Essays Groupthink has written[edit]

• Lists considered harmful

What Groupthink is[edit]

• Showing impending signs of Wikiholism.
• An exclusionist.
• Prone to stream-of-consciousness writing.
• A promoter of using categories to index Wikipedia content.
• A graduate of the Master's program in Software Engineering at Texas State University.
• Unlike a certain Essjay, is not lying about his credentials.
• Also unlike same, is willing to verify or demonstrate his credentials.
• A polymath.
• Of the extremely controversial opinion that Wikipedia administrators should only be allowed to make administrative-type edits and should be disallowed from making any other type of edit.
• Of the opinion that Wikipedia could use a peer credibility ratings system.
• Of the opinion that credentialed experts ought to be deferred to.
• Someone who hates to use prepositions to end sentences with.
• Someone who really needs to get his ass on Jeopardy!, be the next Ken Jennings and win a brazilian dollars.
• An online privacy advocate.
• A believer in the widespread use of encryption.
• An open-source sympathizer.
• Of the tendency to use the term "cite" in place of "citation".
• Probably far more prone to (metaphorically speaking) kicking over hornet's nests than is good for him.
• A Scientist and an advocate of the Scientific method.
• A Skeptic.
• A Night Owl.
• Prone to calling an exclamation point a "bang", an apostrophe a "tick", a period a "dot", a slash a "whack", and a backslash a "backwhack".
• Anal about the difference between a hyphen and a dash.
• Curious if the British call a backslash a "backstroke".
• A smart-ass.

What Groupthink is not[edit]

• Willing to reveal his real name or other personal details of his identity to prove his credentials or for any other reason.
• A believer in the persuasiveness of "...but I get X number of Google hits for Y!" based arguments.
• An inclusionist.
• Yet persuaded that the brain/mind is nothing but a Universal Turing Machine... emphasis on the word yet.
• An open-source fanatic.
• A promoter of using lists to index Wikipedia content.
• A believer in the notion that a point-of-view can ever be truly neutral.
• A believer in the notion that all arguments are of equal merit prima facie and thus deserve equal time.
• Good at false sentiment, being diplomatic for diplomacy's sake, or averse to conflict if it results in a positive outcome.
• Partial to net nannies, consensus-mongerers, or those who think it's more important to get along and play nice than it is to get things right.
• A believer in consensus for consensus' sake.
• An early riser.
• A consistent and regular sleeper.
• A condoner of ad hominem attacks.
• Willing to show any mercy to those who have the gall to launch an ad hominem attack against this user based on the contents of this page.
• A holder of two doctorates in theology and canon law.
• Disciplined and stingy in choosing keywords to highlight with internal links.
• Decided on which he likes better: The American English grammatical convention of pairing a singular verb with a collective noun (e.g., "The department has decided to purchase more widgets.") or the British English convention of pairing a plural verb with a collective noun (e.g., "The department have decided to purchase more widgets.")
• Good at remembering to stick four tildes at the end of his talk page comments.
• Prone to calling a slash a "stroke", a Z a "zed", or a period a "full stop", but is amused by those who are.
• A dumb-ass.