User:ShakataGaNai

About
Howdy, I'm ShakataGaNai, but you can call me Jon. You can find my everyday blog @ Obviate.io, but here's a brief run down: I am not a prolific writer of news, but I fancy myself a photographer and enjoy doing reviews.

Around here
Around here you'll mainly find me adding pictures, image credits, doing reviews & playing god 'crat.

Partial Article List

 * Wikinews visits the Pacific Orchid Exposition &mdash; OR
 * MMS comes to American iPhones &mdash; Partial OR
 * Wikinews visits the 2009 Reno Air Races &mdash; OR
 * IEEE approves 802.11n standard after six years
 * Maker Faire 2009 wrap up in San Mateo, California &mdash; OR!
 * Fanime convention winds down in San Jose, California &mdash; OR!
 * Explosion in Bay Area, California suburb &mdash; OR
 * Search and rescue beacons soon to make the digital jump
 * Wikinews visits the 2008 Reno Air Races &mdash; OR
 * Stanford builds helicopters that teach themselves acrobatics &mdash; Sept 3 Brief
 * Malaysian man uses nut to extend penis, gets stuck &mdash; Sept 3 Brief
 * Star Trek: The Experience to close &mdash; Sept 1 Brief
 * Dark Knight hits $500 million &mdash; Sept 1 Brief
 * Hazmat incident closes two St. Louis ERs &mdash; Sept 1 Brief
 * Flight lands safely using SMS &mdash; Initially a brief.
 * Potential Wikia mass exodus &mdash; Started

Etc
 Image:Exceptional_newcomer.jpg|I, SVTCobra, award ShakataGaNai "The Exceptional Newcomer Award" for exceptional enthusiasm, skill, and boldness beyond their experience. I hope to see you around here for a long time. Cheers, --SVTCobra 22:59, 14 August 2008 (UTC) Image:Trophy.jpg|I, Anonymous101talk, hereby award ShakataGaNai the Wikinews Trophy for always reviewing articles, without your reviews the review system would probably have collapsed. --Anonymous101talk 18:54, 8 September 2008 (UTC) Image:Reviewers barnstar.png|I award you the reviewers barnstar for continuing to review loads of articles --Anonymous101talk 18:15, 19 September 2008 (UTC) Image:Invisible Barnstar.png|"The Invisible Barnstar is to be awarded to users who make significant and helpful contributions to the project, but keep to the background without seeking recognition or reward for their work." (WP:BARN) Thanks for all the unsung work you've been doing behind-the-scenes reviewing articles. Yours, Cirt (talk) 08:14, 18 September 2008 (UTC) File:Christmas_cookies.jpg|I, User:Florentino Floro, share and bestow upon ShakataGaNai this Wiki New Year cookie for consistently writing excellent articles on Wikinews]] User:Florentino Florotalk has given you a Wiki New Year cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching! --Florentino Floro (talk) 06:30, 31 December 2008 (UTC)