User:Kevyn

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 20 years, 3 months and 27 days.

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This user is a native of Kansas.

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Western Washington University.

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Kansas State University.

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This user has visited 7 of the 10 provinces and 3 territories of Canada.

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This user is of German ancestry.

This user is of French ancestry.

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This user is of Viking ancestry.

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The Wikimedal for Janitorial Services - awarded to Kevyn by Topbanana,
8-NOV-2004

My name is Kevyn Jacobs. I am 56 years old, and I live in a motorhome in the Western United States. I am a Digital nomad, and migrate my home with the seasons. I usually winter in Arizona, and summer in Cascadia.

I am an alumni of Western Washington University with a B.A. in General Studies, with an emphasis on Technical Communication, New Media Management, Editing, Journalism, Layout and Graphic Design, and International Studies. I also studied at Kansas State University, the University of Louisville - Ft. Knox, Elizabethtown Community College, Augusta State University, and Semester at Sea Fall '97 voyage. I graduated from Ft. Knox High School in 1986, and also attended 2 years at Silver Valley High in California.

Ethnically, I am a Volga German (Wolgadeutsche), born in Kansas. My hometown is Manhattan. My maternal line is a mélange of German, Marian French, Anglo-Saxon, Scandanavian, Black Irish and Scottish. I am >3% Neanderthal. Spiritually, I am an Agnostic Atheist. Politically, I prefer the Green party.

I am a native speaker of English, have a working knowledge of German (having spent a good part of my childhood in Nürnberg), and have studied Spanish and French at university. I'm a self-confessed Canadiophile.

I find Wikipedia addicting, and I love the fact that it's free, open-source and user-run. It has become a constant tool in my life, and I am always improving it as I explore. I constantly copy edit, creating redirects from misspellings I discover. I have a personal rule: If I come across a RedLink, I have to start the article off, even if just a stub.

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