Hi, I'm Axl Matulić, A.K.A. Anachronist. My old usernameUser:Amatulic redirects here. My Wiktionary accountWiktionary:User:Anachronist offers an explanation of the username. Pronouns are who / me.
I am an administrator here on the English Wikipedia and a member of theVolunteer Response Team (VRT). I'm also a bureaucrat and administrator with the same username on theMinecraft Wiki.
Background
Professionally, I've had roles as scientist and engineer in the military field ofstealth technology, entrepreneur leading a startup through acquisition, and more recently as a program manager for Silicon Valley tech companies. Now I'm retired, doing occasionalfreelance 3D design work.
I enjoyanime,role-playing games, educational topics, and especially travel. I'm first-generation American, my mother is German, my father is Croatian, my spouse is Singaporean. I have traveled all overEurope andEastern Europe, alsoCanada andMexico, as well asJapan,Taiwan,Hong Kong,Macau, andSoutheast Asia (particularlySingapore as well asMalaysia andThailand). I must sayCroatia is one of the more beautiful countries I have ever seen, andStockholm andDubrovnik are the most beautiful cities I have visited. Unfortunately I have never set foot south of the equator (Singapore is the closest I've come), and hope to do that someday.
Also, I maintain a mathematics-related blog,NABLU (Numerical Analysis Better Left Unsaid), which I update sporadically every few months, mostly for educational purposes and for my own amusement.
03:4103:41, 17 February 2026diffhist0mIslamistChanged protection settings for "Islamist": Reduced to PCP, which didn't exist the last time this was protected ([Edit=Require extended confirmed access] (indefinite) [Move=Require extended confirmed access] (indefinite))
On30 July 2021,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleAssembly theory, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thatassembly theory provides an experimentally verifiable way of detectingextraterrestrial life without needing to define what life is? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Assembly theory. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page(here's how,Assembly theory), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added tothe statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on theDid you know talk page.
I enjoy offeringthird opinions in disputes between two editors who have reached an impasse. There's something satisfying about coming to an article I have no opinion about, studying the edit history and talk page discussion, and offering a neutral disinterested viewpoint in an attempt to resolve the dispute. I think theWikipedia:Third opinion page is a great vehicle fordispute resolution, and more people should use it and participate. My third opinions:
Since becoming an admin in 2010, I noticed the dynamic of a third opinion discussion seems a bit different if you're an admin giving one, and I don't like to seem like I'm any more authoritative than anyone else due to that status, so I stopped participating. Once in a while I'll jump in, though.
