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I will be on a prolonged wiki-break beginning January 27, 2007 during which time I will edit only sporadically. If you come here seeking administrator assistance, you would be well-advised to go elsewhere.
This page refers to the Wikipedia editor and administrator. For the sword, please see scimitar. If you wish to vandalize my user page, please check the FAQ first. Your concern may already be covered.
Augustus, one of the greatest builders in history. The foundation he built survived
Tiberius,
Nero and
Caligula. Hopefully, the foundation we build here will prove equally resilient
[edit] Guiding statement
- The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poet says, calls a fig a fig and a spade a spade. He should yield to neither hatred nor affection, but should be unsparing and unpitying. He should be neither shy nor deprecating, but an impartial judge, giving each side all it deserves but no more. He should know in his writings no country and no city; he should bow to no authority and acknowledge no king. He should never consider what this or that man will think, but should state the facts as they really occurred. -- Lucian
[edit] Quick Facts
- User name: Scimitar
- Real name: Jonathan
- Location: North-eastern British Columbia
- Responsibilities: Administrator, editor
- Registered: May 5, 2005
- Date of adminship: September 1, 2005
- User page vandalized: 39 times
- Deletionist/inclusionist: Neither
- Education:
- High school graduate (99th percentile)
- First-year engineering
- First-year industrial instrumentation
- Areas of special knowledge/interest: Canadian history, ice hockey (particularly the Edmonton Oilers), and Canadian politics. I also have extensive general knowledge in science, religion and history, as well as job-related knowledge in the energy sector.
