''AreYouThere? OrphanPage, February 1, 2004; last edited April 15, 2002.''

''Moved from NiCk''

Hey there kiddos! My name is Nick Gibson, from Bellevue, Wa, outside Seattle.

I'm in school right now doing begining training for my MCSE so I can get paid to be a nerd, and my major interests include:

PunkRock, DirectAction, love, life and justice, HowardZinn, computers, grindcore, thrashcore, sideways glaces and www.livejournal.com (I'm at http://www.livejournal.com/~xjaprufrockx .)

As time passes I'll find interesting thoughts and musings to make this worthwhile, until then, deal.

You can contact me at Nickgoldfish@yahoo.com, I love email.

my hero = PerfectGameOfPacMan

--NiCk!

PS - For the Record - I was considering explaining this when I initially created this page, however, I felt it would be seen as trite and/or egotistical - but since others have brought it up... I have formatted my name this way for a long time.  As long as I can remember.  The fact the Wiki creates addresses by means of connecting capitalized words/letters together meshed perfectly with this quirk of mine; I can use both my real name *and* the spelling and format I am most comfortable with.  I am aware of RealNamesPlease ... I am using my real name... 'NiCk' is no fabrication.  I am not a formal person, I don't like using my last name, but it is provided for those who are curious for some reason.

Am I easier to bond with, commune with, understand or argue with, by providing an arbitrary second moniker to complicate the first?  I could have made a page for NickRawmanousski easily, but I chose not to, as that's not who I am.  NiCk is. ''I don't mean this to be snotty... I'm just explaining.  Not disrespecting those who have brought my name to my attention.'' -- NiCk

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The reaction you see might also be explained by the principles underlying FixBrokenWindows and TheTippingPoint. I wouldn't have thought your explanation as trite or egotistical, but instead something that explains the validity of something unconventional. Without that explanation though it could be seen as setting a bad example .. along the lines of IfNiCkCanDoItYouCanDoIt ;-) -- EricScheid

''the FixBrokenWindows theory is intriguing... I can easily see how it applies to my chosen page... For the record, I think most can infer (but assume and you make an ass out of you and me, hah), but I don't see my name as a 'broken window', is all.  It's just who I am.  I don't intend for others to jump on my 'bandwagon' and start pages like '420NOFXPunk' or something horrendously awful like that...   On another note... maybe I as a whole am a broken window... that could be debated.... hmm... perhaps it *should* be debated... anyhow, off to bed.'' -- NiCk

Well, seeing as I didn't actually call you a broken window per se, but instead pointed at the underlying principles involved, namely that actions follow appearances, so be careful what example you set. A similar principle is with DontTryThisAtHomeKids ''(usually followed by "We are professionals ... professional idiots, that is")''. -- EricScheid

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''Definitely RealNamesPlease. It's polite and respectful to the community to abide by the conventions of that community, and respect in one direction engenders respect in return. -- AnonymousDonor''

Yeah!!! --PhlIp

But doesn't first-name only make things confusing? -- NickBensema

And yet, I've seen many people highly annoyed at 'AnonymousDonor' .... it says *nothing* about identity, making community fostering difficult.... I've provided my full name... you won't give yours when commenting on my actions? ;)