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v9 - adding link to "Rob Lanphier" (in addition to "User:RobLa", and removing deprecated link to "C4ES"
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'''From:''' [[Rob Lanphier]] (a.k.a. "[[User:RobLa]]")
'''To:''' you! whoever you are reading this webpage
'''Date:''' 03:39, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
'''Updated:'''
'''Subject:''' Welcome! (and a few words of "wisdom" from a stubborn admin who co-created [[Electowiki:History|Electowiki]] in 2005)
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* '''User pages''' - You can read all about me on my user page ([[User:RobLa]]). You may have been pointed to this page because you're new here, and hadn't put anything on ''your'' user page. If that's you, then when visiting [[Special:RecentChanges]], you will probably see a red hyperlink associated with your username. I would appreciate it if you filled a little something in there, even if it's "''I'm new here, please help me even though I want to remain anonymous.''" Or "''I'm new here, and here's a webpage you can use to learn more about me: https://www.example.com ''". I get a little fussy about [[pseudoanonymity]], but other users here don't, and have elected not to reveal their real identity. '''Also Note''': if you want to have a user page for ''all'' [[Miraheze]] wikis, please visit [[meta:Global user page]] to learn more.
* '''Timestamps''' - I'm writing this in the early evening of 2020-05-26 in the [[Pacific timezone]]. However, you'll see from the date above that it's "03:39, 27 May 2020 (UTC)" in [[UTC]], which is the international standard timezone. Since we have editors in other parts of the world (not just in the [[United States]]), we just use "UTC" rather than [[w:Eastern Time Zone|Eastern time]]. See [[UTC|the "UTC" article on this wiki]] to learn more about UTC and why we use it here.
* '''Conflict of interest''' - I have long been cranky about [[conflict of interest]] editing (and as of 2021-09-28, I still am). My fear is that staff members and board members of various electoral reform organizations (like [[FairVote]] and the [[
* '''Code of Conduct''' - well, there's the written code of conduct (found [[Code of Conduct]]) and then the version that exists in my head. I'm starting to develop it over at https://robla.miraheze.org/wiki/Bill_of_Responsibilities , but I haven't articulated enough of it. Regardless, I ask that you treat each other with respect, and that you act like someone that has more questions than answers. I'll probably ask a lot of questions, and some of them might be genuinely dumb questions, but please be patient with me, too.
* {{anchor|EPOV, not NPOV}}'''We're EPOV, not NPOV, but still...''' - electowiki has a policy somewhat similar to Wikipedia's NPOV policy, which is referred to here as "EPOV" (see [[Electowiki:Editorial policy]]). Though our policy is not 100% neutral (due to our explicit editorial slant), we hard to create articles that are worthy of being copied over to [[English Wikipedia]]. We err on the side of neutrality.
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Please feel free to edit anything you like to edit (even the [[Main Page]]). Don't feel bad if one of us (including me) reverts your change almost immediately. These things happen. We use English Wikipedia's "[[w:Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle|BOLD, revert, discuss cycle]]" as our standard practice here too. Or at least, I should. I need to start reverting people more....
Sincerely,
[[Rob Lanphier]] (a.k.a. '''[[User:RobLa]]''')
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* v7 - 03:44, 13 February 2022 (UTC) - Adding the "[[#EPOV, not NPOV]]" bullet point
* v8 - 07:07, 13 February 2022 (UTC) - clarified the "[[#EPOV, not NPOV]]" bullet point, separating out a new "[[#Copyright]]" bullet point below it (which I meant to do in v7)
* v9 - 08:45, 4 May 2022 (UTC) - adding link to "[[Rob Lanphier]]" (in addition to "[[User:RobLa]]"), and removing deprecated link to "[[C4ES]]"
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