User:Smtomak
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I've used Wikipedia for many years, and I'm just learning to edit. Input is certainly appreciated.
My interests include physics (completing undergrad this summer), chess (1700 USCF), and policy debate (debated four years). If you're working on a Wikipedia project related to any of these and would like the help of a total newbie, drop me a line. I'm a great researcher, and I have access to a number of databases (including LexisNexis and Infotrac) through my school. If you ever need access to a news or journal article, I'm more than willing to help out.
[edit] To Do
Eventually I'll break these out into "daily," "weekly," etc. If you know of any projects that need more grunt work and general knowledge than wikipedia experience and poetic writing skills, leave a note.
- Check for new requests at Wikipedia:Newspapers and magazines request service
- Remember to remove name from list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange after graduation.
- Debate pages
- Policy debate needs cleanup and references.
- Rebuttal speech, Rebuttal, and Counterargument are all pretty dismal. They should be combined, cleaned up, referenced, and categorized.
- Category:Debating
- Chess pages
- Plenty to do at Wikipedia:WikiProject Chess
- Physics pages
- Other science pages
- Astronauts that deserve better biographies
- Gun control pages
- List of backlogs to deal with
- Category:Wikipedia backlog (all backlogs)
- Category:Articles_to_be_merged
- WP:FACT
- Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment
[edit] Notes to self
I can't read in a straight line - I learn by doing and keep the user manual at arm's reach.
General
Wikipedia:Policies and Guidelines
Interesting
Wikipedia:Glossary - Acronyms and Wikipedian-speak
Referencing
Wikipedia:No original research
Wikipedia:Forum for Encyclopedic Standards
Category:Wikipedia resources for researchers
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php
[edit] Tip of the day
Tip of the day...
 In Firefox, the search box has a little pull down menu to allow you to choose which search engine it uses. Several popular search engines come included, but not Wikipedia. However, Firefox provides a page on their website listing more search engines you can add to that menu, including Wikipedia's search. To add Wikipedia, simply go here and click on Wikipedia in the list provided, and you're done. To activate it, pull-down the menu at the search box and click on Wikipedia there. Now you have a second Wikipedia search box. Unlike the search box in Wikipedia's sidebar, which disappears off the screen when you scroll down to read a long page, the Firefox search box always remains on the screen, ready to assist. (Keep in mind, typing <Alt>-F also places the cursor in the Wikipedia search box.) Read more: Using external search engines |
