User:Wikid77

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Wikipedia user Wikid77 is an American computer scientist, home repairman, and world traveller.

His interests include astronomy, search engines, programming, ergonomics, and electronic encyclopedias.

He has been editing Wikipedia since March 2006 (or earlier). Contact by: leave him a message on his talk page.

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This user lives in Texas.
en This user is a native speaker of English.
de-1 Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.
GT This user attends or attended Georgia Tech.
C++ This user can program in C++.
C This user can program in C.
xml This user can write XML.
Java This user can program in Java.
<html> This user can write HTML.
css This user can write Cascading Style Sheets.
This user enjoys photography.

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[edit] Friends

  • Everyone, hopefully.

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[edit] Articles edited

I have worked on over 2,600 WP articles, hundreds anonymously, including:

I would have made over 100,000 edits, but I learned (after months) to edit offline, then check an article's revision history to merge multiple edits into an article using just one SAVE operation. Tips:

  • Copying the edit buffer to a text editor allows search-and-replace.
  • Collaboration is facilitated by having titled sub-sections for each to edit.
  • Differences can also be checked by using offline text editors.
  • An edit-page window can be updated between sessions by login via a 2nd window, then previewing differences to merge intermittent changes as just one save.

Double-checking of modifications can avoid creating 20,000 edits, by waiting and combining updates into one save operation. Remember: Many planned changes can be postponed until other changes are ready.

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I have created and uploaded hundreds of images, many to Wikimedia Commons.
Egyptian towns / oases





Peter Minuit (bought Manhattan for "$24") founded New Sweden
Siwa Oasis (one of 6 vast palm oases in Egypt)

[edit] Comments

  • The Wikipedia project has struggled for years, but, like the initial years of the Internet, the information is maturing. Rampant vandalism is being fought by protected articles & anti-vandal bots.
  • I have added many articles, mostly on historic subjects.
  • The search for knowledge is a fool's errand. The most valuable knowledge I have learned is to be polite and forgiving with other people (although WP can be an extreme test of patience!).
  • (The name "Wikid77" is a contraction for "Wiki id77" as a user name.)
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