User:Chillowack

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I am a novelist, specializing in historical fiction. I use Wikipedia extensively in my research, along with various classical and ancient resources. While examining the latter, I sometimes find discrepancies or errors in Wikipedia articles, which I correct. This is very educational for me, and also gives me a feeling that I am making a worthwhile contribution to the project.

I regard Wikipedia as one of the great success stories of the Internet: a project the entire world can collaborate on together, and somehow it works. To me, this offers hope for humanity in general, since it shows that it is possible for us all to work together, cooperating in the harmonious building and spreading of free knowledge. I am grateful to have the opportunity to work on Wikipedia.

I take pride in the Wikipedia articles I write, and if I notice that another editor has tagged one of my articles as needing further verification, I do more research and modify the article accordingly, until I feel I've rectified the omission.