User:Mintchocicecream

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[edit] About me

Tai Pak Wan; Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
Tai Pak Wan; Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
Yi Pak Wan; Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
Yi Pak Wan; Discovery Bay, Hong Kong

22/Male/Hong Kong. I am currently working in Coventry, UK and studying at Loughborough. You'll also often find that I'm over in Bath. I am a graduate of the University of Bath. I was brought up in Hong Kong, where I spent the first (almost) eighteen years of life; and studied at West Island School (Class of 2002).

I am a... Creative thinker. Prolific blogger. Enthusiastic commentator. Dynamic songwriter and lyricist. Catholic. Politically centre/liberal-left. Loves music, film, graphic and web design. INFJ. 1984-10-23.


Siena, Discovery Bay
Siena, Discovery Bay

I am an avid reader of Wikipedia but a sporadic editor, wavering between rapid bursts of editing followed by weeks of hibernation.

[edit] Contributions

West Island School, Hong Kong
West Island School, Hong Kong

Having contributed to Wikipedia since 3 November 2003, I am a bit of an old-timer here. That said, my contributions have been sporadic; with rapid bursts of editing followed by weeks of hibernation.


I am either responsible for/made significant contributions and/or photographs to the following pages
  • Discovery Bay (responsible for much of the content; and i took the photos)
  • Inspiration Lake (responsible for much of it)
  • International relations (responsible for a major rewrite discussing critical theories to make it NPOV and less U.S. centric. these are now spread out on countless articles but the content is there!!)
  • University of Bath (started it, wrote most of it, and took the panoramic photo)
  • West Island School (made so many corrections to it and basically wrote most of it and added the photographs)
  • Yam O/Sunny Bay (responsible for much of the content; and i took the photos)
I am responsible for part of the content on many other pages, including the following


As you can see, I edit a myriad of pages: Hong Kong-based and Hong Kong-related topics, social science topics and education-related pages; Christianity/Catholicism-related, United Kingdom-related, Mac-related, Music-related; and also pages I stumble upon while navigating Wikipedia... I am often responsible for correcting spelling and grammatical mistakes - by a mixture of running a spell-checker and tidying up sentences. Examples would include my corrections to the featured article candidates Flag of Hong Kong and Single Transferable Vote. I prefer UK English although if an article is written using US English or other deviant forms, I will keep it if it fits with the conventions used in the host country.

I have started numerous stub articles; made bold changes and corrections and add photos that occassionally get me in trouble with other editors. ;-) In terms of Wikipedia philosophy, I'd lean ever so slightly towards Inclusionism and Eventualism :-P


A full list of my contributions can be found here.

[edit] Use of Wikipedia in Academic Essays

Inside West Island School, Hong Kong
Inside West Island School, Hong Kong

For use in academic essays:

Statement on the use of Wikipedia:

“This essay uses Wikipedia, amongst other resources, as a source. Wikipedia is a free-content encyclopaedia that anyone can edit. Articles are subjected to a process of community review where contributors can debate and cross-check articles to ensure that they are accurate and reliable. As this is a new resource, there have been numerous debates as to whether a resource produced in this manner can be considered authoritative or trustworthy. The articles I have chosen have been collaborated with other resources listed on this bibliography to ensure that the information presented in my essay is accurate. Today, Wikipedia articles are widely used as a resource as a press source around the world (see Wikipedia as a press source) and widely cited in academic studies (see Wikipedia as an academic source). Increasingly, it is also cited as a resource in books, conferences and even court cases. However, like all resources, there are limitations. For more information on Wikipedia’s strengths and weaknesses and replies to common objections, refer to Replies to common objections.”

University of Bath (Claverton Down Campus)
University of Bath (Claverton Down Campus)


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