My real name is Kevin Bailey, and I have an eclectic career background, working mainly in education (at various levels, now in higher education), but also running my own business for several years, and (early on) working for a time in the medical field. This background has made me a bit of "a jack of all trades, but a master of none." The only area where I've achieved a bit of mastery is in a few narrow sections of literature, as well as on education-related topics.
My username derives from a character in one of my favorite novelas, The Picture of Dorian Gray. I love Oscar Wilde, both the man and his work--particularly De Profundis. If I make any mistakes, please drop me a line and I will fix them. I have edited Wikipedia since October of 2006, and have detailed my editing history here, with specific articles I've created over the years listed here.
This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 1 month and 16 days.
Note: I was not the primary contributor on these articles, but neither was my work on them insubstantial. As I've been working on this project for almost 8 years (I actually started out as a constructive IP editor in the latter part of 2006), it seems like I remember doing some other work on articles that achieved FA or GA, but I can't remember what (if any) articles these might have been.
John McGraw - 13 July-13 August 2008 - Famous figure in baseball; I did a lot of work on it during this time frame, in an attempt to prep it for a run at GA or FA, and other editors came in and finished the work.
To let you know that you impressed me with your involvement in Brianhe's RfA, and it is not only because I concurred with your position, but more so because I saw your arguments convincing and coherent. On many occasions, I just wanted to write "ditto, me too!" below your comments. You had stolen my thoughts and repackaged them neatly in words and sentences better than I could have. It was not merely that, however. There were a good number of supporters who were similarly eloquent. The difference was that you accompanied clarity with sincere passion. You opposed until the end what you thought (me too) was an unfair treatment of a dedicated and resourceful editor, and fought against an unstable system. I have seen many slighted contributors become disillusioned because most users have taken their work for granted. But you are not one of those. I may have disagreed with you in the previous RfA, but what you showed in Brianhe's RfA has made me think very highly of you. Caballero/Historiador ⎌ 06:13, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
The Resilient Barnstar
While I may disagree with some of your viewpoints, you courageously and eloquently advocate for controversial viewpoints–exactly what is needed to at least bring more-than-trivial change to Wikipedia, which hasn't happened in the last 15 years. Esquivaliencet 05:41, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
Brianhe RfA Appreciation award
Thank you for participating at my RfA. Your support was very much appreciated even if I did get a bit scorched. Brianhe (talk) 03:27, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
Peacemaker67 RfA Appreciation award
Thank you for participating and supporting at my RfA. It was very much appreciated, and I am humbled that the community saw fit to trust me with the tools. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:09, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
