User:LordAmeth

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LordAmeth is taking a short wikibreak and will be back on Wikipedia he doesn't know when.

紫水晶殿 (むらさきずいしょうどの) is originally from Baldwin, Long Island, and is now studying Japanese in Yokohama. I studied history & East Asian Studies at Brandeis University, and received my Masters from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. I also spent a semester at Jouchi Daigaku in Tokyo, in the spring of 2003. I have worked at the Museum of Science, Boston and interned at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. I'm looking forward to a career in academia and the museum world.

I've always wanted to learn more about pre-modern Japan, and working with Wikipedia gives me the focus and the drive to research people, places, and events. I love history in general, and very well might expand into other places & periods eventually; I just worry that I don't have enough background of knowing what I'm talking about... I am starting now to develop a passion for pre-colonial Southeast Asia, Okinawa, and other somewhat less well-traveled areas in the region. My Master's work has taken me deep into the histories of these areas within the early modern period (roughly 1500-1900), and I would love to continue to expand that knowledge. Eventually, I'm going to have to delve into Chinese history again, but as for my work on Wikipedia, there are more than enough people on those topics for me to need to get involved.

I've been editing and creating entries since roughly the beginning of December 2004, and have been a Wikipedia Administrator since October 2005.

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I am an active member of both WikiProject Japan and WikiProject Military history. The Japanese military history task force was begun on 21 July 2006. It remains to be seen what sort of leadership or maintenance tasks or roles will fall upon me, but I do encourage you to sign up, ask questions, get involved, or just take a look at what we've been working on.

As of August 2006, I am also an Assistant Coordinator of the Military History Project. I hope to help organize and maintain various organizational and administrative tasks; but moreso, I hope this will help increase my visibility and allow me to help individual editors with various issues.

I generally try to be as patient, flexible, and understanding on issues of debate as possible. I have found that such debates are more often than not, not worth fighting, as this is meant to be a hobby, and enjoyable. I do my best, therefore, not to get on anyone's nerves, and not to devote my free time, my hobby time, to arguing with people. However, this aspect of Wikipedia is I think one of its primary flaws. We really need to focus better on producing, accurate, objective material, and presenting it in a professional and academic manner.

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  • Please see User:LordAmeth/Articles for a list of articles I have created or to which I have significantly contributed.
  • User:LordAmeth/Sources is where I keep a list of the books I own, and articles I have cited, for my contributions to Wikipedia.
Assistant Coordinator of the Military History Wikiproject
Assistant Coordinator of the Military History Wikiproject
I award this Society Barnstar to LordAmeth for his extensive edits on Japanese society & culture, expanding its content on Wikipedia... Spawn Man 02:18, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
I award this Society Barnstar to LordAmeth for his extensive edits on Japanese society & culture, expanding its content on Wikipedia... Spawn Man 02:18, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
This editor is a Splendid and Majestic Tutnum, and is entitled to display this Book of Knowledge with Coffee Cup Stain and Cigarette Burn.
This editor is a Splendid and Majestic Tutnum, and is entitled to display this Book of Knowledge with Coffee Cup Stain and Cigarette Burn.
I hereby present you with the Military history WikiProject Distinguished Service Award for your significant contributions to Wikipedia's coverage of Japan's military history. —Kirill Lokshin 03:47, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
I hereby present you with the Military history WikiProject Distinguished Service Award for your significant contributions to Wikipedia's coverage of Japan's military history. —Kirill Lokshin 03:47, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
For your diligence and dedication in cleaning up the lists of requested articles, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons. Kirill Lokshin 17:40, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
For your diligence and dedication in cleaning up the lists of requested articles, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons. Kirill Lokshin 17:40, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
In recognition of your diligent contributions towards the various reviews of military history articles, I am delighted to award you the Content Review Medal. Kirill 16:55, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
In recognition of your diligent contributions towards the various reviews of military history articles, I am delighted to award you the Content Review Medal. Kirill 16:55, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
I would like to show my appreciation to you for creating so many Japanese art-related articles, which are so lacking here, by giving you this High Culture Barnstar. K.C. Tang 04:45, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I would like to show my appreciation to you for creating so many Japanese art-related articles, which are so lacking here, by giving you this High Culture Barnstar. K.C. Tang 04:45, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
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