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<div style="float:right; font-size:85%;">*user's last update: 06:39, 14 June 2022 (UTC)</div>
<big><big>'''About me:'''</big></big>
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| valign="top" | I generally try to be helpful on this wiki, usually by fixing random grammar and spelling mistakes as I encounter them, and reverting vandalism.&nbsp; I occasionally get more involved in certain diverse subjects, depending on my interest in them.

My edits do <u>not</u> necessarily indicate I have a vested interest in the subject matter &mdash; in all probability, I simply saw an obvious error, and made a necessary fix.
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| valign="top" | {{Template:user inc}}<br>{{Template:user separatist}}<br>{{User:Ccool2ax/Notability hurts}}
| valign="top" | I '''object''' to the [[meta:Deletionism|erasure]] of entire articles filled with content, or turning them into [[meta:Mergism|redirects]], just because a random wikipedian thinks the subject matter is "not notable enough".&nbsp; This is an online encyclopedia, and a lot of people probably put a lot of time and effort into creating these articles.&nbsp; Arbitrary removal of their work for trivial reasons is against the spirit of this website.

I revert egregious examples of such edits that I come across, even if I don't care about the subject (it's the ''principle'' of these sorts of destructive edits, and how they harm the wiki).&nbsp; The bigger and more complete Wikipedia is, the better &mdash; [[meta:Wiki is not paper|Wikipedia is not limited by size constraints]], so any merging intended to shrink the topic at the expense of valuable information can only be harmful to the spread of knowledge.

I do not engage in [[Wikipedia:EW|edit wars]], and I follow the [[Wikipedia:3RR|three-revert rule]].&nbsp; If I reverted your attempt to blank/redirect/merge an article, I did it because you failed to justify the edit, your edit eliminated a significant body of information that others may find useful, and/or you failed to seek [[Wikipedia:Consensus|community consensus]] before making such a major edit.&nbsp; Do it properly, or I'll undo the damage you caused.
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| colspan="2" | I am a true '''[[wikipedian]]''':
*All my edits on [[Wikipedia]] are [[public domain]].&nbsp; Feel free to re-write and improve any of my contributions.
*I reserve the right to completely re-write every edit of ''yours'' that I see on Wikipedia.
*Don't get mad at me for editing your words without asking permission.&nbsp; By posting it, you automatically give everyone permission to edit it.
*I value consensus and the sharing of information freely, with as little bias as possible.
*I have no compunctions about [[Wikipedia:Ignore all rules|ignoring the "rules"]] to benefit Wikipedia (including copyright: see below).
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| valign="top" | {{User:Gilgamesh/Anti-copyright}}<br>{{User:The Raven's Apprentice/Userboxes/User Against Censorship}}
| valign="top" | I admit to [[copyright infringement|disregarding copyright]] on numerous occasions.&nbsp; Not maliciously; just quietly, in the background.&nbsp; I give attribution where it is due, and do not plagerize or claim the rights to anything... but I do treat anything I find online as being potentially valuable information to save and use as inspiration & reference material for my own hobbies & interests.&nbsp; I see zero harm in using proprietary & secret information & media for my private non-commercial & non-distribution activities.

I contend that copyright and patent laws have been corrupted and weaponized as a tool of big corporations, to stifle creativity and innovation & create a read-only society.&nbsp; This is absolutely not at all the purpose for what these laws were originally written, so these corrupted laws may rightfully be [[Civil resistance|opposed and ignored]].&nbsp; The law should be revised to roll back the length of copyright protection to what it originally began as, expand protection for [[Fair use|fair use]], and penalties created for [[Patent troll|abusing the system]].

I therefore, respectfully, '''DECLINE''' to follow Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|policy on copyrights]], and have no intention of complying with demands for conformity.&nbsp; Feel free to edit my offending contribution, if it matters that much.
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