User:Vendettax

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Hello, I am Vendetta.
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I want to live in the sky.

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Wikipedian here since 2006-06-23!

1 Academic Interests
2 Wikipedia Goals
3 Other Interests
4 Contact Information
5 Userboxes

[edit] Academic Interests

I have a great hunger for knowledge of any sort. My favourite subjects are history, psychology, and sociology, though I read anything that I can get my hands on. I am also interested in medicine, genealogy and other technical subjects. Additionally, computers are my life work. I am in my early twenties, female, and live in Kentucky.

[edit] Wikipedia Goals

[edit] Site Participation

Please encourage or correct my efforts when possible so that I may learn.
Even though I have been an avid reader of this site for quite some time, I am new to "active" participation.
I am very interested in editing, maintenance, clean-up projects, translation projects (English, Spanish, Dutch), and generally helping out wherever possible.

[edit] Requested Articles

I would love to see (and have requested) an article on my great-great-great-grandfather for purely historical purposes.

"Devil" John Wright, also known as "Bad" John and "Tall Sycamore of the Elkhorn", a prominent figure in Eastern Kentucky (Letcher County), b.1844 - d.1931, bounty hunter, Sherriff of Wise County, VA, Confederate army (Civil war), Pinkerton agent, Robinson circus sharpshooter (with uncle Martin Van Buren Bates), and so on. He is also very prominent in geneology research in the Eastern KY area (having had over thirty children). John Fox Jr. wrote "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" with "Devil" John Wright as the basis for character Devil Judd Tolliver. (Existing related articles are Martin Van Buren Bates, John Fox Jr., The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, and one regarding another blood-relation, author Harry M. Caudill.

More articles in general dealing with Kentucky, especially regarding historical landmarks, features, events, folklore, and people.

[edit] Random Contributions

The following table is only for larger 'wikify' and rewrite contributions; a majority of my edits so far have ended up with different types of changes made, such as proposed deletions, vandal-fighting, minor cleanup, mediating discussions, etc. The full contributions list will show those other edits.

I am currently working with pages from the wikify backlog from October 2006 - see my temporary Toolbox for boring details.

Wikify

This user is part of the wikification drive.

Start Date

Progress

Keith E. Gottfried

03/06/2007

Completed 03/07/2007

Kinkaid Lake

03/09/2007

Completed 03/10/2007

Canigao Island

03/25/2007

Completed 03/25/2007

Bad Eagle

03/27/2007

Completed 03/28/2007

Punch Buggy

03/28/2007

Completed 03/29/2007

03/30/2007

Completed 03/30/2007

Big Eddy Site

04/01/2007

Completed 04/01/2007

Hopefully more coming soon!

[edit] Other Interests

Computer Gaming
- World of Warcraft (Server: Gilneas, Character name: Xera), Quake series, Unreal Tournament 2004, RPGs, text-based games such as Angband, and others.
Web-related
- Website design and administration, programming, scripting, animation, and graphic design.
Creative outlets
- Textile crafts such as cross-stitch, knitting, and crochet, drawing, painting ceramics, tattoo art, and photography.
Music
- I am obsessed with music, and listen to a wide variety of genres, though I tend to favor R&B, blues, rap, oldies, and classic rock. I also play guitar (and occasionally piano).
Reading
- Mostly science fiction & fantasy. Favourite authors include Marion Zimmer Bradley, David Eddings, any novels written from the Dragonlance or Forgotten Realms series, David Farland, Melanie Rawn, Piers Anthony, Anne McCaffrey, R A Salvatore, Isaac Asimov, and hundreds of others.