I am not infallible. Regardless of any policies to the contrary, feel free to revert any admin actions I have performed if you believe them to be mistaken or unwise.
Quote of the day / week / month / year / whatever:
"Finding out that pine cones are Frenchmen in clever disguise would revolutionize our understanding of biology, physics, pretty much everything. It would be a stunning discovery of astonishing impact. This doesn't mean it is an open problem whether pine cones are Frenchmen in clever disguise or that it would make sense to attempt to show they are." — Aatu Koskensilta in sci.math
About myself
I am, as of this writing, an undergraduate mathematics student living in Helsinki, Finland. I am currently working on my MSc thesis on the cluster approximations of cellular automaton models in mathematical biology. I have been an active poster on Usenet since 1996, and (occasionally) maintain a personal web site (see below). My past and current interests include, in no particular order:
A predecessor of Core War. Earlier versions incorrectly identified the two games. I corrected the claim, and created a separate article for the original game.
Someone decided to name this numeral system after himself and create a vanity article about it. I caught it on Special:Newpages, nominated it for deletion and, since no proper article existed on the subject, decided to start one.
I wanted to link to this article from the reference desk but discovered that it didn't exist. I decided it was easier to start it myself than to request that someone else do it.
This article was a mess after multiple editors had added contradictory claims seemingly at random positions. I rewrote it and gyromitrin almost completely, trying to put the important part (don't eat them raw!) first.
Translated from Finnish. Could use more references.
Article rescue
These are some articles I've spotted during new pages patrol or found on CAT:CSD and cleaned up and/or wikified. The diffs include my original improvements; often others have since picked up from where I left.
Semi-automatic helper script for sorting images tagged with {{Convert to SVG}} by type. FIXME: Been a while since I tested this, may or may not still work.
Semi-automatic helper script for sorting images in Category:Uploader unsure of copyright status. Works again, but somewhat useless since the category has been tagged with __NOGALLERY__.
Add a toolbox link for IP user/talk/contributions pages to check the IP against multiple DNSBLs, courtesy of robtex.com. Useful for detecting open proxies, but needs some nontrivial interpretation. Semi-redundant, since a similar link is now provided in the page footer.
Adds a "Changes since last loaded" link to your watchlist, for keeping up with new changes.
To do
This is my personal shopping list of articles that are either missing or in need of improvement. By listing them here, I hopefully won't forget them so easily.
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