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I became a Wikipedia editor in October 2006. My interests include, but are not limited to, the life sciences, the Spanish language, and Judaism. I enjoy nitpicking text to improve its grammar, structure, and clarity, so most of my editing activity on Wikipedia will probably involve cleaning up, rather than creating original content. On weekends I sometimes go hiking and camping, usually with a local LGBT activity section of the Sierra Club.
In 1964, I took the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey and Strong Interest Inventory. One of those tests (I have forgotten which) asked questions about what I would rather do (e.g., watch an execution or collect stamps) and compared my answers with those of people who were happily employed in various occupations. The results indicated that I had the most in common with librarians. At the time, I was taking pre-engineering classes at a junior college. After some detours to bible college and back, I got a BSEE degree from UC Davis. Then I got interested in psychology and went for a MA in psychology from San Jose State, before finally settling into computer programming. However, a favorite activity, on or off the job, has been to point people to where they can find answers to their questions. I love being a reference librarian, though I have never been employed as one. It seems to me that helping people find answers is what Wikipedia is all about. I also enjoy recommending books and have written a few Amazon book reviews.
I am a registered Democrat and an ACLU member and tend to be somewhat liberal, especially in areas of environmental conservation, public health, education, and personal liberties. In my opinion, the most urgent problem of our time is our race toward possibly irreversible damage to the earth's environment, which could render all other problems moot.
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Usage and Grammar Preferences
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This user rely's on others better grammar too fix there article's. |
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Thi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice. |
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This user understands the difference between its and it’s. So should you. |
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This user likes that the Subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it. |
they |
This user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage. |
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General Information
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This user is of French ancestry. |
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This user listens to NPR. |
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