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Hi, I'm Axl Matulić, A.K.A. Anachronist. My old username User:Amatulic redirects here. My Wiktionary account Wiktionary:User:Anachronist offers an explanation of the username.
I am an administrator here on the English Wikipedia and a member of the Volunteer Response Team (VRT). I'm also a bureaucrat and administrator with the same username on the Minecraft Wiki.
I used to be a scientist working as an engineer in the military field of stealth technology and more recently as a program manager for Silicon Valley tech companies. Now I'm retired and doing occasional freelance 3D design work.
I enjoy anime, role-playing games, educational topics, and especially travel. I'm first-generation American, my mother is German, my father is Croatian, my spouse is Singaporean. I have traveled all over Europe and Eastern Europe, also Canada and Mexico, as well as Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia (particularly Singapore as well as Malaysia and Thailand). I must say Croatia is one of the more beautiful countries I have ever seen, and Stockholm and Dubrovnik are the most beautiful cities I have visited. Unfortunately I have never set foot south of the equator (Singapore is the closest I've come), and hope to do that someday.
I enjoy good wine. Read my profile on the Wikipedia wine project.
Also, I maintain a mathematics-related blog, NABLU (Numerical Analysis Better Left Unsaid), which I update sporadically every few months, mostly for educational purposes and for my own amusement.
This user is a participant in WikiProject Wine. |
This user is a participant in WikiProject Spam. |
This user is a member of WikiProject Skepticism. |
This user values third opinions and occasionally provides one. |
Articles I wrote that appeared on the "Did you know" section of the Wikipedia home page:
On 17 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Red Deer Cave people, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Red Deer Cave people are the youngest prehistoric people discovered who do not appear similar to modern humans? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Red Deer Cave people. |
On 26 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Just This Once, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1993 romance novel Just This Once was authored by a computer in collaboration with its programmer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Just This Once. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
On 23 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nobel Prize effect, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to Richard Hamming, Nobel Prize winners often discover they can no longer work on small problems? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nobel Prize effect. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Nobel Prize effect), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 4 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Solid (web decentralization project), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee created the Solid Project to reclaim the Web from corporations and return control of data to users? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Solid (web decentralization project)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 30 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Assembly theory, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that assembly theory provides an experimentally verifiable way of detecting extraterrestrial life without needing to define what life is? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Assembly theory. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Assembly theory), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
I enjoy offering third opinions in disputes between two editors who have reached an impasse. There's something satisfying about coming to an article I have no opinion about, studying the edit history and talk page discussion, and offering a neutral disinterested viewpoint in an attempt to resolve the dispute. I think the Wikipedia:Third opinion page is a great vehicle for dispute resolution, and more people should use it and participate. My third opinions:
Since becoming an admin in 2010, I noticed the dynamic of a third opinion discussion seems a bit different if you're an admin giving one, and I don't like to seem like I'm any more authoritative than anyone else due to that status, so I stopped participating. Once in a while I'll jump in, though.
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | ||
I salute you for doing the best you can :) Mrpotatohead 2 ( talk) 21:35, 5 May 2009 (UTC) |
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | ||
Keep up the good work and keep smiling Mrpotatohead 2 ( talk) 21:35, 5 May 2009 (UTC) |
The Third Opinion Award | ||
For diligent and faithful service to the Wikipedia community through your work at WP:3O. — TRANSPORTERMAN ( TALK) 17:57, 1 March 2010 (UTC) |
The Barnstar of Diplomacy | ||
For contributing to the end of the edit warring on the Muhammad (PBUH) article. Thank you! Xact ( talk) 15:11, 22 April 2011 (UTC) |
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I saw your post on another talk page for a blocked user and was happy to see that person took your advice The.thanker ( talk) 01:49, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
Hello Amatulic! I hope you enjoy this cookie as an amicable greeting from a fellow Wikipedian, SwisterTwister talk 03:44, 9 September 2011 (UTC) |
The Barnstar of Diligence | |
Thank you Martinkv ( talk) 11:22, 28 December 2011 (UTC) |
The Civility Barnstar | |
For helping to prevent edit wars Misconceptions2 ( talk) 13:12, 12 March 2012 (UTC) |
The Special Barnstar | |
Thanks for your contributions! SwisterTwister talk 23:03, 18 May 2012 (UTC) |
The Barnstar of Good Humor | |
thanks Kikililly01 ( talk) 19:14, 25 January 2013 (UTC) |
The Barnstar of Diligence | ||
Keep up the excellent Wikipedia work! Lubbad85 ( ☎) 02:53, 14 April 2019 (UTC) |
The Socratic Barnstar | ||
Thanks for bringing level-headed reason to Wikipedia disputes. Pyrrho the Skeptic ( talk) 15:51, 10 August 2021 (UTC) |
The Teamwork Barnstar | |
Thanks for your help with the RFC. Andrevan @ 18:00, 30 July 2022 (UTC) |
prec | This editor is a precisionist. |
This user is a member of the Volunteer Response Team (VRT). ( verify) |
NEWS | This user has access to Newspapers.com through The Wikipedia Library. |
PMP | This user is a certified
Project Management Professional. |
This user is a scientist. |
This user plays Minecraft. |
Hi, I'm Axl Matulić, A.K.A. Anachronist. My old username User:Amatulic redirects here. My Wiktionary account Wiktionary:User:Anachronist offers an explanation of the username.
I am an administrator here on the English Wikipedia and a member of the Volunteer Response Team (VRT). I'm also a bureaucrat and administrator with the same username on the Minecraft Wiki.
I used to be a scientist working as an engineer in the military field of stealth technology and more recently as a program manager for Silicon Valley tech companies. Now I'm retired and doing occasional freelance 3D design work.
I enjoy anime, role-playing games, educational topics, and especially travel. I'm first-generation American, my mother is German, my father is Croatian, my spouse is Singaporean. I have traveled all over Europe and Eastern Europe, also Canada and Mexico, as well as Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia (particularly Singapore as well as Malaysia and Thailand). I must say Croatia is one of the more beautiful countries I have ever seen, and Stockholm and Dubrovnik are the most beautiful cities I have visited. Unfortunately I have never set foot south of the equator (Singapore is the closest I've come), and hope to do that someday.
I enjoy good wine. Read my profile on the Wikipedia wine project.
Also, I maintain a mathematics-related blog, NABLU (Numerical Analysis Better Left Unsaid), which I update sporadically every few months, mostly for educational purposes and for my own amusement.
This user is a participant in WikiProject Wine. |
This user is a participant in WikiProject Spam. |
This user is a member of WikiProject Skepticism. |
This user values third opinions and occasionally provides one. |
Articles I wrote that appeared on the "Did you know" section of the Wikipedia home page:
On 17 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Red Deer Cave people, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Red Deer Cave people are the youngest prehistoric people discovered who do not appear similar to modern humans? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Red Deer Cave people. |
On 26 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Just This Once, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1993 romance novel Just This Once was authored by a computer in collaboration with its programmer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Just This Once. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
On 23 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nobel Prize effect, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to Richard Hamming, Nobel Prize winners often discover they can no longer work on small problems? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nobel Prize effect. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Nobel Prize effect), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 4 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Solid (web decentralization project), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee created the Solid Project to reclaim the Web from corporations and return control of data to users? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Solid (web decentralization project)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 30 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Assembly theory, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that assembly theory provides an experimentally verifiable way of detecting extraterrestrial life without needing to define what life is? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Assembly theory. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Assembly theory), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
I enjoy offering third opinions in disputes between two editors who have reached an impasse. There's something satisfying about coming to an article I have no opinion about, studying the edit history and talk page discussion, and offering a neutral disinterested viewpoint in an attempt to resolve the dispute. I think the Wikipedia:Third opinion page is a great vehicle for dispute resolution, and more people should use it and participate. My third opinions:
Since becoming an admin in 2010, I noticed the dynamic of a third opinion discussion seems a bit different if you're an admin giving one, and I don't like to seem like I'm any more authoritative than anyone else due to that status, so I stopped participating. Once in a while I'll jump in, though.
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | ||
I salute you for doing the best you can :) Mrpotatohead 2 ( talk) 21:35, 5 May 2009 (UTC) |
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | ||
Keep up the good work and keep smiling Mrpotatohead 2 ( talk) 21:35, 5 May 2009 (UTC) |
The Third Opinion Award | ||
For diligent and faithful service to the Wikipedia community through your work at WP:3O. — TRANSPORTERMAN ( TALK) 17:57, 1 March 2010 (UTC) |
The Barnstar of Diplomacy | ||
For contributing to the end of the edit warring on the Muhammad (PBUH) article. Thank you! Xact ( talk) 15:11, 22 April 2011 (UTC) |
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
I saw your post on another talk page for a blocked user and was happy to see that person took your advice The.thanker ( talk) 01:49, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
Hello Amatulic! I hope you enjoy this cookie as an amicable greeting from a fellow Wikipedian, SwisterTwister talk 03:44, 9 September 2011 (UTC) |
The Barnstar of Diligence | |
Thank you Martinkv ( talk) 11:22, 28 December 2011 (UTC) |
The Civility Barnstar | |
For helping to prevent edit wars Misconceptions2 ( talk) 13:12, 12 March 2012 (UTC) |
The Special Barnstar | |
Thanks for your contributions! SwisterTwister talk 23:03, 18 May 2012 (UTC) |
The Barnstar of Good Humor | |
thanks Kikililly01 ( talk) 19:14, 25 January 2013 (UTC) |
The Barnstar of Diligence | ||
Keep up the excellent Wikipedia work! Lubbad85 ( ☎) 02:53, 14 April 2019 (UTC) |
The Socratic Barnstar | ||
Thanks for bringing level-headed reason to Wikipedia disputes. Pyrrho the Skeptic ( talk) 15:51, 10 August 2021 (UTC) |
The Teamwork Barnstar | |
Thanks for your help with the RFC. Andrevan @ 18:00, 30 July 2022 (UTC) |