I have been editing on Wikipedia since 7 February 2005.

I support Wikipedia:Process is Important and I urge all wikipedians to read it and consider it before undertaking out-of-process actions, particularly in regard to administrative functions.

I am interested in legal topics, science fiction and fantasy, as well as various other subjects. I am a professional APL programmer, and I have been the chair of ACM's SIGAPL.

-David E. Siegel

Ten Years On 4 July 2015, I joined the Wikipedia Ten Year Society. I hope to be active here at least ten years more.

As of 6 October 2005, I am an admin (janitor) here on the English-language Wikipedia. So if you have a problem that I might be able to help you with, or if you think I have made any mistake in my carrying out admin responsibilities, or in my use of the admin tools, please leave me a note on my talk page.

Admin statistics

Action	Count
Edits	45131
Edits+Deleted	52890
Pages deleted	3510
Revisions deleted	146
Pages restored	506
Pages protected	23
Pages unprotected	2
Protections modified	2
Users blocked	299
Users reblocked	9
Users unblocked	40
User rights modified	18
Users created	7
Pages merged	13

If you need access to a Wikipedia article that has been deleted, ask me. If it's not a copyright violation, libel, or personal information, and has not been deleted as a suspected biographies of living persons violation, I will normally userfy the article for you.

Note that using the text to recreate any deleted article may automatically qualify them for speedy deletion, and copies of previously deleted content that are being used solely for long-term archival purposes may be subject to deletion as Wikipedia is not a free web host. The MediaWiki website has a list of wiki sites which may be used to host your content.

Note also that I will place {{userspace draft}} on all restored articles. This will, among other things, add the NOINDEX parameter, and will prevent Google and other robots-compliant search engines from indexing the page.

If you want me to restore an article, place a note on my user talk page. Please give the exact name of the article before it was deleted if you know it. Please sign your request with four tildes (~~~~)

I have recently (as of January 2014) been accepted as an online volunteer by the Wikipedia Education Project (not to be confused with the Wiki-project of a similar name). In this role I will attempt to assist students in particular courses.

None.

I have several digital subscriptions to news sources. If you want info from one of these, or the text of an article for use as a source in Wikipedia editing, I am in principle willing to try to locate available info and send it to an editor in good standing by email. If you want me to do this, please leave a request on my user talk page. Please indicate the specific name of the article if you know it, or the desired search parameters, in as much detail as you know them. You must have the "Email this user" function active, and therefore you must have a registered Wikipedia account and use it to leave the request. I do not promise any particular response time. It will be on a "when i can get to it" basis. See Resource Exchange for an alternative source. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 20:46, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

As of 2016, I have a digital subscription to the New York Times, with full access to digitized back issues from 1861 on. I may be willing to search for sources in those archives, or to provide information about a particular archived article, in proper cases. DES ^(talk) 00:22, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

As of 2019, i also have a digital subscription to the Washington Post. Its archives are not as extensive as those of the NY Times, but I will provide article access within reason if I can.

As of 2019, i also have a digital subscription to the London Times. I am new to this site, but I will provide article access within reason if I can.

I am a poor typist when typing at speed (I am particularly prone to two-character transpositions), and my editing setup does not make it easy for me to spell-check my Wikipedia edits. (I routinely spell-check most other things I write.) I do spell-check major edits off line, but I generally do not spell-check smaller edits nor talk page posts. I apologize for any unclarity or cleanup work that results -- feel free to ask me to clean up after myself in articles.

• User:DES-Public For use in public venues, and for non-admin tasks and to observe interfaces from a non-admin perspective.
• User:DES~enwiki Created as User:DES, a doppelgänger account, but preempted and moved during global username unification, as an account with this name existed on some other wiki.

I am open to mentoring relatively new users who are sincerely interested in learning and how to contribute better.

(Feel free to ping me if there is a problem with any of my mentees)

Recently I have found it both useful and enjoyable to attend editathons held in my vicinity when I can. Below is a list, possibly incomplete, of event pages for edit-a-thons or Wikipedia Workshops that I have attended.

• Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women's Suffrage Centennial Wikipedia Editing Workshop Janruary 2020
• Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Drawing from the Collection: A National Gallery of Art Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Celebrating Works on Paper November 2019
• Wikipedia:Ada Lovelace Day Edit-a-thon at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (AWHI) October 2019
• Vietnam-Era US Coast Guard Records Editing Workshop, National Archives, June 2018
• Biospace Emerging Technologies, June 2018
• Farm-to-Fork Sustainability, April 2018
• Arlington Women in History, March 2018
• Make Statistics Clear, November 2017
• Textile Museum Edit-a-thon, August 2017
• Women in Arts and Tech, July 2015

These photos were taken by attendees at some of the events listed above, and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

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  National Gallery of Art, November 2019
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  Ada Lovlace Day, October 2019
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  Arlington, March 2018
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  Arlington, March 2018
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  Agricultural Library, April 2018
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  Group, Ag. Lib., April 2018
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  Biospace June 2018
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  Biospace June 2018
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  Biospace June 2018
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  Archives, June 2018
• 
  Statistics, November 2017
• 
  Statistics, November 2017

For working extremely hard at the Help desk. Molotov (talk)
22:16, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

	The collaborator award
	For Help Desk work. TCO (talk) 19:55, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		Thanks, DESiegel for finishing two AfDs after I was called away while trying to figure the process out. Eleland 19:14, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

		The Sri Lanka Reconciliation Barnstar
		For your merits in Sri Lanka reconciliation in TamilNet article, the WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation herewith presents you this Sri Lanka specific barnstar, which is the blossom of one of the world's most loved drinks. To keep a cool head in one of the world's hottest conflicts deserves our highest respect! RaveenS 15:45, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For being so helpful and kind to me when helping me fix my account problemsMattkenn3 21:19, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		Thanks for your good work on Tolu Ajayi Colonel Warden (talk) 20:45, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		The Rescue Barnstar 3 - to be awarded to people who rescue articles from deletion or assist in identifying and rescuing articles. This can be independent of or in cooperation with the Article Rescue Squadron. This barnstar is awarded to DESiegel for his rescue of several BLP articles which were disruptively deleted. You are a real asset to the project, thank you for your efforts, we truly need more editors like you to build the project. Ikip 06:19, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For your superb work sourcing and rescuing Revolutionary Anti-Racist Action. Mkativerata (talk) 07:28, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		Thanks for your work to improve the sourcing for The Narrative (band) article. Your efforts have very likely rescued the article from deletion. Nice work! Northamerica1000(talk) 14:47, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For protecting content. A NobodyMy talk 18:56, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

	The Resilient Barnstar
	Appreciate you help on Master of Homeland Security. FabianB3 (talk) 18:01, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	For your service on HappyBird Kiran567 (talk) 12:13, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Thank you for all your help with editing, reviewing, moving, etc my Bernstein quote article! Maineartists (talk) 18:18, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	For improving Gary Clifford's article. Thank you for adding the Campaign sign arrests section. Clovermoss (talk) 22:14, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	For your recent work on saving a technical article and dealing kindly with a newbie at the same time. Bearian (talk) 17:15, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	thank you Paulhus15 (talk) 22:53, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	thank you so much for your amazing energy, help and encouragement! Paulhus15 (talk) 09:06, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	you're fantastic. thanks for all Paulhus15 (talk) 22:48, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	"To let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated" ... this really sums up my feelings toward you here at WP. I cannot thank you enough for everything you have done; especially recently with assistance on the page Jake Day. Maineartists (talk) 13:23, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

	The Special Barnstar
	Thank you for agreeing to be my mentor. When time permits, please visit my user talk page for details of the task ahead. Paul J Heritage (talk) 08:56, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	I wanted to give you a special barnstar for offering to mentor me, and enabling me to remove the adopt me tag on my profile! Thank you for adopting me! FIGHTER KD 01:26, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		Thanks for everything, David. George David NH (talk) 00:34, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

		The Guidance Barnstar
		Thanks, Jedi Master George David NH (talk) 01:19, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your help and representing Wikipedia in a thoughtful and gracious manner! C S Chaffee (talk) 14:18, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

	The Teahouse Barnstar
	You continue to be one of the best and most prolific contributors regularly answering queries at the Teahouse, and that deserves recognition. GrammarFascist contribstalk 22:51, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

	The Technical Barnstar
	thanks always for your amazing input and technical knowledge here Mr Siegel. you are fantastic. I hope all is well with you, mary Paulhus15 (talk) 18:49, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	You deserve this for helping out and I won't hesitate at all if I have any questions or ideas on an article that I'm willing to cooperate with you. Lucy (talk) 15:54, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Ongoing good deeds sir; Procode200 (talk) 00:21, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

	The Civility Barnstar
	Thanks for being extra nice to others at the Teahouse. Interstellarity (talk) 16:23, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	For being the most thorough Teahouse host I have seen these many months (that's saying something). Thank you for returning. Usedtobecool TALK ✨ 03:34, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	For your always thoughtful and often thorough responses to new users at the Teahouse! You have terrific patience and generosity. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 05:06, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	In my opinion... Darknipples (talk) 06:55, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Your time is much appreciated! MisterMcHugh (talk) 07:42, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi DESiegel, my draft has been approved and is in the main space now. To express my gratitude for your help, I would like to gift you a barnstar -

		The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar
		Thank You - your observation was a big help in improving the quality of my draft

Thanks & regards, Tycheana (talk) 05:34, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Some articles I have worked on were mentioned on the Main page via the Did you know project. Articles that I have created, expanded, helped expand, or nominated that had main-page spots are:

• Super Ball
• Isabel Ashdown
• Great American Lesbian Art Show
• Ken Block (politician)
• Andrew Brown (minister)
• Mahler on the Couch
• Takeshi Murata
• 500 Miles High
• Blanche McVeigh
• Holocaust Wall Hangings