User:Bunchofgrapes

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I'm Bunchofgrapes. If you like Patrick O'Brian then you might know where I took the name from. For the most part, it's meaningless. You may call me Grapes if "Bunchofgrapes" is too much typing.[1]

I'm interested in a lot of things, but my main contributions are to food articles, where I'm especially drawn to the history and science aspects. I've also done some British history stuff. And assorted miscellany.

I'm a computer programmer by trade, but I have little or no interest in contributing in that area. I am a U.S citizen, living in Oregon, male, born in 1970. I earned two computer science engineering degrees from Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, in the early 1990s.

This is my 10000th edit!

User:IBook of the Revolution is my stepson.


Contents

What the critics are saying

"The thing that I want to find out is who's doing the entry for butter. There's an entry for butter! What would motivate someone to do that?"
— essayist Chuck Klosterman, interviewed in Willamette Week[2]
"We are going to start a new category -- Do Not Click This Link -- just for this item."
— Judi Smith, Dave Barry's Research Department, on a blog entry regarding the casu marzu article.
"George Bush had a quiet day yesterday. Liz Hurley's wedding was ignored. The definition of "Muslim" remained stable. Even 'cheese' was left alone."
— Cassandra Jardine, "Fount of all wisdom - and foolery", Telegraph Newspaper Online.

Significant (or not) Contributions

Featured articles

Theatre Royal, Drury LaneButterBlack pepperCheese

Other stuff

Sonofabitch stewSliced breadPandora PinemothElm Farm OllieFried spiderGibbon's Tennis CourtLisle's Tennis CourtCockpit TheatreJuniper berryParachute JumpCasu MarzuCheese flyKumisRed ManLincoln FryFrybreadLong pepperGumboot chitonVästerbotten cheesePrästostCrayfish partyGranitaSmoking (cooking technique)Garlic press

Works in progress

Nell GwynMilk

Some images I uploaded

Rant

This is not me. I'm much seedier.
This is not me. I'm much seedier.

Wikipedia is a research project. If you are going to add new content to a page, please follow these guidelines:

  • If you don't want to do research, but just want to write what you know, or what you think you know, or what sounds good, or how it seems to work in your town, state, or country, STOP. RIGHT. NOW. You will be harming the encyclopedia with your "sharing". Research first. With reliable sources. That means books. If your topic isn't covered in books, that may sometimes be a warning sign that it isn't encyclopedic enough to merit coverage here. If you still believe it is, research with the best sources you can find. Journals. Magazines. Newspapers. Almost never web sites written by some random guy. Mr. random guy probably did as much research as you were going to do, before you read this: none.
  • When adding material to an article, cite the sources the information is from. Don't treat this as an optional step. Trying to retrofit citations later in your own work is hard; trying to do it for some piece of text someone else wrote is basically impossible. You might as well get rid of it all and start from scratch, because the information in sources you find will be just different enough from that in the original sources to make you question the whole enterprise.


To-do list

Articles I might start someday:

  • Microcosm of London
  • Does she...or doesn't she?
  • Clemson University blue cheese
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  1. ^ Or "Bunch", "BoG", etc. Or try an anagram: "No spa grub, chef!"
  2. ^ Klosterman's incisive analysis of Bunchofgrapes went on to receive critical acclaim in Februrary of 2006.[citation needed]