User:Ryanmcdaniel

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At the Golden Gate bridge
At the Golden Gate bridge

Hello! My name, unsurprisingly, is Ryan McDaniel. (Hmm, creative username, you think?) My brother is Robert McDaniel (user NetherlandishYankee).

[edit] Interests on Wikipedia

Focus Areas
This user is interested in ancient Rome.
This user is interested in the Medieval period.
This user is interested in the Renaissance period.
This user is an Anglophile
Languages
en This user is a native speaker of English.
es-2 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español.
it-1 Questo utente può contribuire con un livello semplice di italiano.
fr-0 Cet utilisateur ne comprend pas le français, ou seulement avec des difficultés notables.
la-0 Hic usor aut nullo pacto aut aegre Latine intellegere potis est.
... This user would like to be able to speak more languages.
Wiki-Relevant Skills
html-3 This user is an advanced HTML user.
css-3 This user is an advanced Cascading Style Sheets user.
LaTeX-2 This user is an intermediate LaTeX user.
Other Wikis
This user has a page on Wikinews.
This user has a page on Wikiquote.
Wikipedia Vicipaedia
ego contribuo in Vicipaedia.
I support the Latin language Wikipedia with my contributions.

I first joined Wikipedia anonymously in 2003, and have had my account since mid-2004. Among other things that drew me to Wikipedia are:

[edit] Created Pages

24 articles created:

2 articles translated:

[edit] Contributions

500 edits 1000 edits
Mar 15, 2006 Jun 15, 2006

I've made 1372 total edits (including this one) on 633 distinct articles as of November 10, 2006.

The ones I'm really proud of are:

Other articles to which I've made major/significant edits—copyediting, wikification, content addition, etc.—include:

[edit] Views on Wikipedia

Immediatism/Eventualism: I try to strike a balance between immediatism and eventualism: I believe that Wikipedia has some truly amazing potential, and am happy to work toward that goal. On the other hand, I think that at any point in time, the content of an article should be as polished and professional as possible. Thus, copyediting and wikification are big points with me. Sources should be cited. But if it's not perfect, please fix it, don't just remove it!

Inclusionism/Exclusionism: This also means that I am an inclusionist, preferring to keep and improve articles and information rather than delete them out of hand. My standard for "notable" is maybe a little low, leaning closer to "useful" or "informative". On the other hand, this doesn't mean I'm in favor of keeping everything, and unsubstantiated rumors, irrelevant facts, and truly unnotable articles detract from the purpose of the encyclopedia. Listcruft is particularly annoying.

[edit] Credentials

[edit] Education

[edit] Background

I've lived in the United States for seventeen years, Spain for five and a half, Germany for two and a half, and Italy for a year. I currently live in Irvine, California.

Ancestry
(newest first)		 United States Canada England Ireland Scotland France
Lived in
(years)		 United States Spain Germany Italy
Traveled in
(days-months)		 England Wales Scotland Denmark France Belgium The Netherlands Austria Switzerland San Marino The Vatican Portugal
Briefly visited
(hours)		 Canada Luxembourg Liechtenstein Monaco Andorra

I'm currently employed as a systems engineer on a US Air Force satellite communications program. I also have several years experience in spacecraft concept design working for Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

[edit] Hobbies & Interests

[edit] Perspective

Provided in the interest of maintaining a neutral point-of-view (or at least helping others figure out where I'm coming from).

  • Philosophically, I'm a pseudo-Objectivist who believes strongly in integrity and personal responsibility.
  • Politically, I'm roughly fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I don't support either party, and in fact don't believe there should be parties.
  • Religiously, I'm technically agnostic, i.e. I hold the existence of anything supernatural to be prima facie unprovable. However, I'm essentially an atheist as I personally think there is no god, or anything else unexplainable by science or philosophy.

[edit] Other Random Facts

  • I'm married
  • I spend way too much time reading
  • I'm a former Eagle Scout
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