User:HiEv

Main Information About HiEv This user loves knowledge. en This user is a native speaker of the English language. ja-1 この利用者は初級の日本語ができます。 This user believes in logic. This user is a skeptic. This user swears by Science that they are an atheist. This user is a secular humanist. This user understands biological evolution. BCS This user has a Bachelor of Computer Science degree. This user is a software engineer. This user has an account on GitHub. prog This user has been programming for 77.5% of their life. 78%   Programming Languages [[Twine]]-4 This user is an expert [[Twine]] programmer. [[Delphi]]-4 This user is an expert [[Delphi]] programmer. pas-4 This user is an expert Pascal programmer. HTML-3 This user is an advanced HTML user. js-3 This user is an advanced JavaScript programmer. vb-3 This user is an advanced Visual Basic programmer. {{Wiki}} This user is an advanced writer in the MediaWiki language. BASIC-3 This user is an advanced BASIC programmer. css-2 This user is an intermediate Cascading Style Sheets user. svg-2 This user is an intermediate SVG user. C++-2 This user is an intermediate C++ programmer. asm-1 This user is a beginning assembly language programmer.

Who is HiEv?

I'm a computer programmer with a specialization in 2D computer graphic formats. I was was active on Usenet for quite a while (until Verizon Online dropped free Usenet access to the alt.* hierarchy). I'm also a former moderator of the Skepticality forums, AniDB, and the North American Perfect World wiki (under the name "Sangodoc"). I'm a long-time follower of the James Randi Educational Foundation and a proud skeptic.

"HiEv" is actually short for High Evolutionary, my old nick from my BBS days, and is pronounced "high-'ev".

I've been doing minor edits, corrections, and updates in Wikipedia anonymously for a while now, so I figured it was about time to get a user account.

If I do anything wrong, please let me know what I did and what I should have done instead. I enjoy constructive criticism.  :-)

Useful tools and links

For quick reference, here's a link to my contribution history.

WikiDefcon 1 2 3 4 5

WikiDefcon 4 Low to moderate level of vandalism Comment: 3.11 RPM according to RedWarn Tools. Bot is still down as of the 24th of May, 2025. Patient Zero^talk 01:40, 24 May 2025 (UTC) (change)

Wikipedia: Policies and guidelines - WP:POLICY
Wikipedia: Citation templates - WP:CITET
Wikipedia: Vandalism - WP:VANDAL (Administrator intervention against vandalism, other warning templates)
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents - WP:ANI (for reporting various infractions)
Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup - WP:TMC
Template:Disputed - Template:Disputed (various POV and/or disputed templates)
Wikipedia: New pages - Special:Newpages
The Wikipedia Signpost - WP:POST

Miscellaneous information about HiEv in userbox form

My Philosophy and Preferences This user is a computer scientist. This user believes science, practiced through the scientific method, is the most reliable way of determining the nature of reality. This user is a naturalist who believes only natural laws and forces operate in the universe. This user is a physicalist who believes everything that exists consists of matter and energy. evol This user considers evolution an amazing biological fact. This user advocates pacifism. This user is not religious. This user is interested in religion as a sociological and psychological phenomenon. This user believes that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is as likely as creationism. This user believes in the separation of church and state. Until proven wrong, this user does not believe in the supernatural.

I Enjoy アニメ This user is an anime otaku. This user enjoys playing Magic: The Gathering This user likes to play Role-playing games. This user reads webcomics. TDS This user watches the most trusted name in fake news. This user enjoys reading science fiction. This user's hero is Isaac Asimov. This user enjoys Star Trek. This user reads the horror works of the master H. P. Lovecraft.

My Computer Setup This user contributes using Opera. This user contributes using Windows 10. This user runs macOS. This user has a dual monitor configuration.

Information About Me Which Should Be Unimportant Name This user wants their name to be confidential. XXX This user is a male. 53Y This Wikipedian was born on 5 January 1972 and is 53 years, 4 months, and 19 days old. This user is American; recognized ancestry ends at the border. This user comes from Canada.