OhanaUnited(talk· contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) started editing on Wikipedia on July 18, 2006. He became the 17th administrator on Wikispecies on February 17, 2008. He was promoted and became the 1498th administrator in English Wikipedia on February 18, 2008. On March 18, 2008, he was promoted to become the 13th bureaucrat on WikiSpecies. Most recently, on February 3, 2024, he was promoted and became an administrator in English Wikivoyage.
OhanaUnited's real name is Andrew. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Environmental Science at University of Toronto, specializing in climate change and aviation. He is heavily involved in bridging the academic divide between higher-education and Wikipedia. He is an editorial board member for WikiJournal of Science to bring high quality content in academic journals into Wikipedia. He was the Region Ambassador for the Canada Education Program, a program designed to engage students and professors across disciplines and universities in using Wikipedia as a teaching tool.
His areas of expertise are:
Environmental science
Translating between Chinese and English
Contributions on Wikipedia
Andrew was an active participant of GA Sweeps, which means that he is an experienced and trusted reviewer in the project. He was a Featured portal co-directors. His job was to assist determining consensus and closing nominations at Featured portals candidates.
I have awarded you this medal for your work in helping to reduce the backlog during the Good Article Candidates Backlog Elimination Drive. You reviewed five or more articles during the drive, which helped to contribute to the large decrease in the backlog. If you have the time, please continue to review articles to help make sure the backlog does not jump back up to what it was. Good job and happy editing! Nehrams2020 06:35, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
For your tireless efforts protecting the Runescape and Maplestory articles, and in particular for helping to keep Maplefan and his various puppets under control, I reward you with this. Jump! Slash! Dash! Ouch! Super Mario SonicBOOM! 16:02, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
...one of the most civil and courteous editors around here. Your edits are simply fantastic, and carry on with the great work at GAC and FPOC. Rt. 16:38, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
The Reviewers Award
For your extensive GA review of Winston Churchill. Wikipedia saltutes your excellence as a reviewer! Thank you. LordHarris 10:25, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
For finding hidden erroneous information planted in an article over a year ago, I award you this anti-vandalism award for your dedicated work and meeting the challenge set. Good Job Ottawa4ever (talk) 13:14, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
Thank you for working as a group to improve on Sustainability and to ensure people with fringe POVs do not get away with it. Sunray (talk) 23:04, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
The Translation Barnstar
For swift assistance with Chinese-language sources. kotra (talk) 18:09, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Environment related contribs Extra999 (Contact me + contribs) 03:22, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to everyone who - whatever their opinion - contributed to the discussion about Wikipedia and SOPA. Thank you for being a part of the discussion. Presented by the Wikimedia Foundation.
The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
I just noticed that you've been creating the little Wikipedia Education Program graphics for the Canadian classes, and I wanted to say thanks. They look great! Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 18:06, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
At least one editor in the Wikipedia Education Program identified you specifically as being a helpful editor! Thanks for being so welcoming to a newbie! JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 20:30, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Thanks for coming to visit the WMF office today! It's always so great to see you! JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 21:16, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
A Tesla Roadster for you!
Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia! Gg53000 (talk) 20:22, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
A helping hand (or eight)
For helping me access the sources I needed in order to improve the article Velodona, I award you this Velodona togata. You should probably put it in water or something. Also, no one has any idea what it eats. I'm sure it'll be fine. And hey, at least we know (thanks to you getting me the sources) that it can't ink you... Sven ManguardWha? 22:34, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
The Diligent Librarian Barnstar
For exemplary performance at the Resource Exchange, tirelessly delivering the reliable sources on which this encyclopedia depends, please accept this award. :) Shyamal (talk) 15:31, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
This maple leaf is awarded to OhanaUnited for writing 3 new articles, expanding 13, and making dozens of other quality improvements during The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 15:38, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
The Bronze Maple Leaf Award
This maple leaf is awarded to OhanaUnited for more than thirty article expansions, clean-ups and updates, making quality improvements during the second year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 20:04, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
The Red Maple Leaf Award
This maple leaf is awarded to OhanaUnited for improvements to the content and quality of three articles during the third year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 19:42, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
That was a nice catch on MarthaLetter! 14 socks so far, see COIN and the SPI. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 19:29, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
Vital Barnstar
Thanks for your copyedits at Climate! Hopefully, this is just one of many more articles to come :) CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 06:25, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
Wikimania 2023 Editing Challenge Barnstar
Thank you for participating in the Wikimania 2023 Editing Challenge and celebrating Wikimania through contributing to the Wikimedia projects! Your contributions fueled collaboration, supported diversity and made Wikimedia projects better for our future readers. In appreciation of your edits, please accept this Wikimania 2023 barnstar. Thank you for making Wikimedia projects better, one edit at a time! NSzafran-WMF (talk) 09:13, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
The Real Life Barnstar
Thank you for participating in Toronto's Wikipedia Day. Clovermoss🍀(talk) 18:29, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
Citation Barnstar
This award is given in recognition to OhanaUnited for collecting more than 1 point during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:40, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar
Thank you for help organizing yesterday's events and making it a cool experience for everyone to learn about our sister projects. Clovermoss🍀(talk) 11:27, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Sport 2024 Canada 🍁 Barnstar
Thank you for participating in the Wiki Loves Sport campaign 2024!
Your efforts to improve content about Canadian athletes and sporting events did not go unnoticed: here is a barnstar for you! Thank you for all your hard work.
SophieWMCA (talk) 13:13, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
It gives me great pleasure to award these imperial triple crown jewels to OhanaUnited in thanks for substantial contributions to Wikipedia's sports, environment and Canadian coverage. Cheers, Casliber (talk· contribs) 10:23, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
I am pleased to present this Imperial Napoleonic triple crown to OhanaUnited for outstanding contributions to Wikipedia. Well done. Freikorp (talk) 06:56, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
A sincere thank you from Wikiproject Good Articles
On behalf of Wikiproject Good Articles, I would like to express our gratitude to you for your contributions to the Sweeps process, for which you completed 59 reviews. Completion of this monstrous task has proven to be a significant accomplishment not only for our project, but for Wikipedia. As a token of our sincere appreciation, please accept this ribbon. Lara 01:05, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
Andrew was an executive of the environment club in his high school, Thornlea Secondary School. At grade 11, he assisted hosting an assembly to increase environment awareness and promote Canadian government's One-Tonne Challenge which aims to have each Canadian reduce one tonne of global warming gases emission (e.g. CO2 and methane) a year. To tell everyone the truth, it's really easy to be environmental conscious. If everyone is willing to change their lifestyle just a little, we will all have a substainable Earth. Here're a few tips that are really easy to do to help protect the environment.
Reduce is the most effective method. By directly cutting down the production, we use up less raw materials, using less fossil fuel transportation, and lower the chance of buying sweat shop products.
Reuse is the next effective method. By giving away stuff to others (e.g. clothing, toys, TVs that are still functional, etc.) not only you are helping the environment and planet Earth, but also helping people in need.
Recycling is on the least effective of all 3R methods. However, it is always better than doing nothing. As technology improves, we are now able to recycle more materials. Recyclable items include paper, aluminum can, plastic bottom, glass bottle, battery, aluminum foil and foil ware, juice box (Tetra Pak), jugs, lids, milk carton, printer ink cartridges (and the list goes on...)
By turning off computers not in use, it saves a great amount of energy. If you are doing something that doesn't need the monitor, turn it off. The monitor consumes 60% of total power consumption.
Use a laptop instead of a desktop. Laptops actually use less energy and they're available on the go.
Unplug appliances that you don't use often. They (especially the ones that can be controlled by remotes) usually go into standby mode whenever it's plugged in, even if you don't turn it on.
Energy from the sun can save you a lot of energy if you know how to maximize to its highest potential.
Open your blinds during winter and close them in summer.
Try opening windows or using a fan instead of your air conditioner.
Turn up the thermostat setting on your air conditioner by 1 degrees Celsius and turn down the thermostat setting on your furnace by 1 degrees Celsius.
Food
Try to have a vegetarian meal at least once a week. It requires 10kg of vegetables to feed a cow to gain 1kg of meat. 10kg of vegetables feed more people than 1kg of meat.
Buy something that is locally grown. It shortens transportation which means that it consumes less fossil fuel. You're also supporting local farmers too!
Use a mug for coffee or tea instead of a disposable cup. Some places give you discount for this!
Bring lunch with a re-usable container.
Don't buy bottled water (especially in developed countries). Most bottled water are actually just tap water, if not in worse quality than your house's tap water.
Lower thermostat of heater in winter, wear a coat instead.
Purchase products with less packaging.
Use both sides of the paper.
Rely on natural light, especially if your room has a window.
Beware of what you are washing on your driveway (if you have one). Many people wash their cars on their driveways and the toxic chemicals ends up stormwater sewage basin where they will not be undergoing waste treatment before flowing into the nearest major lakes and rivers.
And finally, if you want to show your dedication towards the protection of the environment, please put this up this userbox.
Portal:Environment
Anaerobic digestion
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