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Semi-retired: After taking an extended semi-wikibreak, it appears unlikely that I will return to my prior level of editing any time soon (perhaps I will one day). For now, I hope to channel my research energy into more academic and professional pursuits. But I'm certainly not leaving Wikipedia entirely, and you can always reach me by leaving a talk page message or by pinging me.
About me
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I'm just a simple Wikipedian trying to make my way in the universe.
Before I semi-retired, the following were projects I started or planned to start. I may still work on these projects at my leisure.
I started editing Wikipedia not long after I stumbled across it several years ago. During my early days of editing, I focused mostly on articles related to Avatar: The Last Airbender and Florida politics. After getting burned out, I substantially decreased my editing for a while and became a bit of a WikiGnome. During that time, I did not have a main topical focus on Wikipedia, but I involved myself in WikiProjects and kept tabs on several articles that interested me. I returned to active Wikipedia editing in 2013, and among several other pursuits, I brought Voting Rights Act of 1965 to Featured Article status. I am now semi-retired. To the extent I am active these days, I am particularly interested in improving articles related to voting rights in the United States, but I continue to have eclectic editing interests.
My previous projects have included, but certainly have not been limited to, the following:
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The Civility Barnstar | |
For your consistently polite and constructive conduct. Sb101 (talk|contribs) 20:03, 1 September 2013 (UTC) |
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The Million Award | |
For your contributions to bring Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (estimated annual readership: 2,160,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers. -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:51, 20 October 2013 (UTC) |
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The Half Million Award | |
For your contributions to bring Voting Rights Act of 1965 (estimated annual readership: 568,168) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Half Million Award. Congratulations, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! -- Bobnorwal (talk) 22:52, 27 March 2014 (UTC) |
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The Half Million Award | |
For your impressive quality improvement work to bring Voting Rights Act of 1965 to Featured Article quality, I hereby present you with The Half Million Award. Congratulations, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! — Cirt (talk) 23:14, 26 October 2014 (UTC) |
Precious
rights, protection and care
Thank you, professional lawyer trying to do the right thing including gender neutrality, for quality articles on legislation such as Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, for improving Democracy, University of Central Florida and Freethought, interested in the highest quality of sources, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:44, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
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The Instructor's Barnstar | |
This Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who have performed stellar work in the area of instruction & help for other editors. For being helpful and thoughtful in discussions relating to citation policy. NickCT (talk) 18:01, 12 March 2015 (UTC) |
I may get around to turning these into essays sometime. Until then, if you want to discuss them, post on my talk page.
Basically, Wikipedia requires three things:
Sources: Typically, the highest quality of source is:
Notability:
Weight:
Due and undue weight concern how much attention an article gives to a viewpoint on, or an aspect of, the article's subject.
Citing: See generally WP:ILC
{{citation needed}}
, or any similar tag)Original synthesis: WP:SYNTH
Manual of Style: WP:MOS
Article review processes:
Content dispute resolution:
Problems: Noticeboards
Information on reviews within the FAC process
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ian_Rose&oldid=615105497#FACs_question
Law-related:
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