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Volume 4, Issue 23 — 2008-06-02

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This user has been a Wikipedian since November 2003.

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[edit] About me

Anything I say about me would depend on a combination of memory, ego, fact and fiction. The more interesting I made it seem, the more you would assume a point of view. And, while you might be right, what is more important here (to me, and many others who write for this amazing project) is that I/we really do aspire to the Wikipedia ideal of NPOV.

The articles I have the most trouble with are the political ones. I will be writing something based on my knowledge and experience; trying very hard to deal with my own POV and someone will suddenly edit out my p-r-e-c-I-o-u-s words. So I meet them on the talk page...

Spiritual exercise. Wikipedia fosters that. Getting past some sort of ownership of those words… even past the tendency to think of someone who seems "unreasonable" as a doorknob. Remembering that it is a community. Then finding out that I’ve learned something in the exchange with that shadowy other person who probably represents a part of me that I try to deny. Many, many amazing things happen on these pages.

That is what my experience is like. Now something about where I am heading:

I came across this statement in the Massive Change exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery some time ago:

  • The solar energy gained in two hours is equivalent to the energy available from all known petroleum reserves on earth.


Some people I know are working at creating alternatives that don't depend on petroleum: [1]

Rural ecovillage
Rural ecovillage

[edit] Wikipedia articles contributed to

Most of my writing and editing tends to be in the fields of culture and society. I also do some editing of topics related to geography, history, science (ecology) and technology. Here are some of the articles by category I have worked on.

"All things are connected"—attributed (incorrectly) to Chief Seattle

[edit] Useful links and other gems

Some things I've found useful.

[edit] Current RfAs

Username S O N S% Ending Duplicates? Report
Firefoxman 19 0 0 100% 18 June 06:47 No Details
Xavexgoem 19 0 0 100% 18 June 04:16 No Details
Epbr123 160 2 1 99% 11 June 17:21 No Details

Last updated 16:00, 11 June 2008 (UTC) by Tangobot

















[edit] Awards and medals

This editor is a Veteran Editor II, and is entitled to display this Bronze Editor Star.
This editor is a Veteran Editor II, and is entitled to display this Bronze Editor Star.






The Original Barnstar
I award you this barnstar for your bold work cleaning up Religion, a particularly messy article. BWD (talk) 01:20, 15 March 2006 (UTC)







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