User:KrakatoaKatie

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Account: created June 14, 2006

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Administrator status: Granted on June 8, 2007 (log|nomination)

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Who is Krakatoa Katie?

Hello – welcome to my Wikihome. Check the 'status' box up on the right to see if I'm around. Unfortunately, sometimes I forget to change it, so I may be here when it says I'm gone and vice versa. If the box says I'm here but I don't answer your message promptly, check my logs or my user contributions. If neither has recent activity, I'm on a break and forgot to change the box. Forgetting things happens when you're over 40. Just wait, all you young whippersnappers. ;-)

If I'm missing in action from Wikipedia for a few days in a row, it's almost always because I'm knitting. I love to knit, and I really love to knit socks. My project-related userboxes are on the right, and you can see most of my non-Wikipedia affiliations at the bottom of the page, as I've simply added my name to the appropriate categories in lieu of columns of userboxes. R.E.M. is so special that it deserves its own userbox, and that's why it is the sole exemption.

So, why KrakatoaKatie? I chose my new user name to honor a happy memory from my childhood.

Krakatoa Katie is a character from a 1945 Mighty Mouse animated film from Terrytoons titled Mighty Mouse in Krakatoa. The six-minute film is set on the island of Krakatoa, where a community of friendly mice live, including a female mouse named Krakatoa Katie. Katie, wearing a sarong, performs a seductive dance to a very catchy song that notes how well she "shakes her sarong."

The song and dance make the volcano angry, and it erupts. The mice send out a worldwide plea for help and a seismologist gets the message. He drinks a potion and magically transforms into Mighty Mouse. Mighty Mouse saves Katie and her friends from the eruption, he gets a kiss from Katie, and all is well in the end.

Growing up, we watched cartoons in my house every morning before school, and the 'Krakatoa' episode was shown at least once every two weeks. By the time I left home, the song had branded itself into my brain. That was a long time ago, but I still remember the cartoon and the song and it occasionally sticks in my head for a period of time. Like right now, for example. ;-)

Some words on my administration philosophy (protecting, deleting, unprotecting, undeleting, and so on)...

... if you're here because I deleted an article through either the speedy deletion or the proposed deletion process, I will restore it upon request. (Please ask nicely. Please.) If I'm not here (see above), ask another admin to do so, stating in your request that I'm the deleting admin and I'm unavailable. Regardless of the admin who restores the article, you should improve it quickly – within hours, not weeks – because a restoration does not prevent someone else from nominating it for deletion through either the proposed deletion process or a formal nomination for deletion. An editor who pleads for a particular article's undeletion only to abandon the thing seems insincere, and insincerity is bad.

If you're here about an articles for deletion discussion I closed in a manner with which you disagree, I'm happy to listen to your viewpoint and briefly give you the reasoning behind my decision. I'm not perfect and goodness knows I've made mistakes, so I always want to be sure I'm making decisions with which the community agrees.

That said, I'll only do it once. A back-and-forth between us over a discussion that lasted five days is pointless. If you still disagree with me after I've explained my rationale, you should go to deletion review. I think all administration actions should be transparent and must stand up to scrutiny by the community, and that's why I encourage you to go to deletion review, the proper place for that kind of dialogue. The conversation is then open to everyone, not just you and me.

Seriously. I mean it. Go to deletion review and make your case. I won't get mad, or go on a vendetta to "get you," or become a bean stuffer, or any other such nonsense, and you shouldn't either. Read on, and all will become clear.

If I've protected the wrong version of a page which you've been editing, too bad. I don't care which version was protected, yours or his or hers or theirs. I care that the edit war has been stopped. Use the talk page to work out your differences. Open a request for comment to get community-wide input. Go take a walk. Get a hobby. Just don't come complaining that the wrong version is protected, because short of BLP issues, I'm not going to "fix it" for you.

If you're here because I blocked you, you're in the wrong place. Follow the instructions given in the message you saw when you tried to edit. Although I've done it a couple of times, rarely will I unblock without the consensus of other admins because rarely will I block without the consensus of other admins.

Some words on my editing style...

... if you come across a contribution of mine that is incorrect or seems nonsensical to you, please feel free to fix it in the appropriate manner. I rarely get frazzled or personally upset over Wikipedia content. If my edit was correct in adding or deleting material, that material will find its way into or out of the article eventually, and I don't particularly care if I'm the one who actually performs the task. If I was incorrect, kudos to the person who repairs my error. The encyclopedia improves no matter who gets the credit, so don't worry about offending or bothering me.

Because of my philosophy, I do not and will not start or participate in an edit war, but do not mistake my stance for apathy or indifference. As a RN who has spent thousands of nights caring for post-CABG and other cardiac intensive care patients, I tend to look at the 'big picture' when pondering such matters. In the big picture – at least in my big picture – becoming upset or angry over a Wikipedia edit isn't worth the stress caused by anxiety or irritation.

Wikipedia is a tremendous gift to the world and deserves attention and financial support from as many people as possible. I have given and will continue to give time and treasure and hope everyone else does the same... but before lashing out in fear or anger, please take a step back and look at your own 'big picture.'

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