User:Digitalican

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This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues.
no ads This user is against commercials in Wikipedia.
excl This editor is an exclusionist.
This user remembers when
television programming was only in black-and-white.

[edit] About Me

A 60-something proto-nerd, I was raised as a Christian Scientist and raised in the proverbial theatre trunk (now there's a combination.) I'm a jack-of-all-trades and master of none, which meant I became a computer systems administrator.

[edit] Wikipedia Activities

The following principles guide my activity on Wikipedia:

  • Wikipedia ought to be (well, duh) an Encyclopedia, not a soapbox, a forum, a usenet news group or a battleground. I'm inclined to want to get rid of article cruft that's misplaced or not relevant to the subject of the article.
  • I try to take the position of someone genuinely looking for information (which I often am.) Do I want every possible issue related to a subject? No. I generally want an overview with the option to go on to more detailed aspects of the subject.
  • Multiple differing points of view are not equal to NPOV. NPOV (to me) means neutral and objective. There are an indeterminate number of points of view on any subject, and including them all just leads to information overload and unreadability.
  • I try to stay away from contributing to articles about which I know nothing or, worse, know enough to have a specific point of view. It's important here to be aware of your own blind spots.
  • I am absolutely disrespectful of anonymous edits that have substantive contributions or consequences. If you know (or think you know) enough about a subject to make such contributions then you need to have the Moxie to stand behind what you contribute.