User:Tim Starling: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia
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I'm employed by the Wikimedia Foundation as a developer and system administrator.
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I became a Wikipedia editor on [[October 10]], [[2002]]. I discovered Wikipedia when searching the web for information about solid state physics. I immediately fell in love with the site and decided to become a contributor. [[User:Mav|Mav]] greeted me after I made my first edit.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Tim_Starling&oldid=459409</ref> It took me a while to realise he was not a bot, just a really friendly guy. I was a very active editor from that time until about 2004. I was granted administrator rights in March 2003, in a [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2003-March/002166.html very different process] from today's [[weighing of souls]].
This is the user page! Put your comments on the talk page!
I began volunteer development work in 2003. I was given shell access to Wikipedia's [[wikitech:Server history|two servers]] in July 2003.<ref>https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2003-July/004751.html</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Undelete&target=Talk%3ANeutrosophy×tamp=20030711000419&diff=prev</ref> In 2004, although I had plans for major new article writing projects, I realised that I could help the project best by focusing on technical work. There were plenty of editors, but hardly anybody writing code or looking after the servers. So at that time, I stepped back from editing.
If you are a troll, here to vandalise this user page, you may be interested in this list of past vandalism:
In December 2004, I was invited to speak at [[Chaos Communication Congress]], a daunting prospect for me at age 23. I flew out of Sydney for Berlin on Christmas Day. It was my first trip out of Australia. This conference was the first time I met my future wife [[User:Angela|Angela]] in real life.
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By late 2005, my incomplete PhD in physics was all but abandoned, and I was essentially a full time volunteer for Wikimedia. In February 2006 I managed to convince the Board to hire me,<ref>[[foundation:Resolution:Additional developer]]</ref>, although it took until April 20 for them to start paying me. Even then I had only an informal contract for many years. I was asked to specify my job title. Ever modest, I chose "Developer / System Administrator". I had my hand in every pie.
Marks will be awarded for comic value, originality and offensive character. As you can see, the third to last and the second to last attempts have been exceptionally poor. I'm looking forward to something a bit more inventive next time. The last one is the best one yet.
Eventually I specialised in the MediaWiki backend, and in 2012 my title was changed to Lead Platform Architect. I'm currently the tech lead for a small but brilliant team of engineers focused on the MediaWiki core. I'm also a member of the [[mw:Wikimedia Technical Committee|Wikimedia Technical Committee]].
Talk page vandalism isn't examinable, but will be given an honourable mention below:
YouI might know me from a former life: BBPS GHS UNSW UM. Inow live on the [[Central Coast (New South Wales)|Central Coast of New South Wales]] with the love of my lifewife [[User:Angela|Angela]] and three daughters.▼
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I'm employed by the Wikimedia Foundation as a developer and system administrator. I became a Wikipedia editor on [[October 11]], [[2002]], and began volunteer development work about a year later. My email address is tstarling at wikimedia.org.
▲You might know me from a former life: BBPS GHS UNSW UM. I live on the [[Central Coast (New South Wales)|Central Coast of New South Wales]] with the love of my life [[User:Angela|Angela]].
* [[/Weekly reports]]▼
▲Various subpages mostly dating from 2002-2004 when I was an active editor:
* [[/Contributions|List of contributions]].
*[[/Mapping]] has been moved back to [[Talk:Cartographic Congress]]. I had intended the subpage to be just an archive of my work, but since it still has active discussion, it should be in the talk namespace.
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*[[/Protected page list]]
*[[/Greetings]]
*Not really in progress anymore: a new [http://starling.f2g.net/move.html Special:Movepage] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20050204122949/http://starling.f2g.net/move.html archived])
*[[/Skeptical solicitation]] has now been moved to [[Wikipedia:Skeptical solicitation]].
*[[:image:Tim_Starling_non-residence.png|Picture of me]] hiding behind my non-US residence. See [[User talk:Joe Canuck]]
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*How to find out if a user is watching a page:
**SELECT wl_title FROM watchlist,user WHERE wl_user=user_id AND user_name='xxxx' AND wl_title='xxxx'
* Handy emails for spammers: http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/~tstarling/emails.php
* [[/Richardchilton IRC log]]
* [[/Feature poll]]
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* [[/List of crackpot theories]]
* [[/Free software]]
* [[/Gpg4win tutorial]]
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* [[/Get Well Soon]]
▲* [[/Weekly reports]]
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For purposes of [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|COI]] disclosure, I note that [[John Henry Starling]] was my great-grandfather.
Unless otherwise stated, any edit to Wikimedia projects by myself is an act of a regular member of the community and administrator, not a legal or official action.
[[Image:Barn star free zone.png|This user page is a barnstar free zone]]<br>
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