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[edit] Latest favorite quotation
"I have enjoyed spells of more intense happiness but never three years of as uninterrupted happiness as I did at the Harvard Law School." William Alexander Percy, Lanterns on the Levee
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About Me
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The motto of the AIW is Conservata veritate, which translates to, "With the preserved truth" This motto reflects the inclusionist desire to change Wikipedia only when no knowledge would be lost as a result.
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This user lives in or is from the State of Colorado. |
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I am a law student, but alas not at Harvard. After graduating from Sewanee, The University of the South like Mr. Percy, I am now enrolled at the law school at The University of Denver. I discovered Wikipedia while I should have been reading, and I find that editing is more fun than reading the notes after Contracts cases. I am a Christian, and specifically a member of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
[edit] International Travels
[edit] My Wikipedia Philosophy
Like anyone who takes time to read, edit, and add to Wikipedia, I am an information hound. I always have been. When I was a child, however, I had a hard time seeking out information. Any time I became interested in a new subject, my options to find out more were limited. I had to hope that there was a book at the library or an article in a print encyclopedia about the subject. Even if I was lucky enough to find a book at the library, it would be terribly outdated. All that changed my first year in high school. It was 1995, and the Internet was beginning to take off. Suddenly, any time I wanted to know more about any subject, I could seek someone out on the Internet who wanted to tell me all about that subject. No more hoping for a book on cricket in my suburban Colorado library. Not only could I find pages about the rules and history of the game, but I could find up-to-the minute results for the World Cup, and someone who would sell me a replica kit for all of the teams involved. Because I remember the days when all the information in the world was not at my fingertips, I believe that as much of it as possible should be kept on Wikipedia. Wikipedia has expanded my ability to seek out facts. I know that I can count on Wikipedia to answer my questions on nearly any subject. To delete articles because they do not strike you as the kind of material that needs to be in an encyclopedia defeats the power of the internet. For the sake of those other boys out there today in the American suburbs who are trying to embrace the world around them and not just the images foisted upon them by MTV and ESPN, I believe that we have a duty to make Wikipedia as inclusive as possible.
[edit] Anglican Userboxes
This is really a subset of my philosophy. I enjoy reading the user pages of other Anglicans, which is one of the reasons that I have the Anglican userbox on my page. I noticed recently that people have begun to create liberal, orthodox, etc. Anglican userboxes. As far as I can tell, these userboxes do not allow the users to connect with one another beyond the standard “Anglican Wikipedians” group. That is one of the reasons that I have chosen to abstain from such a box. The other reason is that I do not want Anglican userbox status to turn into an ugly battle and get the generic box deleted. I count among my friends some of the most conservative and some of the most liberal members of the Diocese of Colorado. I count among my Fraternity brothers postulates from the Diocese of Fort Worth and the Bishop of New Hampshire. It saddens me to see people drawing lines within the church. If it comes down to an argument of whether or not the Religion userboxes are appropriate at all, this squabble is going to loose it for us.
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[edit] Future Projects
I hope to kick the Colorado geography stubs into shape, especially those relating to places close to Georgetown, my home when school is not in session. As an avid mountaineer, a particular goal of mine is to expand the existing information on the fourteeners of Colorado. I am interested in the Church, but since I decided to go for a J.D. rather than an M.Div. I am probably not the man to add to theology pieces. I do, however, hope to get some articles going on some of the more significant Episcopal churches in Colorado, starting with my church, the Cathedral of St. John in the Wilderness, Denver. I have also just discovered that there is not an entry for Hymnal 1982.
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