User:M.O.X

M.O.X

3:53 am, 6 March 2026 (aest)

“

Adopt as your fundamental creed that you will equip yourself for life, not solely for your own benefit but for the benefit of the whole community.

”

— General Sir John Monash, GCMG, KCB, VD

“

Non nobis solum nati sumus ortusque nostri partem patria vindicat, partem amici
Not for us alone are we born; our country, our friends, have a share in us

”

— Cicero, De Officiis, 1:22

你好! Hi there, I'm James. I've been an active editor since June 2010. I was the writer of the Arbitration report for the Signpost from May 2012 to early 2013.

Editing philosophy and "editor's creed"

My editing philosophy is varied, but I'm more of a deletionist than an inclusionist. I once left maintenance tags on articles for them to languish indefinitely until someone else could the problem, but I no longer see this as conducive to the overall purpose of the project. I believe users should always make a concerted effort to fix the problems they see insofar as they are able to do so.

I believe the spirit of policies and guidelines are more important than the letter and word. I believe that for the project to truly be the sum of all human knowledge we need to embrace diversity. I do not believe that consensus should ever trump common sense and reason. I believe in transparency and the stated goals of the open-source movement. I believe that the powers given to members of the Arbitration Committee and the intervention of the Foundation outside of matters legal actively undermines these goals.

I believe that Wikipedia has become a rigid, iron-fisted bureaucracy more concerned with upholding the status quo — one only needs to look at past discussions on Main Page redesign and the pagelong petty arguments over whether or not Main Page photo thumbnails ought to be larger or smaller and the constant moaning and whining over the fact that there are still users with CRT monitors and tiny screen resolutions and that redesigns would unfairly disadvantage them. What is different on the Main Page in-terms of design and layout? Not much. The Main Page in the month of January 2015 is nigh indistinguishable from the Main Page as it was 5 years ago.

The consensus-oriented mentality of the community is cancerous and flies in the face of common sense and reason. Wikipedia needs progress, it does not need to be held back because of the incontinence of a few luddites who cling to the status quo.

Contact

For complete transparency, I ask that you post messages on my talk page. However, for private or urgent matters please email me. A list of my alternate accounts can be found here.

Content

Some contributions of note:

John Woodland Hastings - An AfC created in September 2010
Digital Education Revolution - A new article I created in February 2011
Bruce Hawker - A new article I created in April 2011
Langford Wellman Colley-Priest - Collaboration with other Sydney Wikipedians in November 2013
Stephen Colbert - Content addition and referencing, promoted in December 2010
The Nyctibatrachus genus articles, in particular N. poocha and N. sanctipalustris. Co-written with User:Sonia.

This user is a reviewer, rollbacker, account creator, file mover and template editor on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user is a rollbacker on the Simple English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user is a member of the OTRS response team and has a page on Wikimedia OTRS-wiki. (verify)

This user has been on Wikipedia for
18 years, 3 months and 24 days, with over 15,000 edits.

Were this user to act dickish, he is open to trouting.

This user is prepared to ignore all rules... except this one.

This user was a contributor to The Signpost.

M.O.X is this user's unified login on all public Wikimedia projects.

Self-aggrandisement
and
link array

M.O.X is currently:

Busy

I may not be actively editing,
but I am around.
Update: On • Busy • Class • Away
Wikibreak • Asleep • Holiday • Off

Recognised Content

Order of the Mop
Do you know a deserving
administrator or bureaucrat?
Nominate them today!
Please do it here
Thank you!

Panoply of Assortments and Oddities

Picture of the Day

Picture of the day

The toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) is a species of bird in the toucan family, Ramphastidae. It is the largest species of toucan and has a distinctive appearance, with a black body, a white throat, chest and uppertail coverts, and red undertail coverts. Its most conspicuous feature is its huge beak, which is yellow-orange with a black base and a large spot on the tip. It is endemic to South America, where it has a wide distribution from the Guianas south to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and its range has recently been expanding southwards. Unlike other toucans, which inhabit continuous forests, the toco toucan inhabits a variety of semi-open habitats at altitudes of up to 1,750 metres (5,740 ft). It feeds mainly on fleshy fruits, but can also supplement its diet with insects, eggs, and the nestlings of other birds. This toco toucan was photographed near Poconé in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.Photograph credit: Bernard Dupont

Archive – More featured pictures...

Tip of the Day

Tip of the day...

How to create a link to another article

Click on "Edit" at the top of an article. Then place double square brackets around the topic you want to link to.

For example: [[pear]]

produces the link pear

For the plural write this: [[pear]]s

which will look like this: pears

If you want to create a link to a section of an article (for example "Cultivation" of the "pear" article) place an internal hyperlink "Pear#Cultivation" separated by a vertical bar ( "|" ).

For example: [[Pear#Cultivation|cultivation of pears]]
which will look like this:

cultivation of pears

Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip

My barnstars

		Military history reviewers' award
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews for the period April-June 2011, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. HJ Mitchell \| Penny for your thoughts? 20:21, 16 July 2011 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste `{{WPMILHIST Review alerts}}` to your user space

	The Original Barnstar
	As for supporting me at my Abuse response nomination and training me on how to use the abuse reports, I give you this barnstar. Plus, your contributions are perfect on articles and making them DYK's and GA, not only that, FA as well. Enjoy! Damirgraffiti \|☺Say Yo to Me!☺ 22:00, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

		The Featured Sound Barnstar
		For keeping the FS process running and going above and beyond the call of duty I award you this barnstar. --Guerillero \| My Talk 17:01, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

		The MOTD Barnstar
		I award the MOTD Barnstar to Ancient Apparition for helping to keep our project "alive" during this difficult time. Without you and your so precious help and contributions, we all probably would have seen the end of this project. A BIG THANK YOU!!! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 19:38, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

		The Excellent User Page Award
		Really cool, colourful user page. Well done! Oddbodz (talk) 09:37, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

		A Small Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		Your redesign of the adopt-a-user page is worthy of recognition. Great job! Swarm ^X 05:15, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

The Featured Sound Main Page Proposal Voter Barnstar

I was truly humbled by the overwhelming community support for the recent proposal to place featured sounds on the main page. The proposal closed on Tuesday with 57 people in support and only 2 in opposition.

It should take a few weeks for everything to get coded and tested, and once that is done the community will be presented with a mock up to assess on aesthetic appeal.

Finally, I invite all of you to participate in the featured sounds process itself. Whether you're a performer, an uploader, or just come across a sound file you find top quality, and that meets the featured sound criteria, you can nominate it at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Featured sounds is also looking for people to help assess candidates (also at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates.)

Thanks again for such a strong showing of support, and I hope to see you at featured sounds in the future.
Sven Manguard Wha?
Adam Cuerden ^(talk)
(X! · talk)

		The Wikilink Barnstar
		Thank you for your participation if the October 2010 wikification drive. Please participate in discussion about planning and coordinating the next drive here. MessageDeliveryBot (talk) 06:24, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

		The Wikilink Barnstar
		For your excellent work in the October 2010 Wikification Drive, you are awarded The Wikilink Barnstar! Thanks for your work! Ⓢock 03:57, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		For participating in my editor review, this barnstar is for you. The Utahraptor ^{Talk to me}/_{Contributions} 12:08, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Thanks for all your help on my userpage and for being a friendly talk page stalker! :) HJ Mitchell \| Penny for your thoughts? 02:40, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

		Sumsum2010's Guestbook Barnstar
		This user has signed my guestbook and been presented with a barnstar. Sign my guestbook now if you have not yet!Sumsum2010·T·C·Review me!

	The Super Secret Barnstar
	This user has found Cats & dogs forever's Secret Page! Who will be next?

Congrats!

Congradulations on finding Fiddlekid's secret page game!

I award this barnstar to Fridae'sDoom for this user's

persistence in finding this game. --Fiddlekid (talk) 05:36, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

		The Secret Barnstar
		This excellent user found RealityShowsRCool's hidden page! Will you be the next the find my secret page?

		The Missing Barnstar
		The hidden barnstar for finding monkeyfox's hidden subpage. \| _{Monkey Fox Contributes! .}05:39, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

		- The Super Hidden Barnstar
		This user has found Damërung's class-3 secret page, and therefore is entitled to display this barnstar. Do you think you can find it too?

		The Extra 999's Guestbook Barnstar
		This user has signed Extra 999's guestbook, and deserves this star. If you have not signed yet, be sure to sign. e^xtra999 (talk)

Other awards

Fridae'sDoom has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
so I've officially declared today as Fridae'sDoom's Day!
For being a great person and awesome Wikipedian,
enjoy being the star of the day, Fridae'sDoom!

Signed, Neutralhomer

A record of your Day will always be kept here.

My Userboxes

Service Awards

This editor is a Veteran Editor III and is entitled to display this Silver Editor Star.

This editor is a Most Perfect Tutnum and is entitled to display this Book of Knowledge with Coffee Cup Stain and Cigarette Burn.

Veteran Editor III

Wikipedia

This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 3 months and 24 days.

This user has rollback and reviewer rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user has alternate accounts.

This user has access to the English Wikipedia Account Creation Interface on Wikimedia Cloud VPS. (verify)

This user has an SHA-512 committed identity.
See /committed identity.css.

This user is a member of the Welcoming Committee.

This user is not a Wikipedia administrator but would like to be one.

This user scored 1192499 on the Wikipediholic test (revision 372252767).

This user is a member of the
Counter-Vandalism Unit.

This user successfully nominated 2 articles by others featured in the Did you know section on the Main Page.

4,000+

This user has made over 4,000 contributions to Wikipedia

This user assumes good faith.

This user is aware of the existence of legendary vandals.

This user is proud
to be a Wikipedian.

This User Has Found PieMan.EXE's secret page.

WINNER!

This user braved, and defeated The Fiddlekid secret page game!

This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles.

This user is a member of
the Guild of Copy Editors.

This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know.

This user supports the implementation of flagged revisions in the form of pending changes.

This user believes that a user's edit count does not necessarily reflect on the value of their contributions to Wikipedia.

This user participates in WikiProject Politics.

This user has way too many userboxes

This user feels that deletions subject to a popularity contest rather than a verifiability test damage Wikipedia more than any userbox ever could.

This user uses AutoWikiBrowser.

12+

This user has made more than 12 reports to Administrator intervention against vandalism.

M.O.X likes the new beta version of Wikipedia.

This user is proud to be a member of the Harmonious Editing Club.

This user is a member of the Wikipedia Department of Fun.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Articles for creation. You can help!

This user uses Article for Creation Helper to participate in WikiProject Articles for creation. You can help!

This user helps with Did you know.
talk | suggest | prep area | rules | Purge

This user clicks on Random article way too often.

@

Should you email me, please
let me know on my talk page.

This user participated in the former valued pictures project.

This user found and nominated 3 awesome images to Valued Picture status.

AutoEd

This user cleans up, formats and checks Wikipedia using AutoEd.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Military history.

I'm an awesome Wikipedian!

This user has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian and was awarded their own day.

This user has reviewed 1 Good Article nomination on Wikipedia.

Editing & Philosophy

Dem

This editor is a Wikidemocrat.

This user is a member of the Association of Mergist Wikipedians.

This user is a member of the Association of Redirectionist Wikipedians.

meta

This editor is a metapedianist.

This user is a member of the Association of Eventualist Wikipedians.

This user is a member of the Association of Categorist Wikipedians.

This user is a member of the Association of Structurist Wikipedians.

incr

This editor is an incrementalist.

exo

This editor is an exopedian.

prec

This editor is a precisionist.

delu

This editor is a delusionist.

<ref>

This user recognizes the importance of citing sources.

’s

Thi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.

to
too
two

This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.

~~you~~ one

This user knows that one should not use "you" in encyclopedia articles or other formal works.

their
there
they're

This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!

than
then

This user understands the difference between using "than" and "then."

your
you're

This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.

its
it's

It's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner.

whom

This user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever he sees.

infin¦
itive

This user chooses never to split infinitives.

... in.

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which this user will not put.

which & that

This user knows how to use which and that correctly.

if & whether

This user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly.

less & fewer

This user understands the difference between less & fewer.

much & many

This user understands the difference between much & many.

“,;:’

This user is a punctuation stickler.

its & it's

This user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you.

;

This user knows how to use a semicolon correctly.

ANAL 5

This user is incredibly stringent with professional grammar.

~~Pickyness~~ Pickiness

This user changes the adjective ending "y" to "i" to form nouns with "-ness".

This user is a member of the Puppy Cabal.

Personal

This user is male.

This user is a Cancerian.

鼠

This user was born in the year of the Rat.

This user was Baptized as a child.

This user is a Roman Catholic.

This user believes that common sense trumps all other arguments.

This user is old enough to remember what a typewriter is, and that's all you need to know.

This user supports autism and Asperger's awareness.

This user's favorite subject is computing.

This user is short-sighted.

This user has a slight level of tinnitus.

This user has brown eyes.

CB	This user is color blind.

This user has asthma.

This user is right-handed.

This user has an innie navel.

This user has black hair.

24.5

This user's body mass index
is 24.5

Ethnicity & Languages

This user is an Australian.
G'day, mate!

This user comes from Sydney.

This user is interested in Australia.

zh

該用戶的母語是中文。
该用户的母语是中文。

這個用戶是華人。
这个用户是华人。
This user is of Chinese ethnicity.

華夏兒女

這個用戶是龍的傳人。
这个用户是龙的传人。
This user is a Descendant of the Dragon.

AU-5

This user believes that Australian English is the only real English, and will likely respond to any use of The Queen's or American English with disgust.

en-au

This user is a native speaker of Australian English.

BS-5

This user is able to contribute with a professional level of Bullshit.

BS-0

This person does not understand Bullshit (or understands it with considerable difficulties or does not wish to communicate in Bullshit).

BS

This user can speak Bullshit.

gb-5

Dzh uuzzar speekz gbrsh attteh pprrrraaahhffaaasssshaanaaaall llvll.

gb-0

This user cannot tolerate any form of Gibberish language, and is therefore easily emotionally traumatized by The Sims.

gb

Dz uadddr za nagve sspkr Gbrsh.

LW-5	rhia uaew sowanr wcwn mKW AUEW HIA/HWE DINFWEA ew LL ON RHW EIFHR KWYA VWDOEW RYPINF

LE-5	This user doesn't even make sure his fingers are all on the right keys before typing.

LE-0

This individual still maintains a shred of dignity in this insane world by adhering to correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalisation.

sar-0

This user cannot speak sarcasm nor can they easily pick up on it. Therefore, this user will think you're serious every second you're being sarcastic.

sar

This user is obviously not sarcastic.

sar-5

This user is an expert at picking up on sarcasm, as well as making sarcastic remarks.

1337-0

This user has no idea what 1337 is or prefers to contribute using proper words.

1337

7|-|15 |_|x0r 5|>34|<5 1337.

en-∞

This user speaks English at a godlike level.

1337-5

7|-|15 u$3r 15 4813 +* ([]|\|7|218u73
\/\/17|-| 4 |*r0f35510|\|@1 13\/31 ()f 1337.

Computers

This user contributes using Firefox.

This user still remembers these.

This user thinks an explorer can't be better than a fox!

This user contributes using
Internet Explorer 8.

This user contributes using a PC.

This user contributes using a laptop.

This user contributes using Microsoft Windows.

@

This user can be reached by email.

This user maintains a facebook profile. +

This user uses Google as a primary search engine.

js-2

This user is an intermediate JavaScript programmer.

HTML-4

This user is an expert HTML user.

This user prefers
the metric system.

This user uses

Windows Live Messenger.

This user is an expert writer in the MediaWiki language.

This user was been stealing his neighbour's wi-fi, but now has his own router. This user now locks his connection to avoid paying big bills because of his neighbours.

This user steals his neighbor's wireless Internet connection.

This user contributes using a wireless connection.

Interests

This user remembers VHS. ±

This user loves to read.

This user is a fan of Monty Python and eats ham and jam and spam a lot!

NCIS

This user is a fan of NCIS.

d'oh!

This user thinks The Simpsons is simply...excellent.

Good news, everyone! This user is a fan of Futurama!

493

This user has owned 493 species of Pokémon.

This user plays the Pokémon RPGs and other related video games.

This user loves userboxes.

This user plays games on the Wii console.

This user plays games on the Nintendo DS portable console.

N	This user is a fan of Nintendo hardware and software.

This user is a member of the Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians

The motto of the AIW is Conservata veritate, which translates to, "With the preserved truth".
This motto reflects the inclusionist desire to change Wikipedia only when no knowledge would be lost as a result.

Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians

This user is a member of the Association of Wikipedians Who Dislike Making Broad Judgments About the Worthiness of a General Category of Article, and Who Are in Favor of the Deletion of Some Particularly Bad Articles, but That Doesn't Mean They Are Deletionists

AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD

The motto of the AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD is Est omnino difficile iudicare inclusionis meritum cuiusdam rei in encyclopædia cum ratio sciendi quid populi referat incerta sit, sed nihilominus aliquid encyclopædiam dedecet, which translates to, "it is generally difficult to judge the worthiness of a particular topic for inclusion in an encyclopedia considering that there is no certain way to know what interests people, but some topics nevertheless are not fit for an encyclopedia." This motto reflects the desire of these Wikipedians to be reluctant, but not entirely unwilling, to remove articles from Wikipedia.

RfX Report

RfA candidate	S	O	N	S%	Ending (UTC)	Time left	Dups?	Report
RfB candidate	S	O	N	S%	Ending (UTC)	Time left	Dups?	Report

No RfXs since 07:44, 30 January 2026 (UTC).—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online}

My Achievements

Milestones

Edit number	Page	Old version	Comment
1	User talk:M.O.X	revision 170285595
50	User:M.O.X	revision 170461911
100	Rubies of Eventide	revision 265047823	Server cap limit
250	User:M.O.X	revision 370557620
500	User talk:Pierrespruijt	revision 371633349	Welcomed user
750	User talk:Bkmt	revision 371651374	Welcomed user
1000	User talk:Dokdave	revision 371792423	Welcomed user
1500	User:M.O.X/PEND	revision 373015949	New userbox
2000	Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Efe Aydan	revision 373608593	Declining plagiarised Article for Creation
3000	Wikipedia:Pending changes/Straw poll	revision 380244994	Updating tally
4000	Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ron Ritzman‎	revision 384936044	Modified my vote.
5000	Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Account creator	revision 387433455	Response to admin comment
6000	Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Nav	revision 391180578	Creating new adopt-a-user Navigation for the redesign that took place later.
7000	Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Nyttend	revision 396861988	Endorsing an outside view
8000	---	---	---

Based off Stwalkerster's Milestones.

Recognised Content

On 24 July, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article J. Woodland Hastings, which you recently nominated. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 25 July, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article DirectHit, which you recently nominated. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 24 September 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jet Propulsion Laboratory Science Division, which you recently nominated. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 22 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article James C. Kent, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that in 1999, James C. Kent ruled that the Government of Canada must answer discovery questions from the Six Nations pertaining to its handling of indigenous land on the Grand River? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.