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Sawadee krap! (Hello!) I am Rlevse. My main interests here on Misplaced Pages are building and helping others to build the encyclopedia in a positive environment. As you know, that’s sometimes easier said than done, but if we all cooperate to build the encyclopedia, it can be done and wiki can become a model for international cooperation. My main topics of interest are Scouting, History, Culture and article improvement. My wife, JoJo, is from Thailand, so I am interested in Thai articles too. I was a Russian linguist in the U.S. Navy but am now retired from the Navy and work as a computer systems administrator. I hold A+, Security+, CISSP, and a few other certifications in the IT field. I also speak some German, Japanese, and Thai. There is more about me on my about page.

My history on wikipedia: First edit as an IP — Nov 03, 2005; created my Rlevse account — Nov 15, 2005; became an admin on Feb 27, 2007; became an arbitration clerk in November 2007; became a Commons admin Dec 7, 2007; became a bureaucrat on Jul 29, 2008; became a checkuser on Oct 06, 2008; officially designated an arbitrator on Dec 20, 2008; became an oversighter on Dec 22, 2008. 2008 was quite year for me! I became a member of the OTRS team on Jun 28, 2009. If you need help in any of those areas, let me know.

I am one of the founders of Scouting WikiProject, created the Scouting Portal (the 8th Featured Portal on WP). According to this page, I am the 110th highest contributor to Misplaced Pages as of September 29, 2010 — and I don't run bots either. My user page is the 19th most watched. I have the global account (SUL) Rlevse.

My user page has been vandalized 36 times so far, then a wiki gnome protected it.

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“Dog” The Teddy Bear

"Dog" is a legitimate alternate account of mine

This editor is a Senior Editor III and is entitled to display this Rhodium Editor Star.

This user has been on Misplaced Pages for 19 years, 2 months and 8 days.

This user has written or significantly contributed to eighteen Featured articles on Misplaced Pages.

This user has written or significantly contributed to one Featured portal on Misplaced Pages.

This user has written or significantly contributed to fifteen featured lists on Misplaced Pages.

This user has helped to promote one Featured topic on Misplaced Pages.

This user has written or expanded 25 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page.

This user has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian and was awarded their own day. I now have 9 of them.

This user is a coordinator emeritus of WikiProject Scouting.

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