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Today we’re celebrating Steven KeyMan, a longtime WikiAnswers contributor. How long, you ask? Steven reached the Ruby level in contributions and managed to grab a WAmmy award as ‘The Neat Freak’ for most category changes in 2008, as well as two honorable mentions.

But that’s not where it ends: The KeyMan is a Category Supervisor for Baseball Memorabilia (you’ll soon understand why) and a graduate of the Mentoring program. He’s hit over 500 Trust Points, over 500,000 contributions and has won 2nd place in a past AnswerThon.

How did you originally hear about WikiAnswers?

I first heard of WikiAnswers when the name was changed from FAQ Farm. (Rimshot – badum-CHING)  In fact, (or in ‘FAQ’, if you will) the link saved in my favorites still reads FAQ Farm, and has the original URL: Faqfarm.com. Always doing research on-line for baseball memorabilia, I often found myself being directed to FAQ Farm. Now as a member of WikiAnswers, I share the results of my past research with collectors looking for information.

Explain your username.

No, I am not the egotistical man that is the ‘Key’ to everything. My WikiAnswers username, Steven KeyMan, is a tribute to my childhood hero: Mickey Mantle (micKEY MANtle). My first name is Steven. Often, in the past, trying to use the name Mickey Mantle as a username with other forums, Mickey Mantle along with a thousand other combinations of numbers is usually taken. KeyMan – Key the last three letters of Mickey, and Man the first three letters of Mantle – is more unique.

What motivates you to volunteer your time to the WikiAnswers community?

I enjoy collecting baseball memorabilia, and love to help people with their questions. It’s kind of an extension of my hobby, and in helping people out I also learn in the process. The greatest part of memorabilia is the history behind the item. Regardless of value if a piece of memorabilia has a story behind it, it has my attention. If I do not know the answer I am compelled to find it. My motivation to volunteer my time is the love for the hobby, to pay my dues for the wealth WikiAnswers has given me and… to get Crystal off my back to become a Supervisor.

What are your areas of expertise?

Baseball Memorabilia would be my area of expertise but I do not consider myself to be an expert. I like to use the term knowledgeable. If I were an expert, I would know everything, and knowing everything would make it all very boring. I don’t know everything. You could ask my ex-wife.

What is your favorite WikiAnswers feature?

My favorite WikiAnswers feature is the ‘sign out’ feature. When I sign off it usually means I had enough, I can’t see anymore, and it’s time to go to bed.

My second favorite feature are the Trust Points. When I receive a trust point, it gives me a sense of accomplishment in that I have helped someone out.

What has been the funniest question you’ve seen or your funniest experience on WikiAnswers?

The funniest question I had to answer had to be when Crystal asked me to become a Supervisor. Thank you Crystal – I’m not laughing anymore!

In general, I find it amusing when a question is asked with too much detail, and the asker runs out of room to complete it. Such as: How much is a Mickey Mantle baseball signed for my fathers cousin given to me by my mothers brother in-laws friend three weeks before m…?

And last year’s WAmmy for funniest question winner: When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died did he start to decompose? That is genius!

Share a random fact (or two) about yourself.

I take great pride when I am asked for advice about historic memorabilia items. I have been interviewed by newspaper reporters on items like the value of Barry Bonds’ record-breaking home run baseball. TV shows such as ‘History Detectives’ have come to me a number of times for information.

I have had the pleasure of seeing some extraordinary pieces of history, providing advice, and information to museums, and authors of reference books. I am currently in contact with the Vatican about a group of baseballs signed by Joe DiMaggio, NL President Warren Giles, and baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn presented to Pope Paul VI when he held masse celebrated at Yankee Stadium on October 4, 1965. A plaque was dedicated to the Pope in center field in Yankee Stadium for this event.

An ongoing adventure.

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What hasn’t Delltechie done to enhance the WikiAnswers community in the less-than-a-year he’s been a contributor? Let’s see… He’s made it to Platinum Contributor status with over 200,000 contributions. Dell has worked his way up to Floating Supervisor and Mentor while taking on the tasks of WikiGuide and Site Guardian. Above all that, he’s behind a WikiAnswers Fan community on Ning.

So it comes as no shock that Dell has his own WikiAnswers work station from where he “eats, sleeps and dreams WikiAnswers.”

In addition, Dell’s a trustworthy fellow; after all, he was a recent recipient of ‘Most Trust Points’ WAmmy Award (for the record, that’s 2,384 trust points… for now…). Which is music to our ears, since he’s worked as – literally – a Dell techie over the years and helped plenty of people with their computer troubles, on WikiAnswers and off. He’s even got friendly advice to offer from his  bio page.

Here are some more reasons to trust Delltechie, in his own words:

How did you originally hear about WikiAnswers?

I was looking for some information on a certain spyware and found WikiAnswers. But i found the answers blank. So I started on an answering blitz of 1500 answers on the first day.

Explain your username.

Delltechie is made up to two words: ‘Dell’ as in Dell Corp, where i used work as Dell tech support. ‘Techie’ is what all Dell tech support staff are called, as they are chosen from the best of the best. In my training course there were 50 trainees and at the end of the month’s training there were eight left and only three hit the floor. Hence the name Delltechie.

What motivates you to volunteer your time to the WikiAnswers community?

I like the people on the site. And as I have been helping online for many years at sites like allexperts.com, answers.yahoo.com and askmehelpdesk.com, helping comes as a second nature. And I truly believe you are remembered for the help you give others and not for the amount of money you make. Thanks to nice people – like Brave3 – who keep me updated on issues, that is what truly motivates me to keep helping on WikiAnswers.

What are your areas of expertise?

I usually help out with the Computer Viruses questions. I also am a Site Guardian, scanning the site for vandalism.

What is your favorite WikiAnswers feature?

The Community Forum, as this is where everyone from around the world can meet and share ideas.

What has been the funniest question you’ve seen or your funniest experience on WikiAnswers?

Who is Chuck Norris?

Share a random fact (or two) about yourself.

I’m a certified fitness instructor, scuba diver, trekker, and The Alchemist follower.

Do you want to be interviewed for the Contributor corner? Just leave a comment below and we’ll get to work.

Wait – are you located in the United States and contributing to WikiAnswers instead of eating a big meal consisting of poultry, watching football and hanging/fighting with family?

Wow. And here I thought I knew all the symptoms of being a Wikiholic… Must have missed one in the giant list that was compiled and posted in a new section of the site called: Wikiholics Anonymous.

It’s ok – this is a safe place. Just sit back, let go of the keyboard, and take this simple test to know if you’re a true Wikiholic.

• Your friends and family try reaching you on your message board, rather than your cell phone.
• You can offer way too much insight into a 16-year-old’s love life.
• You give your kids trust points for good behavior.
• You know Miley Cyrus’s favorite color, the cutest Jonas brother and Barack Obama’s middle name off the top of your head.
• You’ve thought about improving people’s answers while having a conversation.
• Little orange men have started to dance around in your dreams.
• Your spouse claims to be a WikiWidow.

Check out the complete list. Are you showing signs of being a Wikiholic? There’s strength in numbers. Join the support group!