User:Xiaphias

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Basic Info / Background This user is male. This user was born on Nov. 19. Y This user is a member of Generation Y. 6 This user has set foot in 6 countries of the world. IQ This user's Intelligence Quotient is 138. agn This user is agnostic. This user is a Taoist. This user is proud to have been a Wikipedian since February 02, 2006. This user has over 3000 edits to the English Wikipedia Acedemic Info & Interests This user is a university student. This user is an undergraduate student majoring in History. This user is an undergraduate student majoring in Economics. This user is interested in the Byzantine Empire This user is interested in Carthage. This user is interested in ancient Rome. This user is interested in the Crusades. Employment This user works for the Federal Government. Political Views LP This user is a member of the Libertarian Party. This user is a Capitalist. This user supports the legalization of all drugs for adults. This user believes you should not vote unless you understand the issue. This user supports globalization and free trade. This user supports the use of nuclear power. Wikipedia-Related Views This user uses Wikipedia as a primary point of reference. <ref> This user recognizes the importance of citing sources. This user believes that articles are useless without images. This user reverts vandalism on sight. Wikipedia is not censored for minors. This user supports the use of ads on Wikipedia. Ps This user contributes using Adobe Photoshop Grammar Style ANAL 4 This user advocates good grammar usage. they This user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage. A, B, and C This user prefers the serial comma. by This user does not like the passive voice. man- kind Regarding gender, this user will use the vernacular, not what is "politically correct". ... in. Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which this user will not put. “…!” For quotation marks, this user would rather use “American punctuation.” Other Interests This user settled Catan. This user's homeworld is mostly harmless. H This user is addicted to Vicodin. This ordinary user has discovered extraordinary abilities. Scrubs This user is the world's most giant doctor. PHILIP J. FRY This user is his own grandfather. TDS This user watches the most trusted name in fake news. This user enjoys photography.

[edit] My Bio

I live in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. I'm a long-time college student, and intend to remain so indefinitely. My academic interests are pretty diverse, but I'm especially fond of history, psychology, economics, chemistry, and physics.

[edit] My Focus

I value proper referencing within articles. As a history major, I'm familiar with footnoting credible, scholarly sources to validate my academic papers, and I believe Wikipedia articles should be held to the same standards. As the encyclopedia's primary criticism is its perceived factual fallibility, this seems all the more important. All of my submissions, long or short, are supported with a proportional number of citations.

[edit] My Contributions

My favorite way to contribute is to write a non-existent article from scratch, revive a deleted one, or completely rewrite a horrible article. By starting without a baseline, I can ensure objectivity and factual accuracy; plus, I find it easier to work without a predefined structure. I've enjoyed writing research essays since I was in elementery school, and Wikipedia provides an ideal vehicle for this 'hobby,' providing a simple and useful method of publication and exposing me to topics I'd never think to write about – my first article was on press passes; I've since written of frogs, airplanes, lightning, truck stops, and Christian sects. Strangely, I've yet to write a single article even remotely related to the fields of history or economics, my college majors.

Additionally, I enjoy creating graphics from Wikipedia. Usually I'll do this in conjuncture with creating an article, but if you'd like me to make an image for something you're working on, let me know – I'll give it a go.

I've also written a few (pretty crude) Wikipedia-related programs for myself, including a citation-generator and an infobox-maker.

Articles I've started:

• Press pass ( Good Article)
• Eleutherodactylus limbatus
• Lyndsey Marshal
• Jesse Hutch
• John Paulitious
• Monte Iberia Eleuth
• Curtiss 18
• Drug-Free Century Act
• The Use of Knowledge in Society
• Threadleaf giant hyssop

One-liners to full articles:

• Keraunomedicine
• Iowa 80

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