User:Blackwarrior

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This user is a citizen of the United States of America.

This user lives in Florida, the Sunshine State.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Florida.

This user was a member of the United States Navy.

USN (ret)

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According to The Political Compass this user is:
Economic Right (7.1) and
Social Libertarian (−1.3)

About me

I was born in DeRidder, Louisiana and was raised in several cities in Louisiana, California, Arizona, and Texas. I currently reside in Shreveport, Louisiana.

I served six years in the United States Air Force: one year of technical training at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, three years as an ICBM combat crew member on the LGM-118A_Peacekeeper weapon system at F.E._Warren_Air_Force_Base, Wyoming, and two years instructing B-52 Stratofortress crewmembers at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.

My beliefs and biases

Generally, I am somewhere between a populist and a neolibertarian in terms of political beliefs. I am generally liberal on social issues, and while I hold certain beliefs and attitudes that could be considered conserative, it is not a requirement for the entire country to follow me or subscribe to them.

To make a long story short, I'm pro-choice, pro-strong defense, neutral on gay marriage but strongly against a constitutional gay marriage ban, isolationist in terms of foreign policy (U.S. foreign policy throughout my lifetime has been too inconsistent for me to agree with it), and somewhat protectionist in terms of foreign trade.

I am of the Christian faith but do not subscribe to an established denomination. I am strongly averse to religious fundamentalists (from ANY faith, including the Christian one) and those who hold their view of the world and religion as supreme or "the right one." I am for true religious freedom and the ability to worship as one pleases without interference from government, and I believe that an institution that is secular on its face (such as a school) should remain that way; respect an individual's religious preference without undue proselytizing or intrusion on another's beliefs.

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My activities on Wikipedia

I am a member of WikiProject Florida, and a large portion of my editing is related to Florida-related topics.

I am an infobox fanatic; I strongly believe that articles for which a standardized infobox template exists should include them from the very first edit. I have created quite a few stub articles on Florida radio stations, some with only a few sentences of text. All of them contain the radio station infobox, however.

The other activity which occupies much of my time here is user categorization discussions. Although I personally have very few user categories (by personal choice), I recognize that for many people, they can be useful when one needs assistance for a particular project, or has a question about an issue. However, the creation of frivolous categories, or overly narrowly-focused categories, or inappropriate (soapboxing) categories, or simple miscategorization (adding a category to the wrong parent category) degrades the usefulness of user categories. I may appear to be strongly deletionist at UCFD, but only because most of the categories that are nominated for discussion are categories of questionable utility; clearly relevant categories are seldom targeted for discussion because their value is self-evident.

Links for editing

• Category:Wikipedians
• Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace
• User:Horologium/Sandbox
• Places by Area 2000
• 2006 Population Estimates-Florida
• 2006 Metro Population Estimates