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This user was one of the 600 most active English Wikipedians of all time.

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"Burn the land and boil the sea,
you can't take the sky from me."

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Old-fashioned Wikipedian values.

Testimonial

"Valfontis is a hoopy frood who really knows where her towel is."^[1]

References

^ Tedder

Projects

Oregon women legislators redlink elimination
Fix all the broken "Building Oregon" links

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 10 months and 15 days.

80,000+

This user has made more than 80,000 contributions to Wikipedia and, as a result, may be slightly insane.

This editor is a **Labutnum of the Encyclopedia** and is entitled to display this **Book of Knowledge with Coffee Cup Stain, Cigarette Burn, Chewed Broken Pencil, Sticky Note, Bookmark, and Note from Jimbo**.

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This user is of Black Sea German ancestry.

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This user is old enough to have learned to type on a manual typewriter, and that's all you need to know.

Why

Why? To combat "placelessness" aka "The United States of Generica".

Valfontis?

Valfontis, Oregon

Oregon Geographic Names says: "This was a pioneer post office which eventually passed from the picture. Valfontis office was established September 29, 1854, with Andrew J. Doak postmaster. C.C. Walker became postmaster June 12, 1855. The origin of its name has not transpired, though its meaning may be surmised. It was just another term for Spring Valley. Doak and Walker had claims close to the present site of Lincoln, a community on the eastern edge of Spring Valley [next to the Willamette River], and Valfontis office was in that neighborhood. The office was discontinued in August 1865." (p. 987)

I've written a few things

Taken some pictures

Images

Edited some stuff

And impressed some people

Barnstars

Editing tips

My advice for old and young alike

Competence

I know it makes me kind of bitey and a big meanie, but I'm rather fond of this essay: WP:COMPETENCE. Also, although Wikipedia is The Free Encyclopedia That Anyone Can Edit, sometimes it is best to spend some time getting to know the rules and culture of a place before you jump in feet first, being bold notwithstanding.

[1] Tedder

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+==Projects==
+*[[User:Valfontis/Female legislators|Oregon women legislators redlink elimination]]
+*Fix all the broken "Building Oregon" links
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-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_article_count #700ish]
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 ===Taken some pictures===
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+*[https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/Valfontis&ilshowall=1 Images]
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+I know it makes me kind of [[WP:BITE|bitey]] and a big meanie, but I'm rather fond of this essay: [[WP:COMPETENCE]]. Also, although Wikipedia is [[Wikipedia:The Free Encyclopedia|The Free Encyclopedia That Anyone Can Edit]], sometimes it is best to spend some time getting to know the rules and culture of a place before you jump in feet first, being [[WP:BOLD|bold]] notwithstanding.