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'''My bookmarks'''
<br />[[CZ:Video Games Subgroup]]
<br />[[CZ:Games Workgroup]]
<br />[[Template:Infobox_CVG]]
<br />[[CZ:Approval process]]
<br />[[Video game/Genres]]
<br />[[Help:Index|New help system]]
<br />[http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Special%3ALog&type=newusers&user=&page=&year=&month=-1 User creation log]
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'''Articles I'm currently working on'''
<br />[[Bubble Bobble]]
<br />[[Dizzy (series)]]
<br />[[Space Quest]]
<br />[[ToeJam & Earl (video game)]]
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'''Who ya gonna call...'''
<br />[[User_talk:Dan Nessett|Dan]]
<br />[[User_talk:Hayford Peirce|Hayford]]
<br />[[User_talk:D. Matt Innis|Matt]]
<br />[[User_talk:Peter Schmitt|Peter]]
<br /><small><i>Don't be offended if you aren't on this list,
<br />this is just the talk pages I use most often!</i></small>
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==Significant dates==
* Citizen: 18 March 2010-present
* [[CZ:Personnel#Technical_staff|Technical staff]]: 26 April 2010-6 April 2011
* Editor in the [[CZ:Games Workgroup|Games Workgroup]]: 10 May 2010-present
* [[CZ:Constabulary|Constable]]: 12 August 2010 - 24 October 2010
* Elected to the Management Council: 24 October 2010-6 April 2011

==My Qualifications==
* [http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/qualification/D12.htm Diploma in Computing] from the [[Open University]].

==My Technical Skills==
I began using computers when I was about 4 years old and by the time I started primary school I had my introduction to [[BASIC]] programming on the [[Amstrad CPC 464]]. Throughout my childhood and teenage years I gained some experience in programming [[Visual Basic]], [[C++]] and [[Java]], however in adulthood I discovered that my main interest was with web development. I quickly because proficient in [[HTML]] and other basic web programming techniques such as [[CSS]], but I wanted to make websites that '''actually do things'''. I taught myself [[PHP]] and [[SQL]], as well as delving into some other areas such as [[JavaScript]]. I have created a couple of interactive websites, the main one being [http://www.neotrophies.co.uk Neotrophies] and also spent a year developing a management suite for a local callcentre which now handles all of their operations including customer management, data collection, report generation, invoicing and payroll.
===My Technical Contributions at Citizendium===
After setting up a clone of CZ on my personal machine, I began work on remedying some of the technical issues present in the software. I was later added to the [[CZ:Personnel#Technical_staff|Technical Staff]], and later still given the editinterface right in order to implement changes. A list of bugs that I have fixed can be found [http://bugs.citizendium.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&emailassigned_to1=1&order=Last%20Changed&bug_status=CLOSED&email1=chris%40jibbles.co.uk&resolution=FIXED&emailtype1=substring here].
====Significant modifications under development====
* Creation of a proposal for the [[User:Chris Key/Sandbox/Proposal: Overhaul of user rights|overhaul of the user rights system]]
====Significant modifications implemented====
* Design and implementation of the [[Template:Greenapprovalbar|green approval bar]] on the [[Special:Watchlist|Watchlist]] and [[Special:RecentChanges|RecentChanges]] pages (May 17, 2010)
* Testing and oversight of the AddThis widget (July 06, 2010)
* Development of [[Special:MetadataForm|an extension]] to simplify the creation and modification of metadata (22 August 2010)

==My Gaming Experience==
I have been playing computer games since the late eighties and have a varied experience in many games. From a young age I worked on programming games in the limited languages that were available to me at the time. Whilst none of my games have been published (as I lack the graphical skills mainly), I still occasionally work on these. I have read many books on games design and programming, and I keep up to date on several websites on the topic. I also keep up to date on upcoming games even if I do not intend to play them, as well as having a firm interest in older retro games. I am a member of the [http://www.igda.org/user/9538 International Game Developers Association]. I was a significant contributer to the [http://spacequest.wikia.com/wiki/User:Jibbles Space Quest Omnipedia]. I created the site Neotrophies (recently closed) for the online MMORPG [[Neopets]] which I played for many years. I have a specific interest in the game [[World of Warcraft]]. I have two top-level characters on the game, and a strong understanding about the mechanics behind the game. I am a huge fan of the [[Final Fantasy]] series and have completed games from VII onwards several times. I have a good understanding of the earlier games although I have not yet played them.

Outside of the world of video games I regularly play a wide variety of other games. Board games are a regular feature in our household, and I play or have played a variety of trading card games at various levels up to and including regional tournament in one particular game. For many years I played a variety of pen and paper role-playing games including Dungeons and Dragons, Vampire the Masquerade and Star Wars RPG.
===My Games Contributions at Citizendium===
When I began contributing to Citizendium there was almost no activity in the [[CZ:Games Workgroup|Games Workgroup]]. I attempted (with limited success) to encourage work to be done on these articles, and it soon became clear that a significant portion of the workgroup's authors were particularly interested in video games. To this end I created the [[CZ:Video Games Subgroup|Video Games Subgroup]], and began concentrating my efforts in this direction. Progress is slow, but we have created a [[Template:Infobox_CVG|infobox]] to be added to all articles about specific games, developed an outline [[Video game/Genres|list of video game genres]] in order to classify games, and begun developing a list of core video game articles. Since then I have also been made an Editor for the Games Workgroup, and we have finally achieved approval on some games articles.
====Games articles I have significantly worked on====
{{rpl|Bubble Bobble}}
{{rpl|Dizzy (series)}}
{{rpl|Doom (video game)}}
{{rpl|Duke Nukem (video game)}}
{{rpl|Jet Set Willy}}
{{rpl|Math Rescue}}
{{rpl|Pocahontas (video game)}}
{{rpl|Space Quest}}
{{rpl|ToeJam & Earl (video game)}}
{{rpl|Word Rescue}}
{{rpl|World of Warcraft}}

====Games articles that I have approved====
{{rpl|Doom (video game)}} (3-Editor approval, 6 June 2010)
{{rpl|Jet Set Willy}} (3-Editor approval, 5 August 2010)
{{rpl|World of Warcraft}} (3-Editor approval, 5 July 2010)

==Games statistics==
<small>Listed here because, for some reason, [[User:Approvals Manager/How does your workgroup measure up?]] does not list the Games Workgroup.</small>

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|[[CZ:Video Games Subgroup|Video Games Subgroup]]||[[:Category:Video Games_Subgroup|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Video Games_Subgroup}}]]||colspan=2|Not tracked for subgroups||[[:Category:Video Games_Approved|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Video Games_Approved}}]]||{{#expr:100*({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Video Games_Approved|R}}/{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Video Games_Subgroup|R}}) round 1}}%
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[[Category:Video Games Members|Key, Jess]]
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