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RobLa
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I am [[Rob Lanphier]] (a.k.a. "RobLa"). I'm a co-founder of electowiki, and a founder of Electorama. I
{{Wikipedia|Online identity}}
As of this writing in May 2020, there's not a set of [[User:RobLa#norms|norms]] here on [[electowiki]] for associating one's online identity here on [[Miraheze]] with online identities elsewhere (e.g. on [[reddit]], or on the [[C4ES Discord server]], or on [[Wikipedia).
▲== Welcome ==
▲:''main page: [[User:RobLa/Welcome]]''
Also as of this writing in May 2020, I'm trying to lead by example. You can find more about my online identity by visiting '''[[User:RobLa/identity]]'''.
== Norms ==
{{Wikipedia|Norms}}
As of this writing (in May 2020), we have a few norms at [[electowiki]]. Some of them we inherited from electoramawiki (see [[User:RobLa/ElectoramaWiki]]), and others we've developed since our 2018 migration to [[Miraheze]]. I have many more thoughts on this subject that I hope to elaborate on at [[User:RobLa/norms
==Welcome==
:''main page: [[User:RobLa/Welcome]]''
If you're a new editor: welcome! Please read '''[[User:RobLa/Welcome]]'''! I wrote that letter to '''you'''!
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:''main: [[Electowiki:About]]''
I founded [https://electorama.com electorama.com] in 2003, and started [https://wiki.electorama.com wiki.electorama.com] with [[User:DanKeshet]] in 2005 (I paid the hosting bills; DanKeshet actually set it up, calling it "Electowiki"). Then DanKeshet left it in my hands late in 2005, and I did a lot of MediaWiki contracting work, culminating in a day job as Director of Open Source for [[W:Linden Lab|Linden Lab]]. Part of my day job at Linden Lab was maintaining a MediaWiki-based wiki at [https://wiki.secondlife.com wiki.secondlife.com], so maintaining [https://wiki.electorama.com wiki.electorama.com] didn't seem too hard. Plus I had lots of volunteer help. Then I left my day job at Linden Lab in 2009, and did a lot of MediaWiki plugin development (and spent way too much time trying to fix [https://static-bugzilla.wikimedia.org/bug4421.html Mediawiki bug 4421], which was migrated from Bugzilla to Phabricator by my team at Wikimedia Foundation, but is still open as [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T6421 Phab task T6421]). Then I tried to keep [https://wiki.electorama.com wiki.electorama.com] up and running while I worked at [[W:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] trying to keep Wikipedia up and running. Between 2006 and 2018, [[W:Spambots|spambots]] made it almost impossible to have an open wiki, so I kept restricting access to Electowiki, and wasn't able to figure out how to make my clever web-of-trust plugins for MediaWiki work.
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More information about me can be found [https://robla.net on my homepage (robla.net)] or over on [[m:User:RobLa]] (the main user page for me on miraheze.org) .
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My journal about my editing of electowiki can be found at '''[[User:RobLa/Journal]]'''[[User:RobLa/Journal|.]] Because this is a wiki, I reserve the right to edit ''any journal entry'' you see on that page. But I'll try not to muck with the page history.
A brief summary from the highlights of that journal:
=== 2020 ===
* [[User:RobLa/Journal#2020-05-27|May 2020]] - this is when I really started getting into the habit of journaling my electowiki-editing thoughts. It really picked up steam around [[User:RobLa/Journal#2020-05-19|May 19]], when I started to figure out how I could make a sustainable habit out if it.
* [[User:RobLa/Journal#2020-04-22|April 2020]] - April 22 was my only journal entry in April. That makes me sad.
Since 2020 isn't over yet (as I write on May 27), this isn't yet a good summary of 2020.
=== 2019 ===
I summarize that year pretty well in my journal. See '''[[User:RobLa/Journal#2019]]''' to read more.
=== 2018 ===
I summarized 2018 in the [[User:RobLa/Journal]] as well.
== Conclusion ==
In conclusion, you should edit [[Electowiki|'''electowiki''']]! So please, go forth and edit.
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