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I retired from the US Department of Defense after 31 years of civilian service. I spent two years in Stuttgart and another two years living in Eltville.
I lived in Maryland for most of my adult life but have now moved back to Oklahoma.
Basically because of the manner in which an article was written about Jeffrey Vernon Merkey. The way in which the Wikipedia community handled such a controversial subject, in spite of Mr. Merkey's provocations and the actions of his more irresponsible critics, was very impressive.
As a result of watching how the community originally dealt with Merkey, I became interested in the actions of other vandals and largely restricted my activities to RC patrol and other vandal fighting actions.
As a result of later actions concerning Merkey, I have also become very interested in the Wikipedia power structure.
These days, I tend to be more an observer than a participant
