Wikipedia enwiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.43.0-wmf.27 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikipedia Wikipedia talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Portal Portal talk Draft Draft talk MOS MOS talk TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk 2 21832180 34902384 2006-01-12T16:45:51Z Avraham 353669 34902384 wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|{{Avraham}}]] c0cyhxfkls5fznprsh6mra4bop11w3n 34902462 34902384 2006-01-12T16:46:33Z Avraham 353669 34902462 wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|{{PAGENAME}}]] 1gbm3b9qnezrt22zsw68m87xb24xwcm 34902508 34902462 2006-01-12T16:47:06Z Avraham 353669 34902508 wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|{{USERNAME}}]] f2srylgxv3qatkgdtyegyzvpn954goq 34902618 34902508 2006-01-12T16:48:20Z Avraham 353669 34902618 wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|{{Avraham}}]] c0cyhxfkls5fznprsh6mra4bop11w3n 34903008 34902618 2006-01-12T16:52:59Z Avraham 353669 34903008 wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|{{USERNAME}}]] f2srylgxv3qatkgdtyegyzvpn954goq 34903203 34903008 2006-01-12T16:55:13Z Avraham 353669 34903203 wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] n65tmwtpac76qpu6lrs6weefi977y6n 34904167 34903203 2006-01-12T17:04:58Z Avraham 353669 34904167 wikitext text/x-wiki ==General Information== Forthcoming. Please bear with me, I'm new. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User en-N}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] 1922ye525kr5qyoze8onrwl1tdr94xz 34904325 34904167 2006-01-12T17:06:34Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 34904325 wikitext text/x-wiki ==General Information== Forthcoming. Please bear with me, I'm new. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User en-N}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td> <td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] s6gcbhu5tdty9dgxyhlr2pshrxdgla8 34905179 34904325 2006-01-12T17:14:41Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 34905179 wikitext text/x-wiki ==General Information== Forthcoming. 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although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as an casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-N}}</td> <td>{{user he-2}}</td> <td>{{user yi-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user wikipedia|gnome}}</td> <td>{{user wikipedia|fairy}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td></tr> <tr> <td>{{user freedom}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== 4rxluzoa21rpg0njgsqwev8o6263v3k 34929767 34929729 2006-01-12T20:51:22Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 34929767 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as an casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user wikipedia|gnome}}</td> <td>{{user wikipedia|fairy}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td></tr> <tr> <td>{{user freedom}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== tboipv16hk7q4bxswypkrmjwcg5kcox 34929936 34929767 2006-01-12T20:52:29Z Avraham 353669 /* Occupation */ 34929936 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user wikipedia|gnome}}</td> <td>{{user wikipedia|fairy}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td></tr> <tr> <td>{{user freedom}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== edm7k7rw5s72pt1nde13t1pwa8lkx0k 34930138 34929936 2006-01-12T20:53:47Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 34930138 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user wikipedia|gnome}}</td> <td>{{user wikipedia|fairy}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== phbj3e048gvv4ibz98rjf9i3versehb 34932050 34930138 2006-01-12T21:07:37Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 34932050 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user wikipedia|gnome}}</td> <td>{{user wikipedia|fairy}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== bn8s42mc33psqwsu3em0nk5zv6v51e1 34933386 34932050 2006-01-12T21:17:34Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 34933386 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user wikipedia|gnome}}</td> <td>{{user wikipedia|fairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td></tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== e3ianum2uyptplpixn39woguk3lyqn3 35045722 34933386 2006-01-13T18:50:50Z Avraham 353669 35045722 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user wikipedia|gnome}}</td> <td>{{user wikipedia|fairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}{{user CVU1-en}}</td></tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== q6udrmfpntydkfokydc674esdwagq0p 35045792 35045722 2006-01-13T18:51:18Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 35045792 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user wikipedia|gnome}}</td> <td>{{user wikipedia|fairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> <td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td></tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== t94ktyw9slyudh1shi3oql3l2t49aty 35253229 35045792 2006-01-15T09:04:39Z Avraham 353669 35253229 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> <td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td></tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== dzsnnm9x8rno7n4cir8iw82mjqx4wgk 35276858 35253229 2006-01-15T15:32:37Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 35276858 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{user Vanf}}</td> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== 6iq776vxcmanrf45n3aawsudn7hbjt9 35329596 35276858 2006-01-15T23:43:49Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 35329596 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== qsj326qx8hfpcvyzcdg5pgbpov6gr3k 35632909 35329596 2006-01-18T03:45:29Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ 35632909 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians]] ppvcr6dtf0bhjqndaug81zk35paju9h 35632989 35632909 2006-01-18T03:46:18Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ 35632989 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] jo7fc8kr7dmht6qfbfrl09j4iyeul8l 35633907 35632989 2006-01-18T03:56:11Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ 35633907 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian mathematicians|Applied mathematicians|Avraham]] megqmakyxjpamb5r8c7qfp3qjfan79j 35634007 35633907 2006-01-18T03:57:01Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ 35634007 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Applied mathematicians|Avraham]] gff7a9bv78phd7gmzgxlmpaf1zqdhzv 35634116 35634007 2006-01-18T03:58:20Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ 35634116 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] spjmlzf52qusdcj74ac4cqoxlf0ehq2 35645873 35634116 2006-01-18T06:13:12Z Avraham 353669 35645873 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] p5k66pvudtih2k5gxafvx18n75u58ry 35742734 35645873 2006-01-18T23:32:56Z Avraham 353669 35742734 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] 7hr87isrbij9atsmokmjb03egg7wp9f 35742786 35742734 2006-01-18T23:33:18Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 35742786 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] kaa12368qii53xx75r7fsp6bsyld1d2 35759759 35742786 2006-01-19T02:00:37Z Avraham 353669 /* Contributions */ 35759759 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] pw1ja9am0ufl0isxhigzy21jkihaktp 35896756 35759759 2006-01-20T02:12:17Z 71.224.198.42 35896756 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. Won the battle of 1812 ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] 1qn5dgecoriw46p7jvte3g1fuf5vlyc 35896987 35896756 2006-01-20T02:14:22Z 71.224.198.42 35896987 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Notable Achievements== *Assasinated President Abraham Lincoln ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] ckyp18vh4vgokrmgf3n4wx5i75yhuf0 35897028 35896987 2006-01-20T02:14:41Z VegaDark 680693 [[:en:Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups|Popups]]-assisted reversion to revision 35896756 35897028 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. Won the battle of 1812 ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] 1qn5dgecoriw46p7jvte3g1fuf5vlyc 35897070 35897028 2006-01-20T02:15:08Z VegaDark 680693 rv to last good version 35897070 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> </tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] pw1ja9am0ufl0isxhigzy21jkihaktp 35899053 35897070 2006-01-20T02:33:42Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 35899053 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree|BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] qghnhlc3twaxdshe0fyto2pbvhmwlqr 35947885 35899053 2006-01-20T12:50:39Z Jeffrey Smith 17161 update syntax for User degree - please forgive the intrusion 35947885 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{user Tolkien}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] 2gu02u6c716izga3wwu2c4tqsh39cil 36297674 35947885 2006-01-23T01:57:16Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ spam 36297674 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user US Customary}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{user ubx-5}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] emi3oo1e7vze8wco4fiimv0von04lzo 36302964 36297674 2006-01-23T02:41:57Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ HA 36302964 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-5}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> I do not actually have a ton of edits just yet, but I'm working on it. ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] 3x9ryj2i1ediqqht26ormgkkrb9vmae 36323361 36302964 2006-01-23T05:55:20Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ update 36323361 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-6}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] 10832h0erdhh5mts639krrx7pvpc9sk 36323473 36323361 2006-01-23T05:56:33Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ fix 36323473 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User Jew}}</td> <td>{{user wpj}}</td> <td>{{user israel}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user kosher}}</td> <td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] c7tsen4kt98jse1icdamnnol6ew07p4 38316030 36323473 2006-02-05T15:03:27Z Avraham 353669 In deference to Jimbo's request 38316030 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] szck4wdnz1khwnbbrwvaxl71rm3c854 38522528 38316030 2006-02-06T22:22:23Z Avraham 353669 /* Occupation */ subjugate under general info 38522528 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] pxhdekub8orvvy4tlusj6kt8y0jyrxd 38570674 38522528 2006-02-07T04:27:33Z Avraham 353669 my wiki philosphy 38570674 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] rgm2kv4o7ft2u47h8rpeup0ggzhlyrc 38639222 38570674 2006-02-07T17:45:51Z Avraham 353669 {{user 1000 edits}} 38639222 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td><td>{{user 1000 edits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] gpfrs03f7m1px0b50o6yjrxnzrfc4cu 38778334 38639222 2006-02-08T16:22:39Z Avraham 353669 /* Contributions */ added 38778334 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] *Template:Test1 *Template:Selftest-n ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. 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My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. 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Keyes]] *[[Home insurance]] *[[Capital gain]] *[[Johnson-Forest Tendency]] ===Other Contributions=== *[[Template:Selftest-n]] *[[Template:Test1]] *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== Forthcoming; although the plethora of userboxes should give you some idea. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td><td>{{user 1000 edits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] 2bz7cn52cwgjzl0g1pusqbyzl2ais5b 38807172 38806782 2006-02-08T20:02:40Z Avraham 353669 /* General Information */ change 38807172 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== ===Articles I have started=== *[[Actuarial Outpost]] ===Articles to which I have made significant contributions=== *[[Actuary]] *[[Matthew Cooke Manuscript]] *[[Henry Hastings Sibley]] *[[Erasmus D. Keyes]] *[[Home insurance]] *[[Capital gain]] *[[Johnson-Forest Tendency]] ===Other Contributions=== *[[Template:Selftest-n]] *[[Template:Test1]] *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== The plethora of userboxes should give you some idea; although I removed the religious and political ones due to the current furor. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td><td>{{user 1000 edits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] qzdj0mqust0w9l1jc70l2kyloon1r3b 38856202 38807172 2006-02-09T02:18:37Z Avraham 353669 /* Other Contributions */ deprecated 38856202 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== ===Articles I have started=== *[[Actuarial Outpost]] ===Articles to which I have made significant contributions=== *[[Actuary]] *[[Matthew Cooke Manuscript]] *[[Henry Hastings Sibley]] *[[Erasmus D. 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Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td><td>{{user 1000 edits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] 0gibzl4wpre502a1d7yehocil7nda3p 38952251 38856202 2006-02-09T19:13:13Z Avraham 353669 Tools 38952251 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== ===Articles I have started=== *[[Actuarial Outpost]] ===Articles to which I have made significant contributions=== *[[Actuary]] *[[Matthew Cooke Manuscript]] *[[Henry Hastings Sibley]] *[[Erasmus D. Keyes]] *[[Home insurance]] *[[Capital gain]] *[[Johnson-Forest Tendency]] ===Other Contributions=== *[[Template:Selftest-n]] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Test1&oldid=38782672 Template:Test1 (Deprecated)] *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== The plethora of userboxes should give you some idea; although I removed the religious and political ones due to the current furor. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. 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Kalyanasundaram 39743163 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== ===Articles I have started=== *[[Actuarial Outpost]] ===Articles to which I have made significant contributions=== *[[Actuary]] *[[American Academy of Actuaries]] *[[Capital gain]] *[[Erasmus D. Keyes]] *[[Henry Hastings Sibley]] *[[Home insurance]] *[[Johnson-Forest Tendency]] *[[Matthew Cooke Manuscript]] *[[V. Kalyanasundaram]] ===Other Contributions=== *[[Template:Selftest-n]] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Test1&oldid=38782672 Template:Test1 (Deprecated)] *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== The plethora of userboxes should give you some idea; although I removed the religious and political ones due to the current furor. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td><td>{{user 1000 edits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] a2glzshfsfwfh44alwtwyum1alfvxdu 39743487 39743163 2006-02-15T15:36:18Z Avraham 353669 /* Wikipedia Philosphy */ Sources 39743487 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== ===Articles I have started=== *[[Actuarial Outpost]] ===Articles to which I have made significant contributions=== *[[Actuary]] *[[American Academy of Actuaries]] *[[Capital gain]] *[[Erasmus D. Keyes]] *[[Henry Hastings Sibley]] *[[Home insurance]] *[[Johnson-Forest Tendency]] *[[Matthew Cooke Manuscript]] *[[V. Kalyanasundaram]] ===Other Contributions=== *[[Template:Selftest-n]] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Test1&oldid=38782672 Template:Test1 (Deprecated)] *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== The plethora of userboxes should give you some idea; although I removed the religious and political ones due to the current furor. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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Keyes]] *[[Henry Hastings Sibley]] *[[Home insurance]] *[[Johnson-Forest Tendency]] *[[Matthew Cooke Manuscript]] *[[V. Kalyanasundaram]] ===Other Contributions=== *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google™]] *[[Template:Selftest-n]] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Test1&oldid=38782672 Template:Test1 (Deprecated)] *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== The plethora of userboxes should give you some idea; although I removed the religious and political ones due to the current furor. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td><td>{{user 1000 edits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] 9but39ljl8f228azb7zbrhwnpm1znf4 39752989 39748918 2006-02-15T17:08:21Z Avraham 353669 /* Articles to which I have made significant contributions */ Synagogue 39752989 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== ===Articles I have started=== *[[Actuarial Outpost]] ===Articles to which I have made significant contributions=== *[[Actuary]] *[[American Academy of Actuaries]] *[[Capital gain]] *[[Erasmus D. Keyes]] *[[Henry Hastings Sibley]] *[[Home insurance]] *[[Johnson-Forest Tendency]] *[[Matthew Cooke Manuscript]] *[[Synagogue]] *[[V. Kalyanasundaram]] ===Other Contributions=== *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google™]] *[[Template:Selftest-n]] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Test1&oldid=38782672 Template:Test1 (Deprecated)] *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== The plethora of userboxes should give you some idea; although I removed the religious and political ones due to the current furor. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td><td>{{user 1000 edits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] h4bpykq1xb6ssjzfqpc0mqjdfk64w8s 39784308 39752989 2006-02-15T21:23:23Z Avraham 353669 /* Articles to which I have made significant contributions */ Swiss Re 39784308 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== ===Articles I have started=== *[[Actuarial Outpost]] ===Articles to which I have made significant contributions=== *[[Actuary]] *[[American Academy of Actuaries]] *[[Capital gain]] *[[Erasmus D. Keyes]] *[[Henry Hastings Sibley]] *[[Home insurance]] *[[Johnson-Forest Tendency]] *[[Matthew Cooke Manuscript]] *[[Synagogue]] *[[Swiss Re]] *[[V. Kalyanasundaram]] ===Other Contributions=== *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google™]] *[[Template:Selftest-n]] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Test1&oldid=38782672 Template:Test1 (Deprecated)] *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== The plethora of userboxes should give you some idea; although I removed the religious and political ones due to the current furor. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td><td>{{user 1000 edits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] m8oa3wsuo3rkkrm3zg0j907x3z67c3r 39912364 39784308 2006-02-16T19:51:17Z Avraham 353669 /* Articles to which I have made significant contributions */ A Land Far Away 39912364 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== ===Articles I have started=== *[[Actuarial Outpost]] ===Articles to which I have made significant contributions=== *[[Actuary]] *[[A Land Far Away]] *[[American Academy of Actuaries]] *[[Capital gain]] *[[Erasmus D. Keyes]] *[[Henry Hastings Sibley]] *[[Home insurance]] *[[Johnson-Forest Tendency]] *[[Matthew Cooke Manuscript]] *[[Synagogue]] *[[Swiss Re]] *[[V. Kalyanasundaram]] ===Other Contributions=== *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google™]] *[[Template:Selftest-n]] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Test1&oldid=38782672 Template:Test1 (Deprecated)] *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== The plethora of userboxes should give you some idea; although I removed the religious and political ones due to the current furor. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td><td>{{user 1000 edits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] rmhyvzmu5j3sz33go0y5i65aupyuu1r 39912401 39912364 2006-02-16T19:51:45Z Avraham 353669 huh? 39912401 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== ===Articles I have started=== *[[Actuarial Outpost]] ===Articles to which I have made significant contributions=== *[[Actuary]] *[[American Academy of Actuaries]] *[[Capital gain]] *[[Erasmus D. Keyes]] *[[Henry Hastings Sibley]] *[[Home insurance]] *[[Johnson-Forest Tendency]] *[[Matthew Cooke Manuscript]] *[[Synagogue]] *[[Swiss Re]] *[[V. Kalyanasundaram]] ===Other Contributions=== *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google™]] *[[Template:Selftest-n]] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Test1&oldid=38782672 Template:Test1 (Deprecated)] *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== The plethora of userboxes should give you some idea; although I removed the religious and political ones due to the current furor. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td><td>{{user 1000 edits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user delete}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|1}}</td></tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] m8oa3wsuo3rkkrm3zg0j907x3z67c3r 40675454 39912401 2006-02-22T05:36:16Z Avraham 353669 substituting userbox 40675454 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==Contributions== ===Articles I have started=== *[[Actuarial Outpost]] ===Articles to which I have made significant contributions=== *[[Actuary]] *[[American Academy of Actuaries]] *[[Capital gain]] *[[Erasmus D. Keyes]] *[[Henry Hastings Sibley]] *[[Home insurance]] *[[Johnson-Forest Tendency]] *[[Matthew Cooke Manuscript]] *[[Synagogue]] *[[Swiss Re]] *[[V. Kalyanasundaram]] ===Other Contributions=== *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google™]] *[[Template:Selftest-n]] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Test1&oldid=38782672 Template:Test1 (Deprecated)] *[[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] *[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/contribution_tree?user=avraham&dbname=enwiki_p Contribution tree] ==General Information== The plethora of userboxes should give you some idea; although I removed the religious and political ones due to the current furor. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosphy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td>{{User US res}}</td> <td>{{user New York}}</td><td>{{user 1000 edits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user date}}</td> <td>{{user GMT-5}}</td><td>{{user ubx-N}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user male}}</td> <td>{{user photography}}</td> <td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user saxophone}}</td> <td>{{user drums}}</td> <td>{{user piano}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/CryptoDerk Vandal Fighter}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> <td>{{user vandalized|2}}</td></tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] 25ci1bbxtd4s87ozl4c0axup2etf8tt 40905387 40904606 2006-02-23T20:22:09Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ eliminating many 40905387 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-3|en-N|he-2|yi-1}} ==General Information== The plethora of userboxes should give you some idea; although I removed the religious and political ones due to the current furor. ===Occupation=== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr><td><td>{{user New York}}</td><td>{{user 1000 edits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en-US}}</td> <td>{{user en-godlike}}</td><td>{{user en-L-0}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user degree/BA}}</td> <td>{{user mathematician}}</td><td>{{User serial comma:Yes}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user latex-2}}</td> <td>{{user xhtml-2}}</td> <td>{{user css-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User WikiProject Spam}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/WikiFairy}}</td> <td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user CVU1-en}}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}</td></tr> <tr><td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td></tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] iztmh8hzfukqoryoa6tbe1rqu4eqw16 40908195 40905387 2006-02-23T20:45:15Z Avraham 353669 Substituting Templates, and removing a bunch 40908195 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FF99CC;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #FF3399; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''1000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''1000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {| class="plainlinks" width="95%" style="background: #f8fcff;" |- align="top" | {| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-width: 1px; border-color: #999999; border-style: solid" ! align="center" valign="middle" style="background: #e6e6fa; padding: 2px"|T<br/>O<br/>O<br/>L<br/>B<br/>O<br/>X<br/><small class="editlink noprint plainlinksneverexpand">[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Template:Tools|action=edit}} edit ]</small> | align="left" valign="center" style="background: #f5f5f5; padding: 8px"| '''Welcome''' {{tl|welcome}} {{tl|welcomeip}} {{tl|thanks}} '''Warn''' {{tl|test0}} {{tl|test}} {{tl|test2}} {{tl|test3}} {{tl|test4}} {{tl|bv}} {{tl|spam}} [[Special:Blockip|Block IP]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Ipblocklist&action=unblock&ip= Unblock IP] '''Check''' [[:Template:Copyvio|<nowiki>{{Copyvio|url=*source}}--[[User:Avraham|Avi]] 20:45, 23 February 2006 (UTC)</nowiki>]] {{tl|delete}} [[:Template:delete|<nowiki>{{db|...}}</nowiki>]] {{tl|no source}} {{tl|no license}} '''Dispute''' {{tl|POV}} {{tl|disputed}} {{tl|TotallyDisputed}} {{tl|controversial}} '''Delete''' {{tl|afd}} {{tl|cfd}} {{tl|ifd}} {{tl|tfd}} {{tl|rfd}} {{tl|mfd}} '''Community''' [[Wikipedia:Community Portal|Community Portal]], [[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]], [[Wikipedia:RC patrol]], [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|Policies and guidelines]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]], [[Wikipedia:Barnstars on Wikipedia|Barnstars on Wikipedia]], [[Wikipedia:Peer Review|Peer Review]], [[Wikipedia:The perfect article|The perfect Article]] '''External''' [http://www.qwikly.com/WikiBib.html bibliographies], [http://www.uni-bonn.de/~manfear/html2wiki-tables.php HTML to wiki tables] '''Stats''' [[Special:Statistics|Statistics]], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wikistats/EN/Sitemap.htm Sitemap] '''Admin''' [[:Category:Candidates for speedy deletion|Speedy Delete]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|AfD]], [[Wikipedia:Categories for deletion|CfD]], [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion|IfD]], [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion|TfD]], [[Wikipedia:Copyright problems|Copyright Problems]], [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion|MfD]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/{{CURRENTYEAR}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}|AfD, {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}]], [[Wikipedia:Categories for deletion#{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}|CfD, {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}]], [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion#{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}|IfD, {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}]], [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}|TfD, {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}]] '''Main''' [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}|Today's featured article]], [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}_{{CURRENTDAY}}|Selected Anniversaries]], [[Template:Did you know|Did you know]], [[Template:In the news|In the news]], [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day|Picture of the Day]], [[Wikipedia:POTD/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}_{{CURRENTDAY}},_{{CURRENTYEAR}}|POTD, {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}]] <div style="margin: 0.4em; text-align: center; font-weight: none;"><i><small>The templates and their effects are shown in list of [[Wikipedia:Boilerplate text|Boilerplate text]].</small></i></div> |} |} ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] rw6v9kvce76oheojp4cjnaxfzsl7k4c 40908356 40908195 2006-02-23T20:46:39Z Avraham 353669 /* Tools */ subst: this is not good 40908356 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FF99CC;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #FF3399; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''1000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''1000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#00FF00 |id-c=#F0FFF0 |info-c=#FFF0F5 |id=[[Image:Wiki_Fairy.gif|40px]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] b4dwgvyzbij2oe1qid3wnc0zs38petq 40910870 40908356 2006-02-23T21:05:26Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ reorder cats 40910870 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FF99CC;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #FF3399; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''1000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''1000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 0k1l88i9s0hun0t7w1cg70ayy9qsqg6 40911223 40910870 2006-02-23T21:07:52Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ statastician 40911223 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FF99CC;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #FF3399; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''1000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''1000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#00FF00 |id-c=#F0FFF0 |info-c=#FFF0F5 |id=[[Image:Wiki_Fairy.gif|40px]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] az9u5o2fdn3b73wzi5ni47ue6t8lvbu 41397029 40911223 2006-02-27T01:33:22Z Avraham 353669 Deletionism 41397029 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hunderd other's that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FF99CC;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #FF3399; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''1000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''1000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 7zzsg83y5lplp79gtwgxzmcyo4guscm 41648796 41397029 2006-02-28T20:03:10Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ {{User 2000e}} 41648796 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hunderd other's that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC99FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9933FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] hnkkva02w6o3x1uh8mnr0tu19pirdzb 41649172 41648796 2006-02-28T20:08:14Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 2000e 41649172 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hunderd other's that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td>{{subst:User2000e}}</td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#00FF00 |id-c=#F0FFF0 |info-c=#FFF0F5 |id=[[Image:Wiki_Fairy.gif|40px]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] hh0fe5dc1wqq8wxlpymv2673jhh842o 41650046 41649172 2006-02-28T20:17:38Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ user200e 41650046 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hunderd other's that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td>{{User2000e}}</td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] r2afg9qpp6yqpncpgvshbn05dlw61vr 41650389 41650046 2006-02-28T20:20:23Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ missing the space- duh! 41650389 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hunderd other's that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC99FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9933FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#00FF00 |id-c=#F0FFF0 |info-c=#FFF0F5 |id=[[Image:Wiki_Fairy.gif|40px]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] gm8vp8ddnxzik4uhrn58mjg3ywg0a0x 41664828 41650389 2006-02-28T22:51:36Z Yirmiyahou 746467 /* Wikipedia Philosophy */ true 41664828 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred other's that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC99FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9933FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#00FF00 |id-c=#F0FFF0 |info-c=#FFF0F5 |id=[[Image:Wiki_Fairy.gif|40px]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] f6aoyuf2d0ll21lqyf8s1lx9dky568v 41709125 41664828 2006-03-01T05:20:53Z Avraham 353669 /* Wikipedia Philosophy */ not a possesive 41709125 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large Reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC99FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9933FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] nn8hvbjnsag0jodom3b8vlvyy7svaqe 54034142 41709125 2006-05-19T14:18:03Z Avraham 353669 /* Occupation */ lowercase 54034142 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC99FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9933FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] ktvgfwuhcp6xpl42yl8yh1n7it6hwb2 54051229 54034142 2006-05-19T16:22:11Z Avraham 353669 /* Occupation */ add personal outpost page 54051229 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. Here is ill-fated my page on the [[User:Avraham/OutpostActuarial Outpost]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC99FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9933FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#00FF00 |id-c=#F0FFF0 |info-c=#FFF0F5 |id=[[Image:Wiki_Fairy.gif|40px]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 6fl497ldp8ib3ghtbs5i6jjz1fcpu58 54051257 54051229 2006-05-19T16:22:22Z Avraham 353669 /* Occupation */ pipe 54051257 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. Here is ill-fated my page on the [[User:Avraham/Outpost|Actuarial Outpost]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC99FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9933FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }}</td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] pav1a0ku79si7knuk8oi5su1fu8zst9 54774700 54051257 2006-05-23T20:51:01Z Avraham 353669 replace wikifairy box 54774700 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. Here is ill-fated my page on the [[User:Avraham/Outpost|Actuarial Outpost]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:One-ton weight.png|39px|]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user has '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki_p&user={{PAGENAMEE}} a ton of edits]'''. |} </div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC99FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9933FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] d67pgseu8oviyy7leuenp7kvmxb7bev 54774937 54774700 2006-05-23T20:52:28Z Avraham 353669 table, remove ton of edits 54774937 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}} ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. Here is ill-fated my page on the [[User:Avraham/Outpost|Actuarial Outpost]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC99FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9933FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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Here is my ill-fated page on the [[User:Avraham/Outpost|Actuarial Outpost]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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Here is my ill-fated page on the [[User:Avraham/Outpost|Actuarial Outpost]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC99FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9933FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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Here is my ill-fated page on the [[User:Avraham/Outpost|Actuarial Outpost]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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Here is my ill-fated page on the [[User:Avraham/Outpost|Actuarial Outpost]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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Here is my ill-fated page on the [[User:Avraham/Outpost|Actuarial Outpost]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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Here is my ill-fated page on the [[User:Avraham/Outpost|Actuarial Outpost]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC99FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9933FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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Here is my ill-fated page on the [[User:Avraham/Outpost|Actuarial Outpost]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC99FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9933FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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Here is my ill-fated page on the [[User:Avraham/Outpost|Actuarial Outpost]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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Here is my ill-fated page on the [[User:Avraham/Outpost|Actuarial Outpost]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC33FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9900CC; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2500''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2500''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with 2500-4000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] lswijhqf1m6gzag25yl9gpmd02vqf8i 56059799 55663104 2006-05-31T03:03:10Z Avraham 353669 /* Occupation */ It has survived AfD, for now. 56059799 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC33FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9900CC; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2500''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2500''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with 2500-4000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 3tmfskg14py41uju3ctktcvn4j8vbtv 56060194 56059799 2006-05-31T03:05:54Z Avraham 353669 /* Wikipedia Philosophy */ example 56060194 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CC33FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #9900CC; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''2500''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''2500''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with 2500-4000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] aezg2826eay1q7y80lc7l2yez0lcb1k 57314914 56060194 2006-06-07T06:33:41Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ {{User 3000e}} 57314914 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with 3000-4000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] pj188szaca8m39tdkpdoaeoy6ln3rkb 57705266 57314914 2006-06-09T14:18:18Z Avraham 353669 Adding maintenance link 57705266 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Example/maintenance]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with 3000-4000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 0it9idfmn4dcxmv2feu64gd99gagkv8 57705331 57705266 2006-06-09T14:18:43Z Avraham 353669 Clarifying 57705331 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Example/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with 3000-4000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] iqlwn8ayheapidwne81nit4a4kpy766 57705449 57705331 2006-06-09T14:19:29Z Avraham 353669 duh 57705449 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with 3000-4000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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See [[Wikipedia: using [[Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] 57768293 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with 3000-4000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td>{{User:Digitalme/Box/User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] g9ddl4i44vttx8fslxvewphd5qd5zo3 57781586 57768293 2006-06-09T22:35:47Z Avraham 353669 JS: Revert to revision 57705449 by [[User:Avraham|Avraham]]. 57781586 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with 3000-4000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td>{{User wikipedia/Hope-Administrator}}</td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 966wrx3vrobvjmefkza68t3gytfgjga 57781640 57781586 2006-06-09T22:36:10Z Avraham 353669 Substituting instead 57781640 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== I am an unabashed [[meta:deletionism|deletionist]]. My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with 3000-4000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedia administrator hopefuls|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 9rz9b9afhewxa4i8dkauv7ar4ergnlt 58396915 57781640 2006-06-13T14:37:10Z Avraham 353669 /* Wikipedia Philosophy */ Trying to reduce bad feeling by minimizing the use of buzzwords that tend to have people react first, judge later. 58396915 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with 3000-4000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|#999999}}}}}}}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|{{{info-c|#eeeeee}}}}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|{{{id-c|#dddddd}}}}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|delete}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|user]] is a Wikipedia '''[[M:Deletionism|deletionist]]'''.[[Category:Deletionist Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#808080}}} 1px; margin: 1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#DBDBDB}}}; " | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#BDBDAD}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Admin mop question.png|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding-left: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This user is '''not''' a Wikipedia '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' but would like to be one. [[Category:Wikipedia administrator hopefuls|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> </table> ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 8s0bcdyd7zl49oj3u0kr3ab6560z77o 58399002 58396915 2006-06-13T14:51:16Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ removing "buzzwords" that although their meaning may not be inflammatory, have unfortunately become catchphrases in too many wiki-wars /sigh 58399002 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with 3000-4000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#808080}}} 1px; margin: 1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#DBDBDB}}}; " | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#BDBDAD}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Admin mop question.png|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding-left: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This user is '''not''' a Wikipedia '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' but would like to be one. [[Category:Wikipedia administrator hopefuls|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter Vandalism Unit Member/wikipedia/en|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div></td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#808080}}} 1px; margin: 1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#DBDBDB}}}; " | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#BDBDAD}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; 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In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#808080}}} 1px; margin: 1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#DBDBDB}}}; " | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#BDBDAD}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Admin mop question.png|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding-left: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This user is '''not''' a Wikipedia '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' but would like to be one. 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In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Admin mop question.png|40px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user is a '''current nominee''' to be a '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|Wikipedia administrator]]'''. 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Sorry! :o) 60725568 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Admin mop question.png|40px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user is a '''current nominee''' to be a '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|Wikipedia administrator]]'''. 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In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Admin mop question.png|40px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user is a '''current nominee''' to be a '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|Wikipedia administrator]]'''. 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[[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] jpljbrj2qxy5uyquvphno00g6leum1j 61915331 61740801 2006-07-03T21:43:12Z Avraham 353669 Update userboxes 61915331 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #5ee;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#3cc}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''3000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''3000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 55j6n5qpm4umusyx3iun18jy2p3wkl3 61921180 61915331 2006-07-03T22:21:06Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ Updating 61921180 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #3cb371;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#2e8b57}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''4000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''4000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] d3he1o96kz3vbcee0kcqg1iafi1lcrg 61950338 61921180 2006-07-04T02:06:39Z Avraham 353669 Stealing Jay's code 61950338 wikitext text/x-wiki <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:20px; top:20px;" class="metadata" id="administrator">{{titled-click|link=Wikipedia:Administrators|image=Goldenwiki.png|width=20px|height=20px|title=This user is an administrator.}}</div> {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #3cb371;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#2e8b57}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''4000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''4000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] arfmx93rn6a3a7vx4m7xqx0tj9ayh1j 61960293 61950338 2006-07-04T03:31:27Z Avraham 353669 I think the mop is more appropriate 61960293 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #3cb371;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#2e8b57}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''4000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''4000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 8icbhvmtis6gbhg9k20wc8kq62axzgs 63124199 61960293 2006-07-10T22:25:49Z Roger mark 1769382 63124199 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. {{userbox-2|#0000CD|#ADD8E6|[[Image:Penis_reduced.jpg|40px]]|This user enjoys [[Teabagging]].|[[Image:Crystal ark.png|40px]]}} ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #3cb371;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#2e8b57}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''4000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''4000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] difuayfu615eok7ry5dcmabn7iqudo1 63124645 63124199 2006-07-10T22:28:40Z Yanksox 584200 Revert to the revision prior to revision 63124199 dated 2006-07-10 22:25:49 by Roger mark using [[:en:Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups|popups]] 63124645 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #3cb371;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#2e8b57}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''4000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''4000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 8icbhvmtis6gbhg9k20wc8kq62axzgs 64315335 63124645 2006-07-17T17:21:35Z Boquank 1811228 64315335 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] {{userbox-2|#0000CD|#ADD8E6|[[Image:Penis_reduced.jpg|40px]]|This user enjoys [[Teabagging]].|[[Image:Crystal ark.png|40px]]}} ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #3cb371;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#2e8b57}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''4000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''4000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] m4xupa4nhydp6h97j8geaiwrrixzqhh 64315452 64315335 2006-07-17T17:22:16Z J Di 973203 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Boquank|Boquank]] to last version by Yanksox 64315452 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #3cb371;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#2e8b57}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''4000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''4000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 8icbhvmtis6gbhg9k20wc8kq62axzgs 64514531 64315452 2006-07-18T18:43:45Z 64.231.15.72 64514531 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-5|en-1|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:No|en-L-5}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #3cb371;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#2e8b57}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''4000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''4000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 9fvqlwtcbg3upl7ksnd9jniaa2znwup 64514682 64514531 2006-07-18T18:44:48Z Avraham 353669 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/64.231.15.72|64.231.15.72]] ([[User talk:64.231.15.72|talk]]) to last version by JD UK 64514682 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #3cb371;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#2e8b57}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''4000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''4000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 8icbhvmtis6gbhg9k20wc8kq62axzgs 64514931 64514682 2006-07-18T18:46:21Z Avraham 353669 Protected User:Avraham: Enough Vandalism [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed] 64514931 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #3cb371;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#2e8b57}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''4000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user has over '''4000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 8icbhvmtis6gbhg9k20wc8kq62axzgs 64688559 64514931 2006-07-19T16:46:16Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 5000 64688559 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9999FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3333FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''5000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''5000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 7wgycjhcf7dl8zgv939dxf9lcilr2kt 65423805 64688559 2006-07-23T19:56:59Z Josephbrophy 1438451 asking for help 65423805 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ==Avi NEED your help== someone sent me a message saying i vandalized a page, and that i have been canceled from wikipedia. although i was just able to sign on this time. [[User:Josephbrophy|joe]] 19:56, 23 July 2006 (UTC) One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9999FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3333FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''5000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''5000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] dqisazrepkwckcv2xywkackj9bdof3e 65433937 65423805 2006-07-23T21:06:49Z Avraham 353669 Moving to talk page 65433937 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9999FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3333FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''5000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''5000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 7wgycjhcf7dl8zgv939dxf9lcilr2kt 65487704 65433937 2006-07-24T03:52:20Z Josephbrophy 1438451 reply 65487704 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Avi: here is what happened== when i logged on to wiki a few hours ago, about 5pm, maybe, i had a yelow or organge message indicating new mail. i clicked on it and was sent to a site that had some colored warning boxes. dont know the user name. the boxes indicated that i committed serious acts of vandalism, and that i was being blocked from using wiki. the next thing i recall was being on a page where my user name and the search box was not there. after of few minutes i signed off. then i signed on and there was not new mail message, and i was able to edit. have not a clue what happend to me. was it a fluke or an error or a trick. dont know. everything seems to be working fine right now. sorry to trouble you on nonsense. [[User:Josephbrophy|joe]] 03:52, 24 July 2006 (UTC) ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9999FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3333FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''5000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''5000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 9ukj27p3tunzn235vhgn9ohy01gel2b 65488200 65487704 2006-07-24T03:56:03Z Avraham 353669 moving to user:talk 65488200 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9999FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3333FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''5000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''5000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] 7wgycjhcf7dl8zgv939dxf9lcilr2kt 66784665 65488200 2006-07-31T02:31:48Z Avraham 353669 Category:Mensan Wikipedians 66784665 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9999FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3333FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''5000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''5000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] o328aoqsa0k4bzvt8mva5ky41dby04w 66985610 66784665 2006-08-01T05:03:26Z Avraham 353669 Adding cats 66985610 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9999FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3333FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''5000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''5000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] b2ahnmxvlzckjk1nm5r49u9b8t5wpox 68291838 66985610 2006-08-07T23:34:18Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ table 68291838 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9999FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3333FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''5000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''5000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] 7u1o1c5f385jl2uts36rtd1dhiunb73 68292046 68291838 2006-08-07T23:35:33Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ UBX 68292046 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel-6|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9370db;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6a5acd; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''6000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''6000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] jj3pg9beo1d8y3pst3u18gqehuxh24a 68824543 68292046 2006-08-10T14:53:57Z Phil Boswell 24373 migrate {{Babel-X}} and related redirects to {{Babel}}, and migrate GUS userboxes where appropriate, using [[WP:AWB|AWB]] 68824543 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9370db;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6a5acd; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''6000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''6000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] 2hsanqemqdyat1h7qz7gc3nhhvttn7j 70106014 68824543 2006-08-16T22:07:46Z Avraham 353669 /* Barnstars */ Thank you 70106014 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9370db;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6a5acd; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''6000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''6000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Tools== {{Tools}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] dvf9hwlnzs5xl6kybm4wt33zushhq7s 70106473 70106014 2006-08-16T22:10:10Z Avraham 353669 /* Tools */ I don't use them anyway :( 70106473 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9370db;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6a5acd; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''6000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''6000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] 1rueider1fp42t2o2vbl9t5tzlc5t22 70225053 70106473 2006-08-17T13:53:07Z Avraham 353669 Unprotected User:Avraham: Maybe it's safe now 70225053 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9370db;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6a5acd; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''6000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''6000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Actuary Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] 1rueider1fp42t2o2vbl9t5tzlc5t22 70240137 70225053 2006-08-17T15:25:12Z Kbdank71 197953 per [[WP:CFD]] [[Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 August 8|2006 Aug 8]] 70240137 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9370db;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6a5acd; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''6000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''6000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] nraghjbokmstwr9j4qwhquvskpfalf1 70693861 70240137 2006-08-20T02:36:57Z Avraham 353669 Adding box 70693861 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9370db;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6a5acd; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''6000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''6000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] o1ws3naawwy2aqw7sd6emguml4mmxjn 73889835 70693861 2006-09-05T04:55:42Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ sort key 73889835 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9370db;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6a5acd; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''6000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''6000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] hp8u1p0prvb0lfak5cjhuxahc2g5wr6 73890190 73889835 2006-09-05T04:58:15Z Avraham 353669 After that whole hullaballoo with Mega, might as well 73890190 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9370db;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6a5acd; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''6000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''6000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:TNS Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] q4juggz2f4abq6y6fac21d7zxkh7eja 73890478 73890190 2006-09-05T05:00:40Z Avraham 353669 Another 73890478 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9370db;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6a5acd; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''6000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''6000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:TNS Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] 7zj87po6ja7ek0gaq83yqu553uiqrh4 74079439 73890478 2006-09-06T05:11:08Z Avraham 353669 :D 74079439 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9370db;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6a5acd; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''6000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''6000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian authors of featured articles|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Mensan Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:TNS Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] 66mu7d4xxe3a7qaumnqylki87cdnirw 74222655 74079439 2006-09-06T22:48:19Z Syrcatbot 823605 rename per [[Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 August 23|Aug 23]] CFD using [[WP:AWB|AWB]] 74222655 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9370db;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6a5acd; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''6000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''6000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian authors of featured articles|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:TNS Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] s2rm17qsnizpb60h7plbs1wd7hcuzf4 74353465 74222655 2006-09-07T16:20:37Z Kbdank71 197953 per [[WP:CFD]] [[Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 August 23|2006 Aug 23]] 74353465 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #9370db;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6a5acd; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''6000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''6000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian authors of featured articles|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] f3na7dkh88vt0izd8q9iok2z7isi3lw 74456523 74353465 2006-09-08T02:55:49Z Avraham 353669 count 74456523 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #4682b4;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #add8e6; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''7&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''7&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian authors of featured articles|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] 2imt3dzf1jxz5bmx9pwqc5uib6nv8u1 75649353 74456523 2006-09-14T05:15:09Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ Adding PGP key 75649353 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #4682b4;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #add8e6; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''7&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''7&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://www.geocities.com/cascandidate/GPG_Key.html Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #CCCCFF; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.PNG|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian authors of featured articles|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] oxq2wncg2jisbesuihk5jfi4z2fut54 75649566 75649353 2006-09-14T05:17:13Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ cvu 75649566 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #4682b4;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #add8e6; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''7&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''7&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://www.geocities.com/cascandidate/GPG_Key.html Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Counter Vandalism Unit Abbrev.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian authors of featured articles|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] br5lavgp3rnxd5i16f02zum48roov17 75650558 75649566 2006-09-14T05:26:45Z Avraham 353669 keyserver 75650558 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #4682b4;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #add8e6; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''7&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''7&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Counter Vandalism Unit Abbrev.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian authors of featured articles|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] oc4n0qhh84pxeb8hcnev4xrvfz5lh5b 76187056 75650558 2006-09-17T06:59:30Z Avraham 353669 cats 76187056 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #4682b4;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #add8e6; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''7&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''7&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Counter Vandalism Unit Abbrev.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian authors of featured articles|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 081og1shdvh5j8rz7i5x6m0vtczh0z1 77039901 76187056 2006-09-21T20:05:21Z Johnny200 2119301 77039901 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #4682b4;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #add8e6; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''7&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''7&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Counter Vandalism Unit Abbrev.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian authors of featured articles|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Galatasaray== http://www.webaslan.com/kulup/antrenor.php here not this is from the official site of Galatasaray look closely at the 74-75 season ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 8nl7qnl79sm6y2mjeug42whxdb55fi4 77040655 77039901 2006-09-21T20:10:23Z Johnny200 2119301 77040655 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #4682b4;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #add8e6; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''7&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''7&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Counter Vandalism Unit Abbrev.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian authors of featured articles|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] swuso32ej5690eeuo2l1zwnhl9igt71 77197296 77040655 2006-09-22T16:47:00Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 7500 77197296 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99CCFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3399FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''7&nbsp;500''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''7&nbsp;500''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Counter Vandalism Unit Abbrev.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian authors of featured articles|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] bjh2dz10z1ub2snhzam5i844d1yfa8h 77197384 77197296 2006-09-22T16:47:36Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ dead cat 77197384 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99CCFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3399FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''7&nbsp;500''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''7&nbsp;500''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Counter Vandalism Unit Abbrev.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] hy23ck93wvkufeoqlx6epc7tj0wpg58 77227115 77197384 2006-09-22T19:46:52Z Avraham 353669 Thanks! 77227115 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I work as a casualty actuary for a large reinsurer. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99CCFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3399FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''7&nbsp;500''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''7&nbsp;500''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Counter Vandalism Unit Abbrev.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 9rgx25n6446eusmfe0v6uizdgzpejnt 77756143 77227115 2006-09-25T18:13:50Z Avraham 353669 /* Occupation */ update 77756143 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99CCFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3399FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''7&nbsp;500''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''7&nbsp;500''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Counter Vandalism Unit Abbrev.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] jmfvewkhzrlyfdkok1epnqu08xd5ww7 79240251 77756143 2006-10-03T13:13:16Z Karam.Anthony.K 187429 /* Userboxes */ switched CVU image to one w/ transparency 79240251 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99CCFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3399FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''7&nbsp;500''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''7&nbsp;500''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:User degree/BA|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 9xgqgmkshlshg64yfxuckdzkwuvwpuh 81613085 79240251 2006-10-15T16:14:58Z Sagabot 2230472 re-categorisation per [[Wikipedia:User_categories_for_discussion#Wikipedians_by_degree|CFD]] 81613085 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99CCFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #3399FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''7&nbsp;500''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''7&nbsp;500''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] pw2ry1f8s52uue4hlf10vg2foiou8ou 81946857 81613085 2006-10-17T06:11:02Z Avraham 353669 8000+ 81946857 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #a9a9a9;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #808080; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''8&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''8&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 3qts5kqcvt59jzylj6heopsiique0b1 82370860 81946857 2006-10-19T06:08:33Z Avraham 353669 Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians 82370860 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #a9a9a9;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #808080; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''8&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''8&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:User Wikipedia/wikignomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/wikifairys|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 3t47rszlgf3c97321ea82trzhl2dn1i 84667719 82370860 2006-10-30T18:44:41Z Mike Selinker 373827 category change per Oct 16 CFDU 84667719 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #a9a9a9;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #808080; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''8&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''8&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 4axatefe8yhgtl2h3arfa4kg2uxo71i 84973889 84667719 2006-11-01T04:03:22Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ {{User wikipedia/Arbitration Committee Nominee}} 84973889 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #a9a9a9;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #808080; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''8&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''8&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Yin_yang.svg|45px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user is a '''current candidate''' for the '''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration committee]]'''. Please feel free to '''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006/Vote/{{PAGENAME}}|vote]]''' for or against their candidacy. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] if6yc4q7d8hd30b0f31tuuv46evv2pu 84974071 84973889 2006-11-01T04:04:51Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ No elections just yet 84974071 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #a9a9a9;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #808080; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''8&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''8&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Yin_yang.svg|45px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user is a '''current candidate''' for the '''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration committee]]'''. Please feel free to '''vote''' for or against their candidacy. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] ng4lzegzrzu6bynvmo8wqpk2zglamcj 84979747 84974071 2006-11-01T04:52:19Z LegitimateAndEvenCompelling 1681277 /* Barnstars */ Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar 84979747 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard-talk" |- |[[Image:Nuvola_apps_kmplot.svg|75px]] |'''I need to spend more time studing for an [[Actuarial exam|exam]] in [[real life]] and will have a reduced presence here for the time being. I will try and check messages and requests for admin actions daily, but if you specifically need to contact me, [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]] would be better. Thanks.''' |} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #a9a9a9;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #808080; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''8&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''8&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Yin_yang.svg|45px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user is a '''current candidate''' for the '''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration committee]]'''. Please feel free to '''vote''' for or against their candidacy. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] tb34eo70955ob8kehh7y9efvqk9gvg4 85371405 84979747 2006-11-03T00:21:18Z Avraham 353669 Took exam today 85371405 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #a9a9a9;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #808080; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''8&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''8&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:User Wikipedia/RC patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Yin_yang.svg|45px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user is a '''current candidate''' for the '''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration committee]]'''. Please feel free to '''vote''' for or against their candidacy. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 4o4ikurp4334ffgmdc5j7dn569iwyza 86070191 85371405 2006-11-06T16:28:59Z TimBentley 531594 re-categorisation per [[WP:CFDU|CFDU]] using [[Project:AWB|AWB]] 86070191 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #a9a9a9;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #808080; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''8&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''8&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Yin_yang.svg|45px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user is a '''current candidate''' for the '''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration committee]]'''. Please feel free to '''vote''' for or against their candidacy. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 9os1iqi08kruaoakftng5e32pa02go0 86666461 86070191 2006-11-09T06:45:48Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 9000 86666461 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{info-fc|grey}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{info-fc|black}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''9&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''9&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Yin_yang.svg|45px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user is a '''current candidate''' for the '''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration committee]]'''. Please feel free to '''vote''' for or against their candidacy. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] bsr267aymer5kaczkrfdgtb0tyn3o8s 87263526 86666461 2006-11-12T03:09:44Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ Link current candidate 87263526 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{info-fc|grey}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{info-fc|black}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''9&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''9&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians with PGP/GPG keys|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Yin_yang.svg|45px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"|This user is a [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Avraham|'''current candidate''']] for the '''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration committee]]'''. Please feel free to '''vote''' for or against their candidacy. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] fjau9xd8x3z4n1x1i8jp4h8dbjw7azd 89828175 87263526 2006-11-24T14:19:34Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ will combine categories 89828175 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{info-fc|grey}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{info-fc|black}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''9&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''9&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: {{{float|left}}};"> {| width=240px cellspacing=3 style="border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #CCFFFF; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size:8pt;" |align="center"|[[Image:Key-crypto-sideways.png|45px]] |align="center"|Use [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A2E975 Avraham's public key] for [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]/[[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] [[encryption|encrypted]] communication |} [[Category:Wikipedians who use PGP|Avraham]] </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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Please feel free to '''vote''' for or against their candidacy. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] ehuhngxpcho93v32zdj7axkh83jf48g 90255341 89828175 2006-11-26T18:05:24Z Avraham 353669 Redo PGP section 90255341 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{info-fc|grey}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{info-fc|black}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''9&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''9&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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Please feel free to '''vote''' for or against their candidacy. |} </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] n12xc491k6jco16qc50ae3i9ws0hh3u 90255497 90255341 2006-11-26T18:06:14Z Avraham 353669 Reorder 90255497 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 23d51ao8df00q55hlkdwbhzlq7gwq2y 91155447 90255497 2006-11-30T14:27:48Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ Withdraw 91155447 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 8vbiaqozw1oud26xbjuoxafauvymrju 91157945 91155447 2006-11-30T14:44:57Z Sinsblog 2896552 /* Barnstars */ 91157945 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. 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My username is Siwel do wup wup. OK?' 91514448 wikitext text/x-wiki Um, can u make me an administrator? My username is Siwel do wup wup. OK? 01h7d8z1fob3027a2fh5ajqbroiiudp 91514617 91514448 2006-12-02T02:23:44Z BostonMA 668039 Revert to revision 91157945 dated 2006-11-30 14:44:57 by Sinsblog using [[:en:Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups|popups]] 91514617 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. [[User:Sinsblog|Sinsblog]] 14:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{info-fc|grey}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{info-fc|black}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''9&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''9&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | '''[[Image:CAS_logo.PNG|40px|center]]''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] k3muidh7qbuccdk1h640zsfw76r30id 91999105 91514617 2006-12-04T14:33:42Z Avraham 353669 Wikibreak (per ArbCom pullout) 91999105 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak|message=[[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. Intermittent bursts of edits should not be construed as a return to normal editing behavior. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you.}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. 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For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you.}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. [[User:Sinsblog|Sinsblog]] 14:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{info-fc|grey}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{info-fc|black}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''9&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''9&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you.}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] gkoq6zbzfgq1ch00m5qw403t338cqwy 102576781 101799831 2007-01-23T02:14:37Z Avraham 353669 Category:Wikipedians who are partially active 102576781 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak|message=[[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you.}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. [[User:Sinsblog|Sinsblog]] 14:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{info-fc|grey}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{info-fc|black}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''9&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''9&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are not currently active|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 98kv0su4nxfqwvcku89kruyqd0axr5h 102576950 102576861 2007-01-23T02:15:32Z Avraham 353669 [[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]] 102576950 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard" style=background:{{{bgcol|#F8EABA}}} |- style=text-align:center | {{{noimage|[[Image:{{{image|{{ #switch: {{{type}}} | exams = Nuvola apps bookcase.png | attempting | wikibreak | normal | short | #default = Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg }}}}}|{{{imagesize|75px}}}]]}}} | [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. [[User:Sinsblog|Sinsblog]] 14:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{info-fc|grey}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{info-fc|black}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''9&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''9&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] opn4q6i69y1duur9ye2sn7ni3lzie5m 102582779 102576950 2007-01-23T02:49:09Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ The big 10,000! 102582779 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard" style=background:{{{bgcol|#F8EABA}}} |- style=text-align:center | {{{noimage|[[Image:{{{image|{{ #switch: {{{type}}} | exams = Nuvola apps bookcase.png | attempting | wikibreak | normal | short | #default = Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg }}}}}|{{{imagesize|75px}}}]]}}} | [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. [[User:Sinsblog|Sinsblog]] 14:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''10&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 60es8wbrx60rrvka1lnqdrohjr3ynnq 102712023 102582779 2007-01-23T18:21:34Z 168.229.215.2 102712023 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard" style=background:{{{bgcol|#F8EABA}}} |- style=text-align:center | {{{noimage|[[Image:{{{image|{{ #switch: {{{type}}} | exams = Nuvola apps bookcase.png | attempting | wikibreak | normal | short | #default = Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg }}}}}|{{{imagesize|75px}}}]]}}} | [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. [[User:Sinsblog|Sinsblog]] 14:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''NINE THOUSAND!''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] nnkclomjtywjqo6c8x7i2on52micrcj 102712953 102712023 2007-01-23T18:26:09Z Avraham 353669 JS: Reverted [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] by [[Special:Contributions/168.229.215.2|168.229.215.2]] to last version by Avraham. 102712953 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard" style=background:{{{bgcol|#F8EABA}}} |- style=text-align:center | {{{noimage|[[Image:{{{image|{{ #switch: {{{type}}} | exams = Nuvola apps bookcase.png | attempting | wikibreak | normal | short | #default = Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg }}}}}|{{{imagesize|75px}}}]]}}} | [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. [[User:Sinsblog|Sinsblog]] 14:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''10&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 60es8wbrx60rrvka1lnqdrohjr3ynnq 104857134 102712953 2007-02-01T15:48:27Z Avraham 353669 /* Wikipedia Philosophy */ Update with headings and RFA/B thoughts 104857134 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard" style=background:{{{bgcol|#F8EABA}}} |- style=text-align:center | {{{noimage|[[Image:{{{image|{{ #switch: {{{type}}} | exams = Nuvola apps bookcase.png | attempting | wikibreak | normal | short | #default = Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg }}}}}|{{{imagesize|75px}}}]]}}} | [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them, preferably in in-line Harvard citation format. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== [[User:Avraham/RfA-B|My thoughts on the RfA and RfB process.]] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. [[User:Sinsblog|Sinsblog]] 14:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''10&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] f4xgvz9ajw3lx9xqd6yyfkc890971rt 104926019 104857134 2007-02-01T21:08:42Z Avraham 353669 /* Sources */ I have come to better appreciate the ref tags, so I will postulate indifference 104926019 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard" style=background:{{{bgcol|#F8EABA}}} |- style=text-align:center | {{{noimage|[[Image:{{{image|{{ #switch: {{{type}}} | exams = Nuvola apps bookcase.png | attempting | wikibreak | normal | short | #default = Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg }}}}}|{{{imagesize|75px}}}]]}}} | [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== [[User:Avraham/RfA-B|My thoughts on the RfA and RfB process.]] == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. [[User:Sinsblog|Sinsblog]] 14:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''10&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] 26el5s3nupmy4opjw39x1urymcv8b9n 104926187 104926019 2007-02-01T21:09:22Z Avraham 353669 /* Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations */ transclusion attempt 104926187 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard" style=background:{{{bgcol|#F8EABA}}} |- style=text-align:center | {{{noimage|[[Image:{{{image|{{ #switch: {{{type}}} | exams = Nuvola apps bookcase.png | attempting | wikibreak | normal | short | #default = Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg }}}}}|{{{imagesize|75px}}}]]}}} | [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. [[User:Sinsblog|Sinsblog]] 14:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''10&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] fn2xz45duq4vsf0wj4cc9sog2t6759c 108623981 104926187 2007-02-16T16:01:35Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ PBK 108623981 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard" style=background:{{{bgcol|#F8EABA}}} |- style=text-align:center | {{{noimage|[[Image:{{{image|{{ #switch: {{{type}}} | exams = Nuvola apps bookcase.png | attempting | wikibreak | normal | short | #default = Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg }}}}}|{{{imagesize|75px}}}]]}}} | [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. 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For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. [[User:Sinsblog|Sinsblog]] 14:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''10&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Counter-Vandalism Unit members|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. 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For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. 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For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{award2|image=WMBarnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Working Man's Barnstar|text=Your dedication to the nightmarish task of updating the sources on [[circumcision]] is positively stunning. Hence this barnstar. [[User:Jakew|Jakew]] 20:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) }} {{award2|image=Barnstar of Humour3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Good Humor|text=For your attempt to cool down the discussion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=70076378] :-). --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 20:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=When I changed user names and was inadvertantly locked out of editting, you tried over and over to help me over a sustained period of time until final success. I really appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] 04:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)}} {{award2|image=Raok_barnstar.png|size=100px|align=left|topic=The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar|frame|text=Thanks for going to bat for my little effort re: Deborah Frisch. [[User:Sinsblog|Sinsblog]] 14:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)}} {| style="border: 1px solid {{{border|gray}}}; background-color: {{{color|#fdffe7}}};" |rowspan="2" valign="middle" | [[Image:Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|100px]] |rowspan="2" | |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar''' |- |style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | I award you this barnstar for your tireless and effective vandal combat. Best regards. <strong><font style="color: #082567"></font>[[User:Payple|<font color="green"></font>]]<font style="color: #082567">--[[User:Payple|Payple]] 15:40, 25 February 2007 (UTC) |} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''10&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] rwp29vup6y3nml9etg6owds14tmu0o7 111740147 111736012 2007-03-01T02:56:55Z Avraham 353669 creating transclusion page 111740147 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard" style=background:{{{bgcol|#F8EABA}}} |- style=text-align:center | {{{noimage|[[Image:{{{image|{{ #switch: {{{type}}} | exams = Nuvola apps bookcase.png | attempting | wikibreak | normal | short | #default = Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg }}}}}|{{{imagesize|75px}}}]]}}} | [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == Barnstars == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''10&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] f3oyuzb37rtqhq16bzai46klli3bogn 111740397 111740147 2007-03-01T02:58:13Z Avraham 353669 /* Barnstars */ wikilinking 111740397 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard" style=background:{{{bgcol|#F8EABA}}} |- style=text-align:center | {{{noimage|[[Image:{{{image|{{ #switch: {{{type}}} | exams = Nuvola apps bookcase.png | attempting | wikibreak | normal | short | #default = Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg }}}}}|{{{imagesize|75px}}}]]}}} | [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''10&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] kipckam4a4otw2xxdyh3ruo3go90e1s 112131916 111740397 2007-03-02T18:58:08Z Avraham 353669 /* Updating references */ az 112131916 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard" style=background:{{{bgcol|#F8EABA}}} |- style=text-align:center | {{{noimage|[[Image:{{{image|{{ #switch: {{{type}}} | exams = Nuvola apps bookcase.png | attempting | wikibreak | normal | short | #default = Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg }}}}}|{{{imagesize|75px}}}]]}}} | [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634 Anti-Zionism]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''10&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] 8ln5v4c21jwhyoe665cgbz0ztedlyaj 112132149 112131916 2007-03-02T18:59:06Z Avraham 353669 /* Updating references */ fix 112132149 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard" style=background:{{{bgcol|#F8EABA}}} |- style=text-align:center | {{{noimage|[[Image:{{{image|{{ #switch: {{{type}}} | exams = Nuvola apps bookcase.png | attempting | wikibreak | normal | short | #default = Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg }}}}}|{{{imagesize|75px}}}]]}}} | [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''10&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] 11fqlgmpfk6joohq2nh0qa7sebbrpy1 112132566 112132149 2007-03-02T19:00:56Z Avraham 353669 WPBio 112132566 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {| class="messagebox standard" style=background:{{{bgcol|#F8EABA}}} |- style=text-align:center | {{{noimage|[[Image:{{{image|{{ #switch: {{{type}}} | exams = Nuvola apps bookcase.png | attempting | wikibreak | normal | short | #default = Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg }}}}}|{{{imagesize|75px}}}]]}}} | [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s wiki presence will be erratic and unreliable for the indefinite future. For edit or administrative actions that require a certain amount of alacrity, please use [[Special:Emailuser/Avraham|e-mail]]. Thank you. |}{{{cats|[[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]]}}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''10&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] jbriw7maqm7g75d26c166yr7fwpou2s 112887402 112132566 2007-03-05T20:30:44Z Avraham 353669 I guess I'm back 112887402 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #99FFFF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #33FFFF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''10&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has more than '''10&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] sukrcpk5kbmzf7zvfopzg3e6y5hirf7 113021641 112887402 2007-03-06T08:30:05Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 11K+ 113021641 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #00ffff;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #0000ff; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''11&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''11&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] alpst0yd4b6jav793utlqqywl9v6j4r 115000383 113021641 2007-03-14T07:04:29Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 12 115000383 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: lightblue;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #ff8888; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''12&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''12&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] by4da85y4g02x0pwrbiata4ff7vu5me 115943168 115000383 2007-03-18T03:54:41Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ Testing userbox 115943168 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: lightblue;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #ff8888; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''12&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''12&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> {{user actuary/FCAS|verified|verification}} </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] buqrwjcvikfufsmr6uoi7qqm1nnfxs6 115945075 115943168 2007-03-18T04:07:16Z Avraham 353669 like so 115945075 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Verifications== See [[User:Avraham/verification|here]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: lightblue;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #ff8888; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''12&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''12&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> {{user actuary/FCAS|verified|verification}} </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] 8fxxxv0foxpwtlny4ukqjxhkjkhzchf 115980578 115945075 2007-03-18T09:07:06Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ subst 115980578 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Verifications== See [[User:Avraham/verification|here]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: lightblue;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #ff8888; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''12&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''12&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a property/casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] 3f0powz2p10u2jpbauk0cof6pl1htky 115980652 115980578 2007-03-18T09:07:47Z Avraham 353669 Never mind 115980652 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: lightblue;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #ff8888; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''12&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''12&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a property/casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] 8vr190yapm7jlpunrmndy8rfy5e7d8q 116617548 115980652 2007-03-20T20:57:27Z Ndumbunsungu 3739210 116617548 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== you smell ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: lightblue;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #ff8888; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''12&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''12&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a property/casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. you are a saddo == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: lightblue;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #ff8888; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''12&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''12&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a property/casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] skzugdyi2xzsvzk8hz1xdef4x8t86md 116617788 116617658 2007-03-20T20:58:21Z Ndumbunsungu 3739210 116617788 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== you smell ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. you are a saddo == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} oh my god this is for losers ... medals? ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: lightblue;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #ff8888; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''12&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''12&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a property/casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] lihh4phdi7t14wgg7i9zh8hagl8kuj4 116618390 116617788 2007-03-20T21:00:50Z 24.136.230.38 revert. 116618390 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: lightblue;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #ff8888; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''12&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''12&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a property/casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}} |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid brown 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #FAEBD7;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:be bold.png|43px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold]]''', but not reckless, in updating pages. |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF;" |style="width:45px;height:48px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:10px;"|'''LaTeX-2''' |style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;"|This user is an '''[[:Category:User latex-2|intermediate]] [[LaTeX]]''' user. |} </div>[[Category:User latex|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User latex-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #77E0E8 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #D0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #77E0E8; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" | '''[[XHTML|xhtml]]-2''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is an '''[[:Category:User xhtml-2|intermediate]] [[:Category:User xhtml|XHTML]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User xhtml|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User xhtml-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border: solid #C0C8FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F0F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C8FF; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" | '''[[Cascading Style Sheets|css]]-1''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User css-1|beginning]]''' '''[[:Category:User css|Cascading Style Sheets]]''' user. |}</div> [[Category:User css|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User css-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|{{{border-s|1}}}}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|{{{border-c|{{{id-c|blue}}}}}}}}}}}}; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|{{{info-c|lightblue}}}}}}}}};" | style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|{{{id-c|#99B3FF}}}}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|{{{id-s|12}}}}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|{{{id-fc|black}}}}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|{{{id|subst:}}}}}}}}}''' | style="font-size:{{{info-size|{{{info-s|8}}}}}}pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|{{{info-fc|black}}}}}};" | {{{info|{{{4|{{{info|This user '''[[WP:SUBST|substitutes]]''' his or her '''[[WP:UBX|userboxes]]'''.}}}}}}}}} |}</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #E49B0F; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #8FBC8F;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #DAA520; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Wikignome.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] 8vr190yapm7jlpunrmndy8rfy5e7d8q 120558595 116618390 2007-04-05T19:38:10Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ 13K 120558595 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #c0c0c0;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #ffff00; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''13&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''13&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a property/casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] gtrlmhjlocntjo41odboihxuxueovsu 120583799 120558595 2007-04-05T21:29:31Z Avraham 353669 {{userpage}} 120583799 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #c0c0c0;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #ffff00; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''13&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''13&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a property/casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #c0c0c0;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #ffff00; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''13&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''13&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a property/casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] e9cnq8lyiogcwl9nli9fxg1gr0wi7rk 126138882 126138820 2007-04-26T13:57:18Z Pupster21 2244705 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 126138820 by [[Special:Contributions/83.21.74.172|83.21.74.172]] ([[User talk:83.21.74.172|talk]]) 126138882 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #c0c0c0;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #ffff00; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''13&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user has over '''13&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a property/casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #008000;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #0000ff; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''14&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|white}}};" | This user has over '''14&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a property/casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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[[Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} </div> </td> <td> {{userbox |border-c=#996633 |id-c=#ffeeaa |info-c=#ffffdd |id=[[Image:usr_wikifairy.png]] |info=This user is a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|wikifairy]]'''. [[Category:Wikipedian WikiFairies|{{PAGENAME}}]] }} </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid #f0e68c 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #fafad2;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #f0e68c; text-align: center; font-size: 13.5pt" | [[Image:Cscr-featured.png|40px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user helped promote the article '''[[Actuary]]''' to '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured status]]'''. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #CFB53B;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-family: palatino, palatino linotype, palatino roman, times, serif; color: #CFB53B;" | ΦBK | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">This user</span>]] is a member of '''[[Phi Beta Kappa|<span style="color: black">Phi Beta Kappa</span>]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:Wikipedians in Phi Beta Kappa|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> </table> ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] d1rmhh7fxc32bykgkc16kowhfx86gmb 131293958 127347422 2007-05-16T14:15:57Z Avraham 353669 /* [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars]] */ adjust 131293958 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== <table border=0> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #008000;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #0000ff; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|11}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|white}}};" | '''14&nbsp;000''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|white}}};" | This user has over '''14&nbsp;000''' edits on the [[English Wikipedia]]. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedians with over 10,000 edits|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[English Wikipedia]]'''[[Category:Wikipedia administrators|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}. |}</div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid gold 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #87C8DB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|14}}}pt;" | '''[[Image:Star of David.svg|30px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism|'''Judaism WikiProject''']]. |} </div> </td> <td> <div style="float: left; border: 1px solid #ffdd99; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; height:45px; background: #fff;" | style="background: #ffffff; | ''' ''' | style="background: #ffffcc; font-size: 8pt; padding: 6pt; color: #000; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user is a property/casualty '''[[actuary]]'''. |}</div>[[Category:Wikipedian actuaries|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:CVU2.png|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a [[:Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|member]] of the<br>'''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit|Counter-Vandalism Unit]]'''. |} </div> [[Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit|{{PAGENAME}}]] </td> <td><div style="float: left; border:solid #6495ED 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #33DDDD;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #6495ED; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:SpamInACan.jpg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" |<center>This user is a member of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam|WikiProject Spam]]'''.</center> |}</div></td> <td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#CCCCFF}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#F8F8FF}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#CCCCFF}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|[[Image:Police man ganson.svg|40px]]}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This [[:Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers|user]] is a '''[[Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol|recent changes patroller]]'''. 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In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher|Avraham]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon|Avraham]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Avraham]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants|Avraham]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|Avraham]] ta8llctecq2lir8z4mfondd51aew2ax 131299867 131299515 2007-05-16T14:45:50Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ Defaultsort 131299867 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Userboxes== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]][[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] gpnn3b62hj54b4558icqtpte2i0swnc 132171417 131299867 2007-05-20T07:08:09Z Avraham 353669 /* Userboxes */ wikifying 132171417 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]][[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] r0o4j8g8l5381tohvqqor95f22bjqs5 132171464 132171417 2007-05-20T07:08:35Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ cr 132171464 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == OpenPGP == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] nwtvl6gi7bw4vrt0lrrs85eunqc0h2g 132171537 132171464 2007-05-20T07:09:15Z Avraham 353669 /* OpenPGP */ change name 132171537 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 0w5d1grb9iclaz2zjyidhnnylnfe5dg 136683129 132171537 2007-06-07T20:51:36Z 172.190.97.58 136683129 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a typical [[kike]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 3sp54my333ioi6pamfb09ykv2ekxbar 136685722 136683129 2007-06-07T21:03:01Z Avraham 353669 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/172.190.97.58|172.190.97.58]] ([[User talk:172.190.97.58|talk]]) to last version by Avraham 136685722 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 0w5d1grb9iclaz2zjyidhnnylnfe5dg 141527176 136685722 2007-06-30T02:42:39Z AMbot 4556419 per [[WP:UCFD|UCFD]] June 22 , removed Category:Wikipedians who can solve a Rubik's Cube 141527176 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Married Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 4ktzt5wop9kx1rgkuvmgjel4ksu204d 141857450 141527176 2007-07-01T19:39:55Z AMbot 4556419 per [[WP:UCFD|UCFD]] June 21 , removed Category:Married Wikipedians 141857450 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] t2x26qwbgr3pl33yk79v58qamu27282 142490545 141857450 2007-07-04T17:14:06Z Gargamel573 4275697 142490545 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==requesting help with parser function== Hi I hope this is the right place to post this I'm a newbe.. I'm using a local installation of mediawiki and I use templates from wikipedia. the problem is that any template that includes parser function syntax such as <nowiki>#if</nowiki> is being rendered on the page as regular text. It's as if the parser function syntax is not available in the wiki do I need to install/import something? Might you be able to help please? Thanks! :[[User:Gargamel573|Gargamel573]] 17:14, 4 July 2007 (UTC)-- ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] sl0u3bhk4imsccg42gsrtpspqjuvbm3 142725966 142490545 2007-07-05T19:16:32Z Avraham 353669 /* Maintenance */ . 142725966 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==requesting help with parser function== Hi I hope this is the right place to post this I'm a newbe.. I'm using a local installation of mediawiki and I use templates from wikipedia. the problem is that any template that includes parser function syntax such as <nowiki>#if</nowiki> is being rendered on the page as regular text. It's as if the parser function syntax is not available in the wiki do I need to install/import something? Might you be able to help please? Thanks! :[[User:Gargamel573|Gargamel573]] 17:14, 4 July 2007 (UTC)-- ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] cbvru3l6503c3cd21mqgr43obxmy957 144456181 142725966 2007-07-13T19:08:19Z Avraham 353669 /* requesting help with parser function */ belongs on talk' 144456181 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 0m1w6hd6wxvuu9f1d67hhmtsiniy5cj 147931891 144456181 2007-07-29T22:05:25Z AMbot 4556419 per [[Wikipedia:User categories for discussion/Archive/July 2007#July 24|WP:UCFD 24 July 2007]] , removed Category:Generation X Wikipedians 147931891 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] n1w0rwyglud7vmiw4x2u289uolofpdx 148753121 147931891 2007-08-02T17:10:00Z Edwardsville 4526505 148753121 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] Dear Avi, you posted saying that sending users warnings is harassment that will not be allowed. Well, Jakew sent me a warning, as you can see on my page. What happens now? He has continually deleted comments written by myself and others that he does not like, nomatter how well cited they are and now he escalates to this. Is there anything at all that I can do? Are you an authority? Is there someone I can complain to? He appears to just be vandalizing the page. Is this a warning that was sent to him and he is now just passing it on, pretending to be an authority? jxu5rr0rldd8u99xgcs5bq7pd5l44lo 148759881 148753121 2007-08-02T17:45:32Z Edwardsville 4526505 /* Categories */ 148759881 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] n1w0rwyglud7vmiw4x2u289uolofpdx 152611282 148759881 2007-08-21T02:35:12Z 72.75.158.39 /* Editing */ 152611282 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] qiuqyt8d4328eepp2545whtk7mws8gh 152611343 152611282 2007-08-21T02:35:31Z 72.75.158.39 /* Maintenance */ 152611343 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] qtfqxoxdmj12oyukcy8hhrv2w8k30kc 152611398 152611343 2007-08-21T02:35:49Z 72.75.158.39 /* Sources */ 152611398 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] bnvc5axuy1xtgu1ztngano0e9ckw8cd 152611467 152611398 2007-08-21T02:36:09Z 72.75.158.39 /* Updating references */ 152611467 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 9zusv9wpbbzuplbjsfx08gaw5nwt0vv 152611493 152611467 2007-08-21T02:36:21Z Quinsareth 536534 rv.v 152611493 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] n1w0rwyglud7vmiw4x2u289uolofpdx 152611558 152611493 2007-08-21T02:36:45Z 72.75.158.39 /* Wikipedia Philosophy */ 152611558 wikitext text/x-wiki phoiac9h4m842xq45sp7s6u21eteeq1 152611588 152611558 2007-08-21T02:36:56Z Quinsareth 536534 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 152611558 by [[Special:Contributions/72.75.158.39|72.75.158.39]] ([[User talk:72.75.158.39|talk]]) 152611588 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] n1w0rwyglud7vmiw4x2u289uolofpdx 152682445 152611588 2007-08-21T12:57:37Z 196.3.51.241 [[WP:AES|←]]Blanked the page 152682445 wikitext text/x-wiki phoiac9h4m842xq45sp7s6u21eteeq1 152682478 152682445 2007-08-21T12:57:50Z Brianga 3778104 Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/196.3.51.241|196.3.51.241]] identified as [[WP:VAND|vandalism]] to last revision by [[User:Quinsareth|Quinsareth]]. using [[WP:TWINKLE|TW]] 152682478 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] n1w0rwyglud7vmiw4x2u289uolofpdx 155293630 152682478 2007-09-02T22:13:10Z 72.75.135.135 155293630 wikitext text/x-wiki {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] ff5d13o0dns1h54qdbwgtaicaywmdz7 155293685 155293630 2007-09-02T22:13:32Z Into The Fray 4789749 Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/72.75.135.135|72.75.135.135]] identified as [[WP:VAND|vandalism]] to last revision by [[User:Brianga|Brianga]]. using [[WP:TWINKLE|TW]] 155293685 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] n1w0rwyglud7vmiw4x2u289uolofpdx 156058640 155293685 2007-09-06T14:40:01Z Avraham 353669 Been too long 156058640 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 2q2gkgy0vkt2qco7kmrpto5t7oqwdh1 156115495 156058640 2007-09-06T19:42:21Z 75.195.186.15 [[WP:AES|←]]Replaced page with 'a href=http://www.testmysoul.net><img src=http://dl7.glitter-graphics.net/pub/95/95077cof8j5s3v1.jpg width=352 height=288 border=0></a><br><a href=http://www.testm...' 156115495 wikitext text/x-wiki a href=http://www.testmysoul.net><img src=http://dl7.glitter-graphics.net/pub/95/95077cof8j5s3v1.jpg width=352 height=288 border=0></a><br><a href=http://www.testmysoul.org target=_blank>glitter-graphics.com</a> 2ttqhct4f52djh8vgppq6dgan9o0s6r 156115590 156115495 2007-09-06T19:42:43Z Bobo192 97951 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/75.195.186.15|75.195.186.15]] ([[User talk:75.195.186.15|talk]]) to last version by Avraham 156115590 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 2q2gkgy0vkt2qco7kmrpto5t7oqwdh1 157413939 156115590 2007-09-12T17:04:15Z Avraham 353669 Partial wikibreak 157413939 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{wikibreak | Avi | message = Due to the upcoming [[Jewish]] holidays, Avi will have more limited wikipedia access for the next month or so. | align = left | image = Liten askenasisk sjofar 5380.jpg | cats = [[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|User:Avraham]] }} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] ctodt5ol5cz8fudbvkh4kco6pqo7jzr 157414261 157413939 2007-09-12T17:05:53Z Avraham 353669 sort 157414261 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak | Avi | message = Due to the upcoming [[Jewish]] holidays, Avi will have more limited wikipedia access for the next month or so. | align = left | image = Liten askenasisk sjofar 5380.jpg | cats = [[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]] }} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] teutiniarbkoezj4pi914fqzabvas3j 157422378 157414261 2007-09-12T17:45:35Z Avraham 353669 better sentence 157422378 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak | Avi | message = Due to the upcoming [[Jewish]] holidays, Avi will be accessing wikipedia on a more limited basis for the next few weeks. | align = left | image = Liten askenasisk sjofar 5380.jpg | cats = [[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]] }} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] bp4mmbzh7ru8vrgtccev0174j4yiph3 160275031 157422378 2007-09-25T16:18:11Z Avraham 353669 succos 160275031 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak | Avi | message = Due to the upcoming [[Jewish]] holidays, Avi will be accessing wikipedia on a more limited basis for the next few weeks. | align = left | image = Arbaat haminim.jpg | cats = [[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]] }} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] kndjq5th497peph6ijok8dix35a2muf 161666174 160275031 2007-10-01T22:42:13Z 12.164.149.35 161666174 wikitext text/x-wiki {{addminisdddtrator}} {{wikdddibreak | Avi | mesdsage = Due to thde upcoming [[Jewish]] holidays, Avi will be accessing wikipedia on a more limitedd basis for the next few weeks. | alidgn = left | image = Arbaat haminidm.jpg | catds = [[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]] }} {{userpage}} {{Babel|encccdvdf-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:dYes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdfd.png|lefdt|thumb|Gadmma ddistribdutiond—Classic lossd severity ddistriddbution]] ==Occupation== I am addd [[reinsurdance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlidnkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|dbd-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedidan applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipediadn statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedidans by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikdipeddians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Widkipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipeddians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians idn Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] qm6e1rzr9cyjvruuijkwhpse977z0jr 161666957 161666174 2007-10-01T22:46:05Z Versageek 146418 Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/12.164.149.35|12.164.149.35]]. using [[WP:TWINKLE|TW]] 161666957 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak | Avi | message = Due to the upcoming [[Jewish]] holidays, Avi will be accessing wikipedia on a more limited basis for the next few weeks. | align = left | image = Arbaat haminim.jpg | cats = [[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]] }} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Mensa]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the Triple Nine Society]] [[Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] kndjq5th497peph6ijok8dix35a2muf 162935523 161666957 2007-10-07T20:26:11Z AMbot 4556419 per [[Wikipedia:User categories for discussion/Archive/October 2007#October 2|WP:UCFD 2 October 2007]] , removed Category:Wikipedians in Pi Mu Epsilon, removed Category:Wikipedians in Mensa, removed C 162935523 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak | Avi | message = Due to the upcoming [[Jewish]] holidays, Avi will be accessing wikipedia on a more limited basis for the next few weeks. | align = left | image = Arbaat haminim.jpg | cats = [[Category:Wikipedians who are partially active|Avraham]] }} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] hbuj3171isyzbtflbabdnrhaifkitsc 163250448 162935523 2007-10-09T03:46:03Z Avraham 353669 bk 163250448 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 702yxyon8dijlchfo7emvfnv2btzv38 166189764 163250448 2007-10-22T02:05:38Z Avraham 353669 order 166189764 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] dbjcp7ph82uvfafwf85vqvgt6k7ugdr 166302729 166189764 2007-10-22T15:59:55Z Avraham 353669 {{NoAutosign}} 166302729 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] r6ug7vio5qe7m9hlejdegcgynshjflw 170570256 166302729 2007-11-10T17:06:03Z 89.139.15.109 [[WP:AES|←]]Replaced page with 'May Hashem punish you, dirty Zionist pig. Your type of avodoh zoroh is worse than all other types in the world. You are the most hated and disgusted sect in the wo...' 170570256 wikitext text/x-wiki May Hashem punish you, dirty Zionist pig. Your type of avodoh zoroh is worse than all other types in the world. You are the most hated and disgusted sect in the world and you will face your punishment in Gehinnom for the crimes you have committed. --[[User:89.139.15.109|89.139.15.109]] 17:06, 10 November 2007 (UTC) 2gkrfwhvzesd4agpvnfw2fgounqkqpp 170570483 170570256 2007-11-10T17:07:40Z Lofty abyss 1564706 Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/89.139.15.109|89.139.15.109]] identified as [[WP:VAND|vandalism]] to last revision by [[User:Avraham|Avraham]]. 170570483 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] r6ug7vio5qe7m9hlejdegcgynshjflw 170728904 170570483 2007-11-11T11:21:02Z AMbot 4556419 per [[Wikipedia:User categories for discussion/Archive/November 2007#November 5|WP:UCFD 5 November 2007]] , replaced: Category:Wikipedians who keep kosher → Category:Jewish Wikipedians using [[Projec 170728904 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] j95nr3niz9dwxwfh2szy7fmly58rxnf 174393964 170728904 2007-11-28T16:22:31Z Avraham 353669 Break 174393964 wikitext text/x-wiki {{wikibreak | Name = Avi | message = Avi is taking a partial wikibreak and as such may not respond to user or article talk page comments in a reasonable timeframe. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Emailuser/Avraham E-mail] ''may'' result in a faster response. | align = center | cats = | }} {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] q2v0crt06nttx9imayzr47uzbe727hn 177598061 174393964 2007-12-13T05:18:01Z Avraham 353669 back 177598061 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] j95nr3niz9dwxwfh2szy7fmly58rxnf 181589819 177598061 2008-01-02T12:24:00Z Wright93 6090339 181589819 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] <!-- Wright93 --> I would advise you NOT to edit my homepage! 1cw4vyt8sk1j1yhyba36fjk5ka0w6wd 181589879 181589819 2008-01-02T12:24:32Z Wright93 6090339 /* Categories */ 181589879 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] <!-- Wright93 --> I would advise you NOT to edit my homepage! --[[User:Wright93|J.Wright]] ([[User talk:Wright93|talk]]) 12:24, 2 January 2008 (UTC) 6y3jp82dj2p019q8w1a5ab189actzth 181642122 181589879 2008-01-02T17:36:28Z Avraham 353669 Moving comment to talk page 181642122 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] j95nr3niz9dwxwfh2szy7fmly58rxnf 182034578 181642122 2008-01-04T03:48:42Z Noor Aalam 3488678 blasphemous. I find it offesive 182034578 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} [[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 3x0e3o5c3qu1pl2h8v723p3b4zp2bx9 182034677 182034578 2008-01-04T03:49:29Z Noor Aalam 3488678 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 182034578 by [[Special:Contributions/Noor Aalam|Noor Aalam]] ([[User talk:Noor Aalam|talk]]) 182034677 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Occupation== I am a [[reinsurance]] [[Liability insurance|casualty]] [[actuary]]. ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] j95nr3niz9dwxwfh2szy7fmly58rxnf 182978202 182034677 2008-01-08T16:57:36Z Avraham 353669 Irrelevant 182978202 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] lk5wxd7jtooommdgcl1eyt4bz198cym 183610097 182978202 2008-01-11T11:58:19Z Adon Emett 6148922 183610097 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] ==Avraham== Why have you blocked user 124.191.88.235? mp971uctt54147jm77a2vi3k1efrmqu 183610247 183610097 2008-01-11T11:59:40Z Adon Emett 6148922 183610247 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Avraham== Why have you blocked user 124.191.88.235? ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] ==Avraham== Why have you blocked user 124.191.88.235? gomj9on816toc5iwi8qtr7wc4cjgfnb 183635086 183610247 2008-01-11T14:58:32Z Avraham 353669 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Adon Emett|Adon Emett]] ([[User talk:Adon Emett|talk]]) to last version by Avraham 183635086 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|en-godlike|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] lk5wxd7jtooommdgcl1eyt4bz198cym 184444710 183635086 2008-01-15T07:28:00Z Avraham 353669 :} 184444710 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] tm0kedtdjvjajggv35r6v52cg6a1xg8 192905416 184444710 2008-02-20T22:47:52Z Uranus69 6050522 192905416 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] TCH''' == Headline text == scn2u6veub2u8bkhjh4c9ypn7ho2a8m 192905614 192905416 2008-02-20T22:48:46Z Seraphim 3369647 Revert to revision 184444710 dated 2008-01-15 07:28:00 by Avraham using [[:en:Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups|popups]] 192905614 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] tm0kedtdjvjajggv35r6v52cg6a1xg8 192906684 192905614 2008-02-20T22:53:10Z Uranus69 6050522 192906684 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}}IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH {{userpage}}IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH {{NoAutosign}} IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]]IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH ==Maintenance==IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH ==Wikipedia Philosophy==IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH ===Editing===IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s.IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH ===Sources===IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH ===Updating references===IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634].IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCHIM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A BIG FAT BITCH IM A 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==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] tm0kedtdjvjajggv35r6v52cg6a1xg8 195813443 192906817 2008-03-04T15:34:23Z Avraham 353669 {{Rfb-notice}} Only two days left, so may pay to get more eyes on this for a better picture of the community's perspective. 195813443 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} {{Rfb-notice}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 947by1vgjlqn0c75gfbhz7i0gbq3wl1 195926866 195813443 2008-03-05T00:31:27Z Avraham 353669 move rfb notice 195926866 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{Rfb-notice}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] bvjfy1d0l8szymsz76bodnak2dv1bwh 196366505 195926866 2008-03-06T20:42:53Z Avraham 353669 Over soon 196366505 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] tm0kedtdjvjajggv35r6v52cg6a1xg8 196548488 196366505 2008-03-07T15:45:32Z Avraham 353669 /* Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts */ testing 196548488 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] ack09f57mozwt93jkxlagzgqhr90a0j 200823355 196548488 2008-03-25T16:14:35Z Yvh11a 135918 Challenge-response 200823355 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ===Challenge-Response=== <pre>-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) hQQOA5tRR7fEWjr2EA//X3dD95s59JfgNB3f4Gt/bovzNmKm6j8emgPBjErKBlOx okpV5PQuKnh8dVchlccqT3HHn6ptS30wZcxX/v5dWSgUKCAYrxeYPUDG6A25IH5s ZnFNLnsOIwBw+We3zT7DWIprMLJXhCqoAR+bUpF2BHjDksyVNGDfvLDNCpA4DCoa ghBYyuGYlZAFJDQ4Ap9OpSvXjXD8e4s5H/XWhDEsjslJS+DEaZef18UQpuUMTnvV ZIYnS6E+AUYOSkX8z8a41iXvIv0Bvkt4U/wIUlB/YEUSfAg8aboIrgqZAN7eUL83 y1gGE/CiBh3RxXRnswBJKrC28MI58ynOuEBjtBl+6z1H1mjxnakDo/kx1X7Bdk9b R8efEnJ1x0kSSJjU01rDQdXPL/eYc2/VYH4deTlzd/ElBBxWC5K82n47+xrLYEp7 EfE3l0qPYi1BM23773EKKwkrpLUpBz/vJY40+3PUfc8gT20NDOicYFwbHhTG6vWT W8OoyGYRC22JjzeII3DXAHvJCSFiCP2jC2yY6hLsHH8kCJVbIlOLtZ7IlfGFfLHO a3Gvj5FejmlpWY/XEs84noqRo09IDBoPuWJ6yZhq4g7zu/AADdAZiODNA26T8YHm S95KNHKGe120+i+9w8TsSHNjIP8RY4thturHWEcqeGHnUNnpJnnbnDf/akSb2YoQ AJl5l3uZ1BssItT+SfXuFNbNT7cUnFRSMP9MIRx9ghpC/AekOu1MipOmeAdH2zr/ VEisjb8xM5PYxbioh0XdhhUBIIeM359njxOTK7zhz0CDe8HLgts6/Xp5rOW8M5W5 CusAthRUe1s0+kiJm4lGi37KgtBW3stmf4iBVxtQDgZVgqXWNJP2OGb+GjnnLX03 PhaRHcPyywuv0sgdKE2X5F6lxNU8phX+eee/Fpbx2uwNHUFEwfaXy3Vw3ptSj9HO gyco3kKmgZqxVrbQaJsz1fgfFqLIdDnAA1LM+mMh/OE1d4lfY3v8GXHqFCwUWXMH 4S74HGgniHi/zl5mq4PcxZnIq3Vf4CqeTO0l/1gp40DzVoS7kmtS9n6fRAXmLB+N tL9eYnTKlG8naTc/YsVv7nRqNv15tGkKAn0UGzLDAPZA20TE5/mKMsNL/0qLJHl7 iQqXhsf0kcytUk5VZQp8tCO4wWit5sQkHwZkiTy9gNaw+/6HPndYSVNBI2dq/jAA +WYnXvdw4Ou4v44wC4AT0RxyIqSs4KF24ZUEXUgcBtjwm3P0rIZfGSlcuBOhFHhe 6Biy9fyO5AIJwyx8fH9Tau0YlRtsLfeMiEzScVAskaHuzOCV+SkTVvsz/OfOljGK Ew6RTWWbzfajt4sFvSkpXAlmZP8RZSoDkmyyJTGmfL7DhQIMA7ZUuU6y00HCAQ/+ IRrIa1NGxkbvlEkZPYp72ohuyEeWZoogtrlqtOEu/wENIk/zWSnC03sKUnn1XtBa 8GqFEHd/ByUEs4Wa2ADWiRB143MwIbtfgDR9rI7+IkXnsUXC5+cE3HUZcZbPcsv5 JXDugPZtnm2ntSloASbyJFoCb4s4fvz0IzCOlT58zwnCvDq4MQZ3LukmqtiOoMUr N24GAfIs3X7QGA4ciVgejWRvNR6bDDHt8Z3hSsjILsfxJVsEARtFL+GmS+Urjcwu iU4PT+p2bLeyldo9Uescm5hNk1f9PsgtVY0kUhwjHdp7zMGD3H+36NK67xUNu6Or kJ7Sxxv0eCqLbGwHIJWa4p5Ga2H9Uu+2IEgWYCoMLu/kSU/skg5yA0a+5AXPhGer dbbWXQV/Mkm5Q2AojUXyVxMdROQjHpO37Vn0t2RhjDikeufGNGf3vt6iYhF9QEO8 DeNj0MwhZ3auQFxIfdeetY/Qk8e+MRNAXBNBl5Jq1R4nZf7wyj71uQyXu0dqqUSm Bx8gCMKUxPhl+pmho4CJcrVOBaybVrhYlLXSMYAaukVv1p1GbSFD2GMM5APAtR6S 695ukHRPHtbDtJudP6nmkCIm7PsYYLRlSG8w9rOPRYK5dA3ni6POlA3fXJTB+apC 2hNpUT6PyrEsUL3WKOJ6dzf16/wb/j1YAHVhVoKTee7SPAFS6v7446zonSf/PlRy FLzIFKwZxhIGGZey0/JWSm5xqj0FstVXgYsqjMrU2yCbhXQo3fBkj1oDQb5uaA== =ywm4 -----END PGP MESSAGE-----</pre> ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] nwwkg2sdrze6ejie12rfu14qbh8xg96 200825556 200823355 2008-03-25T16:24:48Z Avraham 353669 /* Challenge-Response */ Moving to talk, thanks! 200825556 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 86lwqyfpodpydaiwjzs8101xeio5zl6 201607338 200825556 2008-03-28T16:41:23Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ 201607338 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:Wikipedians with a global account]] m498ssiw067ec1lczqu8h86t57ak80b 201608008 201607338 2008-03-28T16:44:45Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ ubox 201608008 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 86lwqyfpodpydaiwjzs8101xeio5zl6 204987348 201608008 2008-04-11T19:55:17Z Avraham 353669 Break 204987348 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak | 1= Avi | message = will be sporadically unavailable due to the upcoming holiday of [[Passover|Pesach]] | align = center | image =Shmura Matzo.jpg | imagesize = }} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] jevt1ccpiax8utn8wa9d4zg5yubuktu 204987464 204987348 2008-04-11T19:55:47Z Avraham 353669 Fix 204987464 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]] will be sporadically unavailable due to the upcoming holiday of [[Passover|Pesach]] | align = center | image =Shmura Matzo.jpg | imagesize = }} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] jols895y5lfaecnkgwg8h71x83s7jz3 208686550 204987464 2008-04-28T04:28:04Z Avraham 353669 Gut Voch 208686550 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 86lwqyfpodpydaiwjzs8101xeio5zl6 208793806 208686550 2008-04-28T17:30:58Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ test 208793806 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to make range blocks]] [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] khlhm5z30vs3pd7eg3i4xztyhauaj3x 208900950 208793806 2008-04-29T01:32:14Z Avraham 353669 test 208900950 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] d1c78ptnrvnre9qm6lylp76n385j6zu 208901050 208900950 2008-04-29T01:32:50Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ lf 208901050 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 86lwqyfpodpydaiwjzs8101xeio5zl6 210594365 208901050 2008-05-06T16:15:14Z Avraham 353669 /* Editing */ better 210594365 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 9eu09ql3x1zbm6dzv4hbfdak6dwsh3a 212485087 210594365 2008-05-15T00:04:13Z Avraham 353669 /* Editing */ {{user recovery}} 212485087 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Administrative actions=== {{user recovery}} ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] hvsssrebthel5gqo3cdudayg6ygyfo6 212485244 212485087 2008-05-15T00:04:55Z Avraham 353669 /* Wikipedia Philosophy */ update 212485244 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 4b7zxdsy48tlfvlzdi9k77pbif8v5ut 212538093 212485244 2008-05-15T05:14:33Z Avraham 353669 semi wikibreak 212538093 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{wikibreak|type=attempting}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] ma3g8vnl4cj7k1cmozaebiulm6r73p4 215263248 212538093 2008-05-27T12:52:10Z Avraham 353669 I think I'm back 215263248 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 4b7zxdsy48tlfvlzdi9k77pbif8v5ut 216401931 215263248 2008-06-01T14:01:27Z Avraham 353669 @#%^# Work 216401931 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak|Avi|type = attempting}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 6b4ilpyyfr2k0oliqn3ky0xm7u4671t 221888429 216401931 2008-06-26T15:18:10Z Avraham 353669 too rusty 221888429 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak|Avi|type = attempting}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] tpt3w4kdg04ywmic1yme6lzy9ewj9k8 233481953 221888429 2008-08-22T05:47:20Z Avraham 353669 Overdue removal 233481953 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 7aw5vsh06igiwsfua9wrhqtwjenjl44 238362669 233481953 2008-09-14T14:11:20Z Avraham 353669 Does this cat exist? 238362669 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Mathematics participants]] q9nougak32cnqi3480ii5hyugbog8ig 238362764 238362669 2008-09-14T14:11:53Z Avraham 353669 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Avraham|Avraham]] ([[User talk:Avraham|talk]]) to last version by Yvh11a 238362764 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|yi-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia mirrors that which I use in my [[actuary|occupation]]: "No data is better than garbage data." In reinsurance, you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build entire aggregate loss models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ===Challenge-Response=== <pre>-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) hQQOA5tRR7fEWjr2EA//X3dD95s59JfgNB3f4Gt/bovzNmKm6j8emgPBjErKBlOx okpV5PQuKnh8dVchlccqT3HHn6ptS30wZcxX/v5dWSgUKCAYrxeYPUDG6A25IH5s ZnFNLnsOIwBw+We3zT7DWIprMLJXhCqoAR+bUpF2BHjDksyVNGDfvLDNCpA4DCoa ghBYyuGYlZAFJDQ4Ap9OpSvXjXD8e4s5H/XWhDEsjslJS+DEaZef18UQpuUMTnvV ZIYnS6E+AUYOSkX8z8a41iXvIv0Bvkt4U/wIUlB/YEUSfAg8aboIrgqZAN7eUL83 y1gGE/CiBh3RxXRnswBJKrC28MI58ynOuEBjtBl+6z1H1mjxnakDo/kx1X7Bdk9b R8efEnJ1x0kSSJjU01rDQdXPL/eYc2/VYH4deTlzd/ElBBxWC5K82n47+xrLYEp7 EfE3l0qPYi1BM23773EKKwkrpLUpBz/vJY40+3PUfc8gT20NDOicYFwbHhTG6vWT W8OoyGYRC22JjzeII3DXAHvJCSFiCP2jC2yY6hLsHH8kCJVbIlOLtZ7IlfGFfLHO a3Gvj5FejmlpWY/XEs84noqRo09IDBoPuWJ6yZhq4g7zu/AADdAZiODNA26T8YHm S95KNHKGe120+i+9w8TsSHNjIP8RY4thturHWEcqeGHnUNnpJnnbnDf/akSb2YoQ AJl5l3uZ1BssItT+SfXuFNbNT7cUnFRSMP9MIRx9ghpC/AekOu1MipOmeAdH2zr/ VEisjb8xM5PYxbioh0XdhhUBIIeM359njxOTK7zhz0CDe8HLgts6/Xp5rOW8M5W5 CusAthRUe1s0+kiJm4lGi37KgtBW3stmf4iBVxtQDgZVgqXWNJP2OGb+GjnnLX03 PhaRHcPyywuv0sgdKE2X5F6lxNU8phX+eee/Fpbx2uwNHUFEwfaXy3Vw3ptSj9HO gyco3kKmgZqxVrbQaJsz1fgfFqLIdDnAA1LM+mMh/OE1d4lfY3v8GXHqFCwUWXMH 4S74HGgniHi/zl5mq4PcxZnIq3Vf4CqeTO0l/1gp40DzVoS7kmtS9n6fRAXmLB+N tL9eYnTKlG8naTc/YsVv7nRqNv15tGkKAn0UGzLDAPZA20TE5/mKMsNL/0qLJHl7 iQqXhsf0kcytUk5VZQp8tCO4wWit5sQkHwZkiTy9gNaw+/6HPndYSVNBI2dq/jAA +WYnXvdw4Ou4v44wC4AT0RxyIqSs4KF24ZUEXUgcBtjwm3P0rIZfGSlcuBOhFHhe 6Biy9fyO5AIJwyx8fH9Tau0YlRtsLfeMiEzScVAskaHuzOCV+SkTVvsz/OfOljGK Ew6RTWWbzfajt4sFvSkpXAlmZP8RZSoDkmyyJTGmfL7DhQIMA7ZUuU6y00HCAQ/+ IRrIa1NGxkbvlEkZPYp72ohuyEeWZoogtrlqtOEu/wENIk/zWSnC03sKUnn1XtBa 8GqFEHd/ByUEs4Wa2ADWiRB143MwIbtfgDR9rI7+IkXnsUXC5+cE3HUZcZbPcsv5 JXDugPZtnm2ntSloASbyJFoCb4s4fvz0IzCOlT58zwnCvDq4MQZ3LukmqtiOoMUr N24GAfIs3X7QGA4ciVgejWRvNR6bDDHt8Z3hSsjILsfxJVsEARtFL+GmS+Urjcwu iU4PT+p2bLeyldo9Uescm5hNk1f9PsgtVY0kUhwjHdp7zMGD3H+36NK67xUNu6Or kJ7Sxxv0eCqLbGwHIJWa4p5Ga2H9Uu+2IEgWYCoMLu/kSU/skg5yA0a+5AXPhGer dbbWXQV/Mkm5Q2AojUXyVxMdROQjHpO37Vn0t2RhjDikeufGNGf3vt6iYhF9QEO8 DeNj0MwhZ3auQFxIfdeetY/Qk8e+MRNAXBNBl5Jq1R4nZf7wyj71uQyXu0dqqUSm Bx8gCMKUxPhl+pmho4CJcrVOBaybVrhYlLXSMYAaukVv1p1GbSFD2GMM5APAtR6S 695ukHRPHtbDtJudP6nmkCIm7PsYYLRlSG8w9rOPRYK5dA3ni6POlA3fXJTB+apC 2hNpUT6PyrEsUL3WKOJ6dzf16/wb/j1YAHVhVoKTee7SPAFS6v7446zonSf/PlRy FLzIFKwZxhIGGZey0/JWSm5xqj0FstVXgYsqjMrU2yCbhXQo3fBkj1oDQb5uaA== =ywm4 -----END PGP MESSAGE-----</pre> ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] nwwkg2sdrze6ejie12rfu14qbh8xg96 238362832 238362764 2008-09-14T14:12:16Z Avraham 353669 too far 238362832 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] 7aw5vsh06igiwsfua9wrhqtwjenjl44 240596179 238362832 2008-09-24T02:43:47Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ Category:WikiProject Statistics members 240596179 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] fwt1kvb12yhh95s5eepjb8xtpm2wd8m 241184849 240596179 2008-09-26T19:07:02Z Avraham 353669 On and off 241184849 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak | Avi | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s availability will be somewhat constrained due to the upcoming [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[High Holidays|High Holy Days]] | image = Liten askenasisk sjofar 5380.jpg | imagesize = 75px }} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] n4jqj5jng4vn9prn43g9wsaui8cbk20 241185008 241184849 2008-09-26T19:07:59Z Avraham 353669 better 241185008 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak | Avi | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s availability will be somewhat limited for a while due to the upcoming [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[High Holidays|High Holy Days]] | image = Liten askenasisk sjofar 5380.jpg | imagesize = 75px }} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 451y87qnwqdo7vlnhmogqw0pxdyzll4 243348571 241185008 2008-10-06T03:34:35Z Avraham 353669 Umipnei Chatainu... 243348571 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} {{wikibreak | Avi | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s availability will be somewhat limited for a while due to the upcoming [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[High Holidays|High Holy Days]] | image = Western wall jerusalem night.jpg | imagesize = 75px }} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] sri6okvilpfx0hfc2j3121n7youz7vd 243479030 243348571 2008-10-06T18:13:30Z Alison 44750 In ur userpage, vandlizin ur iconz 243479030 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:12px;" class="metadata" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{wikibreak | Avi | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s availability will be somewhat limited for a while due to the upcoming [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[High Holidays|High Holy Days]] | image = Western wall jerusalem night.jpg | imagesize = 75px }} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] bra7evryjnis0mbnaknzuhi6xyg3nwv 243757804 243479030 2008-10-07T22:40:01Z Avraham 353669 /* Identity */ {{User unified login}} 243757804 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:12px;" class="metadata" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{wikibreak | Avi | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s availability will be somewhat limited for a while due to the upcoming [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[High Holidays|High Holy Days]] | image = Western wall jerusalem night.jpg | imagesize = 75px }} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] ak69ibdw7wwkezh28dlbr5h6ku7yzfg 244292630 243757804 2008-10-10T03:33:59Z Avraham 353669 Eisanim 244292630 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:12px;" class="metadata" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{wikibreak | Avi | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s availability will be somewhat limited for a while due to the upcoming holiday of [[Sukkot|Succos]]. | image = Image:Arbaat haminim.jpg | imagesize = 75px }} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] cktwcubimtr1rby1lou9jc5tdg0bedp 244292686 244292630 2008-10-10T03:34:22Z Avraham 353669 image 244292686 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:12px;" class="metadata" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{wikibreak | Avi | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s availability will be somewhat limited for a while due to the upcoming holiday of [[Sukkot|Succos]]. | image = Arbaat haminim.jpg | imagesize = 75px }} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1|serial comma:Yes|en-L-0}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] c5e6xg7mtefae4mb8uj4ilo0jnm6orf 244694980 244292686 2008-10-12T02:21:14Z Avraham 353669 unnecessary 244694980 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:12px;" class="metadata" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{wikibreak | Avi | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]]'s availability will be somewhat limited for a while due to the upcoming holiday of [[Sukkot|Succos]]. | image = Arbaat haminim.jpg | imagesize = 75px }} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] nc7z7s6nx9shw8epv6z93au8sac6q1h 247430633 244694980 2008-10-24T18:41:55Z Avraham 353669 Over 247430633 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:12px;" class="metadata" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] l2sb4qihs4ly29a53c0kwlr9luvg9ug 247557755 247430633 2008-10-25T10:10:39Z Pioneer prefered Lewinsky 8160859 some changes 247557755 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:12px;" class="metadata" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] a4i9is4jhjg0rawto0snki8t2te76ui 247557822 247557755 2008-10-25T10:11:14Z Rschen7754 210954 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Pioneer prefered Lewinsky|Pioneer prefered Lewinsky]] ([[User talk:Pioneer prefered Lewinsky|talk]]) to last version by Avraham 247557822 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:12px;" class="metadata" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] l2sb4qihs4ly29a53c0kwlr9luvg9ug 250595016 247557822 2008-11-09T05:52:23Z Avraham 353669 fix 250595016 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 9uso4xhh51g3a5k0q38bslm9eb4kar3 251797010 250595016 2008-11-14T17:08:51Z 24.131.122.166 251797010 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is ACT LIKE A FUCKING KIKE, DEFEND MY KIKE BRETHERN, ISRAEL FIRST, FUCK AMERICA, AND AGAIN, ACT LIKE A FUCKING KIKE. YOU ZIONIST FUCKING KIKES WILL BE EXTERMINATED BY THE SECOND COMING OF HITLER! HE WAS RIGHT! YOU FUCKING KIKE YIDS ARE A CANCER WHICH MUST BE ERADICATED! THE KIKES SHALL BE WIPED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH! GOD WILL NOT LET YOU DIRTY KIKES POISON HIS EARTH FOREVER! AND ON THAT DAY, HE WILL SMITE THE YID-KIKES, AND REMOVE THIS PESTILENCE OF KIKERY FROM THIS PLANET FOR ALL TIME~ ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] tr8m20f7q8e9nx4q90mufitqbu6cphb 251797070 251797010 2008-11-14T17:09:11Z Skunkboy74 6143486 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/24.131.122.166|24.131.122.166]] to last version by Avraham ([[WP:HG|HG]]) 251797070 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 9uso4xhh51g3a5k0q38bslm9eb4kar3 259977463 251797070 2008-12-24T23:27:48Z 149.254.200.215 MADE A MESS AS AVARAM WOTEVA I GET A 2ND CHANCE! 259977463 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 5puzcbs2mck69taswtshsowewiybpgf 259977520 259977463 2008-12-24T23:28:22Z Snigbrook 4995598 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 259977463 by [[Special:Contributions/149.254.200.215|149.254.200.215]] ([[User talk:149.254.200.215|talk]]) 259977520 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-1}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 9uso4xhh51g3a5k0q38bslm9eb4kar3 268704358 259977520 2009-02-05T15:51:26Z Avraham 353669 More accurate 268704358 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 5239djnh80gw20gjcjcy9hxqdujw4k6 271006349 268704358 2009-02-16T00:44:35Z Avraham 353669 Steward elections 271006349 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Elections== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] sr0oo3qktoz1o19l708nqfxwil497td 271006410 271006349 2009-02-16T00:44:54Z Avraham 353669 /* Elections */ headings 271006410 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Steward elections== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] qjvc78k21sjfsaw1dcidu0sznyi4ipt 271278799 271006410 2009-02-17T04:43:26Z Avraham 353669 Steward candidacy - tweak 271278799 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] tn87jao646zawn9q2r2vegm27kbdhco 271351323 271278799 2009-02-17T15:17:42Z Avraham 353669 tweak 271351323 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] qooe86ek4he47oyuk28981sjgbgggod 271352266 271351323 2009-02-17T15:22:55Z Avraham 353669 Update candidacy with status :-( 271352266 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 129 supports and 40 opposes, I would need 31 unopposed support votes, 8 opposes switching to neutral, or 7 opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] nrix308v6r291rhzxle5sy8rnxlcspd 271365290 271352266 2009-02-17T16:34:35Z Avraham 353669 /* Current status */ update 271365290 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 130 supports and 40 opposes, I would need 30 unopposed support votes, 8 opposes switching to neutral, or 6 opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 6p1ir643oypbv6cwsysydle0qbglvan 271365366 271365290 2009-02-17T16:35:06Z Avraham 353669 /* Current status */ Still possible - We need your help, call to donate :D 271365366 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 130 supports and 40 opposes, I would need 30 unopposed support votes, 8 current opposes switching to neutral, or 6 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] msbdcekhjgr0qp9jvcqdqixla6ekxhy 271387533 271365366 2009-02-17T18:30:49Z Avraham 353669 /* My steward candidacy */ Only 29 more unopposed supports to hit 80%. With YOUR help, this can happen! (Only if you want it to, of course 8-) ) 271387533 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 131 supports and 40 opposes, I would need 29 unopposed support votes, 8 current opposes switching to neutral, or 6 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] m33m3iq2q3inhepgrh71l6gs0d2c1ly 271445009 271387533 2009-02-17T22:57:00Z Avraham 353669 /* My steward candidacy */ Update, only 28 unopposed more support votes needed. Thank you, all 271445009 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 132 supports and 40 opposes, I would need 28 unopposed support votes, 7 current opposes switching to neutral, or 6 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] mbwt5kag8vxpv3pujq3fps666szy6qc 271448410 271445009 2009-02-17T23:12:53Z Avraham 353669 Oh dear, another oppose 271448410 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 132 supports and 41 opposes, I would need 32 unopposed support votes, 8 current opposes switching to neutral, or 7 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] t07h60hwr5n2la41mwtv1mbv6kjmhpz 271469631 271448410 2009-02-18T00:55:31Z Avraham 353669 /* My steward candidacy */ Another support, thankfully. Key statistic is now 31/8/7. 271469631 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 133 supports and 41 opposes, I would need 31 unopposed support votes, 8 current opposes switching to neutral, or 7 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] lr4403s6zca4rd9o8lub4gkz3n5shqs 271495889 271469631 2009-02-18T03:26:38Z Avraham 353669 /* My steward candidacy */ Another support, thankfully. Current triplet stands at (30/8/6) Thank you! 271495889 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 134 supports and 41 opposes, I would need 30 unopposed support votes, 8 current opposes switching to neutral, or 6 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 7gru5x1dva0ie42q6exs2bokja8flol 271561612 271495889 2009-02-18T12:50:39Z Avraham 353669 Only 3.5 more days to get 30 unopposed support votes, or have 8 opposers strike their opposition. Can it be done? 271561612 wikitext text/x-wiki {{tmbox | type = notice | image = [[Image:Wikimedia Community Logo.svg|40px]] | text = This user is standing for [[m:Steward|steward]] in the 2009 elections which end February 22 (UTC). To view the discussion and voice your opinion, please visit [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]] }} {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 134 supports and 41 opposes, I would need 30 unopposed support votes, 8 current opposes switching to neutral, or 6 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] jtt9dkme5dts9bjz7q1wslppwx1u9i2 271564709 271561612 2009-02-18T13:15:29Z Avraham 353669 Running out of time... 271564709 wikitext text/x-wiki {{tmbox | type = speedy | image = [[Image:Wikimedia Community Logo.svg|40px]] | text = This user is standing for [[m:Steward|steward]] in the 2009 elections which end February 22 (UTC). To view the discussion and voice your opinion, please visit [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]] }} {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 134 supports and 41 opposes, I would need 30 unopposed support votes, 8 current opposes switching to neutral, or 6 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] e2pwxdt402cyn3npltu1tzadr4sf2gw 271750076 271564709 2009-02-19T04:43:29Z Avraham 353669 Another oppose :( triplet now stands at 33/9/7) 271750076 wikitext text/x-wiki {{tmbox | type = speedy | image = [[Image:Wikimedia Community Logo.svg|40px]] | text = This user is standing for [[m:Steward|steward]] in the 2009 elections which end February 22 (UTC). To view the discussion and voice your opinion, please visit [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]] }} {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 135 supports and 42 opposes, I would need 33 unopposed support votes, 9 current opposes switching to neutral, or 7 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 7qjx58nnmhtkcq2ffsjo20qg6j35mkq 271816267 271750076 2009-02-19T12:46:11Z Avraham 353669 Less than three days left, not looking good :} 271816267 wikitext text/x-wiki {{tmbox | type = speedy | image = [[Image:Wikimedia Community Logo.svg|40px]] | text = This user is standing for [[m:Steward|steward]] in the 2009 elections, which end February 22 (UTC). To view the discussion and voice your opinion, please visit [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]] }} {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 135 supports and 42 opposes, I would need 33 unopposed support votes, 9 current opposes switching to neutral, or 7 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] n9bpw8xnw1xd7vkms0kbow17wvgho03 271945217 271816267 2009-02-19T23:19:38Z Avraham 353669 /*My Steward candidacy */ 31/8/7 -- Possible, but I need everyone's help ! 271945217 wikitext text/x-wiki {{tmbox | type = speedy | image = [[Image:Wikimedia Community Logo.svg|40px]] | text = This user is standing for [[m:Steward|steward]] in the 2009 elections, which end February 22 (UTC). To view the discussion and voice your opinion, please visit [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]] }} {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 137 supports and 42 opposes, I would need 31 unopposed support votes, 8 current opposes switching to neutral, or 7 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 5dwhmzjjefbnimmc9a3bbjil8dvl3lq 272009313 271945217 2009-02-20T05:40:04Z Avraham 353669 An oppose switched to support! A net 5 vote swing. Now if only 5 more people agreed with her.... Triplet stands at 25/7/5 (Unopposed Support/Oppose-->Neutral/Oppose-->Support) 272009313 wikitext text/x-wiki {{tmbox | type = speedy | image = [[Image:Wikimedia Community Logo.svg|40px]] | text = This user is standing for [[m:Steward|steward]] in the 2009 elections, which end February 22 (UTC). To view the discussion and voice your opinion, please visit [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]] }} {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 139 supports and 41 opposes, I would need 25 unopposed support votes, 7 current opposes switching to neutral, or 5 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 6r8vtmgbij3sp8bp1ty3supef247z1s 272020022 272009313 2009-02-20T07:08:31Z Avraham 353669 /* My Steward Candidacy */ Another support. 24/6/5 is the count. But less than two days left :( 272020022 wikitext text/x-wiki {{tmbox | type = speedy | image = [[Image:Wikimedia Community Logo.svg|40px]] | text = This user is standing for [[m:Steward|steward]] in the 2009 elections, which end February 22 (UTC). To view the discussion and voice your opinion, please visit [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]] }} {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 140 supports and 41 opposes, I would need 24 unopposed support votes, 6 current opposes switching to neutral, or 5 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] m5bxyyrcend43u6c1fkibaqs2uf5nds 272034055 272020022 2009-02-20T09:13:25Z Avraham 353669 /* My steward candidacy */ Another support, thankfully. Less than two days to get some combination of 23 more supports or have 6 opposers go neutral 272034055 wikitext text/x-wiki {{tmbox | type = speedy | image = [[Image:Wikimedia Community Logo.svg|40px]] | text = This user is standing for [[m:Steward|steward]] in the 2009 elections, which end February 22 (UTC). To view the discussion and voice your opinion, please visit [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]] }} {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 141 supports and 41 opposes, I would need 23 unopposed support votes, 6 current opposes switching to neutral, or 5 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 0rhcf9n6xvdybbp4l2klp5g9vscrdab 272090535 272034055 2009-02-20T16:01:58Z Avraham 353669 /* My steward candidacy */ Only 16 more supports necessary in around 2 days, Can this be done? Hope remains alive! 272090535 wikitext text/x-wiki {{tmbox | type = speedy | image = [[Image:Wikimedia Community Logo.svg|40px]] | text = This user is standing for [[m:Steward|steward]] in the 2009 elections, which end February 22 (UTC). To view the discussion and voice your opinion, please visit [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]] }} {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 148 supports and 41 opposes, I would need 16 unopposed support votes, 4 current opposes switching to neutral, or 4 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 3obkxitbyt9pdzibi5i1nn7uqvdkamb 272094520 272090535 2009-02-20T16:35:32Z Avraham 353669 /* My steward candidacy */ Another Support! :D 15/4/4 ==> Only 15 more supports necessary in around 2 days, Hope remains alive! 272094520 wikitext text/x-wiki {{tmbox | type = speedy | image = [[Image:Wikimedia Community Logo.svg|40px]] | text = This user is standing for [[m:Steward|steward]] in the 2009 elections, which end February 22 (UTC). To view the discussion and voice your opinion, please visit [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]] }} {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 149 supports and 41 opposes, I would need 15 unopposed support votes, 4 current opposes switching to neutral, or 4 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] q5xjj8c71jeia8h7oaq5o3nhahwrthg 272372092 272094520 2009-02-21T23:33:59Z Avraham 353669 /* My steward candidacy */ update statistics -- 14 votes 272372092 wikitext text/x-wiki {{tmbox | type = speedy | image = [[Image:Wikimedia Community Logo.svg|40px]] | text = This user is standing for [[m:Steward|steward]] in the 2009 elections, which end February 22 (UTC). To view the discussion and voice your opinion, please visit [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]] }} {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==My steward candidacy== For what it is worth, I am currently standing for steward in the ongoing elections on meta. For anyone who believes I would be a suitable steward to the overall wikimedia projects, I would appreciate their comments as [[m:Stewards/elections 2009/statements/Avraham]]. Anyone who believes I would be a harmful steward, while I would appreciate your silence [[image:face-grin.svg|22px]], is more than welcome to comment in the same place. Or, better yet, on someone else's page [[image:face-devil-grin.svg|22px]]. ===Current status=== With 150 supports and 41 opposes, I would need 14 unopposed support votes, 4 current opposes switching to neutral, or 4 current opposes switching to support to make the 4:1/80% cutoff. Still very possible and if you believe I would be helpful to wikimediaspace projects as a steward, I would appreciate it if you were to vote. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 6gdo2d9wyum8pg9d24m1ev9h5smu44c 272386633 272372092 2009-02-22T00:56:16Z Avraham 353669 Too little, too late 272386633 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity == {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 5239djnh80gw20gjcjcy9hxqdujw4k6 273217731 272386633 2009-02-25T16:50:44Z Avraham 353669 /* Identity */ Update 273217731 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] ssn8i56zhrcnpy7x12y1t8hgi1c6x13 274350989 273217731 2009-03-02T05:09:21Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ Category:Wikipedians who program conditional templates 274350989 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} [[Category:Wikipedians who program conditional templates]] <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 5ytokvz2z3aqodpybavempe5m2wfc6n 274351091 274350989 2009-03-02T05:09:52Z Avraham 353669 /* Categories */ belongs with parser 274351091 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel|en-N|he-2}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] ssn8i56zhrcnpy7x12y1t8hgi1c6x13 274867399 274351091 2009-03-04T06:33:24Z Avraham 353669 New Babel box 274867399 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] gd4l792bg5z6i55lr1ydksbgug0de2a 275117997 274867399 2009-03-05T07:05:17Z 64.24.57.153 avraham.tripod.com comiin n mo 275117997 wikitext text/x-wiki u chose to fucck with me, i am jewish, speak almost fluent hebrew, yet you blockeed me and others just because we used same accounts like majorhuntdown, i really dont give a fuck bitch since i have access to millions of ips and u ll never get all my accouonts, but i promise to fight you hard and avraham.tripod.com n similar pages r coming your way y dirty neonazi!burn! bvcgmurmlwn9d98uzg997dmzqby1uon 275118016 275117997 2009-03-05T07:05:29Z Spitfire 6193373 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/64.24.57.153|64.24.57.153]] to last revision by Avraham ([[WP:HG|HG]]) 275118016 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] gd4l792bg5z6i55lr1ydksbgug0de2a 275253116 275118016 2009-03-05T21:31:11Z NawlinWiki 301395 Protected User:Avraham: [[WP:MOVP|Page-move vandalism]] ([move=sysop] (indefinite)) 275253116 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] gd4l792bg5z6i55lr1ydksbgug0de2a 275293047 275253116 2009-03-06T00:45:31Z Avraham 353669 Changed protection level for "[[User:Avraham]]": [[Wikipedia:PPOL#User_pages|User request within own user space]] ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)) [cascading] 275293047 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] gd4l792bg5z6i55lr1ydksbgug0de2a 275293160 275293047 2009-03-06T00:46:13Z Avraham 353669 Changed protection level for "[[User:Avraham]]": Whoops ([move=sysop] (indefinite)) 275293160 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] gd4l792bg5z6i55lr1ydksbgug0de2a 278117962 275293160 2009-03-18T15:12:01Z 149.254.51.170 /* Updating references */ 278117962 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to screw it up with improper, and perhaps worse, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. By the way, I am a rampant homosexual and like to meet in Piccadilly loos for oral sex. (Email me and send a photo) ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 4gveyc2do8mpq2t2gc3kmpwpmw3rfj8 278118475 278117962 2009-03-18T15:14:24Z 149.254.51.170 /* Sources */ 278118475 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to screw it up with improper, and perhaps worse, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. By the way, I am a rampant homosexual and like to meet in Piccadilly loos for oral sex. (Email me and send a photo) ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sex in public, and quoting the bible. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia, and I have been sent to rule the internet. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] kuyzoijr594zb99izuncypwa5elmt2x 278119306 278118475 2009-03-18T15:18:27Z TFOWR 6337217 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/149.254.51.170|149.254.51.170]] ([[User talk:149.254.51.170|talk]]) to last version by Avraham 278119306 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] gd4l792bg5z6i55lr1ydksbgug0de2a 279237167 278119306 2009-03-23T21:43:22Z Avraham 353669 Test 279237167 wikitext text/x-wiki {{User status auto}} {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] b0d1tv805462l5h9q36fyi06tk50qj6 279237617 279237167 2009-03-23T21:45:56Z Avraham 353669 {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate}} 279237617 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 25rqbq2icdc4to7n5aru0jatjfincr6 279273901 279237617 2009-03-24T00:54:15Z NonvocalScream 6474611 F234 F15A 7F7E 4781 64D9 9ECB 47BF FD09 62FA FF98 279273901 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] i36x7xgvtrrk627o70rz2y89ji7vjqy 279275302 279273901 2009-03-24T01:02:30Z Avraham 353669 Fix 279275302 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] dfogii4xsbmo4rjm5k9ltka86kpt9v4 279706462 279275302 2009-03-26T00:43:31Z Avraham 353669 {{NOINDEX}} 279706462 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[Image:Gamma distribution pdf.png|left|thumb|Gamma distribution—Classic loss severity distribution]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] mu8welvota4gytuz5oh3048dpz58ad5 280819948 279706462 2009-03-31T07:49:30Z Avraham 353669 Change 280819948 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe.svg|left|thumb|Anscombe's quartet, a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data!]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 1ktm9webvn85c2qyo5qmi1d9h3auelr 280819991 280819948 2009-03-31T07:49:57Z Avraham 353669 Anscombe's quartet 280819991 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe.svg|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 5nwm3jxi8d4h9xctai4n8fz617ye8o5 280889462 280819991 2009-03-31T16:38:17Z Avraham 353669 Anscombe-Recolored.PNG 280889462 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] lplnec7pyaqzjb9lzck08eel167ikki 281187787 280889462 2009-04-02T00:12:11Z Avraham 353669 RfB 281187787 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{RfX-notice|b|altname=Avraham 3}} {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] jx9ik61pxw0p9injfk9qujgdil46i5t 282424714 281187787 2009-04-07T21:27:43Z Avraham 353669 Coming up 282424714 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{wikibreak | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]] is taking a wikibreak due to the upcoming holidays, and will have limited wiki access during that time. | image = Seder Plate.jpg | imagesize = 100px | spacetype = tmbox }} {{RfX-notice|b|altname=Avraham 3}} {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] rxr5xc9i6jrxqast8psod7jn7kux10h 282625278 282424714 2009-04-08T20:32:45Z Rlevse 583054 over 282625278 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{wikibreak | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]] is taking a wikibreak due to the upcoming holidays, and will have limited wiki access during that time. | image = Seder Plate.jpg | imagesize = 100px | spacetype = tmbox }} {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 5ajtecrn0um11xyhrun0ovkosu56l7k 282643982 282625278 2009-04-08T22:19:04Z Avraham 353669 I'm sorry I cannot do something longer, but the holiday will be here in an hour :) 282643982 wikitext text/x-wiki {{administrator}} <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |20px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{ombox | type = notice | image = [[File:GSUSA All Abouts Thank you.JPG|100px]] | textstyle = color: black; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; | text = Thank you all for your support and good wishes. I look forward to rewarding your trust in me. -- [[User:Avraham|Avi]] ([[User talk:Avraham|talk]]) }} {{wikibreak | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]] is taking a wikibreak due to the upcoming holidays, and will have limited wiki access during that time. | image = Seder Plate.jpg | imagesize = 100px | spacetype = tmbox }} {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 96d5u6gpr3ek2k1jvu44fpiicyndg72 283724402 282643982 2009-04-14T05:02:46Z Avraham 353669 twaek 283724402 wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats]][[Category:Wikipedia administrators]] <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:10px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Administrator"> <imagemap> Image:Admin mop.PNG|25px|This user is a administrator. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Administrator|This user is a administrator.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Bureaucrat"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia bureaucrat.png |25px|This user is a bureaucrat. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Bureaucrat|This user is a bureaucrat.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:62px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |25px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{ombox | type = notice | image = [[File:GSUSA All Abouts Thank you.JPG|100px]] | textstyle = color: black; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; | text = Thank you all for your support and good wishes. I look forward to rewarding your trust in me. -- [[User:Avraham|Avi]] ([[User talk:Avraham|talk]]) }} {{wikibreak | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]] is taking a wikibreak due to the upcoming holidays, and will have limited wiki access during that time. | image = Seder Plate.jpg | imagesize = 100px | spacetype = tmbox }} {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] ck78nadwx851u5vyxhn7jmzb4fx5snw 283724491 283724402 2009-04-14T05:03:34Z Avraham 353669 Tweak 283724491 wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Wikipedia administrators]][[Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats]] <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:10px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Administrator"> <imagemap> Image:Admin mop.PNG|25px|This user is a administrator. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Administrator|This user is a administrator.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Bureaucrat"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia bureaucrat.png |25px|This user is a bureaucrat. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Bureaucrat|This user is a bureaucrat.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:62px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |25px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{ombox | type = notice | image = [[File:GSUSA All Abouts Thank you.JPG|100px]] | textstyle = color: black; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; | text = Thank you all for your support and good wishes. I look forward to rewarding your trust in me. -- [[User:Avraham|Avi]] ([[User talk:Avraham|talk]]) }} {{wikibreak | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]] is taking a wikibreak due to the upcoming holidays, and will have limited wiki access during that time. | image = Seder Plate.jpg | imagesize = 100px | spacetype = tmbox }} {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 04r82k94ljwylx1nztq9d91gxrr3snp 284769792 283724491 2009-04-19T08:03:21Z RussBot 279219 Robot: change redirected category [[:Category:WikiProject Business and Economics participants|WikiProject Business and Economics participants]] to [[:Category:WikiProject Business participants|WikiProject Business participants]] 284769792 wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Wikipedia administrators]][[Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats]] <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:10px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Administrator"> <imagemap> Image:Admin mop.PNG|25px|This user is a administrator. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Administrator|This user is a administrator.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Bureaucrat"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia bureaucrat.png |25px|This user is a bureaucrat. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Bureaucrat|This user is a bureaucrat.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:62px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |25px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{ombox | type = notice | image = [[File:GSUSA All Abouts Thank you.JPG|100px]] | textstyle = color: black; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; | text = Thank you all for your support and good wishes. I look forward to rewarding your trust in me. -- [[User:Avraham|Avi]] ([[User talk:Avraham|talk]]) }} {{wikibreak | message = [[User:Avraham|Avi]] is taking a wikibreak due to the upcoming holidays, and will have limited wiki access during that time. | image = Seder Plate.jpg | imagesize = 100px | spacetype = tmbox }} {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 1cfwmsgx17pkh09c67jvjxjo0v1n7m0 284825026 284769792 2009-04-19T16:08:10Z Avraham 353669 be back full time tomorrow, but close enough 284825026 wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Wikipedia administrators]][[Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats]] <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:10px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Administrator"> <imagemap> Image:Admin mop.PNG|25px|This user is a administrator. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Administrator|This user is a administrator.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Bureaucrat"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia bureaucrat.png |25px|This user is a bureaucrat. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Bureaucrat|This user is a bureaucrat.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:62px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |25px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 7ic0z8819zm8y76wm6zpxjgn4ujq44g 285654715 284825026 2009-04-23T14:09:41Z 24.131.122.166 285654715 wikitext text/x-wiki THIS USER IS A KIKE ZIONIST YID! 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THIS USER IS A KIKE ZIONIST YID! clcem07upjp5t9tbap021t8th9mu0tj 285654774 285654715 2009-04-23T14:10:03Z Binary TSO 6705553 [[WP:RBK|Reverted]] edits by [[Special:Contributions/24.131.122.166|24.131.122.166]] ([[User talk:24.131.122.166|talk]]) to last version by Avraham 285654774 wikitext text/x-wiki [[Category:Wikipedia administrators]][[Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats]] <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:10px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Administrator"> <imagemap> Image:Admin mop.PNG|25px|This user is a administrator. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Administrator|This user is a administrator.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Bureaucrat"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia bureaucrat.png |25px|This user is a bureaucrat. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Bureaucrat|This user is a bureaucrat.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:62px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |25px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 7ic0z8819zm8y76wm6zpxjgn4ujq44g 287716530 285654774 2009-05-03T21:22:53Z Avraham 353669 {{wikibreak}} 287716530 wikitext text/x-wiki {{wikibreak}} [[Category:Wikipedia administrators]][[Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats]] <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:10px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Administrator"> <imagemap> Image:Admin mop.PNG|25px|This user is a administrator. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Administrator|This user is a administrator.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Bureaucrat"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia bureaucrat.png |25px|This user is a bureaucrat. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Bureaucrat|This user is a bureaucrat.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:62px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |25px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] t07hzsfjk5ztdifcqzxkx9s70gwf25n 289265805 287716530 2009-05-11T15:15:57Z Avraham 353669 Semi-wikibreak 289265805 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Semi-wikibreak}} [[Category:Wikipedia administrators]][[Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats]] <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:10px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Administrator"> <imagemap> Image:Admin mop.PNG|25px|This user is a administrator. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Administrator|This user is a administrator.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Bureaucrat"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia bureaucrat.png |25px|This user is a bureaucrat. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Bureaucrat|This user is a bureaucrat.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:62px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |25px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 4xqyj5gc67czg5kwzvxmte8lda24gvd 289884608 289265805 2009-05-14T14:22:17Z LoveMonkey 699430 /* Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts */ add well deserved Barnstar.. 289884608 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Semi-wikibreak}} [[Category:Wikipedia administrators]][[Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats]] <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:10px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Administrator"> <imagemap> Image:Admin mop.PNG|25px|This user is a administrator. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Administrator|This user is a administrator.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Bureaucrat"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia bureaucrat.png |25px|This user is a bureaucrat. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Bureaucrat|This user is a bureaucrat.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:62px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |25px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} {| style="border: 1px solid gray; background-color: #fdffe7;" |rowspan="2" valign="top" | [[Image:Barnstar-atom3.png|100px]] |rowspan="2" | |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: bottom; height: 1.1em;" | '''The E=mc² Barnstar''' |- |style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For your simply awesome work on [[Nicholas Metropolis]] [[User:LoveMonkey|LoveMonkey]] ([[User talk:LoveMonkey|talk]]) 14:22, 14 May 2009 (UTC) |} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 20i4j8bt8edwcvyckq15sk5jjyogmxl 292594385 289884608 2009-05-27T03:59:13Z Avraham 353669 Moving to subpage and request 292594385 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Semi-wikibreak}} [[Category:Wikipedia administrators]][[Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats]] <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:10px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Administrator"> <imagemap> Image:Admin mop.PNG|25px|This user is a administrator. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Administrator|This user is a administrator.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Bureaucrat"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia bureaucrat.png |25px|This user is a bureaucrat. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Bureaucrat|This user is a bureaucrat.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:62px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |25px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to a new cell in the table in [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to a new cell in the table in [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> <div style="height: 500px; overflow:auto; border: 2px solid gray; background: "> {| border="1" cellpadding="30" width="100%" |align="center" bgcolor="" width="100%"| {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} |} {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] n0pwadpfuxempz345br7pudswqvdt3l 292596850 292596802 2009-05-27T04:19:49Z Avraham 353669 /* Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts */ left 292596850 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Semi-wikibreak}} [[Category:Wikipedia administrators]][[Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats]] <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:10px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Administrator"> <imagemap> Image:Admin mop.PNG|25px|This user is a administrator. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Administrator|This user is a administrator.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Bureaucrat"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia bureaucrat.png |25px|This user is a bureaucrat. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Bureaucrat|This user is a bureaucrat.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:62px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |25px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to a new cell in the table in [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to a new cell in the table in [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> <div style="height: 500px; overflow:auto; border: 2px solid gray; background: "> {| border="1" cellpadding="30" width="100%" |align="left" bgcolor="" width="100%"| {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} |} </div> {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] ef4frz1nhj5ik4y4r0j097mqodc7w94 299311597 299311302 2009-06-29T14:00:13Z Avraham 353669 more 299311597 wikitext text/x-wiki {{ombox |image = [[File:Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg|75px]] |text = Due to real-life work, '''Avraham'''’s availiability may be limited and should be considered on indefinite "[[WP:SWB|semi-wikibreak]]." }} [[Category:Wikipedia administrators]][[Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats]] <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:10px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Administrator"> <imagemap> Image:Admin mop.PNG|25px|This user is a administrator. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Administrator|This user is a administrator.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Bureaucrat"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia bureaucrat.png |25px|This user is a bureaucrat. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Bureaucrat|This user is a bureaucrat.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:62px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |25px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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I may be around, and will respond when I can. }} [[Category:Wikipedia administrators]][[Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats]] <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:10px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Administrator"> <imagemap> Image:Admin mop.PNG|25px|This user is a administrator. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Administrator|This user is a administrator.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:36px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Bureaucrat"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia bureaucrat.png |25px|This user is a bureaucrat. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:Bureaucrat|This user is a bureaucrat.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:62px; top:10px;" class="metadata topicon" id="Checkuser"> <imagemap> Image:Wikipedia Checkuser.png |25px|This user is a checkuser. rect 0 0 1000 1000 [[Help:CheckUser|This user is a checkuser.]] desc none </imagemap> </div> {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ABureaucrats%27_noticeboard&diff=307679688&oldid=307679188 New official EnWiki edit summary] by [[User:X!]] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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I am going to shoot you in the head and laugh as your brains splatter onto the ground. 8wgme9n6pds1hiw9yr3lx6rs6f36vop 338467677 338467632 2010-01-18T01:05:14Z Dylan620 5328870 [[Help:Reverting|Reverted]] edits by [[Special:Contributions/80.225.0.106|80.225.0.106]] ([[User talk:80.225.0.106|talk]]) to last version by 67.85.140.62 338467677 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon|icon_nr=1|extra_offset=-25}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|icon_nr=2|extra_offset=-25}}{{Checkuser topicon|icon_nr=3|extra_offset=-25}}{{Oversight topicon|icon_nr=4|extra_offset=-25}}{{OTRS topicon|icon_nr=5|extra_offset=-30}}[[Category:Wikimedia Commons administrators]] {{userpage}} {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}} {{NoAutosign}} {{NOINDEX}} {{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}[[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]] ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a steward of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In an emergency, please contact the functionaries e-mail list. | image = Seder Plate.jpg | imagesize = 100px | spacetype = }} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}}{{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In an emergency, please try e-mail or the functionaries list.}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}}{{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In an emergency, please try e-mail or the functionaries list.}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}}{{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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For emergencies, please contact the functionaries-en or steards-l e-mail lists.}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}}{{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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For emergencies, please contact the functionaries-en or stewards-l e-mail lists.}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}}{{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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For emergencies, please contact the functionaries-en or stewards-l e-mail lists.}} {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}}{{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> <div style="height: 500px; overflow:auto; border: 2px solid #00FF33; background: "> {| border="1" cellpadding="30" width="100%" |align="left" bgcolor="" width="100%"| {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} |} </div> {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] hw4miq6ouz6mt7vb39i5eq96gw5n1ls 388715212 385726758 2010-10-04T17:07:00Z Avraham 353669 Back (although likely intermittently) 388715212 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon|icon_nr=1|extra_offset=-25}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|icon_nr=2|extra_offset=-25}}{{Checkuser topicon|icon_nr=3|extra_offset=-25}}{{Oversight topicon|icon_nr=4|extra_offset=-25}}{{OTRS topicon|icon_nr=5|extra_offset=-30}}[[Category:Wikimedia Commons administrators]] __NOINDEX__ {{userpage}} {{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|align=left}}{{Babel-N|1={{User en}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{adminstats|Avraham}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{adminstats|Avraham}}{{user recovery}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse|1={{adminstats|Avraham}}2=Administrative statistics}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse|1={{adminstats{{!}}Avraham}}2=Administrative statistics}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse|1={{adminstats{{!}}Avraham}}|2=Administrative statistics}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> <div style="height: 500px; overflow:auto; border: 2px solid #00FF33; background: "> {| border="1" cellpadding="30" width="100%" |align="left" bgcolor="" width="100%"| {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} |} </div> {{clear}} ===please help the poor=== Take some action; every day approximately 1 billion people are starving in the world (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/10/hunger-population-un-food-environment) . I urge you to do something about it. You can do many things 1) help them, donate time, money, or certain skills you have to the needy 2) take a liberal slant on all articles on wikipedia and in life in general. Republicans all talk about god, but how close are they actually to god if they don't even help the poor and unfortunate? i pray, not for peace, not for happiness, but for the souls of the republicans Don't do this for me. Do it for the 1 billion starving kids I represent. Thank you and god bless [[User:Ashiva2010|Ashiva2010]] ([[User talk:Ashiva2010|talk]]) 02:58, 9 February 2011 (UTC) ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] j6uivfm5krzubbh1uhiswc2mf1bpdsb 412846232 412845341 2011-02-09T03:05:40Z Jojhutton 6660588 Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/Ashiva2010|Ashiva2010]] ([[User talk:Ashiva2010|talk]]); Not a proper venue for this. possible vandalism. ([[WP:TW|TW]]) 412846232 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon|icon_nr=0}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|icon_nr=1}}{{Checkuser topicon|icon_nr=2}}{{Oversight topicon|icon_nr=3}}{{OTRS topicon|icon_nr=4}}{{Steward topicon|icon_nr=5}}[[Category:Wikimedia Commons administrators]][[Category:Meta-Wiki administrators]]{{Statustop|offset=170|sleep=At work|blink=no}}{{NoAutosign}} __NOINDEX__ {{busy|[[User:Avraham|Avi]] ([[User talk:Avraham|talk]])}}{{userpage}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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Can something be done about this? Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 23:07, 28 February 2011 (UTC) ddh5gee1jjfyky22rc57tcswv95mr6i 417013500 416459084 2011-03-04T02:30:29Z Avraham 353669 /* Provocative categories */ belongs on talk 417013500 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon|icon_nr=0}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|icon_nr=1}}{{Checkuser topicon|icon_nr=2}}{{Oversight topicon|icon_nr=3}}{{OTRS topicon|icon_nr=4}}{{Steward topicon|icon_nr=5}}[[Category:Wikimedia Commons administrators]][[Category:Meta-Wiki administrators]]{{Statustop|offset=170|sleep=At work|blink=no}}{{NoAutosign}} __NOINDEX__ {{busy|[[User:Avraham|Avi]] ([[User talk:Avraham|talk]])}}{{userpage}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> <div style="height: 500px; overflow:auto; border: 2px solid #00FF33; background: "> {| border="1" cellpadding="30" width="100%" |align="left" bgcolor="" width="100%"| {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} |} </div> {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 4dwswwtn84fjtknqt3pvp9z0f9g4xt0 422645832 417013500 2011-04-06T05:28:45Z Avraham 353669 Getting worse 422645832 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon|icon_nr=0}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|icon_nr=1}}{{Checkuser topicon|icon_nr=2}}{{Oversight topicon|icon_nr=3}}{{OTRS topicon|icon_nr=4}}{{Steward topicon|icon_nr=5}}[[Category:Wikimedia Commons administrators]][[Category:Meta-Wiki administrators]]{{Statustop|offset=170|sleep=At work|blink=no}}{{NoAutosign}} __NOINDEX__ {{busy|[[User:Avraham|Avi]] ([[User talk:Avraham|talk]])|reason=an increasing workload and the upcoming holidays}}{{userpage}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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If this is an emergency, please use e-mail. | image = Brokenlaptop.gif }} __NOINDEX__ {{userpage}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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If this is an emergency, please use e-mail. | image = Brokenlaptop.gif }} __NOINDEX__ {{userpage}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[Wikipedia:SOCK#LEGIT|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} {{divcols|end}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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If this is an emergency, please use e-mail. | image = Brokenlaptop.gif }} __NOINDEX__ {{userpage}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} {{divcols|end}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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If this is an emergency, please use e-mail. | image = Brokenlaptop.gif }} __NOINDEX__ {{userpage}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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If this is an emergency, please use e-mail. | image = US-GreatSeal-Obverse.svg }} __NOINDEX__ {{userpage}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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For emergencies, please contact the functionaries-en or stewards-l e-mail lists. | image = Liten askenasisk sjofar 5380.jpg }} {{Administrator topicon|icon_nr=0}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|icon_nr=1}}{{Checkuser topicon|icon_nr=2}}{{Oversight topicon|icon_nr=3}}{{OTRS topicon|icon_nr=4}}{{Steward topicon|icon_nr=5}}[[Category:Wikimedia Commons administrators]][[Category:Meta-Wiki administrators]]{{NoAutosign}} __NOINDEX__ {{userpage}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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For emergencies, please contact the functionaries-en or stewards-l e-mail lists. | image = Arbaat haminim.jpg }} {{Administrator topicon|icon_nr=0}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|icon_nr=1}}{{Checkuser topicon|icon_nr=2}}{{Oversight topicon|icon_nr=3}}{{OTRS topicon|icon_nr=4}}{{Steward topicon|icon_nr=5}}[[Category:Wikimedia Commons administrators]][[Category:Meta-Wiki administrators]]{{NoAutosign}} __NOINDEX__ {{userpage}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Maintenance== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ==Wikipedia Philosophy== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}}{{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}}{{adminstats|Avraham}}{{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==Humorous edits== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> <div style="height: 500px; overflow:auto; border: 2px solid #00FF33; background: "> {| border="1" cellpadding="30" width="100%" |align="left" bgcolor="" width="100%"| {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} |} </div> {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] jvc47i981dvg747xb0a2c8z60m42szc 479246660 479245712 2012-02-28T04:27:10Z Avraham 353669 Neater 479246660 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon|icon_nr=0}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|icon_nr=1}}{{Checkuser topicon|icon_nr=2}}{{Oversight topicon|icon_nr=3}}{{OTRS topicon|icon_nr=4}}{{Steward topicon|icon_nr=5}}{{NoAutosign}} __NOINDEX__ {{userpage}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-3}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}{{User iso15924|Zmth|3}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Thoughts on editing== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{divcols|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{divcols|end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> <div style="height: 800px; overflow:auto; border: 2px solid #00FF33; background: "> {| border="1" cellpadding="30" width="100%" |align="left" bgcolor="" width="100%"| {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} |} </div> {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] m6sfgdnd71z05r408p0pjx8yjd0ayzr 551556243 546656242 2013-04-22T01:36:06Z Avraham 353669 Back, or at least hope to be semi-active 551556243 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon|icon_nr=0}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|icon_nr=1}}{{Checkuser topicon|icon_nr=2}}{{Oversight topicon|icon_nr=3}}{{OTRS topicon|icon_nr=4}}{{CommonsAdministrator topicon|icon_nr=5}}{{Steward topicon|icon_nr=6}}[[Category:Meta-Wiki administrators]]{{NoAutosign}} __NOINDEX__ {{userpage}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}{{User iso15924|Zmth|3}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Thoughts on editing== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Articles=== [[Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Avraham/maintenance|Articles I attempt to maintain]]. ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===Administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Cross-wiki support== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> <div style="height: 800px; overflow:auto; border: 2px solid #00FF33; background: "> {| border="1" cellpadding="30" width="100%" |align="left" bgcolor="" width="100%"| {{User:Avraham/Barnstars}} |} </div> {{clear}} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 6236boduycjg9uslvazc16o05j1ry0z 659923161 659922959 2015-04-29T19:10:39Z Avraham 353669 combined these two sections 659923161 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon|icon_nr=0}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|icon_nr=1}}{{Checkuser topicon|icon_nr=2}}{{Oversight topicon|icon_nr=3}}{{Edit filter manager topicon|icon_nr=4}}{{OTRS topicon|icon_nr=5}}{{CommonsAdministrator topicon|icon_nr=6}}{{Steward topicon|icon_nr=7}}{{MetaAdministrator topicon|icon_nr=8}}{{NoAutosign}} __NOINDEX__ {{userpage}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}{{User iso15924|Zmth|3}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Thoughts on editing== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. ==Project-related musings== ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Most recent participation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Liz/Bureaucrat discussion]] - August 5, 2015 *Most recent rename: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Most recent participation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Liz/Bureaucrat discussion]] - August 5, 2015 *Most recent rename: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] - August 20, 2015 ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Most recent participation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Liz/Bureaucrat discussion]] - August 5, 2015 *Most recent rename: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] - August 20, 2015 ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Most recent participation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Liz/Bureaucrat discussion]] - August 5, 2015 *Most recent rename: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Most recent participation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Liz/Bureaucrat discussion]] - August 5, 2015 *Most recent rename: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Liz/Bureaucrat discussion]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I will be serving as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Liz/Bureaucrat discussion]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop and oversighter on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{user recovery}} {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I am a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation, a sysop on the Wikimedia Commons, and a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent RfA involvement: [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. however, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. however, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. Due to real life demands on my time, I have returned all of those privileges. I remain a [[m:global renamers|global renamer]] to support my continued role as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. however, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. I remain a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. Due to real life demands on my time, I have returned all of those privileges. I remain a [[m:global renamers|global renamer]] to support my continued role as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. however, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. I remain an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] and [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. Due to real life demands on my time, I have returned all of those privileges. I remain a [[m:global renamers|global renamer]] to support my continued role as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> {{Scrolling window |link = User:Avraham/Barnstars |title = Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts |border = #00FF33 |width = 100% |height = 800px |font_size = 100% }} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York (state)]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] ci3zvhyzipjb7x6ookjlw0pvp897123 891626104 891625434 2019-04-09T04:50:42Z Avraham 353669 /* English Wikipedia administration-related */ Spelling/grammar/punctuation correction 891626104 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon}}{{Bureaucrat topicon}}{{semi-retired}}{{userpage|noindex = yes}}{{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}{{User iso15924|Zmth|3}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Thoughts on editing== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. However, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. I remain an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] and [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent crat chatparticipation: [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. Due to real life demands on my time, I have returned all of those privileges. I remain a [[m:global renamers|global renamer]] to support my continued role as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> {{Scrolling window |link = User:Avraham/Barnstars |title = Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts |border = #00FF33 |width = 100% |height = 800px |font_size = 100% }} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York (state)]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 31q2jsu8dw7qystivr0r12qte5uzm0c 891690998 891626104 2019-04-09T15:17:34Z Avraham 353669 /* Bureaucrat activity */ Fixing style/layout errors 891690998 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon}}{{Bureaucrat topicon}}{{semi-retired}}{{userpage|noindex = yes}}{{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}{{User iso15924|Zmth|3}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Thoughts on editing== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and b'crat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. However, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. I remain an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] and [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrat discussion|bureaucrat chat]] participation: [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. Due to real life demands on my time, I have returned all of those privileges. I remain a [[m:global renamers|global renamer]] to support my continued role as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and bureaucrat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. However, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. I remain an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] and [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrat discussion|bureaucrat chat]] participation: [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. Due to real life demands on my time, I have returned all of those privileges. I remain a [[m:global renamers|global renamer]] to support my continued role as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and bureaucrat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. However, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. I remain an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] and [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrat discussion|bureaucrat chat]] participation: [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. Due to real life demands on my time, I have returned all of those privileges. I remain a [[m:global renamers|global renamer]] to support my continued role as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and bureaucrat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. However, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. I remain an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] and [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrat discussion|bureaucrat chat]] participation: [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. Due to real life demands on my time, I have returned all of those privileges. I remain a [[m:global renamers|global renamer]] to support my continued role as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> {{Scrolling window |link = User:Avraham/Barnstars |title = Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts |border = #00FF33 |width = 100% |height = 800px |font_size = 100% }} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York (state)]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] p63nyz2fuzvxim3a195i9gwvc7e0t5u 932166398 895866352 2019-12-23T22:34:12Z Avraham 353669 /* top */ {{Wikipedia:WikiDragon/topicon}} 932166398 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon|sortkey = $A}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|sortkey = $B}}{{Wikipedia:WikiDragon/topicon|sortkey = $C}}{{semi-retired}}{{userpage|noindex = yes}}{{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}{{User iso15924|Zmth|3}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Thoughts on editing== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and bureaucrat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. However, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. I remain an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] and [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrat discussion|bureaucrat chat]] participation: [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat]] *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. Due to real life demands on my time, I have returned all of those privileges. I remain a [[m:global renamers|global renamer]] to support my continued role as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> {{Scrolling window |link = User:Avraham/Barnstars |title = Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts |border = #00FF33 |width = 100% |height = 800px |font_size = 100% }} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York (state)]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 07klonr89svfxxr78lppuzrbsep73w3 1021237607 932166398 2021-05-03T16:58:58Z Avraham 353669 /* Bureaucrat activity */ older 1021237607 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon|sortkey = $A}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|sortkey = $B}}{{Wikipedia:WikiDragon/topicon|sortkey = $C}}{{semi-retired}}{{userpage|noindex = yes}}{{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}{{User iso15924|Zmth|3}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Thoughts on editing== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and bureaucrat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. However, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. I remain an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] and [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. Due to real life demands on my time, I have returned all of those privileges. I remain a [[m:global renamers|global renamer]] to support my continued role as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> {{Scrolling window |link = User:Avraham/Barnstars |title = Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts |border = #00FF33 |width = 100% |height = 800px |font_size = 100% }} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York (state)]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] qww9uz8xodf6sanq5oo7c3pnqbohnph 1124724712 1021237607 2022-11-30T05:06:58Z Avraham 353669 It's only been 20 years :D 1124724712 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon|sortkey = $A}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|sortkey = $B}}{{Wikipedia:WikiDragon/topicon|sortkey = $C}}{{semi-retired}}{{userpage|noindex = yes}}{{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}{{User iso15924|Zmth|3}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Thoughts on editing== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and bureaucrat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. However, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. I remain an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] and [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. Due to real life demands on my time, I have returned all of those privileges. I remain a [[m:global renamers|global renamer]] to support my continued role as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> {{Scrolling window |link = User:Avraham/Barnstars |title = Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts |border = #00FF33 |width = 100% |height = 800px |font_size = 100% }} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York (state)]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] tthhvkwq3eehoagp5plpkg4yor8jj1i 1146147204 1124724712 2023-03-23T01:33:24Z Avraham 353669 15+ 1146147204 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon|sortkey = $A}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|sortkey = $B}}{{Wikipedia:WikiDragon/topicon|sortkey = $C}}{{15 Year topicon|sortkey = $D}}{{semi-retired}}{{userpage|noindex = yes}}{{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}{{User iso15924|Zmth|3}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Thoughts on editing== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and bureaucrat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. However, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. I remain an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] and [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. Due to real life demands on my time, I have returned all of those privileges. I remain a [[m:global renamers|global renamer]] to support my continued role as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? Thank you! --> {{Scrolling window |link = User:Avraham/Barnstars |title = Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts |border = #00FF33 |width = 100% |height = 800px |font_size = 100% }} ==Categories== {{DEFAULTSORT:Avraham}} <!-- Biographical --> [[Category:Orthodox Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Jewish Wikipedians]] [[Category:Ashkenazi Wikipedians]] [[Category:Wikipedians in New York (state)]] [[Category:Wikipedian actuaries]] [[Category:Wikipedian applied mathematicians]] [[Category:Wikipedian statisticians]] [[Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Queens College, City University of New York]] [[Category:Wikipedians with BA degrees]] <!-- Wikiproject --> [[Category:WikiProject Biography participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Business participants]] [[Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] 5i0vp38q4umdt7kc8ydht1iw0yijq7f 1181069618 1146147204 2023-10-20T17:09:37Z JJMC89 bot III 35936988 Moving [[:Category:WikiProject Statistics members]] to [[:Category:WikiProject Statistics participants]] per [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 1]] 1181069618 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Administrator topicon|sortkey = $A}}{{Bureaucrat topicon|sortkey = $B}}{{Wikipedia:WikiDragon/topicon|sortkey = $C}}{{15 Year topicon|sortkey = $D}}{{semi-retired}}{{userpage|noindex = yes}}{{NoAutosign}} [[File:Anscombe-Recolored.PNG|left|thumb|[[Anscombe's quartet]], a beautiful and elegant case for always visually inspecting your data.]]{{Babel-N|align=right|1={{User en}}{{User en-5}}{{User he-2}}{{User tmr-2}}{{User iso15924|Hebr|N}}{{User iso15924|Zmth|3}}}}{{clear}} __TOC__ ==Thoughts on editing== ===Editing=== My philosophy in Wikipedia is "No data is better than garbage data." In statistics you '''know''' you cannot extrapolate too much from nothing; but given ''something'', one is tempted to build complicated statistical models. Same with Wikipedia; I would rather have a smaller set of useful, verifiable (and verified), clean articles than a large set of borderline trash. This does not mean I prefer to throw out the baby with the bathwater; if an article is sufficiently notable, and has room for improvement, it should be kept. Unfortunately, in my experience, I have found that to be the exception, and not the rule. ` For every article like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], there are a hundred others that are blatant advertisement, or {{tl|db-bio}}'s. ===Updating references=== One of my favorite wiki-pastimes is to find an article which is poorly referenced, and to update it with proper, and perhaps better, citations, like [[St. Petersburg paradox]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Petersburg_paradox&diff=55999087&oldid=55207596] and [[Anti-Zionism]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Zionism&diff=111368926&oldid=111119634]. ===Sources=== I am also a very strong believer in having sources in articles, and quoting them. When an article is unsourced, by nature it is suspect. If it can point to a verifiable source, it is as if it says "Go ahead, check it out." We need more articles of the latter type. There are too many unsourced, or poorly sourced articles that people may take for real research on Wikipedia. ===Humorous edits=== Every once in a while, I come up with an edit which I (and usually only I) find funny. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gadget850&diff=prev&oldid=195949771 My piece de resistance] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ASean_William%2FRfB&diff=202646864&oldid=202631831 Sean's RfB] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship&action=historysubmit&diff=303346682&oldid=303344231 Mop-and-Flamethrower™] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&oldid=334751168#A_question_for_the_.27crats Channeling Shakespeare--badly] ===Thoughts on sysop and bureaucrat nominations=== {{User:Avraham/RfA-B}} ==Maintenance work== ===English Wikipedia administration-related=== I used to be a [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] and [[Wikipedia:Oversight|oversighter]] for the English Wikipedia, and served on [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee]]. However, due to real life, I find I have less time to volunteer, so I have returned those privileges. I remain an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] and [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. {{collapse top|1=Administrative statistics}} {{adminstats|Avraham}} {{collapse bottom}} ===Bureaucrat activity=== *Recent renames: See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=Avraham&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= Rename Log] ===Cross-wiki support=== I was a [[m:Stewards|steward]] of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2010 and 2018, and have served as an oversighter and sysop on the Wikimedia Commons and as a sysop on Meta. I served as a member of the Wikimedia [[m:Ombudsman commission|ombudsman commission]] during 2014 and 2015. Due to real life demands on my time, I have returned all of those privileges. I remain a [[m:global renamers|global renamer]] to support my continued role as a [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]. == Identity and secure communication== {{User unified login}} {{User:Avraham/OpenPGP}} ==[[WP:DOPPELGÄNGER|Doppelgänger]] accounts== {{Div col|3}} *{{user|Avaraham}} *{{user|Aviraham}} *{{user|Avarham}} *{{user|Avraham1}} *{{user|Avrahan}} *{{user|Avi}} {{Div col end}} ==[[User:Avraham/UBX|Userboxes]]== {{User:Avraham/UBX}} == [[User:Avraham/Barnstars|Barnstars and other thoughtful gifts]] == <!-- If you are being so kind as to give me a barnstar, may I trouble you to please add them to the bottom of [[User:Avraham/Barnstars]]? 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