If you're curious as to the origin of my username, in my 8th grade English class (lo so many years ago), my teacher gave us a test, and reminded us to put our names on the top, and that if we did not know our names, to ask him what to put. I, being the smart-ass that I am, of course raised my hand and told him I didn't know my name. He replied "put down 'parsec boy'" (probably to imply that I was spacey), which I did. I liked it, and have used it for various usernames since then.
Many users feel that vandalism is one of the biggest problems on Wikipedia, but in my opinion it's pretty easy to fix quickly, especially with the legions of hugglers and twinklers. The biggest problem I see with Wikipedia is the ultranationalism that runs rampant here. People need to take a step back, realize that the history they learned in high school is at best 50% of the truth, and accept that "country x" isn't as great and noble as they were indoctrinated to believe. And by no means am I excluding the US and its education system, which I went through for my whole formal education experience. It's my explanation for conservatives in America ;)
Awards
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On behalf of the Military History Wikiproject, I hereby present the Military History WikiChevrons to Parsecboy for outstanding work on it! K14 12:32, 28 August 2007 (UTC) [1] |
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I, hereby award you this Armenian Barnstar of National Merit for all the work you have done to improve and maintain the coverage of System of a Down related articles. Keep up the great work! VartanM (talk) 01:41, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
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In recognition of your outstanding efforts during our assessment drive, I award you the WikiProject Ships Barnstar! You sir, are a regular assessment machine! Kralizec! (talk) 20:40, 12 December 2007 (UTC) [3] |
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To Parsecboy, for helping me above and beyond the call of duty in dragging Operation Varsity kicking and screaming to FA-Class Skinny87 (talk) 23:06, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
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To Parsecboy, for always going the extra mile in helping me Skinny87 (talk) 18:41, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
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For showing admirable restraint recently in the face of talk-page shenanigans where you would have been justified in calling in artillery support, have a well-deserved star and a hearty well-done. HausTalk 04:57, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
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For a great and kind admin, who is willingly ready to lend a helping hand whenever needed, quickly and effectively. Please keep it up, Shahid • Talk2me 18:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
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Thank you for your help on USS Nevada (BB-36) both before, on and after December 7th! Your checking, questioning and question-answering helped a lot in making it one of the best articles on Wikipedia. Cheers! —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 22:26, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
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To Parsecboy, for his extraordinarily hard work editing, maintaining and generally helping out on articles about airborne warfare. Skinny87 (talk) 16:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC) [16] |
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Always humble, always modest, always helpful. Thanks dude! —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 22:01, 14 April 2009 (UTC) [18] |
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