User:Bobrayner

This editor's Bacon Number is 3. GregKaye awarded a Barnstar of Peace in December 2014 In Ictu Oculi awarded an Admin's Barnstar in March 2014, even though I don't have a mop Bearian kindly awarded an Editor's Barnstar in March 2014 In Ictu Oculi, ɖoughty ďefender of điacritics, generously awarded an Original Barnstar in February 2014 Wise Drmies awarded a Barnstar of Diplomacy in November 2013 GPRamirez5 kindly awarded an Original Barnstar in November 2013 Muhammad Ali Khalid generously awarded a Barnstar of Diligence in November 2013 SmartSE kindly awarded a Defender of the Wiki Barnstar in October 2013 PRODUCER generously awarded a Defender of the Wiki Barnstar in May 2013 Sage Ross kindly awarded a Minor Barnstar in February 2013 Khazar2 generously awarded a Defender of the Wiki Barnstar in November 2012 PRODUCER kindly awarded a Defender of the Wiki Barnstar in November 2012 Ritchie333 generously awarded an Original Barnstar, even though we disagree on everything Arcandam kindly awarded a Barnstar of Good Humor Meclee generously gave a Globalisation Barnstar Anna Frodesiak kindly awarded the PRC Barnstar Abhishikt generously awarded a Defender of the Wiki Barnstar. Viriditas kindly awarded a Defender of the Wiki Barnstar. FRYugoslavHero generously awarded a Civility Barnstar. Lawrencekhoo generously awarded an Anti-Flame Barnstar (though I'm more of a lightning conductor than a fire extinguisher). Fut.Perf. kindly awarded a Barnstar of Diligence. Earlymen kindly awarded a Defender of the Wiki Barnstar.
If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

Hello!

  • I am mostly retired, but feel free to chat on my talkpage. If you want help with anything, just ask me or ask the helpdesk.
  • I rarely touch articles related to my work; If I write something good or bad, blame me, not my employers.
  • If you want to see some barnstars and related bling, try here.


Some of the things I've worked on:

  • Updating, cleaning, & adding sources to various Africa, economics, industrial, history, & transport articles; especially ones which are lower on the quality ladder.
  • Occasionally, I spend a couple of days investigating some long-term subtle vandalism, copyvio, hoaxes, or pov-pushing.
  • Cleanup of pseudoscience, alt-med, and other fringe articles; working towards neutral coverage on subjects which often have few mainstream sources. Sometimes I try to do similar work for some of the more controversial bits of human geography in the Balkans, and of Ottoman history, and other areas with persistent neutrality problems - though it can be quite wearing.
  • Occasionally, I hang around at places like AfD, AN/I, and various other noticeboards.
  • Less often, I create new articles; about 280 so far. Some are a bit stubby, alas, as I can never find time to expand them - there are always other articles elsewhere with more pressing problems. Maersk Triple E class is probably one of the nicest, but I'm more proud of the Ottoman taxation articles as this is an area where en.wikipedia is much weaker - if I hadn't created the Maersk, somebody else would have. Also, I usually leave GAs/FAs &c to other editors.
  • Dispute resolution &c: I've previously worked on 3O, RfC, and the mediation cabal, though I'm more interested in disputes brought up on other noticeboards and project pages.