User:Ardric47

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I will probably be less active on Wikipedia as classes resume and other projects pick up.

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Hic usor aut nullo pacto aut aegre Latine intellegere potis est..

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Níl Gaeilge ag an úsáideoir seo, nó is beag atá sí aige.

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1 Wikipedia
2 Background
3 Miscellaneous

[edit] Wikipedia

[edit] Currently Working on:

(among other things, and sometimes inconsistently)

List of NGC objects: In updating that list, I have referenced The NGC/IC Project and The Interactive NGC Catalog Online (SEDS), and I have confirmed the general classifications with images, either the ones that are provided on those sites, or others if they are not available. In the case of the NGC objects which are smaller (in apparent size) galaxies, the morphological types can be difficult to determine, and sources often disagree.
I have also been editing (mostly minor details) various articles about European monarchs, nobles, and related topics.
Cleaning up and sorting out some unprocessed text that was dumped...see /Descendants of Gospatric
Wikipedia:WikiProject Succession Box Standardization

[edit] Other Subpages

[edit] Past Contributions

[edit] Articles that I have created

Alpha Camelopardalis
Alpha Chamaeleontis
Alpha Circini
Alpha Horologii
Alpha Pictoris
Alpha Pyxidis
Coregonus vandesius
DDO (galaxy catalogue) (needs work)
James Cox (Representative)
List of cities in West Virginia
List of Missouri highways (before registering)
List of uninhabited regions
Missouri State Highway 100 (before registering)
Missouri State Highway 141 (before registering)
Rosalia (previously a redirect)
Seiwa-en
Thomas Jay Ryan

[edit] Some articles that I have majorly edited

I also edited various things before registering; most (I think) of them can be found at Special:Contributions/24.107.62.204. I'm fairly certain that I added to some articles for elements in the 120s (such as unbiunium?) around that time, but that the article was deleted before being re-created in 2004 (I'm assuming that the logs don't go back that far), so I have no way of verifying this.

[edit] Personal Editing Philosophies (not comprehensive)

Some guidelines (mostly consistent) that I have been using are:

Unless I add new content equivalent to about a sentence, I try to mark edits as "minor."

I am trying to do things in such a way that will make Wikipedia more respected. On the surface, this has mainly been things like adding and discussing sources. Obviously, I cannot make Wikipedia more respected, but I am trying to help. I like the "mission statement" for Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check.

For now, this is about as controversial as I get: My personal equivalent of "RC Patrol" might be called "deletion patrol." It is unfortunate that so many things almost get deleted (or do get deleted) because speedy deletion templates were misapplied, not enough research into notability was done, etc.

[edit] Background

Academically, my "main" interests are physics and mathematics (formally), and genealogy/history, linguistics/languages (informally). My "other" interests are everything else.

If you know your ancestry back to the Middle Ages in Europe, then we are almost certainly related. Feel free to let me know!

This sentence is a placeholder for any further autobiographical details that may be added.

Ordinarily, this is where I would link to my "main body of work" on the internet. However, I don't want to blatantly self-promote (actually, I do, but not here). If you're interested, Google might work.