User:Matchups

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I use Matchups as a username all over the place, including my domain www.matchups.com which is fairly out-of-date. The original source was a Scrabble newsletter I edited, which was an ironic comment on "matchups" not being in the official dictionary.

My main interest (from the Wiki point of view at least) is games, and bridge in particular, though I spend most of my time these days being a wikignome.

As of the start of 2008, I have about 2000edits. Though most are small, nearly all have edit summaries.

• My 1000th edit (January 19, 2007, to NMP)
• My 2000th edit (December 31, 2007, to List of Oberlin College alumni, an article I update frequently based on information in the alumni magazine)

Contents 1 To-dos 1.1 Articles to create 1.2 Ongoing projects 1.3 Other 2 Wikiphilosophy 3 Some articles I created 3.1 Mainspace articles 3.2 Other 4 Friends

[edit] To-dos

[edit] Articles to create

• Noted author Reuben Frank
• Obie graduates Oren Rudavsky (started) and Sarah Pirtle
• Dan Pallotta and the AIDS Rides
• The mathematician Sophie Lie (no relation to Sophie Germain, but I am a mathematician with a daughter named Sophie.

[edit] Ongoing projects

• Work on bridge articles
  • Convention articles
• Look at entries on List of titles of works based on Shakespearean phrases with no Act/Scene references
• Work on backlog (245 as of December 13, 2006) at Category:Articles needing sections

[edit] Other

• Find more documentation on wiki markup, or create it if necessary
• Add more userboxes to this page
• Merge two Metallikats articles
• Add self-referential comment to {{mosdab}}
• Add list of creations & major edits to this page

[edit] Wikiphilosophy

I consider myself an encyclopedist, similar to what WP would classify as a Delusionist. In general, if there is information for which members of the general public would tend to go to an encyclopedia, it should be in WP. If it is information which one would expect to find in a telephone directory, almanac, yearbook, annual report, or other specialized reference, or if it is not of interest to the general public, then it should not be here.

Although I would love to do more substantial contributing, and perhaps be an admin someday, parenthood currently limits me mostly to wikignome activities.

[edit] Some articles I created

[edit] Mainspace articles

• Bob Blue, singer/songwriter
• Ephron, surname
• List of Oberlin College alumni
• Michael Rosenberg, bridge player
• Stephen Zunes‎, political writer

[edit] Other

• Claus Wilhelm, redirect
• {{mosdab}}
• User Talk:x.y.z.w, usually with {{uw-test1}}
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Jewish American social and political scientists (succeeded)

[edit] Friends

There are (or should be) Wikipedia articles on several friends and acquaintances of mine. Not to drop names, but just so you know where my biases may lie:

• Eric Albert
• Bob Blue
• Libby Frank and Reuben Frank
• Oberlin
• Ken Olum
• Jim Propp
• Oren Rudavsky
• Stephen Zunes