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Who is David Shankbone?
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The first thing you should know about me is I’m like nobody else you’ve ever met. My blood is the only connection between George Bernard Shaw and Jane Bowles. I'm a silly bastard, true of heart and I want the best for those in my life. I do not compete with friends or family. I've driven a motorcycle across Cuba, been a paparazzo in New York, worked at Enron in London, skydived over Italy and camped in the Amazon basin for a week to get over an intense fear of insects; it didn't work. I saw death on that trip. It's not the first time: I found a suicide in the woods on New Year's when I was 13 (a boy my age named Mike Drinkwater). By serendipity I found out why he did it. I live in the East Village y hablo Español. I have a scar on my face and a tattoo on my shoulder. David Bowie and The Libertines are all-time faves (I'm always rooting for Pete Doherty to pull through). In the fourth grade the nuns at my Catholic school told my mother in a parent-teacher conference I wanted them dead. I did not. I'm a big guy (6'3), athletic (185#), slim (32W x 34L) and pale (25% Irish/25% Dutch/50% German). I'm glad I'm getting older (wiser) and I disdain youth. I wear a suit to the office where I manage the assets of two of the founding families of New York City. I've moved 33 times amongst 3 countries (US, GB and ES), 6 states (NJ, GA, CO, TX, PA, NY) and 17 cities. Airline family, not military. Then it was me. Everything before NYC is forgotten. I like to travel off the beaten path. Happy endings never bore me. |
Articles I wrote
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My Wikipedia Magnum Opuses are Tompkins Square Park Police Riot [GOOD ARTICLE - PASSED] and Larry Kramer. Others: Billy Goldberg (doctor) | Public Art Fund | William Treanor | Mark Barnes | St. Brigid's Church, New York | Arie Kaplan | Evan Wolfson | NY Salon | Floyd Abrams | Circus Amok | Second Avenue Marble Cemetary | Nancy Rubins | Brian Tolle | Joshua Rosenkranz | Bob Rosenthal | George Davidson | Shequida | Billy Name
My Stubs: E.V. Day | Robert Polito | Louis Uchitelle | Kenji Jasper | Glenville Lovell | Erica Simone Turnipseed | Katherine Newman | Mary Buffett |
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Wikipedia Awards
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For all the fantastic pics you've uploaded to Commons, I Quadzilla99, award you this Commons ambassador barnstar. Keep up the great work! Quadzilla99 06:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC) | Your contributions have significantly improved the quality of many articles! Cheers to you to ending quite a few image wars over fuzzy free images and copyrighted images! Erik (talk • contrib • review) - 16:54, 2 May 2007 (UTC) |
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Way to "keep your eye on the ball" through waves of distraction… your work has improved the quality of both the encyclopedia and the community that surrounds it. -Pete 21:56, 20 April 2007 (UTC) | Your contributions have significantly improved the quality of many articles! Cheers to you to ending quite a few image wars over fuzzy free images and copyrighted images! Erik (talk • contrib • review) - 16:54, 2 May 2007 (UTC) |
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For the tireless improvement of Wikipedia articles through the subjugation of light. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 15:43, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
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I award David Shankbone the Commons Ambassador Barnstar for his truly exceptional efforts in creating freely licensed photographs of professional quality, and modelling the DIY spirit for Wikimedians on multiple projects. Jkelly 17:11, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
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For your selfless contributions to Wikipedia, which have improved the visual content of so many articles. On behalf of the Wikipedia community, you have my gratitude. Jeffpw 06:12, 2 March 2007 (UTC) | Thanks for so improving Wikipedia. And thanks for those great photographs of Daniel Rodriguez. But I especially thank you for the gift of your friendship. It means a great deal to me.Jeffpw 22:23, 7 April 2007 |
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David Shankbone (10:04 May 8, 2007) |