Mattflaschen

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Hey! My name's Matt Flaschen. My original username was Superm401. I'm from Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. I'm 36. I graduated from Georgia Tech in December 2010, with a BS in Computer Science. I'm currently living in Philadelphia.

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This user is a native speaker of the English language.

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Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español.

This user simplifies Wikipedia referencing with ProveIt.

This user participates in
WikiProject Citation cleanup.

This user is proud to have been an Adopter of Newbyguesses.

This user is proud to have been an Adopter of CallMeAndrew.

This user is proud to have been an Adopter of Abutorsam007.

This user is proud to have been an Adopter of Legolover26.

This user is proud to have been an Adopter of Ccard12.

This user is proud to have been an Adopter of WVRMad.

This user is proud to have been an Adopter of Sohmalover.

This user is proud to have been an Adopter of Mangalover411.

This user is proud to have been an Adopter of Leor Natanov.

This user is proud to have been an Adopter of GameOn1988.

This user is proud to have been an Adopter of KennyRogerz.

This user has an alternative account named Superm401Sock (talk · contribs).

Ideas

Frank Hecker - Mozilla Foundation executive director.[1] Helped convinced Netscape to open source their code. In Revolution OS.[2][3]. Disambiguate Frank J. Hecker.
Umaru Fofana - BBC world reporter renowned in Sierra Leone.[4]
Donald Trump v. Timothy L. O’Brien - Lawsuit in which Trump unsuccessfully alleged that his wealth was misreported causing reputational damage.

Convenience Links

Wikipedia Quotes

"There wasn't a big encyclopedia, then people were allowed to edit it just for fun. There was nothing, and people were allowed to create an encyclopedia." -- Notinasnaid
"At the end of the day we are all flawed meatbots trying to build a great encylopedia together." -- R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine)
"I'm addicted to reading Wikipedia, it's the only encyclopedia that grows faster than you can read :D" -- Taraborn

Contributions

I'm mostly a wikignome. Besides admin duties, I do verification and referencing, and update diagrams and illustrations to use SVG, an easily editable vector graphics format. Below are a few of my other contributions.

Creations

Articles

W.R. Grace Building (stub)
John Lovewell (Junior) (stub)
Damballa (company)
Nissan Altra
Qasem Soleimani (stub)
Alan Joyce (executive) (stub)
Somchai Wongsawat
Cavanagh Company
LaserMotive
Air India Flight 812
Meyer v. Grant
Goldenberg restaurant attack
Oracle v. Google
Libor scandal (converted redirect to article)
app.net
Chalk Hill Middle School (stub)
School resource officer (stub)
Friedrich Beer (stub)
History of Iraq (2011–present) (stub)
Vladimir Kononov (military) (stub))
2015 bombing of Médecins Sans Frontières hospital
USS Fitzgerald and MV ACX Crystal collision

Templates

Improvements

Software

I was one of the developers of ProveIt, a graphical tool for Wikipedia referencing. Georgia Tech paid me as a research assistant for some of the software development.

Awards

Thank you to everyone. I appreciate your kindness.

For your edits of utmost quality, and super-duper sleuthing skills - in particular, this one made on 25 August 2005 which ultimately lead to the new layout for the reference desk! --HC
For your due diligence in every endevour to which you attach your effort. We've never seen your activities directed towards anything but the betterment of this project. Our compliments to your energy and mannerism. You seem to make friends far more easily than others would wish for themseves . --Heidi and Joe
I award this The Original Barnstar to Superm401 for his amazing work on Wikipedia:Mirrors and Forks. -- WB 23:48, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
For adopting a user I User:Swirlex give you this adopting Barnstar.
For exemplary performance at the Resource Exchange, tirelessly delivering the reliable sources on which this encyclopedia depends, please accept this award. :) Given for your assistance in providing sources to complete the Lincoln Park (Jersey City, New Jersey) article. -- Jim Miller
Thank you for adopting me. Here is a cookie to thank you. Legolover26 (talk) 21:14, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
For adopting many users I hereby give you this barnstar. Congradulations. Legolover26 (talk) 16:24, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for adopting me. Here are some strawberries for you. adgane (talk) 07:48, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
Awarded for your work to improve the performance and cleanliness of the MediaWiki codebase, particularly through cleaning up messes like jQuery UI loading by default. Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 18:39, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
You are hereby awarded the Barnstar of Awesome for your amazing work on The Wikipedia Adventure. You. Are. Awesome. Check out your name in the game credits here: WP:TWA/About. Thank you again :) --Ocaasi 15:40, 3 November 2013 (UTC)