User:Iterator12n

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As Iterator12n my purpose is to learn about the possibilities and limitations of wikis – to see where wikis stand vis-à-vis the ideas put forward in The Wisdom of Crowds, The Madness of Crowds, and The Cult of the Amateur. It seems, the best way to learn is to do, to participate as an editor in the Wikipedia project. So here we go. For what it's worth: Iterator12n knows a bit about some of the subjects Iterator12n gets involved in; on other subjects Iterator12n has no clue. Cheers.

This may also be the right place to warn the reader that Iterator12n is less than a true believer in the concepts of neutrality, consensus, and stability (stability of external sources, and, for that matter, of knowledge in general) — without rejecting these worthy ideas outright. (Six months later, I have crossed out one of the three concepts because particulalry in Wikipedia, when there is a strict adherence to WP:RS and WP:V, a workable level of consensus is achieved, most of the time. From what I have seen, a majority of the consensus failures can be attributed to not adhering to the two policies.)

en This user is a native speaker of English. de-3 Dieser Benutzer hat sehr gute Deutschkenntnisse. fr-3 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau avancé de français. nl-3 Deze gebruiker spreekt uitstekend Nederlands. This user's deviation is standard This user's time zone is variable. This user is a member of the WikiProject on Systems. [edit] To Do List WP:NOR re. Original images Expand on Computer compatibility, also vis-à-vis forward (use template:notability as an example) and backward compatibility Expand ISO 12207 and ISO 15288 Add a historical perspective to Computer architecture A due process provision for WP:AN3RR Photonic interpretation of reflection, refraction and law of Snellius, re. question Goals of the Encyclopédie Role of analysis, alternative viewpoints and persuasive writing in an encyclopedia Johannes Kepler and the Holy Roman Empire Alternative view of limitations of science, re talk Merger of Amsterdam and Mokum - not Picture with Evans article Expand on orthogonality, modularity and modular design Herbert Simon and the science of design Iterative re-write of the complexity article Write at least a stub for an article on Concept of Operations [edit] Things Learned Placeholders, for expansion: Role of consensus in WP affairs Interpretation of No Original Research Common use and precision Practice of admin-ship Role of iteration in the development of an article Effect of WP:NPOV Use of project-level forking The issue of stability of (external) sources [edit] Cantus Iteratus ma ni a na ah ri us ma ni a na ah ri us ma ni a na pi ri us ma ni a na ga ti us ma ni a na ha ti a be ma ni a na ha ti a be ya di ei ka di ei First verse of Cantus Iteratus, from Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary, copyright Jenkins Ratledge Ltd/Virgin Records Ltd, transcribed by Moshe Jacobson