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''What matters in being loyal or just is that you do fulfil the charge, in a wine-feast that you do enjoy, in mourning that you do grieve, in serving parents that you do please them. To the glory of fulfilling the charge you can pick your own route; in serving parents, if you do please them they won't raise difficulties about how you did it; in the wine-feast, if you do enjoy you won't be finicky about the cups; in mourning, if you do grieve no one quibbles about the rite.


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''The rites are what the custom of the times has established. The genuine is the means by which we draw upon Heaven; it is spontaneous and irreplaceable. Therefore the sage, taking Heaven as his model, values the genuine and is untramelled by custom. The fool does the opposite; incapable of taking Heaven as his model he frets about man, ignorant of how to value the genuine he timidly lets himself be altered by custom, and so is an unsatisfied man. What a pity you were steeped so soon in man's artificialities, and are so late in hearing the greatest Way!''
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|style="font-size: 100%;text-align:left"|'''If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.'''
I am a longtime Wikipedian. I have been an active editor since 2004, and an administrator since 2005. I've written dozens of articles and made thousands of edits. I have been an arbitrator, oversighter, and CheckUser, and have served as an administrator on the English Wiktionary, English Wikisource, and Meta-Wiki.
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|style="font-size: 100%;text-align:left"|'''The universe is wider than our views of it.'''
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|style="font-size: 100%;text-align:left"|'''To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust.'''
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|style="font-size: 100%;text-align:left"|'''As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.'''
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These days, I mostly work in the ]-related areas. I previously served as a Wikipedian in Residence at the ] (from 2011-2012 and 2013-2019) and, briefly, the ] (2013). I have been very active in working on bulk imports, to both Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. I have also performed work on behalf of the ], developing their Wikidata bot. I have a strong interest in building capacity and community, and have been very involved in developing the ]. I follow (and exceed) all requirements related to conflict of interest for all these various positions I have held. Because the list has gotten long over more than a decade of work, I please see ] for more information on all my past and current paid work.
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A little information about me:</font>
I am a paid employee of the ] (DPLA). I work to make DPLA's cultural artifacts more accessible to the public by sharing them on Wikimedia Commons and making them available to Misplaced Pages for use in articles. When I am editing Misplaced Pages as part of my professional duties, I always strive to strictly abide by Misplaced Pages's accepted practices on conflicts of interest, neutrality, and notability. I will always work in the best interest of Misplaced Pages, because that is in line with DPLA's educational mission. You can read more about this project at .


If you have any questions about my role, or if there is any way I or DPLA can help you in your work on Misplaced Pages, please get in touch!
* I grew up in the ], in fact in ] (it's a wonder of Misplaced Pages that an article exists for a little town).
* I moved to ] (] area) a few years ago.
* I am a student at ], majoring in history.


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:* I've been known to sporadically haunt the ], ], ], ], and a few other admin/dispute pages, among others.
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:* I also used to run a ] to transwiki dictionary definitions to ]. The software upgrade killed it. But I encourage everyone to get ] ] and do their part. And ''please'' see if you can help out the ].
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:* On July 24, 2005 I was made ]. (]). As always, '''if you need admin help or just plain Misplaced Pages help, don't hesitate to ask. I am friendly.'''
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== Vanity ==
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Image:Barnstar.png|Awarded to a fine member of the Misplaced Pages community (])
Image:Barnstar-rotating.gif|Barnstar, awarded by ] to Dmcdevit for being a notorious ] and ] in reverting POV edits!
Image:Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|For many, many reversions and deletions of vandalism. ]&nbsp;]
Image:Vitruvian Barnstar.png|This one goes to Dmcdevit for conceiving the idea of speedying new unreferenced articles: the best thing since 3RR! --] 07:23, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
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Image:Barnstar.png|the original, unabridged barnstar goes to Dmcdevit for his vast contributions to Misplaced Pages. ]]] (]) 03:29, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
Image:WikiMedal for Janitorial Services.png|This WikiMedia for janitorial services is awarded to ] for his ] work (])
Image:Sandwich.jpg|The Sandwich of Exceptional Excellence (Potato Salad of Congeniality cluster, 1st. class) ''In Panis, Veritas'' (])
Image:Mouldy bread.jpg|'''The Mouldy Sandwich''' for fetching a precious token out of the deletion log for ]
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Image:SilverBarnstar.jpg|Hard as nails. ] 18:40, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Image:WikiDefender_Barnstar.png|For being the best Wikipedian there is. For always looking out for the project above everything else. For always being available for help. Just for being terrific and for being terrific for a long long time. ]<sup>]</sup> 06:00, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Image:Barnstar2.png|I award Dmcdevit this barnstar for his efforts in clearing the Common duplicates from Misplaced Pages.''']''' <nowiki>|</nowiki> ] 02:01, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Image:Barnstar.png|For your ArbCom work and ability to hold through tough situations, I award you this Barnstar of ArbCom General Ass-Kicking. Thank you for perfoming this task with the great skill you do. Yours, ] ] 21:15, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
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Latest revision as of 18:01, 18 May 2022


Dominic Byrd-McDevitt

Contact me

dominic@dp.la

About me

I am a longtime Wikipedian. I have been an active editor since 2004, and an administrator since 2005. I've written dozens of articles and made thousands of edits. I have been an arbitrator, oversighter, and CheckUser, and have served as an administrator on the English Wiktionary, English Wikisource, and Meta-Wiki.

These days, I mostly work in the GLAM-related areas. I previously served as a Wikipedian in Residence at the US National Archives (from 2011-2012 and 2013-2019) and, briefly, the Smithsonian Institution (2013). I have been very active in working on bulk imports, to both Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. I have also performed work on behalf of the Cleveland Museum of Art, developing their Wikidata bot. I have a strong interest in building capacity and community, and have been very involved in developing the GLAM Boot Camp. I follow (and exceed) all requirements related to conflict of interest for all these various positions I have held. Because the list has gotten long over more than a decade of work, I please see /Affiliations for more information on all my past and current paid work.

My work

I am a paid employee of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). I work to make DPLA's cultural artifacts more accessible to the public by sharing them on Wikimedia Commons and making them available to Misplaced Pages for use in articles. When I am editing Misplaced Pages as part of my professional duties, I always strive to strictly abide by Misplaced Pages's accepted practices on conflicts of interest, neutrality, and notability. I will always work in the best interest of Misplaced Pages, because that is in line with DPLA's educational mission. You can read more about this project at our announcement.

If you have any questions about my role, or if there is any way I or DPLA can help you in your work on Misplaced Pages, please get in touch!

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