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Shamone, I'm Realist. I'm 20, and am currently single (thank the Lord that I managed to get out of my last relationship still alive). I've lived in Mexico, Spain and am currently living in the UK. I speak Spanish, English (which isn't my first language so don't be too picky about my spelling and grammar) and even a little French. I currently study law, although I don't edit such related articles on Misplaced Pages. I'm going to try and spread my wings in that direction ASAP. For now instead, I contribute to Michael Jackson, music, media bias and political related articles, as well as review articles for GA status. In the future, I would like to be an admin, though there are a few articles I need to finish off first. I'm a proudliberal on social issues, supporting Social Democratism. I supported Hillary Clinton for President, although my views are oddly more inline with Barack Obama's. Since Obama won I guess I'm supporting him for President now instead. Although I am a liberal, I do not discriminate, I have good friends here and in the real world who are conservative. One of my favorite channels is Fox News believe it or not. Also (something random) I'm a vegy, 6 years and counting. I can't stand meat, it's just ugly LOL.
My extremely liberal views (a little more indepth)
As a "typical liberal" (Yes, I have been called that) my views include....
I support adding the GA symbol to the cover of Good articles, do you?
I am a GA reviewer here at Misplaced Pages. If you want an article nominated for review, let me know.
As a model next generation GA reviewer, I fulfill my duties with a certain level of passion.
To truly become a next generation reviewer one should:
Never be afraid to take on difficult or controversial articles.
Feel free to review any articles regardless of your background knowledge: a fresh set of eyes usually helps an article.
Improve the article yourself if possible; you want to help people not depress them with bad news.
When you have reviewed an article, be it a fail, a pass or on hold, inform the nominator personally.
Advise the nominator to put the article on their watchlist.
If you change the status of the review, again inform the nominator.
If you pass the article, why not suggest brief improvements to get it to FA. Encouragement really helps.
Well those are my thoughts, if you think there are more ways to improve the review process give me a bell.
* In collaboration with other Misplaced Pages editors, notably User:Kodster, who provided numerous copy edits. My greatest achievement here at Misplaced Pages, something I am very proud of.
Awards - Yes, I'm popular/talented/embattled, get over it!
I gladly give this Barnstar to Realist2, for being a member of the new generation of GA reviewers who are precise, friendly, and actually work on articles while reviewing them, because they don't want to depress people, but help them. Truly well-deserved. Enjoy.--andreasegde (talk) 17:44, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
I gladly give this Barnstar to Realist2, Kodster, and Rodhullandemu, for working with each other in a very positive way. This does not happen very often on Misplaced Pages, and it is to be congratulated, and praised; hence, the Barnstar. Enjoy.--andreasegde (talk) 21:17, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
The Resilient Barnstar
For continuing to contribute to the project, even in the face of adversity and discrimination, I award User:Realist2The Resilient Barnstar. Bookkeeperoftheoccult (talk) 09:41, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For making 1000 edits in the month of April, I award thee with a Shiny Original Barnstar Luksuh 15:24, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For helping a lot with Running (No Doubt song) to become GA, which ultimately helped Rock Steady to get nominated for Featured Topic. Thanks. Indianescence (talk) 18:03, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
The Islamic Barnstar Award
For being great in everything, I give you the most coveted barnstar of them all! Keep it up. 70.234.110.141 (talk) 01:52, 28 April 2008 (UTC). I was given this Barnstar rather randomly, it was so funny I decided to keep it, I thank this IP, whoever he/she is. — R 10:24, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For the completion of 10000 edits at the time of the giving of this Barnstar, you deserve this. Marlith (Talk) 00:04, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Not sure if this is the appropriate barnstar but it has a smiley face which is what my face looks like right now.:D Xp54321 23:21, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
For helping me so much during that ridiculous checkuser case and speaking out for me as I was busy with school. Xp54321 (Vandals Beware!!!,Contribs) 21:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
The Resilient Barnstar
For never being afraid to help me or defend me or anyone else that needs it. Xp54321 (Vandals Beware!!!,Contribs) 21:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
For holding steadfast in the face of unending criticism. For almost getting in trouble defending me. (That was not needed,now I feel guilty.;) Good luck!!! Xp54321 (Vandals Beware!!!,Contribs) 02:48, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For being there when I needed it, and for having the courage to think of what's best for Misplaced Pages in the face of adversity, and for nominating articles for GA, and for stopping vandalism in Misplaced Pages...(you get the idea), I award unto thee this noble Original Barnstar. I know that your superior Misplaced Pages abilities transcends such a humble award, but here you go anyway. :) Cheers, Kodster 18:07, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
The Badly Photoshopped MJ Barnstar
I hereby award Realist2 this barnstar for having contributed a truly ridiculous amount to Michael Jackson-related articles. - Toon 22:44, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your endless effort to maintain the Micheal Jackson article at the utmost quality. Congrats! The Bookkeeper(of the Occult) 00:33, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For getting Michael Jackson to featured article status, a little something to show how much the hard work is appreciated! PeterSymonds(talk) 03:06, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
The Excellent Userpage Award
Your userpage is one of the best I've seen yet. I am sure you take great pride in it, looking at all the coding involved, it's all french to me! Therefore I have no regrets in awarding you, this barnstar! A Prodigy 09:07, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For your hard work at improving and fighting off vandalism on Circus, "Womanizer", and "Circus"! TheLeftorium 14:44, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
For somehow being able to put up with silly crap from people like me. Have a nice day! :) CarpetCrawler (talk) 04:09, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
All Around Amazing Barnstar
For all of the help, kindness, and support I have received throughout our work together on No Jacket Required, I award you this barnstar. Though unfortunately the FAN will most likely not go through, it was, is, and will always be a privilege to have worked with you on the article. Without your guidance and support, I doubt the article would have looked anywhere near as good as it does now, let alone even have a chance to be a featured article. With your help and guidance, I was able to turn an article from a GA to a very close FAC, which is something that is no easy task for an article about an album. Although the article won't pass its FAN, I want to thank you for your help and support, and hope that in the future, we can fix the concerns that were left to us by the users at the FAN page, and give it another go. Thanks again. You friend, CarpetCrawler 19:46, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
The Biography Barnstar
Realist2 has been awarded this barnstar by Dedalus for the tremendous amount of work spent by Realist2 in the period 2006-2009 in maintaining the featured article Michael Jackson. The King is Dead. Long Live the King.
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Honestly, if it wasn't for all of your hard work, the Michael Jackson article would have been total crap yesterday. That would have been a disaster, IMO. If it was filled with false information, and a lack of sources, and all of that stuff, the media would be ripping Misplaced Pages apart. While for a bad reason, your work was seen by over a million people yesterday. That's certainly something to be proud of. Thank you for all of your work on Jackson's article! :) – (iMatthew • talk) at 12:49, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
The BLP Barnstar
For making Michael Jackson such a high quality article, prior to the King of Pop's untimely death. Pyrrhus16 13:40, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For your comprehensive and nuanced work on Michael Jackson, one of the key cultural figures of our time, who will be deeply missed. SlimVirgin 21:47, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
The Biography Barnstar
Thank you for all of your hard work making Michael Jackson an FA - we can be proud of how Misplaced Pages looked in the eyes of the world largely because of your efforts! Awadewit (talk) 02:47, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Civility Award
Great job working with others, especially on the Michael Jackson articles. DizFreak 08:13, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For being one of the greatest editors in the history of Misplaced Pages, the long overdue original from me. I hope you stick around.UBER 20:18, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Your work on contributing articles about Michael Jackson is truly "Thrilling". I give you this award for your accomplishments, I hope to be as successful as you one day. SUPER SONIC BABY 2 (talk) 15:25, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Wiki work I have done that has been plagiarized by major mainstream publications
The Times made an article over-viewing Michael Jackson's career which they released on August 15, 2008 Seen here. It is quite clearly plagiarism of the Jackson article, take a look at the August 14, 2008 version of the article. That article took me a long time to get to featured states, it appears that they did not acknowledge me or more importantly Misplaced Pages in their publication. I might add that The Times's (long time Jackson bashers) version was not as neutral as mine. I'm unhappy with the way they presented the information on vitiligo, the label dispute of 2000-2002, the critical reception of the Invincible album and the commercial reception of Thriller 25 (they only mentioned the "moderate hit singles", but not the successful album itself). I apologize to offended readers and the article subject, I do not endorse the manner in which the publication cherry picked information from the article to meet their own ends. In some respects it is probably best that they did not name us as their source. I only hope that the publication will learn from it's mistake and continue to produce neutral material.
My list of great wikipedian contributers - Your probably NOT on it
The Elfoid - We are like ying & yang but together we've made some ace articles.
Andreasegde - So nice, uplifting, he rocks when it comes to those Beatles articles.
Happyme22 - Very nice, so so civil and patient, his work on politics is amazing.
Kodster - OMG, this dude has helped me with like ... EVERYTHING.
Rodhullandemu - Cool (for an admin :-O), gives some sound advise.
Gary King - Wow have you seen this guy's contributions to the encyclopedia? Amazing.
Jaysweet - Great vandal killer, great at dispute resolution, like his views, i think we would see "eye to eye" in the real world. I would happily nominate him for admin ship.
Quotes
People who hate me - Lol this will grow with time
I'm sick of you unfarily riding my ass. Piss off. Ban me if you must. You're double standard is pathetic, and so are you. — User:Ynot4tony seen here
Since your original whine-fest really was directed at me, then I was too hasty in pulling back my "piss off" and "ban me if you must" comments. A simple review of the crap I get warned for by you is more than enough to tell me you have some bigger issue with me. So, piss off and ban me if you must. Ooops...was I being uncivil? And how big of a spiteful loser do you need to be to go back and look at the history of my talk page? Again, piss off and ban me if you must. Misplaced Pages is getting annoying anyway, particularly for someone trying to help. Please delete my account. I won't bother providing good faith edits when I have liberal (yes, you're a liberal) pricks breathing down my neck for partisan reasons. — User:Ynot4tony seen here
I am quite even handed in my disdain for your opinion either there or here. — Malleus Fatuorum seen here
I have the right to detest the PC mentality, which is rearing it's hideously ugly head right at this moment and breathing it's foul, rancid , stifling breath into my face and trying to strangle all individuality and freedom of thought. — User:Jeanne boleyn seen here
My favourite Misplaced Pages editor, but I also really, really hate you! :) (The Elfoid (talk) 01:06, 18 July 2008 (UTC))
My comments - Lets get back to some Realism
I think the superbowl thing suffers with slight undue weight. Most people outside the US shake their head in confusion at all the fuss, it panders to US viewpoint as a major incident, instead of an international, no big deal, viewpoint. Almost as much time is dedicated to it as the child sexual abuse accusation of 1993 against MJ over at Michael Jackson. Those allegations were significantly a much bigger deal than some tit falling out of a bra. Just saying it how it is. It needs a trim. - Me talking about Janet Jackson's Super bowl incident seen here.
Things I find helpful here at wiki - Most of which I've actually never read
RfA - The best place for some wiki drama these days
I oppose this process strongly. Popularity contest, if you don't have the right friends you don't get in (or at least its a lot harder). What's worse, its a game that's played well ... too well. Those seeking admin ship seem to lose track of independent thought in their conquest for approval. Oh and another thing, there is too much incivility, RfA is not a "get out of jail free" card for nasty, bitter, hormonal criticism.
While I have no desperate desire for power, the truth of the matter is, I do need the tools sometimes. As the main contributor to a number of controversial articles (Michael Jackson can be a nightmare), I often have to report vandalism as well as request page protections (either at the boards or at specific editors talk pages). Having made over 23,000 edits to the project, my main articles are coming to a close, when it comes to article building, I have nearly completed all my projects. Unfortunately I would be too scared to run through the blood bath that is RfA. Still if I ever thought I had enough community support I would consider running. If anyone would consider nominating me or even simply supporting my nomination feel free to add your name below. I have given details about myself and my Wikiwork on this user page. I know this isn't the usual approach, never mind :-)
List of supporters (I need at least 55 before I even consider it)
23.636% of the way there!
Kodster (talk) -- Really helpful, and would make great use of the tools if given to him
Xp54321 (talk) -- An excellent article writer who would find the protection and blocking tools very useful.
SJP (talk) You strike me as someone who would make a good admin;-) I hope to see you go through hell have a Rfa someday:-)
The Elfoid (talk) - You could do a great job, but if you ever use your editing tools as an admin to stop me editing an article, I'll kill you. Think of the number of times we broke the 3RR by changing our mind on an article about 50 times over while we talked about it on AIM! But maybe I shouldn't mention that here.
Shapiros10 (talk) Has all of the qualities that would make an excellent admin.
epicAdam (talk) Is very willing to help users and is very quick to respond; would make great admin.
andreasegde (talk) Of course, but it would be hard to lose a great editor to those vandal-controlling admins.
Wackymacs (talk) You are great at writing FA-quality articles and you are obviously sensible enough to become an admin. Just a warning, the RfA process can be hell.
Little Mountain 5 (talk) I just came across this page, and yes, I would support if you ran for adminship. Good luck if you do!
iridescent although I doubt you'd pass at this stage. If you want a nomination (which would probably prevent more knee-jerk opposes than it caused, although no promises) let me know – but if you think I've been rude to you in the past, then boy are you in for a shock in the RFA flamepit.
Superior1 (talk) Seems responsible, writes really good articles, would make good use of the admin tools to fight off vandals. I say give him the powers.
My Account - I would support your RFA any day I read all about you on your page and looked at you contribs. Support all the way! MyAccount 15:40, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Leonard^Bloom - I love your work; you're an artist of an editor, if their ever was one. Also, you are very level-headed. Leonard 04:06, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
