User:JordeeBec

So I finally caved in and made a user page. Here it is. My name is Jordan, I'm 23, and I'm native to Durham, North Carolina. Personally, of course, I think Durham, NC, should be the default entry for "Durham" (or at least a disambiguation page). But I'm not out campaigning for it, beating a dead horse.

I have a BA with majors in American Studies and Linguistics and minors in Spanish and English.

I'm married to Ryan and we have a little baby boy, Hayden, born in Feb 06. He's cute, if I do say so myself. I'm an Internet Marketing Consultant. I'm also a contributor at Marketing Pilgrim Internet Marketing Blog.

Mostly, I edit spelling, grammar, punctuation, formatting, etc.

There. Now my name isn't red anymore.

WikiWorks

Articles I'm proud to have contributed something significant to

• Xlear Nasal Wash – expanding, moving to appropriate title.
• North Carolina – List of state symbols (only to discover they had their own article already, then I removed them)
• North Carolina state symbols
• Opposition to the Vietnam War – 1968 DNC protest
• Thunder Road (roller coaster)
• Rebel Yell (roller coaster)
• Southern American English
• Somewhere Only We Know
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 1992 – Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2005
• Larry Bagby

Articles I've started

• Riverside High School (North Carolina) (though I'm proud to say I didn't go there)
• Spirantization
• Christopher Seeley
• Sam Juhl
• List of U.S. state shells
• Scotch Bonnet (shell)
• Little Giant Ladder System

About a Billion User Boxes

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Grammar stances

snukThis user says snuck.

byThis user does not use the passive voice.

to
too
twoThis user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.

their
there
they'reThis user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!

your
you'reThis user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.

“,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler.

.  TheThis user puts two spaces after a period.

A, B, and
A and BThis user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing.

itsThis user understands the difference between its (of it) and it's (it is or it has).

I.i.n.a.gThis user is a member of the It's-is-not-a-genitive fan-club. Because it's not!

’sThi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.

_This_user_dislikes_seeing underscores_in_Wikilinks.

This user participates in
WikiProject
North Carolina.

DUKE	This user is a Duke Blue Devils fan. Don't even TALK to me about Carolina.

This user likes callin' North Carolina home (even if it technically isn't anymore).

Family & Lifestyle

This user has a husband.

MomThis user is a mother and proud of it!

This user maintains a blog at kkiastmearkls.

This user wears corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses, without which they'd be as blind as a bat!

This user uses Google as a primary search engine.

This user contributes using Firefox.

This user enjoys writing.

This user realizes that people from the Middle Ages already thought that the Earth was spherical.

This user lives in the U.S. State of Utah.

Education & Employment

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This user attends or attended Brigham Young University.

This user is a professional writer or journalist.

This user is a professional editor.

BAThis user has a Bachelor of Arts degree.

IBThis user is a graduate or student of the International Baccalaureate.

Wikipedia:Babel

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

es-3Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel avanzado de español.

ase-2This user can communicate at an intermediate level in American Sign Language.

ipa
əThis user has a native-like understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

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Wikipedia:Instruments

pno-3This user is an advanced pianist.

flute-2This user is an intermediate flautist.

gtr-1This user is a novice guitarist.

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This user loves to eat cucumbers.

This user wastes far too much time editing Wikipedia.

Too many userboxesThis user may have too many userboxes ... nah, no way!!

This user provides information using userboxes because he or she is bored.

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