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I live in Birmingham, Alabama. I intend to spend some time making the articles about Birmingham rich and useful. I will also contribute to other articles as I have the opportunity and resources.
Since March 2006 I have been working primarily on a separate Wikipedia-inspired project for Birmingham called BhamWiki.
[edit] Articles I started
[edit] Articles to which I've made significant contributions
[edit] Images I've added
[edit] Planned Future Articles
- Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
- Birmingham Terminal Station
- Bobby Tanory (Bobby T.) - pioneering video disc-jockey
- Ivy Green - birthplace of Helen Keller
- Jothan Callins - notable Jazz musician and educator
- Jones Valley, Alabama
- PowerCADD - CAD software package for the Macintosh
[edit] Potential Topics
- Mesoamerican gods and codices
- Planning & Housing in the Netherlands
- Planning & Housing in Barcelona
- Russian Architecture
- Company Towns and Paternal Utopianism
- Masonry Preservation Technology
- Birmingham-related articles
[edit] Etcetera
- During the month of June, 2005 I attempted to help mediate a dispute on Talk:Slovenians about whether Slovene or Slovenian should be the preferred term on Wikipedia. The debate has greatly overshadowed the actual content of the pages involved and is approximately one iota closer to consensus. Maybe.
- In January, 2006 I began adding articles for the Translators of the King James Version of the Bible. I poked into a wasp's nest when I decided to give John Layfield (theologian) the honor of the John Layfield article, instead of the professional wrestler of the same name. In the future, I will not meddle in the affairs of Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling.
- In the summer of 2006 my edit history was analyzed and, through some sort of analytical möbius strip, I was found to be a raving conservative racist bent on undermining Wikipedia's neutrality. Needless to say I take exception to this characterization but I learned to be amused rather than riled. Others may be better able to say whether I helped to wrest the Condoleezza Rice article out of a bitter edit war or merely exacerbated the conflict. --Dystopos 23:27, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
- I have argued, at length, in various guideline proposals, that we would be wise to adhere to the core policies of WP:Verifiability, WP:Neutral point of view and WP:No original research in determining whether an particular subject merits an article. The prevailing alternative, which I consider to be unwise and needlessly complex, is to establish guidelines for particular categories of topics based on their notability within that category. This, I believe, gives rise to the curious phenomenon that a "significant" episode of Will & Grace is accorded more value than an "insignificant" high school. Similarly, I believe that the WP:Naming conventions used alone are more elegant and flexible than an endless parade of special conventions for special classes of articles. Disambiguate when necessary, not for "consistency". --Dystopos 23:25, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Licensing
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