User:Mgreason/AboutMe

Bio

I was born in Newark, Ohio in 1955, but my family moved to Midland, Michigan when I was 12. I was in the class of 1973 at Dow High School but moved to Florida to escape the long Michigan winters. I spent a year at Young Harris College but finished my associate degree in 1975 at Lake City Community College and earned a BSBA at the University of Florida in 1978. My minor was Computer science.
I have lived and worked in North Florida since college, with yearly trips north to visit family. I love Michigan in the summer so much that I spend summers there since my retirement in 2020. I was raised an Episcopalian but became more Spiritual but not religious.My political ideology is moderate; I support some Republican and Democratic policies but I refuse to align with either. I have no patience for the extreme segments of each party, especially their refusal to engage in civil discourse and compromise. I detest Donald Trump and others who blindly support his lies, bullying and criminal conduct. There are a number of Republicans that I would support over Joe Biden; I hope that someone can rise above the fray and unite our country again. I am concerned for the future of our nation because of the attitude of many millennials, but history shows that most every prior generation shared those same fears.

Wiki

I started my first article, JM Family Enterprises, in September 2007 after exploring Wikipedia for a couple of weeks. I worked for the company from 1987 to 2000, so I was intimately familiar with the organization. I think the article survived because there were so few articles at the time. Due to my limited understanding of Wikipedia, I didn't know about watchlists or monitor my articles. Several years later, the article had been hijacked, possibly by someone working for JM Family. The article was deleted because it had become an advertisement promoting the company. Ditto for the article on Gate Petroleum. I learned the purpose of a Watchlist (wiki)

It took a while to learn the processes of Wikipedia, and I began creating articles of my own personal interest around 2009—particularly articles in the Jacksonville, Florida area, which seemed to lack many suitable articles of local importance. After a couple of years, I looked at my alma mater, the University of Florida (class of 1978), but their Wikiproject had more than a dozen members, and there really wasn't a lot that needed to be added.

After I retired in 2020, I left Jacksonville and settled in a small town near Tallahassee. Personally, I'm a Gator, but both of my wives graduated from Florida State University, and I'm not a rabid fan, so I like the Seminoles, too. Anyway, I was reading the Tallahassee Democrat, and an article talked about an event at the University Center. I looked up the topic on Wiki, and there was nothing there! Wikipedia:WikiProject Florida State University was started in 2007 and was active for a year or so, then...nothing. In contrast to UF, FSU needed a ton of updating. I posted on the project's talk page a month ago, and there has been no response, so this Gator has taken over the FSU project. Ha!

Personal Info
	This user's favourite colour is blue.
			This user does not smoke.
This user has never left the Western Hemisphere & Northern Hemisphere.			This user has a website, which can be found here.
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Preferences
This user likes most types of music.	cRap This user can't stand rap music.	I love my 2006 Ford F150, made in the USA.
This user is a fan of |NCIS.			This user is a Bartending Task Force Participant.
This user eats sushi.	This user is against smoking.
This user believes that anyone who thinks Wikipedia is an unreliable source should continue their quest to find a better website.
fan-2 This user will watch The Big Bang Theory at every opportunity.			This user wants to go hot air ballooning.
	This user reserves the right to question authority.
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Knowledge
RPG ILE This user is an Expert iSeries RPG programmer.	CL ILE This user is an Expert iSeries CL programmer.
			IQ This user's Intelligence Quotient is 129.
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Hobbies
	This user enjoys watching the weather.	This user enjoys tracking weather, and has a Personal weather station.
			This user enjoyed or enjoys Parachuting.
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Humor
		Just because I think everyone is out to get me doesn't mean they aren't. Know what I mean, Vern?
			I would say I'm a cynic but I bet you just wouldn't believe me.
			Pi ≈ 3.1415926535897932384626
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I Support
	This user supports the use of nuclear energy.
This user has donated 37 gallons of blood. 37	This user is a member of the Gator Nation.	This user has arranged for organ donation; have you?	This user supports the ACLU.
This user prefers that the death penalty be used far more often.	This user supports the ban on smoking in public places.	Choice This user is pro-life and pro-abortion.
	This user supports action to stop violence against women, particularly on December 6.
This user supports stem cell research.
	This user supports the inclusion of sex education in school systems.	This user is a member of the American Philatelic Society.	This user is a member of National Eagle Scout Association.
This user accepts evolution as a biological fact.		This user supports gender equality.
This user is straight but not narrow.
	This user understands biological evolution.	Majority ≠ right This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.
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My Wiki
	This user does not use automated or semi-automated editing tools.
	ID You don't need to see this user's identification.
			This user is not Moonriddengirl, but would like to be her someday.
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Editing
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Finis
This user doesn't care what your "ancestries" are; this user likes people for what they are and not because of a place of birth!