User:Jnothman

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Hi, my name's Joel Nothman, a Wikipedian when I need to procrastinate.

I am an observant Jew living in Sydney, Australia, studying at the University of Sydney, messing my way through a B.Sc./B.A.. I am likely to major in Computer Science (interested in computational linguistics), Linguistics and Classical Hebrew. I have plenty of other committments, so Wikipedia just comes as a procrastination tool- and it is very effective at its job, too. See also my web site.

My interests are many, so maybe once I've consolidated a list, I'll write about them. I think most areas of my knowledge that will come into use on Wikipedia, though, are in relation to Judaism/Israel, particularly focussing on Zionism and Zionist history, modern Israel, Hebrew and Israeli linguistics, etc.

I enjoy responding to questions on the Help Desk and occasionally the email one too.

If I really feel like spending lots of time in the Wikipedia world, I monitor the recent changes with CryptoDerk's Vandal Fighter and deliberate on the day's always-stunning collection of AFDs (see my afd helper script).

I have also been working on scripts to make Wikipedia nicer to use and moderate, and am a member of WikiProject User scripts.

See my Wikipedia contribs or kate's edit count.
Now: Tuesday 10 June 21:17 UTC

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he-2 משתמש זה מסוגל לתרום ברמה בינונית של עברית.
arc-1 This user is able to contribute in one or more Aramaic languages at a basic level.
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ع		 This user has a basic understanding of the Arabic script.
... This user would like to be able to speak more languages.
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This user is a member of the Judaism WikiProject.
o-b This user was over-babeled and has decided to cut down
prg This user has programming experience in python, PHP, Java, C, C++, SQL, Perl, CSS, HTML, XHTML.
mus This user sings a little, and has played piano, guitar and trumpet.
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  • Kaddish
  • Zionist youth movement. My first article! Was easier to define and work with than Zionist youth group or Jewish youth organization, etc...
  • Dudu Fisher. My second article started.
  • Shalom. Wrote more complete use in expressions section.

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This Working Man's Barnstar is awarded to Jnothman for his tireless and diligent work on the reference desk templates! -- Natalya 19:31, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
This Working Man's Barnstar is awarded to Jnothman for his tireless and diligent work on the reference desk templates! -- Natalya 19:31, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Thanks for making such a useful tool (AfD Helper)! I used to comment on AfD's a lot, but quit because it took forever. Now, I can comment on more AfD's in less time! Thank you again! NF24(radio me!Editor review) 15:43, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
The da Vinci Barnstar
For writing a script that can be easily retooled into manty purposes. Will (talk) 18:37, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
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