User:Solipsist
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| Name: | Solipsist |
| Location: | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Age: | Middle |
| Gender: | Male |
| On wikipedia since: | March 2004 |
| Interests: | Editor of the gaps and illustrating articles. |
| Also available at: | commons:User:Solipsist |
Declaration of POV
- I'm an atheist, but sometimes find religions interesting
- I'm a skeptic and oppose pseudoscience.
- I'm a liberal, but somewhat jaded towards politics
- I'm a mild deletionist
- I'm currently a sysop
- I'll add other biases as I think of them
Everyone has his/her own biases, and in general it is as well to be aware of them in yourself, so you can balance them out.
At the moment I am concentrating on illustrating articles and maintaining the Picture of the Day archives.
I previously had a list of subject areas in which I might have some knowledge, but I've noticed that although I have a science/engineering/computing background I haven't actually edited many articles in the technical domain. This is largely because those areas are already well served by many other Wikipedians. Instead I've ended up finding gaps in coverage and writing articles to fill them. Typically this seems to be in the areas of art, architecture, and biography. Quite often, if I've found a good free image that needs a home, I might end up writing a short article to give it somewhere to go. At the tail end, I might be tempted to expand or rewrite an article that I happen on using the Random Page link.
To an extent, I use writing Wikipedia articles as an aid to researching and learning about new things. At the moment this covers articles on 20C British artists and architecture. I'm no expert, but these are areas that I've been casually studying over the last 5 – 6 years.
If you enjoy copyediting, you might like to follow my larger rewrites. My spelling has improved since I was a child and I've a good grasp of grammar, but I still find it difficult to spot even obvious, major mistakes when proofreading a large edit. Actually, I'm not sure that I proofread at all. The first paragraph is usually OK, but then I get bored and probably just skim read later sections.
Wiki-Link Game
I wrote the initial rules of the Wiki-Link Game, just one of many ways to use Wikipedia for fun, or to waste time, that can be found at the Department of Fun
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It's not just a good idea,
More at: [1] (http://www.lmrbean.plus.com/fun/science.htm) |  Solipsist - I award you this barnstar for all the good work you do with the featured picture candidates. Keep up the good work :) →Raul654 Mar 18, 2005 Missing image Raok_barnstar.png I, fvw, hereby award you this Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar for not biting the newbie even when this would have saved you lots of work. Missing image Barnstar-rotating.gif I award you with the Tireless Contributor Barnstar for your superb contributions to the Featured picture candidates. Your work is very much appreciated! - Sango123 19:40, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)  I award you with the Photographer's barnstar for all your work regarding featured images. — Chameleon 13:02, 29 May 2005 (UTC) |
