User:TomCat4680

This user is one of the 1000 most active English Wikipedians of all time.

TomCat4680 is an American inclusionist Wikipedian. He has Irish and German ancestry and has lived in Genesee County, Michigan for his entire life. He was born in Flint, Michigan on Easter Sunday, April 6, 1980 and lived in Flint until August of 1985. He then lived in Mundy Township, Michigan for 17 years until September 7, 2002. He currently lives in Mount Morris Township, Michigan with his cat Terra. His primary editing interests are transportation, television, baseball and football articles, but he occasionally edits ones about living people and current events, among others. He has dated Quistisffviii since March 16, 2003.

Presidential Quotes and Videos

“ ...we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist... ”

“ ...Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy... ” — Barack Obama, President of the United States of America

• Watch and read President Obama's inaugural address

• Watch President Obama's weekly addresses on The Official White House YouTube page

• Watch (then Senator) Obama speak at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan on June 16, 2008

• Watch The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 signing ceremony on February 17, 2009 (from C-SPAN)

• Watch President Obama's Open For Questions Online Town Hall (the first ever of its kind).

Wikipedia Articles Started by TomCat4680

TomCat4680 started the following Wikipedia articles, and is very proud of all of them:

Television

• WBII-CA
• KITL-LP
• n3D
• Housecat Housecall
• Lock N' Load (reality show)
• Detroit Lions Television Network
• Sony Movie Channel
• Discovery Fit & Health (now Discovery Life)
• 3net
• Xfinity 3D
• Comcast SportsNet Houston (now Root Sports Southwest)
• Penthouse TV
• Fox Soccer Plus
• Root Sports Utah
• Fox Sports Oklahoma
• Fox Sports Tennessee
• HDNet Movies

Radio

• Detroit Lions Radio Network
• Detroit Tigers Radio Network

Sports

• 2009 Detroit Lions season
• 2010 Detroit Lions season
• 2010 Detroit Tigers season
• 2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team
• Template:Lions2010DraftPicks

Biographies

• Robert P. Aitken
• Jim Brandstatter

Music

• Acoustic EP (3 Doors Down album)

Wikipedia Projects That TomCat4680 is involved in

Michigan Related

This user is a member of WikiProject Michigan.	This user edits articles about Michigan State Trunkline Highways.

Sports

This user is a member of WikiProject College football.	This user is a member of the National Football League WikiProject.
This user is a member of the WikiProject Baseball.

Media and Electronics

This user is a participant of WikiProject Television.	This user is a member of WikiProject Television Stations.
This user is a member of WikiProject Radio.	This user is a member of WikiProject Radio Stations.
This user is a participant in WikiProject Journalism.	Media This user is a member of WikiProject Media
This user is a member of the Technology WikiProject.	This user is a member of WikiProject Electronics.
This user is a member of WikiProject Telecommunications.	This user is a member of WikiProject American television.

Other

This user rescues articles for the Article Rescue Squadron.	This user is a member of the Counter-Vandalism Unit.
This user is a member of WikiProject Cats.	This user is a member of WikiProject Psychology.
This user is a proud member of WikiProject United States History	This user is a member of WikiProject Biography.
This user is a participant in the Barack Obama WikiProject.	This user is a member of WikiProject U.S. Presidents
This user is a member of WikiProject Sexology and sexuality. project talk | all talk page changes	This user is a hard-core member of WikiProject Pornography.
This user is a member of WikiProject Rivers.	This user is a member of WikiProject United States.
This user is a member of the Serial Killer Task Force.	This user is a member of WikiProject Airports.
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Fun Facts

• Tomcat4680 is a nonconformist

• TomCat4680 subscribes to Cat Fancy Magazine

• TomCat4680 is a member of The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

• TomCat4680 graduated from Grand Blanc Community High School in 1999.

• TomCat4680 speaks some Spanish, but is not fluent.

• TomCat4680 attended a taping of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on June 9, 2008 and the guests were Russell Brand, Bill Engvall and Amy Mann. Headlines was the second segment that night.

• TomCat4680 has met Malcolm McDowell, and has seen Michael Moore and Jeff Daniels in person.

• TomCat4680 loves to feed ducks.

• TomCat4680's birthday (April 6, 1980) fell on Easter. According to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 6 is actually Jesus Christ's birth date. Therefore, TomCat4680 was born on Easter and Christmas.

Celebrities with birthdays on April 6

Some celebrities that TomCat4680 shares his birthday with are:

• Candace Cameron (1976) - actress (D.J. Tanner on Full House)
• John Ratzenberger (1947) - actor (Cliff Clavin on Cheers)
• Zach Braff (1975) - actor (J.D. on Scrubs)
• Jason Hervey (1972) - actor (Wayne Arnold on The Wonder Years)
• Paul Rudd (1969) - film actor who was coincidentally also born on Easter Sunday
• Marilu Henner (1952) - film actress
• Billy Dee Williams (1937) - film actor (side note: Williams played Harvey Dent in Batman (1989). Coincidentally, Tommy Lee Jones who also played Harvey Dent / Two-Face in Batman Forever (1995) shares his birthday with User:quistisffviii.
• Barry Levinson (1942) - film director who coincidentally directed TomCat4680's all time favorite movie Rain Man, which he also won the Best Director Oscar award for.
• Mickey Cochrane (1903), a famous Detroit Tigers player. Coincidentally, TomCat4680 is a big Detroit Tigers fan.
• Jesus Christ (according to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
• Michele Bachmann (1956) - politician and certified crazy person
• Merle Haggard (1937) - film actor
• Raphael (1483) - Italian painter
• Bert Blyleven (1951) - Hall of Fame baseball player
• Bison Dele (1969) - NBA player who disappeared and is presumed dead (possibly murdered by his brother) in 2002. Sounds like a case for Unsolved Mysteries.
• James Watson (1928) American molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist, best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick.

Interests

TomCat4680 is interested in:

• cats
• flagship radio stations
• flagship television stations
• TV DXing
• DirecTV
• high definition television
• digital terrestrial television
• direct broadcast satellite
• radio scanners
• psychology
• Detroit Lions
• Detroit Tigers
• Michigan Wolverines football

Television

• John Logie Baird is the greatest inventor in the history of the world.

Some of TomCat4680's favorite television channels are:

• Fox Sports Detroit HD (and Fox Sports Detroit Plus)
• Big Ten Network HD
• NFL Network HD
• MLB Network HD
• CNN HD
• HBO HD and its family of networks
• Showtime HD and its family of networks
• Cinemax HD and its family of networks
• Starz HD and its family of networks
• HDNet
• HDNet Movies
• WJRT-TV - ABC 12, Flint / Tri-Cities
• WNEM-TV - CBS 5, Flint / Tri-Cities
• WNEM-DT2 - My 5, Flint / Tri-Cities
• WEYI-TV - NBC 25, Flint / Tri-Cities
• WSMH-TV - FOX 66, Flint / Tri-Cities
• WDCQ-TV - PBS, Tri-Cities
• WBSF-TV CW 46 - Flint / Tri-Cities
• WFUM-TV PBS 28, Flint
• WWJ-TV CBS 62, Detroit (Flagship station of the Detroit Lions Television Network)
• WDIV-TV NBC 4, Detroit
• WXYZ-TV ABC 7, Detroit
• WJBK FOX 2, Detroit
• WMYD My 20, Detroit
• WTVS-TV PBS 56, Detroit
• WADL-TV 38 Detroit
• WPXD Ion 31, Detroit
• WKBD CW 50, Detroit

Note: This list is incomplete.

Television Shows

Current

Some of TomCat4680's favorite television shows which are currently airing new episodes include:

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Jeopardy!
• The Simpsons
• Family Guy
• Inside Michigan Football
• The Ford Lions Report
• Dexter
• United States of Tara
• Saturday Night Live

Shows that have ended

Some of TomCat4680's favorite television shows that have ended include:

• Boy Meets World
• DuckTales
• Freaks and Geeks
• Da Ali G Show
• Seinfeld
• Chappelle's Show
• Home Improvement
• Beavis and Butt-head
• Becker
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Note: these lists are incomplete

Radio

Some of TomCat4680's favorite radio stations are:

For music:

• WWBN - Flint's Rock Radio, Banana 101.5
• WKQZ - The Rock Station, Z93
• CIMX - The Only New Rock Alternative, 89X
• WRIF - Everything That Rocks, 101 The WRIF
• WJXQ - Lansing's Rock Station, Q106
• WQUS - Rock and Roll Variety, US 103.1
• WRSR - Flint's Classic Rock Authority, 103.9 The Fox
• WMMQ - Lansing's Classic Rock, 94.9
• WCSX - The Classic Rock Station, 94.7 WCSX
• WILZ - Classic Rock That Really Rocks, Wheelz 104.5

For sports:

• WXYT-FM and WXYT-AM - flagship stations of The Detroit Lions Radio Network and The Detroit Tigers Radio Network
• WWJ - flagship station of The Michigan Wolverines Football Network

Note: This list is incomplete.

Music

Some of TomCat4680's favorite musicians are:

• 3 Doors Down
• Foo Fighters
• Led Zeppelin
• Nickelback
• Matchbox 20
• Aerosmith
• Dr. Dre
• Eminem
• Disturbed
• Incubus
• Korn
• Limp Bizkit
• Slipknot
• Switchfoot
• Genesis
• Godsmack
• Kid Rock
• Linkin Park
• Papa Roach
• Puddle of Mudd
• Seether
• Sheryl Crow
• Staind
• Stone Temple Pilots
• The Doors
• The Eagles
• Lynyrd Skynyrd
• The Offspring
• The Who
• Three Days Grace
• Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
• Tool
• Rage Against the Machine
• Avenged Sevenfold
• Sevendust
• Hollywood Undead
• Mudvayne

Note: this list is incomplete.

Movies

• TomCat4680's all time favorite movie is the 1988 Multiple Oscar Winner Rain Man.
• His favorite movie genre is romantic comedy.
• Other films he loves include the Back to the Future trilogy and the original American Pie trilogy.
• He loves the work of Judd Apatow.

Official Websites

• Tom's Genesee County, Michigan Radio Scanner Information Page

TomCat4680's User Boxes

Places

Genesee County, Michigan This user has always lived in Genesee County, Michigan	This user lives in the U.S. State of Michigan.
This user is a citizen of the United States of America	TV Market 66 This user lives in Nielsen Designated Market Area #66
Radio Market 127 This user lives in Arbitron Area of Dominant Influence #127	Living History This user lives on the Saginaw Trail
This user lives in or near the city of Flint, Michigan.

Dates

Easter Baby This user was born on Easter	April 6 This user was born on April 6
1980 This user was born in 1980.

Electronics

50 This user owns a 50 inch, 1080p Plasma HDTV	This user has a high-definition television set.
TV DXer This user loves to TV DX	Radio Scanners This user loves to listen to radio scanners
Yes I am This user is prepared for the DTV transition in the United States	TV nerd This user is a videophile
90 This user subscribes to 90 HDTV channels	ATSC This user's television receives ATSC/ATSC-variant transmissions, or lives in a region where they are broadcast.
User:Mythdon/Userboxes/Digitaloveranalog

DirecTV rules!

Because Dish Network sucks This user subscribes to DirecTV.	Because Comcast sucks BIG TIME This user subscribes to DirecTV.
DirecTV This user has satellite television provided by DirecTV.	This user prefers satellite television over cable television.

Channels

Movies

HBO This user loves to watch to HBO	Max This user loves to watch Cinemax
SHO This user loves to watch Showtime	TMC This user loves to watch The Movie Channel
Starz This user loves to watch Starz	HDNet Movies This user loves to watch HDNet Movies

News

CNN This user watches CNN.

TV Shows

Bart This user is an underachiever and proud of it. "Ay Caramba!"	J! This user phrases responses in the form of a question.
SEIN This user is obsessed with Seinfeld... not that there's anything wrong with that!	Quadrophenia This user thinks United States of Tara is the best show in the history of television.

Sports

DET This user is a fan of the Detroit Lions	DET This user is a fan of the Detroit Tigers
M This user is a fan of Michigan Wolverines football

Food and Drink

This user loves to eat pizza.	Chinese food This user loves to eat Chinese food
Japanese food This loves to eat Japanese food	Italian food This user loves to eat Italian food
Hamburgers This user loves to eat Hamburgers	Chicken This user loves to eat Chicken
Pasta This user loves to eat Pasta	Steak This user loves to eat Steak
This user prefers Coca-Cola over Pepsi.	This user drinks Coca-Cola often
Shrimp This user loves to eat Shrimp	This user loves to eat cucumbers.

Politics

This user supported Barack Obama for President in 2008.	This user supports Barack Obama for President in 2012.
This user supports the Democratic Party of the United States.	This user tends to lean left.
This user believes all recreational drugs should be outlawed.	This user supports the legalization of same sex marriage.
This user believes it is every citizen's duty to vote.	This user is interested in politics.
PL This user is pro-life, and cannot understand why anyone wouldn't be.	This user believes that capitalism is an inherently unjust system, and that humans can do better.
NC-17 This user has been rated NC-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America due to explicit language and strong sexual content.	TV-MA This user has been rated TV-MA by the Parents Television Council due to explicit language and strong sexual content.
TV-MA This user has been censored by the Federal Communications Commission due to explicit language and strong sexual content.	Yes I do This user supports The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 because he hates 20th century technology in a 21st century world

Miscellaneous

This user believes that anyone who thinks Wikipedia is an unreliable source should continue their quest to find a better website.	your you’re This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you’re in need of help.
its it’s It’s really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner.	to too two This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.
than then This user understands the difference between using "than" and "then."	their there they're This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!
A, B, and C This user prefers the serial comma.	en This user is a native speaker of English.
Avid This user is an Avid editor.	This editor is a WikiGnome.
This user does not smoke.	This user has NEVER used recreational drugs.
SOBER This user is alcohol free.	none This userbox is invisible
Editing Wikipedia is something this user does as a hobby.	This user assumes good faith.
This user is a cat and frequently meows.	4.18 This user wishes he had 37 cats named Jasmine
This user is an Aries.	This user believes that we should do no harm on any biographical article.
This user is nEurOtic.	This user frequently says untz.
incl This user is an inclusionist.	This user reserves the right to completely screw up his own edits.
Coin This user realizes the glass is both half full AND half empty	... This user may get around to being a professional procrastinator. Someday. Maybe.
MB 20 I'm not not crazy, I'm just a little unwell	3 This user has 3 brothers and he is a middle child
This user likes "Trivia" and "In popular culture" information, and supports their inclusion.	Wikipedia is not censored.
3 down, ? to go This user is so sentimental, he keeps his expired driver's licenses after he gets a new one.	This user feels that deletions subject to a popularity contest rather than a verifiability test damage Wikipedia more than any userbox ever could.
This user needs more userboxes. MORE, I tell you, more!!! Muhahaha!	This user collects userboxes as if they were trading cards.
Too many userboxes This user may have too many userboxes ... nah, no way!!	This editor is a hardcore Wikipedia inclusionist. Yes trivia sections!
This user feels that fair use images have no place in a free content encyclopedia.	This user is not a Wikipedia administrator but would like to be one someday.
A.S. This user has Asperger syndrome.	Just like Michigan weather This user is bipolar.
Semi-believer This user believes in God but he finds organized religion to be a paradox.	(P)syc(h)o (D)ude This user is not a psychologist, but he wishes he was one.
AfD This user thinks deletionists are not notable and are subject to a speedy deletion.	SPA This user equates deletionism to vandalism.
Child in an adult's body This user thinks deletionists are simply graduated bullies.	BLP This user thinks all living people are notable and he can prove it if given the chance.
Maximalist This user thinks More Is Better	Weezer This user has bronchial asthma
The Serial Sneezer This user has allergic rhinitis	Its glandular This user has hypothyroidism
This user spends WAY too much time on Wikipedia and really needs to get off the computer... after one more edit.	This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles.
Super Shy Guy This user has social anxiety disorder

TomCat4680's Cat Terra's Official Websites

• Terra on Catchannel.com

• Terra on Catster.com

• Terra on Youpet.com

TomCat4680's Deceased Cat Elvis' (1998-2003) Official Websites

• Elvis (1998-2003) on Catchannel.com

• Elvis (1998-2003) on Catster.com