User:Imjustmatthew

About Me

I'm Matthew Roy, a college student attending Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts, United States of America. I am a member of the class of 2009, and am intending upon majoring in Systems Engineering. I am most recently from Richmond, Virginia.

Current Status

Buried by real life!
I'm feeling the pressure from the real world and am not paying a lot of attention to Wikipedia. Please click here to leave me a message, but don't expect an immediate response. If you really need to get ahold of me, please drop me an e-mail.

Wikipedia

I have an interest in contributing to Wikipedia because it lets me make a difference, helping to build one of the largest repositories of knowledge anywhere. Wikipedia is sort of like a new Library of Alexandria, a place where the sum of human knowledge can be stored, sorted, and disseminated.

What that means in terms of implementation is interesting, contrary to what my AWB speedy deletion nomination might convey, I'm generally an inclusionist. If something has the potential to be a full article we should keep it, someone will find it useful, and it costs us almost nothing.

I'm really annoyed by vandals. I try to stay involved in lending a hand in the fight against vandalism and nonsense on Wikipedia.

My interests in contributing seem to revolve around nuclear power, modern warfare, space, and the places I've been (e.g. Olin College). School is always tough on contributions, sometime when I'm a Real Engineer and have lots of free time I will get to write more....

At a Glance: Userboxes

en This user is a native speaker of English. This user lives in the United States of America. This user is from the Commonwealth of Virginia. vn-24 This user page has been vandalized 24 times.

Technical:

This user is a college student. SI-0 This user thinks the metric system is bureaucratic and inhuman and will think in Fahrenheit until he/she dies. This user uses Wikipedia as his primary point of reference. Java This user can program in Java. This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox. G This user uses Google as a primary search engine.

Political:

This user believes it is every citizen's duty to vote. This user is opposed to online censorship. This user advocates democracy. This user opposes racism and admires Martin Luther King, Jr..

Religion:

respect This user respects others' religions and realises not all people wish to follow the same path. This user is interested in Roman Catholicism.

Games:

This user is addicted to video games. This user prefers to play games on a PC. Deus Ex This user wears sunglasses during night operations.

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