User:Karl Dickman
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This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box.
Nescire quid post quam natus sis acciderit perflagitiosum est.
- –William Bradford Sterling
Ὁ δὲ ανεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιοτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ.
Until November of 2006, I was known as Ingoolemo. I was reluctant to part with the name, because it had been my pseudonym almost everywhere for over two years, and it suits me well. The old name comes from an epithet I have given myself in Tolkienian Elvish, Mānandil Mizimon Ingōlemo. The first name is meant to mean 'friend of goodness'. The second is a translation of my own first name. The last is the word for 'wizard, one of deep lore'; I sometimes joke that it means 'wise guy'. Sadly, my name was mentioned on C-SPAN by John Seigenthaler Sr. as an example of unprofessional pseudonyms among Wikipedia's Administrators. I haven't much to say about my personality, though someone once said that I'm the concrete form of Algernon Moncrieff from The Importance of Being Earnest. Athletically, I enjoy running, mountain biking, road biking, nordic skiing, and ultimate frisbee the fast-paced sport of the 21st century. Academically, I'm interested in almost every topic imaginable. At the moment, my primary interest on Wikipedia is military aviation. I am also interested in linguistics and languages, including artificial languages. A few languages I hope to learn: German, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Quenya, and Esperanto. I have an absurd/morbid sense of humour, but I try also to maintain professionalism in my activities on Wikipedia, one reason why my page is so spare. And now, one of the most eloquent, but also most depressing, passages in literature:
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
- –Macbeth, Act V, Scene 5, Lines 22-30
[edit] A brief challenge
What is the gravitational flux density at the surface of the Earth?
[edit] The Noble Eightfold Path
(New years resolutions in order of importance)
- Gain 10 pounds (Chance of success: 5%)
- Break 15:45 minutes in the 5K (Chance of success: 50%) — 35 seconds away!
- Get at least five articles featured (Chance of success: 50%)
- Earn a Hero of the Soviet Union (Chance of success: 40%)
- Start at least twenty articles (Chance of success: 30%)
- Contribute ten entries to Wiktionary (Chance of success: 40%) — 5/10
- Contribute to Wikibooks (Chance of success: 90%)
- Become a decent guitar player (Chance of trying: 10%; Chance of success: 8%)
[edit] Awards
This barnstar is awarded to Iñgōlemo for minor edits of utmost quality. — Anárion
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"I'd like to award you the inaugural WikiWings award for your work on the C-108 Flying Fortress article in January. The effort you put in is especially appreciated for such an obscure and unglamorous aircraft. Many thanks and please keep up the good work. — Rlandmann"
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Thanks for death to my sig! — Alphax
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Here are some tasks you can do:
- Wikify: Graduand, Hard Drive Courage, Elegant Machinery, Eileen Schaer, Gary Walters, History of Hvar Island, Backlog...
- Cleanup: Teacher in role, Fan Changjiang, The Musical Racket, Imperial Way Faction, German units of measurement, Backlog...
- Stubs: Pedagogy, Kevin J. Anderson, Baseball Writers Association of America, Multinational corporation, Buda, Cargo, More...
- Verify: The 7th Guest Part III: The Collector, Aerosmith's outtakes, Algophobia, AIML, Al Tomaini, A&F Quarterly, Backlog...
- Update: All-Round Athletics, All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland, Christopher Stokes, Blankenburg am Harz, 102P/Shoemaker, More...
- Neutrality: Afro-Asian, Air Defense Identification Zone, Anker Boye, Alex Munter, Ammadam, Alan Goodman, Alorica, Backlog...
- Copyedit: Menstrual cup, Kateřina Jacques, Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Jain Irrigation Systems, Galileo's Cannonball, More...
- Merge: Lymphopenia, Dragonlance timeline, Hollyphant, King Philip Math League, Variety (plant), Epigenetic robotics, Backlog...
- Style: Agape College, ADT Security Services, Active 20-30, Action Kid (comic), Agumbe, A.T. Kearney, A13 road, More...
- Expand: Architecture of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Barry Lee Bush, Engaged and Underage, Silent Hill 3, E-mail, More...
- Requests: IGF type 2 receptor, Fifty-third Texas Legislature, D and I Railroad, Jus inter gentes, Colin Monk, Fiat 1T, More...
- Mediation Cabal: Robert Gray, anarchy battlefield, Almeda University, Antioxidant, Hero, The Freechild Project, More...
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Cleanup backlogs - Review recent overhauls - Active fixup projects - Maintenance projects - Maintenance COTW: be merged
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[edit] Links
- Rosenzweig, Roy (June 2006). Can History be Open Source?. Center for History and New Media. George Mason University. Retrieved on June 27, 2006.
