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Nice to meet you! I'm Ben. I've been editing Wikipedia for about 16 years, and I'm an administrator (RfA · recall) and bot approver (RfBAG).

Much of my work these days is technical in nature. I run EarwigBot, handle bot approvals, maintain a few tools on Toolforge (including a copyright violation detector), and develop user scripts. There is some Wikipedia-related code on my GitHub, including a Python parser for wikicode called mwparserfromhell that has gotten a bit of attention. As an admin, I help out in a variety of general maintenance areas, like speedy deletion.

My content interests mostly center around biology, particularly entomology (hence the insect username). This is purely a layman interest; in real life, I am a software engineer.

Helping new users feel comfortable here is one of the most important things we can do as experienced contributors. This is a guiding philosophy of mine, as a longtime participant of WikiProject Articles for creation and #wikipedia-en-help.

My talk page is always open. For private matters, you can contact me by email (wikipedia.earwiggmail.com) or on IRC (nickname Earwig, hostname wikipedia/The-Earwig).

— Given the level of dysfunction that has come to prevail on Wikipedia, the most appropriate course is for all editors to work together to fix it. ^† —

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+Nice to meet you! I'm Ben. I've been editing Wikipedia for about {{plainlink|1=//en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&action=view&limit=1&username=The_Earwig|2={{age|2008|7|3}} years}}, and I'm an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] ([[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/The Earwig|RfA]]&nbsp;&middot; [[User:The Earwig/Recall|recall]]) and [[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group|bot approver]] ([[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/nominations/The Earwig|RfBAG]]).
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+Much of my work these days is technical in nature. I run [[User:EarwigBot|EarwigBot]], handle [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval|bot approvals]], maintain a few tools on [[wikitech:Portal:Toolforge|Toolforge]] (including a [[toollabs:copyvios|copyright violation detector]]), and develop [[User:The Earwig/Scripts|user scripts]]. There is some Wikipedia-related code on my {{plainlink|https://github.com/earwig|GitHub}}, including a [[Python (programming language)|Python]] parser for wikicode called {{plainlink|https://github.com/earwig/mwparserfromhell|mwparserfromhell}} that has gotten a bit of attention. As an admin, I help out in a variety of general maintenance areas, like [[:Category:Candidates for speedy deletion|speedy deletion]].
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+My content interests mostly center around biology, particularly [[entomology]] (hence the insect username). This is purely a layman interest; in real life, I am a software engineer.
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+Helping new users feel comfortable here is one of the most important things we can do as experienced contributors. This is a guiding philosophy of mine, as a longtime participant of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation|WikiProject Articles for creation]] and [[Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help|<tt>#wikipedia-en-help</tt>]].
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+My [[User talk:The Earwig|talk page]] is always open. For private matters, you can contact me [[Special:EmailUser/The Earwig|by email]] (<tt>wikipedia.earwig{{@}}gmail.com</tt>) or on [[Wikipedia:IRC|IRC]] (nickname <tt>Earwig</tt>, hostname <tt>wikipedia/The-Earwig</tt>).
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+<div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">— {{User:The Earwig/Userpage/Quote}} —</div>
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-|info=I've made over <span class="plainlinks">[//toolserver.org/~tparis/pcount/index.php?name=The+Earwig&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia '''<span style="color: #FFC">14,000 contributions</span>''']</span> and created over <span class="plainlinks">[//toolserver.org/~tparis/pages/index.php?name=The+Earwig&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia&namespace=0&redirects=noredirects&getall=1 '''<span style="color: #FFC">150 articles</span>''']</span>.
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-|info=You can [[Special:EmailUser/The Earwig|<span style="color: #FFC">reach me by '''email'''</span>]] at '''wikipedia.earwig@gmail.com'''.
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-|info=I'm a [[:Category:User en-N|<span style="color: #FFC">native</span>]] speaker of [[American English|'''<span style="color: #FFC">American English</span>''']], y puedo contribuir con un nivel [[:Category:User es-1|<span style="color: #FFC">básico</span>]] de [[Spanish language|'''<span style="color: #FFC">español</span>''']] también.
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-|info=I'm interested in most areas of [[biology|'''<span style="color: #FFC">biology</span>''']], particularly [[entomology|'''<span style="color: #FFC">entomology</span>''']] and [[taxonomy|'''<span style="color: #FFC">taxonomy</span>''']].
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-|info=I also like [[computer programming|'''<span style="color: #FFC">programming</span>''']] and [[video game development|'''<span style="color: #FFC">game development</span>''']]. I absolutely love [[Python (programming language)|'''<span style="color: #FFC">Python</span>''']], and I've worked with [[Java (programming language)|'''<span style="color: #FFC">Java</span>''']], [[C++|'''<span style="color: #FFC">C++</span>''']], [[MySQL|'''<span style="color: #FFC">MySQL</span>''']], [[Bash (Unix shell)|'''<span style="color: #FFC">Bash</span>''']], [[Scheme (programming language)|'''<span style="color: #FFC">Scheme</span>''']], [[JavaScript|'''<span style="color: #FFC">JavaScript</span>''']], and [[PHP|'''<span style="color: #FFC">PHP</span>''']]. Check me out on <span class="plainlinks">[https://github.com/earwig <span style="color: #FFC">GitHub</span>]</span>.
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-|info=I've [[foundation:Fundraising|'''<span style="color: #FFC">donated to Wikipedia</span>''']], and you should too.
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-|info=I've been declared an [[User:Bibliomaniac15/Today/Archive|'''<span style="color: #FFC">Awesome Wikipedian</span>''']]! I was awarded the date [[User:Bibliomaniac15/Today/Archive#Today's Wikipedians 2010 - Apr-Jun|<span style="color: #FFC">April 17, 2010</span>]].
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-|info=I hail from the [[United States|<span style="color: #FFC">U.S.</span>]] state of [[New York|<span style="color: #FFC">'''New York'''</span>]].
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