Hello! I'm Rebecca Rebbing, an American woman. I like cats and other cute animals, and my favorite fruit is the raspberry. My interests include literature,[1] women's fastpitch softball, Roman Catholicism, law (appellate and habeas procedure in particular), photography, engineering, and fashion. My background includes both law and computer programming.
As a Wikipedian, I primarily edit biographies of American women. I delight in making articles neat and pretty—I enjoy a nicely-formatted reference list. Some of my cleanup efforts can be seen at Flannery O'Connor, Betty Hester, and Marcia Hofmann. I can take credit for one short article, Hannah Pittard, and one complete rewrite, Gemma Booth; I also credit myself with an "AfD save" for Heather Maloney.
I believe that Wikipedia's policies and guidelines represent the mandate of the community and ought to be respected (and changed when they are no longer appropriate); they may be set aside in unusual and unanticipated circumstances, but mere disagreement with a rule is not a valid reason for disregarding it. This is the philosophy I apply when I participate at AFD, where my voting often contradicts my wishes.
My views on notability are based on the explanation given at Wikipedia:Notability § Why we have these requirements: Notability is not about a subject's merit, nor is it about satisfying arbitrary rules: it is about whether it is possible for a useful, balanced, verifiable article to be written.
I should be reminded every day of Miss O'Connor's advice: "You can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely wrong at the same time that I think it is better to be a combination of cautious and polite."[2]
