I'm a chemical engineer turned software consultant turned scientist turned medical student. I grew up in rural southern Ohio, and spent 10 years or so in beautifulCalifornia. I later worked as an independent software consultant in the United Kingdom, including about a year inLondon. What an amazing, wonderful city! Recently, I graduated fromOhio State University with a degree inMolecular Genetics and completed a study uncoveringGenX pollution inAppalachian Ohio. Now, I'm beginning a new career, entering theGeisel School of Medicine atDartmouth College to become a doctor.
I'm less active these days, but still check in on a regular basis.
Some of my contributions before my new role include:
Disambiguation, disambiguation, and still more disambiguation. I've focused most of my Toolserver work to theDisambiguation pages with links project, culminating in theMonthly Dab Challenge, a friendly contest to see who can fix the most disambig links in a month. The contest has been a huge success, greatly reducing thenumber of links to disambiguation pages. It is my conviction that we can overcome this huge backlog - eventually.
Vandal fighting, using a cocktail ofHuggle,Twinkle, andpopups to battle the swarm.
Taking photos for Wikipedia articles, usually images of large buildings or bridges that need to be stitched into a panorama. I use aCanon EOS 20D, stitch my panoramas usingPTGui, and clean them up inPhotoshop CS3. You can see some of my favorite contributions onmy Commons page. To the left is theNew River Gorge Bridge - a picture that earnedfeatured status for Wikipedia.
Uncategorized articles - Lists all uncategorized articles, including articles that link only to redlink categories. Hidden categories are ignored. Updated daily.
Untagged uncategorized articles - List of up to 5000 untagged uncategorized articles that can be updated on command. Also offers a bot-friendly article list generator.
Categorized articles - Articles are tagged as uncategorized but do have at least one non-hidden category. Updated daily.
Move patrol
Move watch - Moves grouped by user within the last 24 hours, day, or week. Updated hourly.