I am no longer an active participant here on Wikipedia. I might check in rarely from time to time, but don't expect any quick replies or anything. Between abusive administrators, excessive bureaucratization and red tape, and broken consensus building processes, it is not worth my already limited time.

Greetings

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Aloha,

My name is Greg Weatherup, but I tend to go by the net handle of Gecko or Gecko_G, feel free to call me any of them.

I speak English, Spanish (limitedly), and Modern Hawaiian Pidgin English (which unfortunately I am forgetting due to lack of use), though I can also read some limited things in various other (mostly european) languages.

I grew up in Hawaiʻi and am now in Hanford and waiting to return home.

Don't know what else should go here, so I guess thats all.

Gecko G 21:57, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

My Wikipedia progression

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The Apprentice lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 5 months 8 days and completion of 1,750 edits
 

I would qualify as an Apprentice (or "Novato") Level 4 Editor on Wikipedia. For such a determination I specifically exclude edits to my user page, but I do include a number of unregistered edits I made during a period of time where I was unable to access this account. I will hit Journeyman Editor level 1, or Grognard 1 at 2,500 edits - having long ago met the time requirement (back in November of 2007).

My Awards and Milestones

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(award design

changed)

  Apprentice Editor Level 4

aka Novato 4

March 2023
  Apprentice Editor Level 3

aka Novato 3

April 2017
  New user rights category added to Wikipedia in 2016,

I had already met the requirements back in 2014

April 2016

retroactive 2014

    Military history reviewers' award

April–June 2015, 1 wiki-stripe service award

awarded by the Wikiproject Military History coordinators

July 2015
    The Half Barnstar

awarded by Tomandjerry211. Other half awarded to Hawkeye7

June 2015
    My First DYK Credit May 2015
    Apprentice Editor Level 2

aka Novato 2

November 2015
  Apprentice Editor

aka Novato

May 2015
    The Editor's Barnstar

awarded by Étienne Dolet

May 2014
    Novice Editor Level 4

aka Burba 4

July 2014
  Novice Editor Level 3

aka Burba 3

June 2014
  Novice Editor Level 2

aka Burba 2

Apr. 2014
  Novice Editor

aka Burba

Dec. 2009
    Registered Editor Level 4

aka Signator 4

Sep. 2009
  Registered Editor Level 3

aka Signator 3

May 2009
  Registered Editor Level 2

aka Signator 2

Mar. 2008
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replaced)

Registered Editor

aka Signator

[3 May 2007]

Articles I've significantly contributed to

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Joint-effort

  

lead-effort

(All of wikipedia is of course a joint collaboration, but these articles I was the primary contributer to for a period of time, or I was the creator of)

      

Declarations

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