User:ShelfSkewed

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I live in Webster Groves, Missouri, and own a lot of books. No, really: a lot.

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[edit] A definition

Shelf skew is a term used by book dealers and collectors to describe what happens to a book when, rather than being held upright on the shelf, it is allowed to lean diagonally. One cover is forced up while the other sags, the entire text block is pushed out of alignment, and the spine gets torqued out of shape. So shelf skewed is a book-nerd way of saying twisted.

[edit] Boxes

WU
This user attended
Washington University
in St. Louis




This user is a book collector.
This user is a member of WikiProject Disambiguation.




25,000+ This user has made over 25,000 contributions to Wikipedia.
8 This user page has been vandalized 8 times.


Quality, not quantity. Although this user enjoys collecting and counting things, this user also believes that users' edit counts do not necessarily reflect on the value of their contributions to Wikipedia.

[edit] Stuff I'm working on

  • Fixing disambiguation pages.
  • Generally roaming around and engaging in WikiGnome-ish activities and looking for another project to put on this list.

[edit] Articles created

(Yup, that's it.)

[edit] Notes to myself

[edit] Articles that need work

[edit] Articles I (or somebody) should create

  • David Carkeet
  • Robert L. Fish
  • Joe Gores Joseph Nicholas Gores (born 1931) "one of only two authors^ to receive Edgar Awards in three separate categories: Best First Novel [1970, A Time for Predators], Best Short Story [1970, "Goodbye, Pops" from EQMM] and Best TV Series Segment [correction: Best Episode in a TV Series Teleplay] [1976, Kojak, "No Immunity for Murder"]." http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/gores.html

^(the other is Donald E. Westlake: 1968, Best Novel, God Save the Mark; 1990, Best Short Story, "Too Many Crooks"; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Grifters)

[edit] Other stuff


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