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Long-time anonymous user (roughly since 2003-2004), I recently (mid 2006) decided to register, mainly because I wanted to create some articles, which at some point got reserved for the elect only. I watchlist obsessively, but not indiscriminatively. I'm also a strong inclusionist, and admit that I sometimes chafe under the 'no original research' rule...
Some of my Wikipedia interests include New Zealand, Germany, traffic & transport (engineer in that field), fantasy and science fiction, history and politics. I also like geography articles, because they (usually) provide a bit of a rest from the more fought-over topics. And I like reading/editing pretty much everything else ;-)
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This user is a cat lover. |
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This user is a student aircraft pilot who has done their first solo flight. |
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This user comes from Hesse. |
[edit] Wikipolitics
[edit] Content
As an inclusionist, I believe that everything of verifiable notability should have a place on Wikipedia (even if it is notable only to a smaller subgroup). I consider the 'content-pruners' (as opposed to people who tag or prune non-verifiable or commercial material) to be one of the more unpleasant experiences of Wikipedia.
Throwing rhetoric bombs like Fancruft!!! to me often is simply another way of saying "Your interests are lame and I laugh at the fact that you took all that time to write up your favorite book/game/movie series." This is not what Wikipedia should be about. Discuss weaknesses, in style, verifiability or content, but rein in your 'AfD'-instincts except for the very worst.
[edit] Community
I must admit that I do not spend enough time involved in the Wikipedia community, and that much of my work is 'drive-by' (though hopefully without the associated sloppieness - and articles have a way of getting stuck in my watchlist once I spent some time working on them). The reason for this is the fact that I already spend too much time on here, and would rather communicate live with people in the remaining time. Which is not to say that I won't happily communicate with YOU on my talk page or yours - but you won't find me often on message boards or forums...
As for Wikipedia/Wikimedia organization, this puts me at the disadvantage of not being involved enough to know of/vote on many things with good conscience and knowledge. I try to restrain my irritation with some of the limits and restrictions which the community, its founders or administrators, place upon it by the knowledge that communities need rules. But it isn't always easy to follow those you disgree with!
[edit] Quotations
"Atheists have been accused of defining themselves only in negative, defensive terms. In fact, we define ourselves by absence - of belief (belief in God, and for most of us, all things "supernatural"). Our positive values are derived from philosophies like humanism, from common sense, and from a gut-level (instinctual as opposed to God-given) respect for life. And as these values are also held by many believers, we see no need to stake any kind of exclusive claim to them just to define ourselves."
- - From an unpublished 'letter to the editor' I wrote in 2006
[edit] Articles to be written / finished
[edit] Articles needing major work
[edit] Articles, favorite involvements
- Aquablue (created, text, images)
- Amphibious assault submarine (created, text)
- Auckland City Hospital (created, text, images)
- Auckland War Memorial Museum (expanded, text, images)
- Axe Murder Incident (major cleanup, watchlist)
- Gipsy (comics) (created, text, images)
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- Grafton Bridge (expanded, text, images)
- Loneliness (major cleanup, references, watchlist)
- Merchant submarine (created, text, image)
- Myers Park, Auckland (expanded, text, images)
- Post scarcity (major cleanup, references, watchlist)
- The Culture (major expand, watchlist)
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