User:Jpgordon

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I in the American flag and the republic which means loyalty, one nation pledge under freedom and justice and divided impossible God because of everything.^[1]

This user is an Administrator,Checkuser, Oversight and Arbitrator on the English Wikipedia.

Checkuser is not magic wiki pixie dust.

The Internet. It's like CB, but with typing.

Looking down the Kern River from my back yard

A Common Poorwill sitting on my porch in Las Vegas

A Great Blue Heron in my back yard in Kernville, CA

Me on the range (specifically, me in Sandy Valley)

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Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

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This user is an advanced trumpeter.

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This user is an advanced guitarist.

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This user is an intermediate pianist.

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This user is an intermediate singer.

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1 About me
2 What we're up to
3 Administrating
4 Arbitration Committee
5 Therapy
6 Ironically
7 It should be noted
8 Other wikis
9 International Travels
10 US Travels
11 Barnstars and things
12 (tools)
13 footies

[edit] About me

Hi everyone! My name's Josh Gordon. I've got a ton of different interests and possibly interesting experiences that might or might not result in useful and informative additions to Wikipedia. For example, I've worked at IMSAI (my first job out of college), Autodesk (my longest job) and eBay (where I was Chief Engineer) as a programmer; I was lead trumpet for the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo in the '70s; I'm a jazz pianist and folk/blues guitarist; I've lived in New York City, Alexandria, VA, Munich, Germany, Eugene, Oregon, Tarzana, Berkeley, San Francisco, and Carmel-by-the-Sea. I moved to Las Vegas in early 2005; I split my time between Vegas and Kernville, California, my wife's hometown. I spent many years on The Well, for a long time as conference host of several of the most popular forums (Current Events and Politics, for example), and I'm an utter fanatic for encyclopedias and dictionaries of all sorts.

I've collected comic books most of my life, though not much in the last ten years -- my old friends kept getting killed off or replaced with children, so to hell with it. I do have a nice collection of original art by John Byrne, Neal Adams, Scott McCloud, and Chris Ware. I also collect photography, and have some lovely prints by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Ruth Bernhard, Paul Caponigro, and Diane Arbus (the "Jewish Giant" was my cousin Eddie Carmel) .

[edit] What we're up to

We've recently taken up riding. My wife and I also are beginner ballroom dancers. We'll be performing a tango in a couple of months at our dance studio; first public performance (not counting our lovely wedding foxtrot.) We're doing it to the tune of Por Una Cabeza.

I have a serious fondness for hats, in particular Panama hats, but also fedoras in general, and cowboy hats.

I play a lot of low-limit casino poker, and specialize in Omaha hold'em high-low. I like to joke that I'm a professional poker player, just a really lousy one. I did win an Omaha tournament a couple weeks ago; $80 in, $1000 out, not too shabby.

[edit] Administrating

Mostly I'm doing janitorial work around here.It comes naturally to me; I was "code cop" at Autodesk and at eBay, so browsing other people's work is quick, easy, and pleasurable.

I became an administrator on Nov. 26, 2004 I have been named a "monster admin" by a fellow editor at WP:RfAr [2] -- I don't think it was meant as praise, though.

[edit] Arbitration Committee

I was named to the Arbitration Committee on December 25, 2006.

[edit] Therapy

I'm a strong proponent of the concept Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not therapy, though I don't think it should be part of WP:NOT.

[edit] Ironically

I'm currently on a crusade against "ironically". And now "interestingly" is also on my list -- I found one sentence starting, "Interestingly and ironically", which was just proof to me that my sword is insufficiently swift. But I'm letting "interestingly" stay in video game and other pop culture sorts of articles, because, really, who cares.

I don't like adverbs in general, it would appear. "Indeed" is now on my list too.

[edit] It should be noted

It should be noted that it is noteworthy that it should be mentioned that I also have a bug up my ass about "It should be noted" and other such wastes of bits.

[edit] Other wikis

I'm also on other wikis:

[edit] International Travels

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	Idea and layout taken from User:Calton, who appropriated it from User:Salsb, who stole it from User:Guettarda who borrowed it from User:Coolcat

I had the privilege and pleasure of making two Atlantic crossings, in the SS United States and the SS America.

[edit] US Travels

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	Idea and layout taken from User:Calton, who appropriated it from User:Salsb, who stole it from User:Guettarda who borrowed it from User:Coolcat

[edit] Barnstars and things

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar I have seen some amazing anit-vandal work from you for a long time. You have blocked countless trolls of Wikipedia. Keep up the great work! I decided to put it on your talk page, and let you put it on your user page, just incase if you would mind.--Wikipedier (talk • contribs) 05:33, 31 March 2007 (UTC)	The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar For going above and beyond in removing flagrant sockpuppeteers from the wiki. Avi 06:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)	Awarded for the relentless work on closing open proxies. Keep it up and thanks for the hard work! ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:35, 4 March 2007 (UTC)	Congratulations, you have been awarded the Spirals of Doom! OH YAY! 132.161.187.62 01:18, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Jpgordon, this barnstar is for you, for all your hard work, finding, and blocking those open proxies!! Keep up your good work, both as a Wikiadmin, ArbCom member, Checkuser and open-proxy blocker! sunstar net^talk 08:44, 27 February 2007 (UTC)	For reverting vandalism on Jew [1] you get a bunch of grapes. Enjoy. :) Sam Vimes 22:31, 11 November 2005 (UTC)	To JPGordon I award the surreal barnstar for his addition of "special flavor" to the community and being of great help at all times, Drboisclair 02:42, 15 July 2006 (UTC)	I award you this Barnstar, for your work as Sherrif against hatred on Wikipedia - especially as it pertains to Antisemites, and Holocaust deniars --Ludvikus 02:27, 16 January 2007 (UTC)