Although I originally started on English Wikipedia in 2004, I've been mostly active on German Wikipedia since March 2006. My main focus for content is the politics and history of the United States with an emphasis on history of law. Behind the scenes, my focus has lied on categories and templates founding the respective WikiProjects on German Wikipedia. I'm admin and an arbitrator on German Wikipedia and bureaucrat on English and Beta Wikiversity where I help mostly by providing technical assistance. You can also contact me if you need information from the German OTRS queues.

I've also created a new archiving bot (yes, yet another one) which was originally built to meet the requirements of German Wikipedia but has since been ported to English and is in use in other projects as well.

I understand Wikipedia as a useful collection of human knowledge which offers an opportunity for everyone to share their understanding of specific subjects with others. Since I have no basis from which to judge what others find relevant, I tend not to support AfDs for articles where some encyclopedic potential is recognizable. I also think that all Wikipedians need to behave in an open and inviting manner so new readers will be encouraged to participate beyond merely reading our content. I therefore reject any proposals that would require pre-approval for the creation of articles, portals, projects, or categories. To ensure basic quality standards, appropriate maintenance can always be conducted afterwards. Finally, I also support a relatively free competition of editorial styles so Wikipedia as a project can further develop.

• 10. You sign e-mails with ~~~~.
• 9. You notice what you've done and send them like that anyway.
• 8. You look up Ursa Major and, three hours later, end up reading about Italian cuisine.
• 7. Whenever you don't know something, you look in Wikipedia first.
• 6. You setup a MediaWiki installation for work and create pages for Cleanup, Requests for Adminship and Articles for Deletion.
• 5. You send a link to a Wikipedia article to a colleage by enclosing the subject with [[]].
• 4. Your watchlist contains more than 1,000 entries.
• 3. You refresh your watchlist every 30 seconds to see what's changed recently.
• 2. When visiting another web site, you notice a spelling mistake and start searching for the "edit" tab.
• 1. You hear about an RFC and actually search for a place to leave your comments..

You know how little I care whether anyone here thinks my or anyone else's user page damages the reputation of Wikipedia? You mistake this place with God or the sun.

• United States (de)
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• Design (de)

This user comes from Berlin.

This user comes from Germany.

This user has visited 21 of the 50 United States.

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• My template sandbox

1. Wikipedia is a project for everyone with good faith, patience and willingness to learn.
2. Everyone can edit, but everyone can also change every edit.
3. Rules are to help, not to obstruct.
4. A good stub is better than no article.
5. Improving is better than deletion, but deletion is better than keeping bad articles.
6. An encyclopedia is neither a playground nor a discussion forum.
7. With appropriate care, every article can be a featured article.
8. Relevance isn't derived from your location.
9. Technology is the means, not the end.
10. Quality comes from experience and constant improvement.
11. Relevance is what the reader is searching for to expand his own knowledge.
12. Learning from others is the key to success.
13. Common sense is something everybody needs but few choose to use.
14. An encyclopedia describes subjects objectively without a moral point of view.
15. Quality doesn't happen by adding a warning box.
16. If you have a very strong position on something, you will find it difficult to write about it in an encyclopedic manner.
17. Obstructionists and agitators will be shown the door.
18. Admins serve the readers and editors.
19. Nobody who does good work is replaceable.
20. There are indeed more important things in life than producing an encyclopedia.