ThadeusOfNazereth

— Wikipedian ♂ —
Myself in 2021
Name	ThadeusOfNazereth
Name in real life	Thadeus Smith
Pronouns	he/him
Nationality	American
Height	6'1"
Personality type	INFJ
Education and employment
Occupation	High school teacher
Education	A.A. Olympic College (2019) B.A. Pacific Lutheran University (2021) M.A. University of Essex (2022)
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs
Religion	Episcopalian
Account statistics
Joined	August 8, 2016
Edit count	~25,000

My username is ThadeusOfNazereth, but my real name is Thadeus Smith. I've been editing on Wikipedia as an IP and a registered user under different accounts since sometime in 2014. Having lost the password to my childhood account Football1607, I began editing at this account on August 8th of 2016 and have no plans to change that.

My interests on Wikipedia are pretty broad! At any given moment in time, I can be found:

• Adding short descriptions to articles
• Creating redirects
• Removing and replacing citations to OurCampaigns
• Fixing CS1 errors, fixing HARV errors, and adding missing page numbers to citations
• Reviewing articles at WP:DYK, WP:NPP, and Category:Articles without sources
• Writing biographies of niche historical figures
• Writing articles on recently released books
• Helping out at Draft:Missing Pieces

In addition to my Wikipedia editing, I am a Volunteer Advisor with the Wikimedia Foundation elections committee, which organizes and oversees elections to the Board of Trustees.

I have a conflict-of-interest in the following articles: John Hagan (sailor), Olympic College, Pacific Lutheran University, University of Essex, and American Heritage School (Florida). Any other potential COI's are so insignificant as to be irrelevant.

Recommended Reading

"But when I think of you, I want to be alone together. I want to strive against and for. I want to live in contact. I want to be a context for you, and you for me."

— Amar El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, This is How You Lose the Time War

Fiction

• This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone is my favorite book of all time. It's a lyrical, poignant love story that contains one of the most beautiful descriptions of love I've ever read.
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is a quick, fun read about a 'lil guy wandering a mysterious house, and I'm afraid I can't share more than that!
• Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman is an engaging work of climate fiction with more than a little bit of that classic British self-deprecation.

Non-fiction

• Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller is a book about the incredible life and disturbing contradictions of David Starr Jordan. I started reading this on my break at work and was so enthralled that I stayed three hours late to finish it.
• We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch is a narrative of the Rwandan genocide. This book was assigned reading in my first year of undergrad and it formed the foundation of my life's trajectory.
• Cross-X by Joe Miller follows the Central High School speech and debate team in their journey to the 2002 National Speech and Debate Tournament. As someone whose life was changed by participation in speech and debate, I found this book deeply moving.

Purely academic

• Two Dozen (or so) Arguments for God by Jerry Walls and Trent Dougherty is a long-form articulation of Alvin Plantinga's arguments for God's existence, with a team of contributors that includes Alexander Pruss, William Lane Craig, and Richard Swinburne.
• Washington's End by Jonathan Horn is an unusual biography that focuses almost entirely on George Washington's post-presidency years, providing insight into his personal struggle with slavery.
• Normal Life by Dean Spade is about the myriad of ways bureaucratic violence impacts the life of trans people in America and around the world.

Online reading

• Antilibraries is one of my favorite "hidden gem" websites—a collection of books that have yet to be read. It inspired me to create my own antilibrary, which quickly just became my actual library.
• The SCP Foundation is the single greatest work of collaborative fiction to have ever existed—Now pushing 10,000 articles!
• Eclectic Orthodoxy, Fr. Adrian Kimel's blog, is my favorite religion website and an invaluable resource for Christian Universalism.

My contributions

This is a list of my more notable contributions, namely pages I've created or substantially expanded/contributed to. They're arranged in alphabetical order under the respective columns, not chronological.

Awards, boxes, and the like

Barnstars

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar For taking a moment to welcome new editors: Thanks! ProClasher97 (talk) 01:38, 8 May 2020 (UTC) The Resilient Barnstar Not a lot of people hold beliefs like you do and I commend you for staying true to who you are in this day and age. I wish you countless healthy years. Dub1zero6 (talk) 06:08, 15 June 2020 (UTC) The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar Thanks for working to help keep the encyclopedia free from non-constructive edits! LizardJr8 (talk) 23:59, 17 January 2021 (UTC) The Original Barnstar ThadeusOfNazereth: We appreciate your attention to detail on out Point La Vista Cape article which examines the biography of land occupation Timucua Natives to 20th Century in Jax, FL. We'll keep trying to strengthen the Citation Section. Thanks for the helping hand. PointLaVista (talk) 18:06, 19 January 2021 (UTC) The Patroller's Barnstar For reviewing at least 100 articles during the drive. Thank you for reviewing or re-reviewing 139 articles, which helped contribute to an overall 1276-article reduction in the backlog during the drive. (t · c) buidhe 12:27, 3 December 2021 (UTC) The Tireless Contributor Barnstar This award is given to ThadeusOfNazereth for collecting more than 25 points doing reviews and re-reviews, in the October NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:01, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Politics

ThadeusOfNazereth thinks first-past-the-post is a flawed voting system and wants fairer votes. This user doesn't like Nazis. This user believes race does not exist except as an oppressive social construct and will oppose racism by any means necessary. This user opposes Uyghur genocide denial. See also: Cultural genocide. Apartheid: Wrong for South Africans; wrong for Palestinians. This user is concerned about Human Rights This user is opposed to any harmful conspiracy theory This user supports drug policy reform; knowing that prohibition is immoral, counterproductive, illiberal and doesn't work. This user supports immigration and the right to travel freely upon the planet we share. This user thinks we don't have the right to decide who lives or dies. Eu This user does NOT support euthanasia and is strongly opposed to all forms of eugenics. This user supports Indigenous rights. This user believes that torture cannot be justified under any circumstances. This user is against transhumanism. This user believes that children should not be indoctrinated into hateful ideologies. This user is Anti-nationalist. This user bows to no king! This user supports youth rights.

Wikipedia

This user is a donor to the Wikimedia Foundation. You can be one, too. This user edits on Wikipedia under his real name. This user has access to the Wikipedia Library. This user is a reviewer at WikiProject Articles for Creation. This user is a member of the Association of Structurist Wikipedians. encyc This user frequently uses a physical encyclopedia to verify facts. This user has almost as many userscripts as they have userboxes. This user has both RedWarn and Twinkle, and may use them together! RW Non nobis solum WebCite This user believes in archiving sources to prevent link rot. <ref> This user would like to see everyone using inline citations. Please... EW+ This user has experienced edit wars and doesn't wish involvement again. Please be civil; no personal attacks. This user is a member of the Association of Redirectionist Wikipedians. This user's editing philosophy... Contribute, let go This user believes in the right of every human being to have access to Wikipedia. This user believes in maintaining citation integrity. Everyone has points of view with inherent cultural biases - recognition is the first step to achieving NPOV.

Favorite Media

D This user reads Dissent. LRB This user reads the London Review of Books. NLR This user reads New Left Review. This user's favorite SCP is SCP-7999. This user attends Camp Half-Blood. This user enjoys all the books in the Twilight series. This user is a fan of the Catwoman, Gotham City's notorious feline thief and East End's protector. This user is a Spider-Man super fan. RVF This user loves Ramona Flowers. This user loves the theatre — classical, fringe, experimental. This user listens to folk punk. This user has been to the Grand Ole Opry. LOST 4 8 15 16 23 42 ΔTPΔ This user is Audrey Horne and she gets what she wants! This user is a fan of Stargate SG-1. This user does not like getting Philiminated from the Race. LEGO MSTR This user likes Lego Masters. This user doesn't want a snuffed torch in Survivor.

My Life

This user has been featured in a newspaper. DEN This user is a fan of the Denver Broncos. This user believes in Trinitarian Christian Universalism or universal reconciliation CAP This user is a former member of the Civil Air Patrol † This user is a participant in WikiProject Debating. This user supports trans-inclusive gender equality. This user is grateful to be a Homo sapiens in a universe full of wonder. This user is a native of the United States of America. This user is a citizen of the U.S. State of Washington. This user teaches at a secondary school. This user was or is an AmeriCorps volunteer. INFJ This user has an INFJ Myers–Briggs Type Indicator

On the WMF

So here's my take; do with it what you will. Fundraising needs to be regular to be effective. Annual pledge drives are necessary not because WMF (or any other organization that runs on donations) are broke; rather there needs to be a regular, dependable stream of income that allows the budgeting and planning process to work efficiently. It's a rather short-sighted (and stupid, IMHO) way to run an organization to only seek income when they are on the verge of bankruptcy; living "paycheck to paycheck" is a bad way for individuals to survive, and doubly so for complex organizations. It doesn't matter how much money the organization has in savings, or how much it spends, it matters that income is regular and predictable. Running savings down to near zero, and then asking for a handout is not the way any organization should run. Fundraising is not done because WMF needs money NOW, it is done because WMF needs money in a predictable manner so as to be able to plan and organize and budget and all of that. The specific wording of the banners aside, much of the anger and vitriol towards WMF seems to be that they are fundraising at all, most of it is centered on the notion that WMF is "swimming in cash" (irrelevant to the need for steady income as a good organizational practice) or that they aren't spending the money they have wisely (which may be a reason to not donate one's self, but seems like rather rude to extend that into blocking the organization from getting any income). It would be helpful to separate the discussions so that we can get the difference between "I don't like the wordings of these banners and think we need to change them" and "I don't think WMF should be seeking donations". The former is a reasonable discussion to have. The latter is unreasonable.
— User:Jayron32, Fundraising meta-question: a Groundhog Day feeling, WP:Help Desk