Wikipedia:Historical archive/New user log

Hello, I am Robert Marda. I am 38 years old. I live in Virginia near Washington D.C. I have used Wikipedia a few times in the past. Today I took the time to learn more about Wikipedia and after a few searches saw an area where I could add some information so I decided to create a user name before starting to edit.

I have experience with tropical fresh water fish that I believe will allow me to add to Wikipedia.

I am a SQL Programmer and work with SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005.

Robert Marda 00:08, 1 February 2006 (UTC)Robert Marda[reply]

hi, i am a person who has dyslexia and aspergers syndrome, so i hope you will all forgive my occasional mispellings...(in articles, I will use a spellchecker, but i figure just chatting its not that important.)

I learned to speed read when I was 8 years old, and I lived in Provo, which is kind of a suburb of Brigham Young University.My mother was getting her masters in Psychology, (and would have gotten a Doctorate in Religion but they didn't give them out to women at the time.)

So I started reading adult Level textbooks, mostly about Psychology, when I was about 8 and a half,...

WE moved from Provo to new Jersey, and then from Jersey to Denver after being in Jersey for only six months when I was 12. I sped read most of the contents of the local bookstores, and started hanging out on the much more accessible and much less formal college campuses,... the point of all of which is, I'm a college brat Speed Reader.

I can read (if given silence and space) about 100 pages an hour, or, a whole textbook in a single sitting.

Other than that, I'm sure you will all be amused to know I dropped out of Highschool....lol.

My interests include, but are not limited to; Psychology, Sociology, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Conversational Logic, Politics, Physics, Theoretical Physics, World Religions, World Religious History, Ecological Science, Biochemistry, Human Evolution movement, Permacultural Science, Psychonautics, Trance Technologies, Lucid visualization, Drawing+ Drafting, Internet conversations, Space Exploration, Theoretical XenoBiology, Theoretical XenoSociology,Arcologies, Arcology design, Qaballah Tree of Life Arcology Design,...

I'm not too sure that I will spend too much time on wikipedia, but i have a proposal in for a Wikicity (ThinkStarship) and it sounds like if they let me have that, I'll also be spending time in WikiBooks.

I spent a lot of time on the net in the last ten years, most of which i think was wasted time, because what i wanted and tried to create for myself was group collaborative efforts on creative projects... So I am pleased to find WikiMedia, and etc.

I'll try to keep off any soap boxes, I guess i should confess that I am pretty deep into World Religions and Politics, and while I don't consider myself to have an opinion, but rather, to have spent the time and energy to be invested in the facts, I'm sure thats what most people think,...lol. Prometheuspan 01:01, 1 February 2006 (UTC) ppan[reply]

Hey, my name is Derek, and while I originally joined to write an article on Peggy Butts, and I think I might stay around. I'm learning French, so I can help out with French translations (its a great way to help me learn!), and I'm interested in politics, namely Canadian politics. I've been using Wikipedia for years now. :D

Dbo789 02:14, 1 February 2006 (UTC)dbo789[reply]

Hi,
My name is Martin Wilson and I'm an IB Junior. I've been using Wikipedia anonymously for years as well as editing anonymously but recently I've decided to actually get an account. I don't remember where I discovered Wikipedia, as it was a while ago. I hope to be an active member of the project!

Martin 04:04, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My primary editing interests focus on articles relating to Calgary, Alberta. I am also interested in maintaining many other articles pertaining to the province of Alberta, the province of British Columbia and some other Canada-related articles. I hope to be an active participant in WikiProject Alberta. --Arch26 09:27, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gosh! It's all a bit much, at the moment. All squeaky with excitement Hobes 11:02, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I am an Analyst with a large awarding body in the centre of London. Only been coming to the site for a month, but love the project ideas and principles and will contribute where i can. Murmur 13:39, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What's up? I would type stuff but my keyboard is going all funny. lol Clairefurby 17:14, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Heard today that unnamed "congresssional staffers" have been discovered changing factual material regarding their employers, our "elected things". Mention was made of these staffers being "twenty something types", I'm 73 and perhaps a bit of a grouch, and likely old fashioned enough to believe that facts are immutable things, not subject to change on the basis of whatever might be convenient at the moment. Mention was also made, re these satffers, that they are not familiar with old fashioned recorded facts, being perhaps computer oriented, or something to that effect, correct me if memory fails me. I repeat my earlier comment about the immutability of facts, they don't change with the fashion of the day. at least I don't think that they do.

Point of the foregoing is the following, something that you all might consider doing. When you come upon such foolishness, seemingly you have, that the deleted/altered factual matter should be reprinted, in the largest avaialble type face, see I told you I was old, along with, if possible, the names of the staff idiots responsible.

As for these staffers themselves, people that I assume are university graduates,what in blazes were they doing during the college courses they should have been paying attention to, for instance, courses dealing with ethics, assuming that they took any such courses. It strikes me that the post of congressional staffer is a position of public trust, and that our elected things aught to pay more attention to whom it is that they place in such positiions, than they seemingly do.

Alan'sAlan's 23:47, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good comments, however this is not the appropriate venue. Why don't you copy this to Wikipedia:Community_Portal, then delete. This page is for new individuals to introduce themselves. - JustinWick 19:48, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am asdfv.(I know it's dumb) 69.233.93.187 01:19, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am Matthew Hon Chen. If you have something to say on my page, identify yourself with 4 tildes.

hi, this is just a welcome post... my username is starwarsnerd (lol) and its pretty self-explanetory... Starwarsnerd 02:39, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to find out who General R.Balboa of the Poncho Villa Army (Mexico) was during 1910 to 1920.

please respond to molvera@adelphia.net

Thank You.M.Olvera69.172.194.241

So ,we're supposed to believe that at no point your'e gonna ask for monet. I mean money. Your answer hear....................................................... And I guess your also suggesting you aren't in fact they and your monitoring how long it takes me to type this Yah.................................................................... So, how long did it take Yah....................................................................

do any of your staff eat whale or marsupials? would they know the difference? who invented the tooth fairy? hair on male hip fat? are you getting all this george? what's happening in africa? Are the actors on t.v's "lost" in pergatory? Why does human history continue to repeat itself?

These are the random thoughts slash questions i usually have when im looking at an encyclopedia and do other people have pissy little moths and insects landing on their (i before e except after c)screens.

I have too many questions and too few incorrect answers to give up on learning now I'm 34 and started working way too early.

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My name is Daniel. Most people call me Danny. I'm currently 22-years-old. I was born February 26, 1983. I attended AlWood Elementary, AlWood High School, Marycrest International University, and Eastern Illinois University. I will graduate from Eastern with a bachelor's of arts in journalism and an emphasis in photography. I have interned at the Pekin Daily Times, The Times-Courier News-Gazette, and currently interning at te Champaign News-Gazette. My interests are music, podcasts, poker, videogames, and of course photography. I'm engaged to Stephanie Howard from Rochelle, Ill., who I met at college. Are wedding is set for Sept. 29, 2007. This is my first time really looking at wikipedia and I'm just beginning to really understand it. Cropreality 18:18, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am Will Firminger from England. I'm interested in adding articles to wikipedia that I cannot find, and contributing to articles I come across. Will 22:23, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Nick Lotay from Yorkshire, England. I have been adding minor changes to articles, have added the Discography section on the Ladysmith Black Mambazo article (though it was re-arranged by another Wikipedian) and added the first incarnation of the Mahotella Queens article. I have also contributed to the Judy Garland article and I'm also interested in writing more articles. Nick Lotay 22:43, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Ray Whidden from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I was born in Manning, Alberta and lived for over 30 years in Toronto, Ontario working in the computer industry from 1967 to today. I'm working on a book and see few Whidden entries here so am adding some of the notable Whidden/Whittens that I encountered in my research. See Howard P. and Evan M. Whidden, my first two articles. One of the notables I'll get to shortly is Jay Whidden who had Betty Grable as his lead singer of some incarnation of the Jay Whidden Orchestra, in California and England. RMW

I'm just a person who truly believes that knowledge is power and hopes that her membership here will enlighten her and help her become as intelligent as she can be.

Nichelesschick 00:16, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Found a stub for a book I just read and enjoyed, and saw the page for the book entry was blank. I read a lot, and so may join on the wiki book project.

PeregrineV 04:45, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I'm not quite new but I've only made so many contributions but thank you for having me! Nadiasama 05:33, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Salutations -

Having finally created a user account after years of using and developing an ever-deepening appreciation for Wikipedia and the entire Wiki project, I realize suddenly that I have a tremendous amount of reading to do and information to absorb if I wish to grow into a useful contributor with the proper appreciation for both style and policies.

I find the idea of participating in such an ambitious endeavour as the Wiki project to be quite exciting (perhaps something like William Chester Minor, proffering my small - but hopefully useful - lunatic contributions to the work of saner, if not greater, men), but the learning curve appears daunting at first, particularly when viewed against the amount of time I expect to be able to devote.

I welcome well-intentioned and good-natured advice or pointers from those who are inclined to offer them, and look forward to mastering the many finer points of editing productively here.
Thank you -- Tenmiles 06:35, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am 30 and currently enjoying teetering over the edge of redundancy, but there is always knowledge to enjoy. Robertsesque 09:50, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm 8th grade now & I'm Interested in WWII history

cya. --JimmyT 12:47, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi everyone, I am Sweet Demon, I am from India. I have been a regular visitor to this site for a long time, and always wanted to contribute to in in any possible way. I have finally found a way to contribute through an entry on a bollywood film, but in future, I hope to contribute on varied subjects. Once again, Hello everyone.

I'm a college senior at Wesleyan University and I hope to contribute with my teeny-weeny bit of knowledge and interest in Economics, Mathematics, Finance, and Psychology.

129.133.139.235 16:09, 3 February 2006 (UTC)Aussie Haryono[reply]

Lurkynat

Hello! My username basically speaks for itself... and yes, I am a girl... lol I am here to contribute my random star wars trivia to the site. Starwarsnerd 23:47, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello guys I used to be called Dark Axios.

OK. I have a query. Anons seem to be using my account for goodness-knows-what. Can I end this?

My nickname is Phoenix. I'm a 17 year old guy in New Zealand, and I love finding out about stuff on wikipedia I would have trouble finding anywhere else. Right now I'm researching Enochian, because its the languarge written around The Seal of Orichalcos, a card in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. Phoenix 00:49, 4 February 2006 (UTC)Shining Phoenix[reply]

Hello. The names NovaFlame. I am a beginner html programmer, coming to wiki as to contribute various articles (and not to mention edit)

Hiya. I'm a 20-something UCDavis alum, considering grad school. Wikipedia has been something mentioned by many of my friends, many times, and after reading about it in recent new articles, I checked it out a couple of times and decided to join.

My interests are eclectic and widespread, but for Wikipedia, I'm interested in contributing webcomic articles. I also hope to contribute occasionally to anime and manga articles, book articles and animal articles. As I learn and try new things, I hope to contribute to many discussions. Sassi 18:48, 4 February 2006 (UTC)AssassinGalaxia[reply]

Hi, I'm a new user and not entirely clueless, but close. I came over from Yahoo Answers, a beta program that has got me addicted. I noticed many of the best answers cited Wikipedia as their source, so here I am.

I'm confused about a lot of things, not just Wikipedia. For example, chat rooms. I tried a Yahoo chat room, but there were quite a few people signed on at once, and so no DIAlog was possible. Are there (free) chat rooms that created one-on-one chats for people to have the electronic equivalent of a conversation?

How will you answer my question? Is my email address available to the "new user support group," or should I include it here? I don't want my email address to be generally available to the entire net.

Hi Wikipedia! I've been using Wikipedia for ages but have only just discovered the log in button. WOW! I have made some new pages: Destiny Angel and Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward (NOT FINISHED YET!. Juliette Angel.

Hello everyone!. I've just made the transition from lurker (would that be "reader" in wiki?) to contributer, and find the whole idea of how wikipedia works to be amazing. I'm interested in Video Production, Anime, and Technology, and am currently trying to start a wiki-style [web comic!] (with limited success so far though.) Algr 22:34, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

wikipedians:

for months i've taken advantage of the quick informatian available through wikipedia and still i've come accross topics that need to be found here. i would like to become the individual that provides these topics.

i'm a student at northern arizona university, double majoring in art history and public relations, with a minor in fine arts.

my interests range specifically to connoirseurship of art and music. i'm especially fond of brazilian jazz post-1960, electronica/techno, especifically dance punk-funk, and modest mouse.

there are more topics i can list, but i rather begin adding to wikipedia and then it'll be evident who i am, through the topics i write about.

captain gibran 22:59, 4 February 2006 (UTC)captaingibran[reply]

Hello,

I have been at Wikipedia for a while, but I felt that perhaps it would be appropriate to introduce myself formally. I am an undergraduate student in philosophy and political science, with a passion for sociology (which I aspire to earn a doctorate degree in subsequent to graduation). I am particularly interested in social philosophy, philosophy of science (and social sciences), phenomenology, epistemology (and social epistemology), and philosophy of the mind, as well as international relations (as interactions of legitimated institutions on a global scale); more specifically, I am interested in the area of overlap between these fields. Among my favorite thinkers are Bourdieu, Foucault, Weber, and many others.

My user page has a much more thorough introduction of myself. Feel free to drop a line on my talk page. I look forward to contributing to the Wikipedia. I believe that it is a truly amazing phenomenon. Perhaps this a more marxist version of Isaac Asimov's encyclopedia galactica...?

Kind regards,
Kevin L. 06:34, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does the all things comes together as an one truth? or is it multiple truth exist as separate reference? -

New user log

Stevekimcomcastnet 08:00, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not quite sure what the purpose of this bit is, or who I'm writing to but hello all the same. A bit about me: I work as an audio visual artist, using technology in simple combinations to comunicate more complex ideas. I sound like i right prick! Anyway if your interested look me up, I just want to write about a film that i know that doesn't have a mention here: Sewage Baby!!

Hello, new registree here, though not new to use of the site itself. I hope to add some valuable contributions and perhaps even dip my toes into the foreign language Wikis. FallenAngelEyes 12:51, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am Suraj. I live in India. I find wikipedia very interesting. My email id is surajhariharan@gmail.com.
I am interested in:
1.Astronomy
2.Nuclear reactions
3.Chemistry

Hello all.

I've been using Wikipedia ocassionally as a reference for a couple of years.....don't remember for sure how I discovered it.

Decided to look at what there was about fly fishing, just one of many areas of interest, and discovered that it isn't much. I'll try to add some material as time permits.

Other interests include woodworking, bicycle touring, backpacking, a newfound desire to learn to make music (just bought a guitar a couple of months ago), cooking, and what may best be described as pathologically compulsive reading.....I'm drowning in books. Ah well, there are worse ways to go.

Looking forward to participating although a bit nervous about it.WolfgangS 20:04, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm Ben Lewis, from South Wales. My interests include computers and playing the violin; I also do a lot of SGML and XML (& (X)HTML) programming and may be able to contribute in that area to Wikipedia.

--Tc1415 20:50, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Molly Mockford, from Lewes, Sussex, UK. I've been a Usenet addict for quite some years, and am a self-employed web site designer, but the Wikipedia concept is a recent and increasingly-fascinating part of the Internet for me. I started off tweaking a wee bit here and there, making absolutely sure my facts were correct, but hiding shyly behind my IP address; then I decided I'd better register and go public with my edits. My areas of interest are wide-ranging; my areas of real expertise are necessarily much less so!

I wish I could remember how I first hit upon Wikipedia, but I can't. I keep getting drawn back, though. Google must have noticed my lack of attention to it, since Wikipedia is now usually my first port of call with any factual query - and editing is, to my view, the best way of repaying what I gain from it. I don't expect to be very active for a while yet; there's a lot to learn first.

Molly Mockford 22:50, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a 21 year old college student. Wikipedia is to me, the greatest thing mankind has ever achieved, and I want to make sure that it stays that way. My personal hobby is to research and read, so contributing to Wiki makes sense. I've been visiting various Wiki projects since the beginning, but this is my first user account.

My main interest is in the health related fields, especially old (pre-1930), Traditional, and Alternative methods. I notice Wikipedia is lacking in such things, and I'm hoping to get a bunch of expired copyright books in wikibooks sometime soon.

This is my way of giving back to society! Cheezerman 01:08, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello all,

I have been an ardent wiki reader for quite some time now and decided that it was finally time for me to start getting involved. Got a couple of ideas still pending research and hopefully they will shortly be up and running on wikipedia. I truly believe that wikipedia is a phenomenon thats enlightened many. My interests include computers specifically software, video-games and music.

Kranium 09:51, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

My name is Graham Wilton, and I live in East Yorkshire. I hope to contribute to the history section, especially 15th Century English History. I've made a start with William Neville

Thewiltog 21:33, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just sayin' hey, as per the suggestion in a note I got.

So, hey.

Um...about me...I'm 17 years old and currently studying biomedical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. I skipped my senior year of high school and came straight to college. I like reptiles, particularly lizards, RPGs, especially D&D, video games, and comic books. I also play World of Warcraft and have Horde characters on Gorefiend and Illidan.

I dabble in mathematics, linguistics, heraldry. I'm a fan of Buffy (holding that the shark was jumped with the drug addiction story). I follow numerous webcomics. Past time-sinks have included talk.politics.libertarian and rec.arts.sf.written. I tend to believe the flatterers who tell me I'm better than average at spotting fallacies and at writing a clear sentence. I live in California with two cats. —Tamfang 06:55, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not much to say, just adding info where I can contribute.

Nessie 07:22, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No relation to Famous Nessie of Scotland I assume. I guess you've heard that <Joke> lots of times? User:AlMac|^(talk) 06:05, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm an Indian Sunni (Shafii) Muslim wikipedian interested in maintaining articles that relate to Islam. I have a traditional point of view on these matters and my edits reflect that.

I'm also interested in computer science and open source and contribute small bits and pieces to articles in those fields.

1. People can post help for you on your talk page if you put your user-id here, using the 4 tildes.
2. Various groups of Wikipedians with common interessts have formed mutual aid projects focused on improving different areas of Wikipedia, which you might check out at Category:WikiProjects to see which ones are of greatest interest to you participating in, such as perhaps
   1. Wikipedia:WikiProject Islam
   2. Computer projects

User:AlMac|^(talk) 05:50, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I'm Samantha, from South Africa. Can't wait to start contributing! I'm interested in Psychology, The Arts and Criminology. Mamfa 12:47, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Wikipedians! I have an interest in society, politics, class, and discrimination issues. I've also been fascinated by the feverish editing going on with many controversial articles such as those involving the Middle East, Freemasonry, Nation of Islam, and the various forms of apartheid around the world. I'm concerned that the noble Wikipedia idea cannot stand against concerted and repeated propaganda edits aimed at disinformation and concealment. But I'll try to do my part to help build a neutral and accurate resource here. SWalter 20:11, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I'm a 27-year old Assistant English teacher of Chinese descent, born in America, but currently living in Japan. I possess an interest in numerous entertainment fields, such as Chinese cinema, Japanese Rock, and video games. I've used Wiki many times in the past to obtain information to use in my classes, but have suddenly decided, just today, to contribute to several stubs on Japanese rock acts.

Crotchviolence 00:10, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi,

I've used wikipedia for a while but I'm just making an account now. For now, I'm going to focus on editing the article for my school and my town.

Reuvenk 05:25, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MarkD 06:13, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am a new user, entered on February 9, 2006, and am interested in artificial reefs, or, more specifically, artificial reefs constructed for the dual purposes of surfing and swimming.

Artificial surfing reefs are a relatively new phenomena; man-made reefs historically have been built for marine habitat enhancement--most often by scuttling old ships.

Nations including Australia, New Zealand, and England have built or are discussing building artificial surfing reefs (with considerable enthusiasm!), but thus far little interest has been shown in the U. S. outside the surfing community.

Factual information about the pros and cons of building underwater structures for recreation purposes (and also coastal erosion control) is needed so coastal communities can decide whether building such reefs is desirable.

resnubde@verizon.net

MarkD 06:17, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My name is Daniel. I'm 10. I like reading and especially like Harry Potter books, A Series of Unfortunate Events and Young Bond. I come back from school so my time with Wikipedia is limited to the evening.

Feel free to ask me any questions on my user page.--Daniel O 18:25, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hi, i love the idea of wikipedia and i look forward to helping this site grow for all of us.

59.177.22.19 19:00, 9 February 2006 (UTC)amrit[reply]

Hi my name is Yousef Al-Roumi and ive been using wikipedia for months its so much fun to edit because many people need more information, news and everything. these pages that i edit : Atomic Kitten Spice girls Kingdom hearts Kingdom hearts 2 final fantasy

Hello everyone, I'm the spiraling shape, and I'll make you go insane. (If you understood that, go you, you rock!) I'm a huge fan of They Might Be Giants, hence the username. That's pretty much it, I suppose. Drop by if you ever want to talk, I guess. SpirallingShape 23:53, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But not SpiralingShape. I'm here to help kill typo demons. Learning my way around my userpage for now. Spiraling 08:37, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am an English DJ on an Internet radio station called EVE Radio. I first found out about this site when it was mentioned in an IRC room. Having found plenty of useful information on here, I decided to become a member after noticing more and more inaccuracies. I will attempt to give something back to the community by helping to correct some of these. DJMalone 09:16, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hi,

i like all things of substance that are also weird, unusual and unexpected.

favourite sequence in a pop movie is when de niro gets shot in jackie brown. who'd have thought to kill off an A-lister midway through a film.

Peshwar6 13:23, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello all! After visiting Wikipedia for awhile I finally decided to get myself a username and start contributing. Truth be told, I have edited Wikipedia articles before, but almost always articles which contained typos, incomplete sentences, etc. I have many interests, one of which is languages. I speak English and Spanish fluently, know basic Japanese and can understand a small amount of French, Portuguese and Italian. I'm also a big sci-fi fan, especially Star Trek, Stargate (SG-1 and Atlantis) and Star Wars. In addition, I am an amateur mapper, modeler and scriptwriter using the Quake III Engine, specifically for the game Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. Well, that pretty much covers it, see you all around!

Cereal Killer 23:33, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I am a college student looking to major in biophysics. I will probably be editing articles related to chemistry and lemurs. I have no idea how to create a user page nor familiar with wiki style formatting.

Sifaka 00:42, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I placed a collection of links at User:AlMac/Wiki beginners to help newcomers to Wiki see where there are pages to help them get started. I hope some of them help you out. User:AlMac|^(talk) 05:26, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm Annemarie, from Northeast England (Darlington). My two main passions are literature (which is probably going to be my main source of contribution) and music - I love rock, soul, blues, classical and a hell of a lot more, and play guitar. My interests are all over the place, though. Feel free to say hi, I'm pretty friendly. =) NeonDaylight 10:08, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To, The President, and All Wikidedians, Hello, I am Rupak Biswas, Male, D.O.B- 06/10/1967, Height-5 feet 8 inches, Complexion- Whitish, Address- Village and Post - Panchita, Police Station- Bongaon, District- North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India, Pin-743235, Phone- 03215 262237 (Resident), Mobile- 9434302008. Education- Bachelor of Arts ( University of Calcutta), College name- St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. Schooling - Oak Grove School, Mussoorie Hills, Post- Jharipani, Dist-Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh. I passed Class Xii in 1986,I was the School Captain in 1986( elected my the teachers), I was Also Athletics Captain, Best Middle Distance (800metres,400metres)runner in my District. Represented my school in Cricket, Hockey, Volleyball and was the member of the Inter School winners team in the same. In my college I was Elected to the college union by the students. In my village I was elected to the Gram Panchayat by the village electorate and was the Leader of the Opposition Party in the Panchayat. I also worked as an Photo Journalist in a Children's newspaper in Mumbai for 2 years. Now I am in Insurance Business working with Tata-AIG Life Insurance Co. Ltd. I have many interests and Hobbies. Basically I can say that I can't sit ideal. I come to know about this site from a Penpal site Namely friendshack.com and from day one logged in and am trying my best to make it grow and be the member of the best encyclopedia in the world. Hope you will accept me and help me as it is my first experience with internet and computer. Let me know if you want anything more about me. I don't have my photo loaded in my laptop as of now, I will send it later. Wishing to close with best wishes and lot of love to my young and regards to my elder. panchita 12:10, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I found out about Wikipedia about a month ago on Google and since then been using it for all my research. Anything else I'm supposed to say? I guess not. Bye. Drahcir

Hello, all-- Manymegs here in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA- where I work at a translation service, principally handling Chinese--> English, French--> English, and even some Japanese--> English Translations. On occasion, I have been known to do some English--> Chinese (simplified or traditional) translation as well.

For the moment, I am just focused on learning the ropes, but I hope to move on to translation and/or cleanup type projects soon.

Cheers- Manymegs 19:17, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings! I've been using Wikipedia for awhile now, but after I heard a podcast from C-Span interviewing User:Jimbo, I was inspired to join and get more active.

My, but there is so much to learn! Wish me luck! -Sgstarling 19:39, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!

I'm attracted to Wikipedia because I have a general interest in the subjects of consciousness, communications, and developing information resources. I also enjoy writing or attempting to write, as the case may be.

Already I see were I'd like to see a page created called Seth_Material.

The path that led me to Wikipedia specifically originates from my interest in the Seth Material. For over a decade, I've been on a mailing list called Sethworks. On that list in the mid-to-late 90's, I met Alfredo, who eventually took over the hosting of Sethworks on his own Dreamworld server. Occasionally, Alfredo also experiments with various types of forum software at his server site.

In June of 2005, Alfredo announced on Sethworks that he was hosting his own Wiki site at Dreamworld named dreamwiki. I registered with dreamwiki and begin experimenting with it's interface, one very similar to Wikipedia's interface. But other than my own, there has been little user activity on dreamwiki since it's creation.

Now, I think that I had previously encountered Wikipedia in 2001 or 2002 while running a search engine on something else that I can't recall at the moment. So, I was aware of it. But I hadn't elected to join the community until recently.

The concept of group editing fascinates me more and I hanker for more interaction with others within this environment.

So, here I am.

Some stats are: Male, Mid-50's, Married; in Austin, Texas, USA. In 1969, I decided that life is a school of change and that I should be adaptable. More details are on a personal bio page that may be found here. And here's a link to my home page.

--Jimbo 21:30, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!

My name is Stephen B Streater and I live in the UK. I work with computers and like to help push the boundaries of their capabilities. Here are a couple of examples:

• Wimbledon Live
• Internet video solution.

Hello, I’m a bearded university student from north England. My username may prove to be a good indicator of how much I contribute, but hopefully now I have registered I'll be more inclined to add and alter content. My main areas of knowledge are in computing, video games, comedy (British or otherwise) and animation. However, like everyone else here, my interests encompass many other areas. I hope to be of service to the community.

Peace and Love - Procrastinathan 15:23, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! My name is Anthony Orzel and I'm 12 years old. I've recently joined Wikipedia-my brother Daniel made an account first under the name of Daniel O so he asked me to create one. If you have got anything good on Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter, make sure you plaster it on my discussion page! Happy editing!

I'm interested in poetry and literature, most of all new poets and authors. I am considerably well-read and have joined Wikipedia because I'd like to write/edit articles about great poets and authors to make the resource more up-to-date and perhaps a little more avant-garde. Thanks, CathyB5 19:07, 12 February 2006 (UTC)CathyB[reply]

I had stumbled upon Wikipedia a couple of times before while using google for research. Last night I sat for a while and simply searched for article after article. I always enjoyed browsing encyclopedia as a kid. When I got tired of one thing, I could flip the page and be on something entirely different! But aside from that, I'd like to contribute a bit here and there where I can. I'm teaching myself German, and am also interested in languages in general. This morning I was reading a bit of information about Old English and Middle English. I'd like to learn more about that as well. I like movies, animation, art, music, and video games as well. I'll be looking for chances to contribute!

Nathan 20:51, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am a lawyer in Dover, Ohio, with experience in environmental whistleblower cases. I also work with a Guatemalan immigrant community. I have added to the following Wikipedia pages so far:

• Whistleblowers
• New Philadelphia, Ohio (Demographics)
• Dennison, Ohio
• Aguacatán
• Canillá
• September 24, 2005 anti-war protest
• Workplace Fairness
• Mayan languages
• Bob Ney's challengers
• Sylvia Rimm

I find the watch list unworkable. My watchlist gets swamped with entries from "talk." The only way I have found to check changes to my contributions is to check each page's history individually.

I prefer ISO dates, like 2006-02-12.

I prepare a weekly synopsis of the NPR puzzle with Will Shortz. [1] I enjoy photography, unicycling, racquetball, step aerobics and Big Brothers/Big Sisters. I also enjoy vigorous discussion, so feel free to email me. Richard Renner 2006-02-12

My name is Bill Turpen and live in Berlin, NJ. See information about my background and areas of expertise by visiting my User Page: user:bturpen

Hi all, my name is Roshan and I've been using Wikipedia for many years now, but I finally decided to register an account, mostly to see what it was like to become part of the in-crowd here. Anyways, though, I seriously look forward to working with/on Wikipedia in the future.

Roshan 03:57, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi everybody. This is way more addicitve than I imagined it would be.

FlyingSpaceMonkey 18:06, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was introduced to Wikipedia by a friend, and have used it a couple of times as a quick reference when studying. My interests are electronics and programming. The reason I joined the Wiki users was to add an article about mathematical modelling of diodes, for which I have found very little information on the internet and I needed to understand how it worked. You can see the article about Diode Modelling. I have been kindly informed that I have not specified the copyright and lisence of my images and so I'm in the process of doing so now.

Amr Bekhit 21:22, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I received a message saying that I should tag an image that I used in an article. The image can be used freely. I want to change the property of the image, I don't want a huge copyright notice in the middle of the article. How do I do it? Nanoflop 21:41, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello everyonne I am olphart I am going to do some posting very shortly . I got this off the net , pretty easy to do highly recommened for someone that wants a blog but with limited pc knowledge. I hope , in the future , to be a good member of tihs community THANKS will be talking

64.89.150.227 22:57, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey everyone! I'm a student from Northeast Ohio, I can program in C++ and Python (working on Flash and Ajax), and I enjoy reading and editing Wikipedia!

See ya, Shadow1 23:39, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there. Don't know what to say, but hi :) - nathanrdotcom 06:18, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello world. Forget December 10:18, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm PoweredDeath, or known as Olaboy-, from Pennsylvania, U.S. I'm currently 14 with lots of free time and plan to use it wikifying pages and adding photos.

PoweredDeath

Hello! I am a new user and hope to make additions in business and legal articles. I am an attorney and like to start new businesses. I'm not very good at the formating yet but hope to add some good content. Rich Weston

Hi, my name is Ethan and im from Sydney Australia, i have extensive knowledge of military forces and equipment throughout the world, i have used Wikipedia a few times before and decided to become an active participant and contribute where i can Ethan scales 07:16, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, my real name's Sam and I'm from Manchester in the UK. I'm 14 and currently attend secondary school. Been a long time user of Wikipedia, finally decided to give something back.

Hypnoticme 09:58, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. My name is Richard Martin. I'm 22 years old and a college student in Espoo, Finland. I work in a school for immigrants and learn Finnish with them. I am interested in all things related to Finland, especially its language. I am originally from Cuba via Peru and the USA.

Zedkoman

I've done some minor Wiki editing anonymously, but I would like to be a bit more involved now and become more like a citizen of the community rather than a sightseer.

~8)

[I hope this was suitable]

battlesysadmin 19:02, 16 February 2006 (UTC)battlesysadmin[reply]

I'm a new user and an aspiring contributor most interested in contributing to gaming articles such as MMORPG's and Browser-Based MMORPG's. However I do have an interest in a variety of topics a few of which I may be qualified to contribute in. I do however have a large weakness for grammar and spelling in general so I'm not sure how well any of my contributions would be received.

When I registered my account, I was under the impression that this service would be fairly simplistic to use but already I am beginning to feel a little overwhelmed with more options than I imagined such as the user and talk pages for example; am I the only one that sees Wikipedia as a viable if not better option than myspace? -- Whane 01:35, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I'm a 20 year old college student in Columbus, Ohio. My main interests are AM/FM & Shortwave radio, history, video games and genealogy.

Guy-Smiley 01:58, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am a retired physician after 41 years ina private solo medical practice.How do I

join Wikipedia? my name is R. J. Custodio, M. D and my Email address is [email removed].

Greetings from the Northern Highland! I love natural science and technology, so I'll try to help edit some of those. I'll also work on expanding some of the science stubs when I have time. I've been doing minor edits for quite some time without a user name and I enjoy reading Wikipedia.

Hello all! Just signed in Wikipedia. dead3y3 03:22, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! I'm a 19 year old student at UCSB.

Dakart 07:06, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And I had hoped one day to overcome my internet addiction, oh well...

Long live Wikipedia! Vive le Deviant Art!

Well, I have take advantage on Wiki for years(maybe 3), I hope I can do something.

Hi Im Jesse. Im new to this. The main reason for signing up is my cousin, also named Jesse, is a singer/actor, and I just want to make sure his info is all accurate. Im a movie fanatic too :P

Hey all, I've been thinking about creating an account here for quite some time, and I finally just figured what the hell. Briefly, my name's Matt, I'm a full-time student majoring in political science, and I consider my areas of expertise to be 20th century history and current international relations. Look forward to working here. Mattm1138 05:32, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. My name is Ericka Dawn, and I am a freshman college student in the United States. I recently turned 19.

I don't think I'm up to creating my own pages just yet, but I'll stick around and edit for grammar, punctuation, syntax, and spelling. If one is going to be an English teacher, I suppose one should act the part...

I look forward to learning the ropes around here!

Ericka Dawn 06:44, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm 14 and have been enjoying reading Wikipedia articles on my favourite topics (computer companies/products/games, local artistes/TV shows/movies and more) for several months.

I finally decided to sign up for an account and contribute to Wikipedia.

However, I find the Wikipedia editing page interface slightly difficult to use. It doesn't act like a WYSIWYG editor or HTML editor.

I also had trouble understanding the NOR rule. Not everything can be easily identified as original research. For example, let's say I am a fanatic of a particular movie. If I want to write an article on it, I cannot use my own knowledge to add information on the plot?! What about computer games? It is difficult to obtain non-original research about my favourite computer games. The NOR rule means that even if I have no knowledge of something, I can simply Google for sources, read them and then write an article based on the sources. Being an expert on something does not offer me any advantage in editing/writing articles.

My first full article was Gmail Help Discussion. I wrote it largely to get familiar with Wikipedia's editing format, rules, etc.

The article was marked as having original research or unverified claims.

Today, while trying to write an article about Google Groups (which I intend to be more serious about), I was told that I was banned for three hours. Academic Challenger cited "vandalism, shared IP" as the reason. The ban was apparently lifted after 5 minutes. Are any of my edits considered vandalism? Has my account been hijacked? Should I leave Wikipedia?

I also believe it is possible to vandalize another Wikipedia user's user page. To test this theory, I "vandalized" Academic Challenger's user page with a paragraph asking him for more information on my ban. While I understand and approve of Wikipedia's open concept, I think making user pages freely editable is too open. It is more likely to be misused than used. This is a major concern, especially since a vandal can make people's user pages read "I am an idiot" or something to that effect. If there is a way one can protect their user page, I'd like to know.

This may seem somewhat of a rant, but I hope it will help other Wikipedians gain insights into the difficulties of Wikipedia, and that I may receive help from experienced users.