User:Montanabw

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Welcome

Hi! I am Montanabw, I really do live in Montana and I really do own horses—who graciously allow me to upload their images into Commons from time to time. On Wikipedia, I've been around for a while, and am glad to assist other editors as I can. In real life, I am a small-town lawyer in private practice, which explains why sometimes I am not around to answer questions quickly and other times seem to live online; my work ebbs and flows. I occasionally write about legal topics, but in general, I do enough legal writing in my work; I prefer to work on other topics here. I also write books and do other freelance writing off-wiki. I am not compensated for anything I write on Wikipedia.

I sometimes fullfill requests for photos of objects or locations in Montana, particularly for National Register of Historic Places listings in Montana. I take random images when I travel, too, so check out my contributions at Commons. I can also access documents in hardcopy at the Montana Historical Society. I choose not to use my real name on WP, but I've met a number of wikipedians off-wiki, helped facilitate some editathons in Montana, and I've been to a few WP-related events such as WikiConference North America/USA, so if you met me in real life, feel free to pop over to my talkpage and say hello!

About

This user is the inaugural awardee of Master of the Horse Wikipedian of the Week

reign

Every time you say "free reign" when you mean "free rein", this user dies a little inside.

This user is one of the 500 most active English Wikipedians of all time.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 8 months and 26 days.

It is approximately 10:13 AM where this user lives.

“The encyclopedia that anyone who understands the norms, socializes him or herself, dodges the impersonal wall of semi-automated rejection and still wants to voluntarily contribute his or her time and energy can edit."—from "The Decline of Wikipedia"

"To me the key thing is getting it right. And if a person's really smart and they're doing fantastic work, I don't care if they're a high school kid or a Harvard professor; it's the work that matters."—Jimbo

"...force tends increasingly to fall into the hands of those who are enemies of civilization. The danger is profound and terrible; it cannot be waved aside with easy optimism. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."—Bertrand Russell, May 10, 1933

"I want to say to everyone else, get stuffed, because women can do anything and we can beat the world."—Michelle Payne (after her win in the 2015 Melbourne Cup)[1]

This editor is a Grandmaster Editor and is entitled to display this Lapis Philosophorum Editor Star with the Neutronium Superstar.	This editor is a Grand High Togneme Vicarus and is entitled to display the Book of All Knowledge: 2nd Edition.	Neigh! This is a horse. A horse (crowd-sourced)	I hereby award Montanabw this Barnstar for so much work on Horse related articles without enough recognition! -- Culnacréann 16 August 2007

Disclosures

This user is the owner of multiple Wikipedia accounts in a manner permitted by policy.

This user has an alternate account, MontOther.

This user has an alternate account, Breadedchicken.

Per WP:SOCK#LEGIT, I have the following alternative accounts:
- User:MontOther contains tools I use for training new/other users
- User talk:Breadedchicken is a "vanilla" account primarily for demonstration purposes.

Wiki meets world

Where "my" articles or my photos (mostly photos right now) that I have taken and uploaded on commons have appeared off-wiki (frequently without proper attribution even to Commons, arrgh):

"Having too much fun with userboxes" section

This editor is a Looshpah Laureate of the Encyclopedia and is entitled to display this Book of All Knowledge with Secret Appendix, Errata Sheet, and Author's Signature.

This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than 15 years.

This user has earned the
100,000 Edits Award.

100,000+

This user has made more than 100,000 contributions to Wikipedia and, as a result, may be slightly insane.

104,000+

This user has made more than 104,000 contributions to Wikipedia, over 54,700 of which were to articles.

This user received the Editor of the Week award.

This user spends WAY too much time on Wikipedia and really needs to get off the computer... after one more edit.

This user has created a global account. Montanabw's main account is on Wikipedia (in English).

This user received a Four Award because they started, had displayed as a Did You Know..., improved to Good Article status, and improved to Featured Article status William Robinson Brown.

This user has a Triple Crown.

I'm an awesome Wikipedian!

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

465

This user is ranked 465 on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits.

262

This user has created 262 of Wikipedia's 6,930,199 articles.

This user is ranked 1379 on the list of Wikipedians by articles created.

22 of this user's featured articles have appeared on Today's featured article.

This user has written or significantly contributed to 22 Featured articles on Wikipedia.

This user has written or significantly contributed to 1 featured list on Wikipedia.

This user has significantly contributed to 56 good articles on Wikipedia.

This user has written or expanded 64 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page.

This user has successfully nominated or updated 6 articles featured in the In The News section on the Main Page.

This user has contributed 1500+ images to Wikipedia and Commons.

exo

This editor is an exopedian.

incl

This user is an inclusionist.

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This user is a WikiAdult, but prefers Shakespeare's name: WikiJustice.

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This user recognizes the importance of citing sources.

This user is a WikiGryphon.

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

This user has event coordinator rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user has specialized rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Horse to Good Article status.

This editor won the Half Million Award for bringing American Pharoah to Featured Article status.

This editor won the Half Million Award for bringing California Chrome to Featured Article status.

This editor won the Quarter Million Award for bringing Thoroughbred to Featured Article status.

This editor won the Quarter Million Award for bringing Jackalope to Good Article status.

This user has been awarded a lot of Barnstars on Wikipedia.

This user supports content, and those who create/improve/protect it.

Majority ≠ right

This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.

This user has been tested and is a Certified Nerd.

This user opposes the installation of any kind of advertisements on Wikimedia Foundation–operated sites.

This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues.

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This user has visited 11 of the 205 countries in the world.

This user has visited 28 of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

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This user has visited 3 of the 10 provinces and 3 territories of Canada.

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4	This user has set foot in 4 continents of the world.

R.E.M.

This user knows it's the end of the world as we know it, and feels fine.

This user listens to NPR.

This user wants to stop
global warming.

This user is concerned about
Human Rights

This user supports a free Tibet.^‡

This user supports Amnesty International.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Equine.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Montana.

This user is a member of WikiProject Horse racing.

This user is a member of the
WikiProject Agriculture – Livestock task force.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Women's History.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Veterinary medicine.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Women in Red (redlinks→blue)

This user makes women green.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject
American Old West.

This Wikipedian loves horses.

This user's Patronus is a horse.

This user is owned by one or more cats.

This user loves Arabian horses.

This user enjoys riding horses.

This user rides dressage.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Rodeo.

This user likes saddle seat.

This user likes Western riding.

JD

This user has a Juris Doctor degree.

This user is a lawyer.

This user is a history buff.

This user is interested in law.

This user is interested in politics.

This user is interested in psychology.

This user supports the Democratic Party.

This user knows that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Everyone has points of view with inherent cultural biases - recognition is the first step to achieving NPOV.

∞

THIS USER KNOWS EVERYTHING!
It's just that some things are misfiled...

This user STRONGLY advocates the use of more cowbell.

This user has written books, novels or plays that have been published.

This user was an organizer of WikiConference North America 2016.

Mac

This user contributes using a Macintosh computer.

This user is a lifelong resident citizen of the U.S. State of Montana.

This user attends or attended the University of Montana.

This user attends or attended Montana State University.

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Yer darn-tootin this user's a heckuva North-Central English speaker and was born or raised that wey.

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This user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.

This user was born during the Kennedy administration.

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

This user remembers using
a rotary dial telephone.

This user remembers when television programming was only in black-and-white.

This user wears corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses, without which they'd be as blind as a bat!

This user is nocturnal.

This user eats chocolate.

This user eats raspberries.

This user grew up in a rural area.

This user reads science fiction.

This user enjoys skygazing and astronomy.

trek

This user is mildly embarrassed to have a Star Trek userbox, but really, who are they kidding?

Oh no: this user has way too many userboxes.

Things to work on

Currently, this editor has earned the Grandmaster Editor service award.

To get to the next level, Grandmaster Editor First-Class, they need to meet the editing requirement.

Progress towards the next level (by edits): [ 8000 / 18000 ]

44.4% completed

[2]

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

I think the following articles need to be created, and I will do so eventually if someone else doesn't beat me to the punch:

Janow Podlaski or State studs of Poland (incl Michalow, etc...)
Babolna Stud
Inshass Stud
Spencer Borden

Stuff I will deal with eventually, maybe

Hackamore links:

UCDavis rearranged all their genetics stuff, all links broken and need to be fixed in color articles:

General link to horse genetic tests: http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/horse.php
Introduction to Coat Color Genetics (will replace many links) http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolor.php
Horse coat color tests (will need this one a lot too) http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolorhorse.php
Dun Zygosity: http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/dunhorse.php
Tobiano test http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/tobiano.php
CA article: http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/genomic/cerebellar/

UKy web pages: http://www.ca.uky.edu/gluck/AGTRL/Guide%20to%20Color%20Gene%20Testing.pdf http://www.ca.uky.edu/gluck/AGTRL.asp#color Link to all the places with tests: http://www.horsecolors.us/color_test_links.htm

Sources to cite somewhere:

Article on managing minis, add to nutrition and mini articles

http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=9224

http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=9670 Equine color vision
http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=10074

Financial impact of the horse show industry

http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=10190 Walking horse new procedures

The following articles, last I checked, are in desperate need of help:

Horse conformation
Horse breaking
Thoroughbred horse race terrible quality article and desperately needs coordination with other related articles.

QPQ storage

QPQ: (None)