Time in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things and drowns them in the depths of obscurity.... But the tale of history forms a very strong bulwark against the stream of time, and checks in some measure its irresistible flow, so that, of all things done in it, as many as history has taken over it secures and binds together, and does not allow them to slip away into the abyss of oblivion.
Hey there! As you have probably deduced by now, I'm Laurinavicius and this is my homepage. I discovered Wikipedia a few years ago, but, at first, the thought of contributing as an editor and writer never crossed my mind. However, in the interest of furthering both my own personal knowledge and the collective sum of human knowledge found here on Wikipedia, I decided to do so more than four years ago and, since then, have been completely and totally hooked. Editing Wikipedia is a true passion of mine, something I wholly enjoy. Unfortunately, my real-life commitments had forced me to take a rather lengthy WikiBreak that I've only just concluded, which means, in short, that I'm back.
My interests are very widespread, but my favorite is history, especially that which relates to the military and government. As a result, I edit articles of a wide variety in size, importance, and field: everything from the smallest Stubs and articles that off the beaten path, to the largest, most important, and controversial ones. When working on articles, I mainly copyedit and expand them.
I can be contacted multiple ways. If you want to talk to me about my edits, you can do so on my talk page. If there is anything that you would like to share or discuss with me in private, you can e-mail me at mlaurinavicius@optonline.net.
The Copyeditor's Barnstar Recognizing your helpful copy-editing contributions. Izzedine (talk) 01:04, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
The Apprentice Award in Minor Discovering Locations of Pages To myself, for finding User:GeneralIroh's Special Page. Laurinavicius (talk) 02:16, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
The Secret Subpage Finder Barnstar This user has found Hi878's secret hidden sub page! Will you be the next one to find it? Try it here! Hi878 (talk) 01:53, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
WP:FILM Silver Reel This is to acknowledge and thank you for your participation in tagging and assessing 400 articles in WP:FILMS' Tag & Assess Drive 2009-2010. You have helped to ensure our project has a better idea of the articles under our scope. I appreciate your efforts in further helping the project! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 21:30, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar For your copyediting efforts during the May 2010 Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive, editing 26 articles with a combined total of 12,622 words, I hereby award you this Cleanup Barnstar. Congratulations and thank you for all your hard work! --Diannaa 03:09, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
The 10k Copy Edit Barnstar For copy editing the following article:
The Old School Barnstar This Old School barnstar is awarded to Laurinavicius for copy editing articles with a combined total of 33,075 words during the Guild of Copy EditorsMay and July 2010 backlog drives. Your contributions are appreciated!--Diannaa 18:14, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
This user has signed the guestbook of Mr.Kennedy1 and deserves this award. If you want this award too, just sign the guestbook.
The Working Man's Barnstar For your copyediting efforts during the Guild of Copy Editors'September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, editing seven articles with a combined total of 9,636 words (10,089 with rollover), I have great pleasure in presenting you with this barnstar. On behalf of the Guild, thank you for your participation, and see you at the next drive. – S Masters (talk) 16:53, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
The Wikilink Barnstar This Wikilink Barnstar is given to Laurinavicius for wikifying 4 articles, a total of 17,041 words. Thanks for participating, and please be sure to help out at our next drive! Nolelover 00:54, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia This Superior Barnstar is given to Laurinavicius for a leaderboard appearance. Again, thanks for participating! Nolelover 00:54, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia This special barnstar is awarded to Laurinavicius for copy editing articles totalling over 80,000 words in the January GOCE Backlog elimination drive. What a great achievement! Thank you for participating in the drive. Diannaa 18:02, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Leaderboard Award – 5K Articles – 5th Place This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Laurinavicius for copy editing five articles of 5,000 words or more during the Guild of Copy Editors'January 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you so much for all your efforts. – SMasters (talk) 08:42, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Many people know that if someone reverts an article more than three times in 24 hours (3RR), they may be blocked to prevent edit warring. But did you know that:
Although reverts on different articles do not count towards the limit, different reverts on the same article do count. So if you revert Paragraph A twice and Paragraph B twice in 24 hours, you have made four reverts and may be blocked.
If you revert three times, wait for 24 hours and start reverting again, you may be blocked for 'gaming' the rule. The three-revert rule is an electric fence, not an entitlement.
Although you cannot be blocked for repeatedly reverting vandalism, many Wikipedians mistake edits for vandalism when they are not. For example, edits that do not respect the neutral point of view policy are not vandalism.
The easiest way to avoid being blocked for reverting is to revert as little as possible and discuss with your fellow editors instead. Some editors limit themselves to one or no reverts a day. Select categories on Wikipedia are limited to 1RR (one revert rule). Those articles will have an edit notice to apprise you of their special status. For 1RR you may only revert one edit in the entire category per 24-hours.
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