User:CMBJ

Wikipedia contributor since 2004

My committed identity is 286a41c46b1eadd0af3d9e374a3925ba836ed04ebd0f6d77964db1342528f032b103633367091cf1a511e8956d65b865fb015ee378d010945a3a3a500d6364c1

I am a Christian

I am an American

I am a native Texan

My native language is English

Ich spreche etwas Deutsch

I strive to uphold neutrality

I believe that censorship is incompatible with free society

I strongly support open source development and engineering

I support the use of metric units

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Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

—Mahatma Gandhi

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Accolades

Barnstars

		The Geography Barnstar
		To CMBJ, for contributions to geographical location articles. Axl (talk) 17:20, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		This barnstar awarded for your heroic rescue of the Gaza Baptist Church. AMuseo (talk) 17:21, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Congrats bro, I think your article will be kept, especially after I change my weak merge into a strong keep! Keep up the passion, and you'll always have me as a friend here on Wikipedia. Great persistence and tenacity arguing your merits on the discussion page--you have convinced others and you have convinced me. Stay passionate, 완젬스 (talk) 15:18, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		In recognition of your efforts for the SOPA Initiative and for daring to inquire on Philippe's page as to why they can't change an image.Smallman12q (talk) 03:02, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Thanks for rolling up your sleeves and significantly improving the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement entry, and making this beautiful graphic for the infobox. Sloggerbum (talk) 09:00, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	I, Kaldari, hereby award CMBJ the Graphic Designer's Barnstar for being the first Wikipedia editor talented enough to create tables that don't make my eyes bleed :) Kaldari (talk) 02:17, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Articles in the news

On 21 April, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article World Digital Library, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

On 7 February 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article North American blizzard of 2010, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 23 November 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Shelling of Yeonpyeong, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 29 January 2012, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

Did you know?

On 3 October 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gaza Baptist Church, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that because of its height, the Gaza Baptist Church was commandeered by both Fatah and Hamas troops as an observation post during the Fatah–Hamas conflict? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 25 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The People's Library, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the People's Library was formed when an abandoned cardboard box full of books was discovered in Zuccotti Park, New York? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The People's Library.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Project development

This user helped promote Inauguration of Barack Obama to good article status.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 20 years, 3 months and 8 days.