The best road to progress is freedom's road. - JFK
Texas
I am an administrator here on Wikipedia (RfA), although real life responsibilities prevent me from spending as much time here as I used to. As an editor, I am a generalist. I like to try to improve articles for readability and style – sometimes called wikignoming. I also revert any vandalism I find.
Why "Flyguy649"? Although I have an interest in aviation, "Fly" refers to the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. I used be a researcher use the fruit fly as a model system to study mechanisms of intracellular transport (I then moved onto other systems to study problems in cell biology, but now work in a hospital). I am a guy. And the 649 is a number to distinguish me from the multitude of other Flyguys out there. Truth be told, it's the size (in amino acids) of a protein I once studied. Yes, a bit geeky.
This user has been recognized as a Big Boss Award recipient.
This user has been recognized as a Big Boss Award recipient.
For you Flyguy649 the Working Persons' Barnstar for all the hard work you do around here.--Kukinihablame aqui 18:08, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Reporting an impersonator of me Chaza93 19:10, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
For jumping in and helping out with that severely prolific and diversive WP:SPA, you deserve this! Ariel♥Gold 05:52, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar
For being one of the regular admins who help keep AIV clean, I award you this. It's a star. It's shiny. :) KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 05:59, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Reversion
For reverting so many unhelpful edits and vandalism on Wikipedia I User Swirlex award you this Barnstar. 23:46, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
My edits
Quotes
"The important thing is, Wikipedia is NOT a trivia collection." -- User:Jimbo Wales 20:00, 27 July 2007 (UTC)" (From here)
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