mainstream media sources at the request of the Wikimedia Foundation. At times, my full (real-world) name may appear. Should there be reason to link to such a published interview/report, I will not consider it "outing", and no editor should be sanctioned under outing policy for using that link. Risker (talk) 23:28, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

My editing philosophy: Our readers do not care one whit who adds information to articles; they care only that the information is correct.

Milestones
First stub - 1973 (song)
First article - James Blunt: Return to Kosovo
First GA - James Blunt (Major rewrite and re-referencing). on February 15, 2008.
First FA - Jacques Plante, in collaboration with Maxim. on March 31, 2008.
10,000th edit, October 25, 2008.
My RFA
First essay - Wikipedia:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion
Arbitration Committee candidacy 2008
Appointment to the Arbitration Committee 2008
Arbitration Committee candidacy 2011
Re-appointment to the Arbitration Committee 2011
Appointment to the Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee, July 2014
Reappointment to the FDC, September 2016
Election to Movement Charter Drafting Committee, November 2021

Orangemoody paid editing sockpuppetry investigation - a different kind of answer to "So what did you do last summer?"

A little more about me, but only if you're really interested

Me in June 2022. Credit:Jason Krüger, who always seems to find my good side

I started editing Wikipedia 20 years ago as an unregistered user, and my first edits were fixing typos and grammar errors. There was a lot of empowerment in knowing that I was making the internet better to some microscopic degree each time I clicked "Save", and I was hooked pretty quickly. I wound up registering my account in December 2005, and haven't looked back. The collaborative workplace that I find here restores me when the real world lets me down, frustrates me when I am getting too full of myself, and has brought me countless friendships and memories that keep me coming back.

Some of the things I've done (aside from the milestones listed above):

• copy editing, ranging from fixing up an article I just happened to read all the way up to prepping articles for featured article candidacy
• worked with oversighters to completely change the workflow of the task
• tried to understand the categorization model and realized this wasn't for me
• administered a bunch of mailing lists (and still do so)
• closed a bunch of different high-stakes discussions, either myself or as part of a team
• tried to keep track of some arcane wiki-history, like how we decommissioned the old Oversight extension
• led the Board of Trustees/Funds Dissemination Committee elections in 2013, and remained as an advisor for the Election Committee in the following years
• attended all the Wikimanias since 2012 (including portions of the virtual-only ones)
• attended a bunch of local meetups, Wikiconference North America events, and several Wikimedia Summits
• topic-banned someone from the administrator noticeboards before topic-banning was a thing
• participated in the decommissioning of RFC/User
• ran for Steward in 2014 (and failed miserably, turning me off elections until my fellow functionaries twisted my arm to run for the MCDC)
• tested a whole slew of extensions, and wound up writing a checklist for those who develop new extensions based on those experiences

When I'm not doing something Wikimedia/Wikipedia-related, I'm spending time with my family, or off to hear live music, or perhaps doing a bit of personal travel, or doing all three at the same time. I'm retired now after working for over 30 years in healthcare administrative roles. I'm greyer today than I was when this photo was taken. I live just outside of Toronto, Canada. During the spring and summer, I spend a lot of time outdoors, gardening or just lounging around. I am fond of cheap, trashy spy novels and just about any form of chocolate. And I am not a morning person, which is why you'll rarely see me around here bright and early.