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Hi, I'm Dante Perrotta.
I've been a Wikipedian since summer of 2005, and have had this account since summer of 2006.
I believe in what Wikipedia does, and I think it is tremendously noble and something the world needs. However, I do not think that enough people take it seriously or use it properly (including some of its own users). I have little tolerance for ignorance and misuse of authority, and while I hope to be the best Wikipedian I can, I hope not to be drawn into any arguments of a trivial nature.
I have little desire to be an administrator, furthermore I see no use for admins in an entity such as Wikipedia. As long as users respect each other and agree to take on threats such as vandalism together, then we don't need an army of admins wielding their collective banhammers and delete-rays whenever they see fit. Having said that, I still believe that Wikipedia is a good example of a Meritocracy, albeit with its shortcomings. But what organization (especially one with, as of this writing, over one-and-a-quarter million articles) doesn't have its problems?
I would say that my overall alignment in the Wikipedian philosophy is with the [1] and the Inclusionists. I believe that all information is valuable, no matter how specific or insignificant it is. When I first came to this site I was given the impression that it is a summation of all human knowledge. Well, human knowledge is human knowledge - there's no reason that something shouldn't be included as long as there is some way to prove that it's true.
Oh, and while I think all the rules on Wikipedia are good ones (especially NPOV), the whole "Be Bold" thing could have been thought over much better. All the time I see random Wikipedians doing big edits, merges, and deletions to random pages, and after checking their userpages, I find they're not exactly knowledgeable on the subject they're contributing to (or in the case of deletions, detracting from). For example, if you're editing the Firearms page, I would certainly hope you've held one at some point in your life (and no, the musket your friend's dad has above his fireplace does not count, nor the BB gun at Wal-Mart), and maybe even fired one. If not, you may want to think twice about clicking "edit this page".
I also believe that too much socializing on Wikipedia can distract users from what they're supposed to be doing, and bias them when discussing matters. This is an encyclopaedia, not a box social.
Anyways, that's my take! If you have anything to discuss, just hop onto my talk page :)
Here are some tasks you can do:
- Wikify: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, Spáilpín, Edward McCarthy, Kurt Danziger, Jay Last, Wave on Wave, Backlog...
- Cleanup: Software development process, Royal Order of Saint George for the Defense of the Immaculate Conception, Ostikan, Backlog...
- Stubs: Marche, Aube, Castellan, Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Jingnan, Lutz D. Schmadel, Johann Palisa, Elba, More...
- Verify: 1980s retro movement, Bi-directional eigenmode propagation, Malware, Tony Book, Cyrillic Projector, KRCL, Backlog...
- Update: Nepal Civil War, Washington State Senate elections, 2006, Oklahoma House of Representatives, George D. Weber, More...
- NPOV: Andrzej Lepper, List of famous prostitutes and courtesans, Civilian casualties of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, Backlog...
- Copyedit: Killswitch Engage, Nurgalievs law, European exploration of Africa, Sahlon, West Columbus, Ohio, Ragnafilia, More...
- Merge: Angry Bob, Ohio Stadium Cake, Iterative method, Sequential Manual Transmission, Mercury sulfide, Megaplex, Backlog...
- Style: Ariau Towers, Cliff Sloan, Leslie Carter, AuctionSHARK, Harmless Junk, Inc., Easter Epic, Zak Dingle, More...
- Expand: Natural Heritage Trust, Khan Jahan Ali, 1996 Democratic National Convention, USS Bronstein (FF-1037), More...
- Requests: Operational calculus, National Bank of Georgia, Effective labor, GGH preferences, Importation right, Gayme, More...
- Mediation Cabal: WLU/Mystar, Emporis, Ataturk, Raffles Junior College, Selig Percy Amoils, The End, More...
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Cleanup backlogs - Review recent overhauls - Active fixup projects - Maintenance projects - Maintenance COTW: be merged
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This user's time zone is EST. |
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This user prefers cold weather. |
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This user is from Eris. |
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This userbox is a test. Please tell this user if you don't see it. |
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This user needs more userboxes. MORE, I tell you, more!!! Muhahaha! |
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This user may have too many userboxes ... nah, no way!! |
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This user provides information using user boxes for religious reasons. |
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Automotive
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This user cannot drive, but is planning to learn how to. |
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This user has heard of Eagle.
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Grammar
| their / there / they're |
This user knows that there, their, and they're are not the same word. |
to / too
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Too many people have no idea how to use words they should have learned in grade two. |
| who(m) |
This user uses either who or whom in the object case. |
| its & it's |
This user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you. |
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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. [sic] |
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This user is addicted to ellipses and has been known to use them indiscriminately…. |
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| ANBU |
This user is an ANBU. |
| Sin City |
This user knows that if you walk down the right back alley in Sin City, you could find anything... |
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This user took the red pill, not the blue pill. |
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The person is smart; people are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it! |
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This user is a Jedi.
My ally is the Force. And a powerful ally it is.
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This user likes Gundam, and wishes to become a Mobile Suit pilot |
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This user plays the Xbox.
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This user prefers Wii. |
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This user still plays games on the NES. |
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WikiDefcon 4: Low to normal levels of vandalism from shared IPs and experimenting users.
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Not much vandalism going on, but I wouldn't say it's level 5. Bushcarrot 16:05, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
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