User:Tewy

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Pictures! Favorite featured pictures I'm surprised that this isn't a real photograph. I like blue things...probably a lot more than I should... You are here. The ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter is π. Spectacular. Sparkling. Sydney. Lower Manhattan is worth seeing. Favorite nominations of mine Facial markings on a Siberian tiger A male lion A North American Bison My photos A sanddab (Citharichthys spp.) A rockfish (Sebastes spp.) Orange cup coral (Balanophyllia elegans) General Wikipedia:Babel enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. es-1Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español. Search user languages Tewy (pronounced Teh-wee) is the name given to the Wikipedia user who joined the project in mid-2006. If you have any questions or comments, you are more than welcome to leave a note on his talk page. He will usually respond as soon as he receives the message, assuming he's not busy in real life. For general help with using Wikipedia, see the help desk, or feel free to browse Wikipedia's contents if you're just looking around. “ There's no place like Wikipedia. ” Wikipedia Today's motto... → If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. Nominate one today! Tip of the day... Permission requests Many editors often wonder how to request permission to use an image they found somewhere, or a section of text from another source. Try using one of the permission request templates created specifically for this purpose so that you do not have to fuss with all the details. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Example requests for permission   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd CP}} What you can do Please leave an edit summary—every time! Be random. Edit, improve an article. Vote. Vote. Vote. About me Milestones My first edit was at 4:15, 4 April 2006, UTC, as an anonymous user. My first edit as a new user was at 19:41, 8 June, 2006 (UTC) Here are my 999th, 1000th, 2000th, and 3000th edits, along with my 1000th in the project namespace. I scored a 610.1023 on the Are You a Wikipediholic Test. (This is in the optimal, most productive range.) Favorite mottos There's no place like Wikipedia. You're gonna need a bigger server. There is no such thing as "too much Wikipedia." Contributions My day on Wikipedia begins with checking my watchlist. I review each change, add necessary comments, and revert any vandalism I come across. Occasionally I will click links to random pages and clean up articles that don't meet Wikipedia's standards, but the majority of my time is spent voting. And I don't mean for politics. My favorite spots are Featured picture candidates and Motto of the day. Here is a summary of the ideas I have suggested for others to vote on. Featured picture candidates I have nominated Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Fruit Stall in Barcelona Market (Not promoted) Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cello bridge (Not promoted) Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Canon EOS 350D front (Closed - Withdrawn by image creator) Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Versailles Chapel (Promoted Image:Versailles Chapel - July 2006 edit.jpg) Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Facial Markings, Siberian Tiger (Promoted Image:Siberischer tiger de edit02.jpg) Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/American Bison (Promoted Image:American bison k5680-1.jpg) Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Freak Out, Oblivion, night (Not promoted) Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Siberian Tiger (Not promoted) Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Georgia Aquarium Tropical Tank (Not promoted) Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Jersey City Skyline (Not promoted) Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lion in Namibia (Promoted Image:Lion waiting in Namibia.jpg) Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Iran Saffron threads (Promoted Image:Iran saffron threads.jpg ) Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Explosions!!! (It got a lot of support...) Picture peer review subpages I have created Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Clouds Over Grand Junction, Colorado Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Table of Trigonometry, Cyclopaedia, Volume 2 Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Freak Out, Oblivion, night Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Timezones Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Siberian tiger Motto of the day quotes I have suggested There's no place like Wikipedia. (approved) • Here's Jimmy! (rejected) • You had me at "Jimbo." (rejected) • You're gonna need a bigger server. (approved) • W.P. phone home. (approved) • There is such a thing as real life, you know. (rejected) • Wikipedia: The encyclopedia that you spend more time editing than actually reading. (rejected) • Wikipedia: For all your editing needs. (approved) • Void where prohibited. (approved) • Many will enter, few will win. (pending rejection...) • There is no such thing as "too much Wikipedia." (rejected) • Got wiki? (rejected) • This motto is not POV! (approved) • Wikipedia: It's all you can eat! ...or not. (approved) • Three strikes and you're out! (approved) • Happy holidays! (pending...) • You will never misspell "encyclopedia" again. (rejected) • It is always ironic when a Wikipedian misspells "encyclopidic." (approved) • Think outside the box. (approved) • The encyclopedia of many faces (approved) • Can you hear me now? Good. (approved) • The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything (approved) • Who? (approved) Layout designed after Jimbo Wales's user page Headers based off of the Main Page

Awards

Most awards were given and can be seen at User talk:Tewy or its archives.

Award	Title	Message	User	Date
	The MOTD Barnstar	Hi. I think you deserve this for great participation in WP:MOTD, and also for introducing and proposing a new guideline for mottos Here. Great work!	AstroHurricane001(Talk+Contribs+Ubx)	21:48, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
	The Working Man's Barnstar	I can't glance at any one section at MOTD without seeing your name. Without your help, MOTD would surely fail. Keep up the great work!	--Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!)	02:20, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
	The Working Man's Barnstar	For your hard work over at WP:MOTTO, I hereby award you this. You create mottos (which are outstanding, btw), archive them, make improvements to them, reject/approve them, and more. Oh my gosh, don't get me started on your work at WP:FPC... Well, you understand what I'm saying (right?).	Peace, ♣Tohru Honda13♣	22:31, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
	Blue feather	I award you this blue feather for all your edits.	Bewareofdog	01:27, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
	The Barnstar of Good Humor	I award you this for... *bzzt* too late, reverted.	Húsönd	02:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC)