User:Ben Babcock

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Ben Babcock is a Canadian Wikipedian from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He stumbled upon Wikipedia in late 2004.

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Quotes of the Moment

  • If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
  • Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

[edit] Canada, eh

Links for Wikipedians interested in Canadian content

Newcomers: Welcome kit | Register: Canadian Wikipedians | Join:Members | Network: Noticeboard (WP:CWNB) | Browse: Canada
Contribute content: Canada Portal - Canadian current events - Canadian collaboration of the week (WP:CCOTW) - Canada stubs
See also: British Columbia (Vancouver Region) - Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Quebec (Montreal Region) - Quebec wikipedians' noticeboard - Ontario - (Toronto Region - Ottawa Region) - Nova Scotia - Prince Edward Island - Newfoundland and Labrador - New Brunswick - Territories
Workgroups: Music - Television - Canadian Military History - Government of Canada - Education - Electoral districts - Politics - Law - Roads


Ben takes pride in being Canadian, eh. He has a particular interest in improving the quality of Canadian Wikipedia articles, especially those involving Thunder Bay. He urges all Canadians to join the Canadian Wikipedians' Notice Board and contribute. For instance, they can help revive the Canadian Collaboration of the Week, which currently languishes because very few people are working to maintain it. Ben Babcock regrets that he has admittedly lapsed in his own committments to these projects.

Ben has completed his grade 10 year at Fort William Collegiate Institute. Unfortunately, FWCI is scheduled for closure at the end of the 2004/2005 school year. Its closure may be postponed if the Ontario Ministry of Education steps in to follow recommendations by an independent facilitator's report. Ben urges any other Ontarian Wikipedians out there to write letters to Gerard Kennedy addressing concerns over school closures.

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Ben enjoys both reading and writing. His favourite forms of fiction are science fiction and fantasy, he is a particular fan of Frank Herbert, Arthur C. Clarke, Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, and J. R. R. Tolkien. In addition to reading and writing, Ben uses the computer, mostly in surfing the Internet and Wikipedia. On the Internet, his primary interests lie toward web design and web development.

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Ben maintains a watchlist of articles to which he has contributed, and articles that he finds of general interest.

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[edit] Book Club

If you enjoy reading and Wikipedia, perhaps you should join the Wikipedia Book Club collaboration. Members select a piece of literature whose article is in need of expansion, read the literature, and then collaborate to improve the article. You will be able to enjoy a good book and help Wikipedia at the same time.

WikiProject Countering systemic bias open tasks
This project creates new articles and improves neglected ones.


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