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284: 321: 432: 896:(BH6 Model, I think?) motherboard given to me by my uncle. It wasn't the hottest computer on the planet, but building it myself was a huge achievement. I was a computer tech assistant for two years at my Middle School and for four years at my High School. I learned to handle helpdesk tasks, work with switches and networking equipment, address network and IP Addressing issues, perform server administration tasks (domain controllers and active directory), and I did 530: 472: 554: 239: 1026: 579: 358: 201: 616: 1075: 1031: 148: 125: 395: 755:, and assisting new editors, I took an extended leave of absence in 2011 to focus on my education (you'll notice a large gap in my contributions - software engineering and applied mathematics isn't easy). After graduating from college and becoming established in my Software Engineering career, I returned to Knowledge (XXG) to resume where I left off. 33: 25: 802:
became unbundled from the admin toolset in 2008, I expanded my involvement after being one of the first editors to have it granted to an account. Many years later, I now direct, manage, recruit, and participate in a significant amount of of areas and projects on Knowledge (XXG).
877:. At age 7, I was proficient enough to teach my parents (mostly my dad) how to install programs, write documents, print, access the internet, and fix the many stupid things that he would do to break his Operating System. I built my first computer at 10 years old: a 1608: 1503: 1593: 114:
to leave a message on my user talk page. Please enter a subject for your message, then your message in the box below, and make sure to add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your message so that I can easily identify you and
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and removing vandalism and disruption for over 10 years now. I started in 2007 by performing each revert and leaving warnings completely manually. I then progressed to using
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of computer repair. I put enough time into learning all things computer-related, that I was mostly self-taught in many
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set my parents back ~$ 2500 at the time. I used it to play the many old computer games that it came with, such as
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ports on the back. It may seem standard to today's average computer user, but the fact that the computer provided
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Oshwah is my username. I began contributing to Knowledge (XXG) in 2007. After a few years of
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to make the process of locating bad faith edits and reverting them much easier. After the
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People often ask me why I spend so much time on Knowledge (XXG). The answer is simple:
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Knowledge (XXG) administrators willing to provide copies of deleted articles
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on Knowledge (XXG) should be volunteering in places and projects that they
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Knowledge (XXG) administrators willing to handle RevisionDelete requests
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Did I revert your edit or leave a warning message on your talk page?
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output, and the fact that it included a sound card and an internal
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Knowledge (XXG) administrators willing to grant rollback requests
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Knowledge (XXG) administrators willing to make difficult blocks
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Members of the Fifteen Year Society of Knowledge (XXG) editors
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If you're not on IRC, you'll typically run into me through
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This user has been editing Knowledge (XXG) for more than
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I started using a computer when I was 5 years old - a
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Did I vote differently than you or disagree with you?
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I'm Oshwah. 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