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I am one of several Wikipedia editors. I've been an editor on Wikipedia since January 11, 2006.
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My name is Brandon Dilbeck. Some of my favorite things include jelly beans, satire, Pokémon, photography, and the Internet. I'm {{Age|1988|1|26}} years ({{Age in days|month1=01|day1=26|year1=1988}} days) old. I reside in and have grown up in [[Lynnwood, Washington|Lynnwood]], [[Washington]] (a cold, rainy place with a lot of strip malls), but was born in [[Mission, Kansas|Mission]], [[Kansas]]. We moved from there when I was four years old, and I love it here near Seattle and would only move away for warmer weather. It's not the frequent rain that's giving me problems; it's the ten-month-lack of sun that upsets me. I'm attending the [[University of Washington]], which seems to be a nice place. Go Huskies!
I've been an editor on Wikipedia since January 11, 2006. My first edit dealt with the Turtle Comms from the ''Ninja Turtles'' cartoon. I have several favorite topics that I tend to hover above, but I also like to [[:Wikipedia:How to copy-edit|copyedit]] pages that sorely need it. I figure I'm a good copyeditor—I'm a real stickler for grammar—so let me know if you have a rotten stinky article you'd like me to take a look at. I find that the main types of edits I make to articles aren't hugely influential, and I'm not really a very heavy editor. I've mostly been tidying up a articles and templates here and there. Indeed, I rarely seem to introduce any new content to the articles themselves; I just clean up whatever's there and talk about whatever needs to be done on the talk pages.
I signed up for the [[WP:PCP|Pokémon Collaborative Project]] (now WikiProject Pokémon) on August 28, 2006; this seemed like a good project for me because I love the [[Pokémon]] games and know just about anything there is to know about them. Some of my biggest contributions to the project's articles consisted of copyediting articles and reverting the endless vandalism. I left the project on September 12, 2007 because people started merging the articles into boring, stub-like lists.
I'm a Wikipedia [[m:eventualism|eventualist]], which is weird because I can be one of the most impatient people I know. I think I'm more of an eventualist because I'm still young and can see myself being able to use Wikipedia ten, twenty, maybe even thirty years from now. In the past, I joined a [[m:Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians#Inclusionist Wikipedians for Eventualism|group of eventualist inclusionists]] (I'm also rather [[m:inclusionism|inclusionist]] and hate to see articles go without a fighting chance), but decided I can be what I am without having to add my name to a list, especially because I figured that I wouldn't actually ''do'' anything as a member of the group. My supposition is that if we give articles a good, long chance to grow, then they will all become terrific resources and everybody will love Wikipedia.
I have a website, [http://brandon.ikevin.net Brandon's Website], where I try to write and collect funny stuff. I've written multiple pages, including a guide of as many [[Jelly Belly]] jelly bean flavors as possible, a tally of [[Sweethearts (candy)|Sweethearts]] candy messages, and a count of Halloween costumes. My [[Animal Crossing]] Diary seems to be popular too. I also keep a blog, [http://brandonnotices.blogspot.com Brandon Notices], where I write about all kinds of stuff that catches my attention.
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