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Hello. My name is Ryan J. Geibl, and I am an 18 year-old high school student from [[Crystal Lake, Illinois]]. I used to enjoy using the Wikipedia solely because it is so easy and simple to change, and because my erratic social life life gave me a lot of time for editing. Now I like it because I've been here a really long time and my opinions tend to carry a lot of weight and it makes me feel important. A bit more about myself: I was born in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]], and lived in [[Mequon, Wisconsin]] until I was 14. I moved to Crystal Lake just in time to start high school. I have lived in Crystal Lake since then, at times both hating and loving this little city. In my spare time, my hobbies are learning foreign languages, (I am currently teaching myself Russian) playing laser tag, and keeping local weather records. I have been accused of having the strangest musical tastes of any person who has ever lived, with my tastes running from Spanish rap music ([[Daddy Yankee]]) to power metal ([[DragonForce]]) to the soundtrack from my favorite video game, [[Katamari Damacy]]. I have accepted a full-ride tuition scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh, where I will major in International Business.
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;Political: I am a proud resident of the Midwestern United States, and a proud American in general. It doens't mean I'm arrogant, however. I think our current president is incompetent, corrupt, untrustworthy, and deserving of impeachment. I'm an equal opportunity complainer however, I think the same things about the [[Rod Blagojevich|current Governor of Illinois]], even though the two belong to different parties. Obviously, I am very interested in politics, and perhaps less obviously, I would like to pursue it as a career some day. Politically, I have a strange set of beliefs, I am probably closest to being Liberitarian, although in elections I tend to support the US Democratic Party because they expand government power and curtail freedoms in ways I generally find less offensive than what the US Republican Party does. Sometimes, Republicans get my vote, like Judy Baar Topinka for governor of Illinois. Had I been of age at the time, I would have voted for John Kerry.

;Religious: I recently decided to pursue full membership in the Catholic Church, even though I disagree with many of its positions. For example, I support abortion rights, gay marriage, stem-cell reasearch, theraputic cloning, assisted suicide, legalization of marijuana, etc... Probably, the only thing the Church and I agree on is expanded rights for illegal immigrants, which we both like.

;WikiPhilosophical: My WikiPhilosophy is pretty positive, and after having read about various philospohies about Wikipedia, I have concluded that I am a fanatic [[Wikipedia:Inclusionism|inclusionist]]. I used to hate userboxes and I always secretly wished to destroy them, but I have learned to live with them. I think that notability standards are falling as we get bigger, and I'm fine with that. However, we must remember: To know everything is to lose all hope.
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[[Image:CrystalLakeIL4ColoniesIntersection.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Not my house, but my town.]]
I used to specialize in video games and climate, until I realized that specializing in something in Wikipedia is pointless. I still like to add climate sections to cities, especially those in my beloved Midwest, and I like to comment on [[Wikipedia:Featured Article Candidates|FACs]] when I get the chance. I am a member of the Spanish and German translation projects. For some reason, when I translate, I only listen to the song "Frijolero" by the group [[Molotov (band)|Molotov]]. I have successfuly translated seven articles from German to English at the present time.

In order to have ''something'' to celebrate, I like to set RyanGerbil milestones for Wikipedia's growth. The next RyanGerbil Milestone is:
*'''1,000 [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured Articles]] in a single language edition of Wikipedia.'''

This goal was posed on June 1, 2005, and as of June 2, 2006, has not yet been achieved. However, we're getting closer all the time.

Also as of 6/2/2006, I have made:
*1,253 edits as a registered user
*42 edits as the anon user 24.14.99.196
*12 edits as the anon user 24.12.123.27
*1 edit as 65.79.36.66, my high school's IP address, which was me protesting our block so I could edit from school.

This amounts to a grand total of: '''1,308''' edits.

*I made my 1,000th edit at 01:33 UTC on May 23, 2006. 
**I made it to the page [[Marle (Chrono Trigger)|Marle]], which was also the first page I edited after the sandbox.

For examples of articles I have written a major portion of, please see [[User:RyanGerbil10/Best_of_RyanGerbil10|here]].