User:Nossac

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This user is male.
MSci This user has a Master in Science degree.
This user lives in the United Kingdom.
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CTB This user has contributed to the following pages.
This user has completed a half marathon.
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Contents

[edit] Wikipedia: Pages I am interested in / Find Useful

  1. ‎Wikipedia:Editor review
  2. ‎Wikipedia:Enforce inclusion of categories
  3. ‎Wikipedia:Esperanza/Programs
  4. ‎Wikipedia:List of encyclopedia topics
  5. ‎Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines
  6. ‎Wikipedia:Ten-million pool
  7. ‎Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles
  8. ‎Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify
  9. ‎Category:Wikipedia backlog
  10. ‎Category:Wikipedians looking for help
  11. Wikipedia:Template messages
  12. Wikipedia:Categorical index

[edit] Stuff I've worked on

Whitney's Theorem

Lennard Jones potential

Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon - My first orginal article (although, yes I know it is not 'my' article!)

BabyCentre - My second Article (and related redirects)

The Blunkett Tapes - My third new article

David Blunkett

KIMM

LAMM

Penrose process

Ergoregion

Martyn Joseph

Wikify Project

[edit] Stuff I might work on

Can write article on Hydrovane

Can write article on Atlantic Rally for Cruisers

Can start article on Shirley Heights

Can start article on Falmouth Harbour

Can expand article on Mirabella V and add photos

Can expand article on English Harbour

Can start article on Antigua Race Week

Can help expand Quinzee

Can help expand Arua

Can start article on Martyn Joseph - beaten to it

Can help expand list of Munros and contribute photos

A bigger article that involves more interaction with other eidtors.

Random stubs or requested articles or something at the village pump.

[edit] About me

Taking a post university gap year to travel after graduating in Maths and Physics. Hobbies include: Mountaineering and Sailing. Interests include:, Science and Technology (in particular Energy), Literature, Economoics, Politics, any intelligent debate.

I help administer a pmwiki for my mountaineering club, which explains why I often get media wiki markup wrong where the two differ.

[edit] A rant

(The following is a bit of a rant - I'm not mad really)

Wikipedia is the democritisation of knowledge - and I think it will soon become the definitive reference, first stop repository of knowledge. Already I often come to Wikipedia before Google when I want to quickly learn about something new. Wikis can revolutionise the web, when people get over their narrow minded ignorance, fear and distrust of open editing.


I am proud to contribute where I can to such a worthy endeavour. When information free to all, those who try to control it will be robbed of their power.

It makes me laugh when academics and others criticise Wikipedia for its lack of authority. The misconception lies believeing that any source is inherently reliable. There is no absolute definitive source on anything - as anyone who has explored the mire of academic articles referencing each other will know. Where Wikipedia will always win hands down is its breadth of content, and the speed at which one can get an introduction to any given subject. Of course it will not be suitable for in depth or primary study, but that is not the function of an enclyopedia.