User:DutchTreat
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[edit] Purpose
Inspiration for my editorial work on the Wikipedia go to the book: "The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary" by Simon Winchester (ISBN: 0060175966)
[edit] People
Various biography pages I have touched:
- David P. Barash - Professor from University of Washington
- Janet Cardiff - Canadian artist
- Gene Deitch - cartoonist and creator of Nudnik (cartoon)
- Keith Devlin - NPR Weekend Edition Saturday 'Math Guy' and Standford Professor, Executive Director of Center for the Study of Language and Information
- Harold Dorschug - radio engineer that taught classes at Boston University
- Cody Klop -- child actor
- Sandra Tsing Loh - public radio personality and author
- Alan Munde - Bluegrass banjo player
- David Nagel - former CEO of PalmSource, former executive from Apple
- Phelim (Felix) O'Neill & Conn (Constantine) O'Neill -- historical Irish clan leaders from Portugal
- Michelle Rhee - Chancellor District of Columbia
- Dolores O'Riordan - lead singer from The Cranberries
- David Weston - British railway artist
- Shanti Wintergate - singer, author, wife of Bouncing Souls member
- Monroe Work - sociologist
- Cheng Ying - fictional character from Return of the Condors
[edit] Companies
- Cayman Islands Stock Exchange
- Corinthia Group Of Companies - hotel chain
- Convera Corporation - Internet search software
- Malta Stock Exchange - stock exchange
- Progress Software & DataDirect - software
- Reily Foods Company - food
[edit] Places
- California Institute of Technology
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Association
- Radcliffe Science Library
[edit] Artworks
- Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film - film aired on PBS
- CADUCEUS (expert system) - software is art
- Funky Winkerbean - cartoon strip by Tom Batiuk
- Munro (film) - short film winner of Academy Award, directed by Gene Deitch
- SHINE Expert System
[edit] My Toolbox
There are a few links that I use over and over again:
- Categorizing article - [[WP:UNCAT|You can help!]] | {{WPBiography}} | {{WikiProject Companies}} | {{WPMILHIST}}
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary Wikipedia not dictionary
- Wikipedia:Categorization Guideline of Wikipedia Categorization
- User_talk:Outriggr/assessment.js -- an assessment tool
- Lat/Long Decimal <-> Degree Converter from FCC.gov
[edit] Topics
- Category:Acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England --
- Category:Acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britian -- Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain (1707-1801).
- Category:Acts_of_the_Parliament_of_United_Kingdom
- WP:MILHIST#SCOPE -- Military History Scope
- more on the Template:WPMILHIST to deter the task-force names
