I recognize that this user page belongs to the Wikipedia project and not to me personally. As such, I recognize that I am expected to respectfully abide by community standards as to the presentation and content of this page, and that if I do not like these guidelines, I am welcome either to engage in reasonable discussion about it, to publish my material elsewhere, or to leave the project.
Bella Beane 1997-2007Rock's Anne, our new baby (mid 2007 photo)Rock's Anne as a 2 year old (mid 2009 photo)
I am extremely proud that User:Josette was my wife.
My real name is Larry Pieniazek and I am probably not notable. I like LEGO ® Brand building elements. The WMF has seen validation of my identity (see credentials box at right). I have means to validate my identity and credentials independently if necessary. Contact me if for some reason you have a valid need to do this. Be prepared to explain the need in great detail or for me to decline to validate for you, because I've already done so with the WMF.
Roles:
I served on the WMF Ombudsman commission for the 2010 term. (While serving, I was temporarily suspended from all Checkuser roles. These suspensions were noted with strikeouts)
I was an English Wikipedia administrator and checkuser but I stepped down in April 2011.
I was also an administrator on Wikisource, the wiki for making source text available but I stepped down in October 2008.
I was formerly (for two "terms" in 2008 and 2009) a steward, which gave me certain roles and responsibilities on every WMF wiki. After the early 2010 confirmation process, marked by controversial secret proceedings that went against apparent steward consensus, I no longer hold those rights.
Let me know if you have any questions or issues with any of these roles or wikis, and I'll do what I can to help.
Other things:
Other accounts I openly acknowledge having: User:Larbot (for rote edits), User:Larpersona, User:Larzilla (both for fun) User:Larry_Pieniazek (anti-impersonation) ... did I forget any? LMK!, preferably by leaving me a note on my talk or email.
I have userids at various non WMF wikis. For some of them, see my wiki matrix.
I am "Lar" at Wikipedia Review. For why I participate there, see [1].
My Admin Policy: I trust that my fellow admins' actions are done for the good of Wikipedia. So if any of my admin actions are overturned I will not consider such an action to be a "Wheel War", but rather an attempt to improve Wikipedia. If I disagree with your action, I will try to discuss it with you or with the admin community, but I absolve you in advance of any presumption of acting improperly. We should all extend the same benefit of the doubt to our fellow admins, until they repeatedly prove that they are unworthy of such a presumption.
These credentials are unverified, except for name, see my WikiMatrix which explains how this diff verifies it. Other credentials could be verified if there was compelling reason to do so.
