User:Dpmath

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I shouldn't spend my time editing Wikipedia, but here I am.

I am a professor of politics. I live both in the Live Oak area of Santa Cruz, and in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. I circulate in various gay communities. Hence most of my contributions will reflect these interests and affiliations.

I've contributed to pages about my hometown of New Ulm, Minnesota; the leather subculture, body piercing, Folsom Street Fair, Up Your Alley Fair, South of Market, and Live Oak. One of my aims is the integration of information about gay history and culture into articles on topics of broader relevance, when appropriate.

I also like to think about what counts as a plausible claim on the basis of available evidence. And I find editorializing to be anathema to encyclopedic information. Therefore some of my edits reflect my judgments in these areas too.