Sawadee krap! (Hello!) I am Rlevse. My main interests here on Wikipedia 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 engineer. 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), see my “About me” page for more. According to this page, I am the 96th highest contributor to Wikipedia as of April 22, 2009 — and I don't run bots either. 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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