Users/JabberWokky

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Greetings! My name is Evan Edwards, but I'm also well known as JabberWokky (Really... even my wife calls me Wokky). I can be identified thusly: A rather large fellow of Scot-Irish ancestry. Long red-brown hair (only visibly red in good sunlight) with a very full beard. I always wear black jeans and never wear tee-shirts (okay, I wear them when I'm working at home and sometimes when I'm in the workshop, but never when I am out). In winter (and sometimes in summer), I wear a large black trench coat. My laptop, eddie, is a MacBook Pro 7,1 running Linux. I'm friendly, meaning I only bite if you're cute and ask nicely. One easy identifier is my black hat, technically an outback hat, which is somewhat like a large fedora.

My beautiful, stalwart and sagacious wife, Dr. Sarah Edwards, is in the early years of her academic career. As a result of pursuing her chemistry research. We've been in exile from Davis for the past several years, although we return from time to time to visit, and we'd like to move back someday. She's currently a member of faculty at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee, which is where we now live. We'd like to have her get her tenured professorship at a short list of institutions, with UC Davis at or near the top (of course, Vanderbilt is now on the list, and we're enjoying getting to know the Vandy community). Why am I so involved in the Wiki? Davis was our home, and we'd like it to be again. Sarah will be a professor of chemistry, we like small university towns and we already know we love Davis.

After Davis, Sarah obtained her doctorate from Penn State. If you are looking to become a grad student at Penn State in State College, Pennsylvania (or move here for any other reason), contact us with any questions you might have. Penn State is much larger than UC Davis, but it is an ag school, and you'll see similar traits but with greater resources (important for grad students) and with an East Coast flavor to the population (which is worth living among to get a feel for different viewpoints).

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Likely a sockpuppet for David Poole, like most other users on the wiki. Of course, it is also documented fact that he is Jason Aller, so perhaps Jason is also a sockpuppet. Regardless, he prefers, being a Henson fan, to be referred to as a "sockmuppet". He is in full favor of, and thinks it would be "spiffy keen" to see some DavisWiki fanfic. He seems to have launched an effort to employ wiki editors to do pretty much the same thing, only paid. His attention to detail is appreciated, as the wiki keeps informing him.

A note about the name: Yes, people call me Jabber, Wokky and JabberWokky in real life (including my SO, who tends to use the more popular "Wokky"). Yes, it started life as a reference before the web existed, and it started out intentionally misspelled. I camelCap it for ease of use. I get magazines sent to "Wokky, Jabber", and have gotten credit card offers to Mr. Jabber Wokky. Yes, people call me Evan as well. Note that as long as this account has existed, the redirect EvanEdwards has existed. In 2006 and 2008, I officially voted using it, having registered as a voter using the name. Cheap Thrills is more than a Big Brother album. Woo.

If you want to get really into it, I'm also known as Lænas in the SCA (formally, Decimus Musonius Lænas), and Sarah is Mania Aurelius Dorthea Scaeva. She's a left-handed heavy weapons fighter.

I enjoy Rocky Horror, the SCA (and late period Roman history) celebrating odd holidays, some SubGenius, some invented by oddball people. International Panic Day (June 18th) is celebrated by roasting (what else?) a DUCK! I also breed fancy mice. Really.

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My desktop in 2010. A third (fourth if you count the laptop) monitor was added, and a desk is now being built. An older photo. It's a longer, grayer beard nowadays. An Artist's Rendition Alternate universe version. Note the lack of beard, indicating this is the 'Good Universe' JabberWokky.

"I'm no longer interested in participating in DavisWiki on a social level. There was a time when DavisWiki reflected the real city of Davis. Now we're pasteurized, homogenized, corrected, blended, and processed, mostly by people that aren't particularly representative of the community. It was fun for awhile." -Jim Stewart

This is a pretty common position of many people who have had enough time on the wiki to be able to see the overall trends. I tend to agree with it, and the first sentence has happened several times: even among people who continue to edit, they withdraw from the social aspect. I don't see a good solution, but I do feel highlighting how universal this feeling has become over time is important.

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2012-12-15 17:14:48   I've cleared out your list of watched wikispot.org wikis - it was around 7k and seriously slowing down some stuff! :P —PhilipNeustrom

Beastmode ~SD


Dang, that was the only list of all of the wikis. How am I supposed to find all of the weird wikis now? —BL


That was precisely why I maintained it. There is no other list of wikis. -jw

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2012-12-21 08:33:27   Thanks for the link. I'm craving a drive down to SD now for a delicious California burrito and some carne asada fries. —EdWins

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2012-12-21 12:31:44   ¡Bueno, gracias! —LoriOrf

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2013-01-08 11:44:55   Haven't seen you around for awhile... just checking in to see if everything is OK. —CovertProfessor

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2013-01-08 16:40:44   My sincerest condolences. If there's anything I can do, please let me know. —TomGarberson

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2013-01-08 17:15:47   I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. I was afraid it was something serious but hoped I was wrong. Please accept my deepest condolences. And take care of yourself — that has to come first. The wiki will muddle along. —CovertProfessor

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2013-01-08 19:40:50   Sorry for your loss. —LoriOrf

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2013-01-12 13:34:06   Thanks! —CovertProfessor

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2013-01-24 10:19:09   Broke my dominant arm in a fall. Following RC. Man, this has been a bad month. —JabberWokky

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2013-01-24 10:38:54   Ouch :( —TomGarberson

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2013-01-24 10:46:32   Ugh, sorry to hear that. Hope you heal quickly. —CovertProfessor

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2013-01-31 15:31:34   Jabs—I submitted autismawareness to be closed as a organizational acct awhile ago and it hasn't been done yet? —PeteB

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2013-01-31 16:46:27   Jabs—if you want to give me access I'll be more than happy to help handle them... —PeteB

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2013-01-31 16:48:32   As to outreach I don't live there and money is a bit short so I couldn't call-sorry. —PeteB

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2013-02-05 20:30:42   Thank you for the advice-I updated the page to show it —PeteB

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2013-02-15 00:21:04   Thanks for the encouragement, JabberWokky! :) —ScottMeehleib

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2013-02-19 13:39:42   I am so sorry to hear of your loss. My condolences to you and Sarah. —EdWins

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2013-02-27 21:23:15   Thank you for your support (as always)... Hope you're feeling better. Thought you'd like to read a piece I wrote on DavisWiki —PeteB

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2013-03-02 14:54:51   Not to mention the look of a misty Shire. —CovertProfessor

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2013-03-02 15:10:16   Hi Jabberwokky! Could you please unlock the Kathmandu Kitchen page when you get a chance. Thanks. —ScottMeehleib

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2013-03-05 16:20:30   Jabs-someone posted room for rent on the Events Page and I can't remove it. Can you please do so? —PeteB

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2013-03-10 12:31:45   JW weigh in on the templates discussion please —StevenDaubert

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2013-03-19 11:04:28   Fair enough. Still, I think it shows a lack of judgment on her part to let it happen a second time. —CovertProfessor

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2013-03-19 13:13:24   Again, fair enough, and I've got enough else going on today (or that should be going on) that I'm not inclined to press the point. It was just striking me as very strange that we were hashing it out over the 3-dog violation when two bites had recently occurred. But as you say, there are editorial reasons to emphasize the former rather than the latter. —CovertProfessor

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2013-03-20 15:07:02   Jabs-please look at what I put it up. I think it's a nice compromise that should satisfy both points of view. —PeteB

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2013-03-25 15:19:34   Hi! Thanks for the comment. —DukeMcAdow

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2013-03-28 11:10:49   negative

I like the SSA btw —StevenDaubert

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2013-03-28 11:21:39   Does your uploading all of these pics mean that you're in town?? —CovertProfessor

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2013-03-28 11:31:39   Ah, cool! (on both counts). —CovertProfessor

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2013-03-28 13:07:22   Sounds good, too! —CovertProfessor

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2013-03-28 13:56:56   All good edits on MPOV. —DonShor

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2013-03-28 20:23:20   Hi. This message isn't to CP or DS or TG or even SD (ever notice DS and SD are near opposites and their initials are... never mind). So, this message is to you: the lurker. The many people who follow Recent Changes and either seldom or never edit or post to the wiki. I know you're out there: I've met a few of you at Wiki BBQs, and I have good friends who only ever lurked on the wiki. This is your invite to introduce yourself. There are no edits to discuss or commitment to make, just a bit of recognition and a friendly wave. I'm curious if anybody will wave back. Either way, you're part of the wiki too, silent or not. —JabberWokky

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2013-03-29 09:46:47   welcome to a couple days ago, I already posed that query —StevenDaubert

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2013-04-06 15:06:52   Waaaaave —RJTaylor

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2013-04-07 19:05:07   Nope, definitely not the only one. And sorry for not chiming in on the Talk page, but it just seemed like a no-brainer to me, especially given that page wasn't even created until the incident. —CovertProfessor

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2013-04-16 01:44:14   hi JW ♥ —StevenDaubert

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2013-04-19 22:22:10   Always happy to see that Oxford comma. Especially with links! —CovertProfessor

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2013-04-30 19:13:37   The question is, how do we take yesterday's success and apply it to today's mess? (The Ramble Apartments). Not sure if I have the time and/or energy in the remainder of this week to handle that. But maybe our good luck will stay with us! —CovertProfessor

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2013-05-02 06:48:20   Definitely. —CovertProfessor

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2013-05-02 18:25:00   No worries! I didn't think you meant anything personal at all. And honestly I don't have a problem with an honest dialogue, I just won't tolerate somebody trying to whitewash discriminatory policies. (And that was not pointed at you) ;) —Davidlm

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2013-05-02 22:17:06   I thought this was a particularly astute comment. CP's response re: choice of association vs. place living is reasonable, but I think the basic gist of it is very well stated. —TomGarberson

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2013-05-03 09:50:38   I agree with TG. I thought that was a very astute comment. —DavidGrundler

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2013-05-05 15:55:04   Right. And as though you should accept all arguments, even bad arguments, that lead to the conclusion you agree with. And there are definitely more than two sides here. In this case, I am a bit torn on the issue, even though I myself brush my teeth with fluoride and use a fluoride rinse. It's a much more complicated decision to say that Davis should be adding it to the water.

Anyway, the "it's everywhere so we know it must be safe" argument drives me bonkers, when it's the exact opposite (a causal factor being everywhere means that we don't know what its effects are, especially if the effects in question are caused by other things).

Ah, those little subtleties... —CovertProfessor

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2013-05-06 12:17:50   The poor guy was just looking for love from a nice woman, like Russ, Brad, and Andrew... and here you go removing it as spam. Have you no compassion! —JamesKrause

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2013-05-06 23:23:04   Good point about the inconsistency of the current practice with the Scout Law. I think you're right that Christian scouts would not leave in droves the way that that guy predicted; even people whose churches are opposed may not themselves be opposed. And also right that people are confusing homosexuality with pedophilia. They also may be thinking that gay leaders would preach a "gay lifestyle" — you know, because so many young men have been "converted" that way. —CovertProfessor

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2013-05-07 01:44:26   No need to explain not deleting it as I know you like to give new editors the benefit of the doubt and I truly admire/envy your patience and compassion. —MikeyCrews

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2013-05-08 18:38:00   Hey Jabs...hope your hand is better. FYI I had offered to handle tagged organizational accts before and you never got back to me. Offering again? —PeteB

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2013-05-09 10:32:47   I got a message saying that you edited my page but I don't see anything different? —jenb

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2013-05-09 10:37:55   Oh thanks so much! —jenb

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2013-05-10 21:39:51   Good call about changing it to midnight. I thought about doing it but then decided on a course of action that involved lying on the couch watching Judge Judy :) —LoriOrf

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2013-05-16 19:31:21   Regarding the Shared IP: University Village and TonyWilson. —PeteB

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2013-05-17 12:38:33   The other one has a negative tone to it (IMHO)—this one is more appropriate when we KNOW it isn't sockpuppeting but a shared connection (like the apartment comp lab). It was Jeff who came up with it though. —PeteB

• Actually Pete, I mostly made it in response you your comments to Tony about coming up with a more appropriate label. I was taking a guess, but assumed you wanted a more toned down include. It can be changed if you wanted something different though. I don't think anybodys stopping you from making your own includes actually. Feel free to make something of your own. -JT
  

• I have absolutely no issue with what you put up, Jeff. You hit it out of the park on this one. I just don't see why you (JW) are so concerned? Its the difference between a possible sockpuppet and a known situation where multiple people use the same machine. —PeteB
  

• OK. —JT
  

• I don't have an issue with it, nor am I even concerned. I was simply asking what distinguishing aspect was intended to separate it from the other include. I asked, and then got a perfectly good answer... which is why I asked. —JabberWokky
  

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2013-06-06 13:14:20   Jabberwokky—We've warned UCDHEP about the organizational acct issue several times. Their page was noted in 2011—I've posted on Love Lab and today in Safe Party Initiative. We're being ignored. Can you delete the ucdhep acct please? —PeteB

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2013-06-06 14:14:45   Help me find some contact info and I'd be more then happy to call them personally. —PeteB

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2013-06-07 13:57:35   thanks a lot. it took some time to learn the site's strengths, but i think it found its niche over time. and it was a fun process. i appreciate it. —justincox22