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I started editing Wikipedia semi-regularly in mid 2004. My first edit with this username was on the 12 June 2004. I have also made a handful of anonymous contributions before and after that date. I am maintaining an average of more than 100 edits per month so I am considered a very active editor. My main space edit count has reached 2000. I have uploaded a few images, available in this gallery. If I was at least 85% accurate I would be happy, although when I apply myself I usually strive for an ideal. I have yet to read or hear any valid criticisms of Wikipedia.
I'm still regularly impressed by the quality of material and the kind effort put in by other Wikipedians to get things right for little in return. I think Wikipedia is a great, worthwhile site. Undoubtedly Wikipeida has become one of the best examples of a successful open source project. I am glad I have been part of what has been described[1] as
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I admire the ambitious nature of this massive project and it's active contributors. Wikipedia appears to be a virtual reality that has allowed a self-organising community based on merit and donations to form. I find Wikipedia is a rewarding and productive place to learn a great deal, although like a lot of things, it is somewhat haphazard and potentially dubious due to a lack of sources. I try hard not to review things or introduce bias to this wiki. I have some concerns that retaining an "encyclopediac tone" and the removal of information based on the notability policy conflicts with the Jimmy's original vision.
I like exploring and fixing up stuff, some project work, adding a few photos, adding items to lists, fleshing out some topics and starting stubs. I want to learn about the use of wiki code, various standards and templates, and become more familiar with editing policy so I get entries most correct the first time. I am trying to keep up with guidelines for referencing sources and to work with blank maps. I am not really interested in featured articles and haven't done much work on portals.
- See also: User:Shiftchange/Pages I have started
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My work here will not be complete until there are no Queensland geography stubs including Queensland protected area stubs and Brisbane geography stubs. One day I would like to achieve a GA status for a few of my favourite articles. I am not at all interested in becoming an administrator. I am trying to improve my writing style, paying attention to readability as I expand the English Wikipedia and bring more structure to this page.
I am going work on articles like History of energy technology, biomass solar, energy rationing, overshoot, energy sustainability, energy policy, energy crisis, energy quality, energy consumption, energy balance, energy flow, energy transfer, energy storage, energy intensity, energy conservation, power conservation, power outage, clean coal, resource depletion, social ecology, carrying capacity, population density, localization, psychogeography, palaeogeography and the impact of global climate changes on agriculture.
- See also: User:Shiftchange/People
I want to know more about and contribute to Secularism, Feudalism, Primitivism, Environmentalism, Anarchism, Pacifism, Feminism, Transhumanism, Infoanarchism, Activism, Extremism, Solidarity, Preference, Free Speech, Meme, Collaboration, Trust, Integrity, Moderation, Grassroots, Ontogeny, Social progress, Human rights, Civil Liberties, Civil disobedience, Boycott, Public Relations, Public Opinion, Public Domain, Complexity, Chaos, Fractal, Aesthetics, Reverse Engineering, Metadata, Classification, Ontologies, Literacy, Archive, Books, Protocol, Paradox, Hoax, Paradigm shift, Epistemology, Debate, Design, Creative, Digital, Darknet, Honeypot, Data haven, Falsifiability and Verification.
Some bad things I don't like include Gas-guzzlers, Mainstream media, Globalization, Groupthink, Ignorance, Fundamentalism, Discrimination, Bigotry, Bullying, Harassment, Military occupation, Aggression, Invasion, Colonialism, Terrorism, Conservativism, Communism, Cartesian Dualism, Cornucopian, Fallacy, Rhetoric, Indoctrination and Censorship. Some really hideous things I detest include the likes of State terrorism, Totalitarianism, Zionism, Neoconservatism, Police state, House of Windsor, Monarchy, Rogue state, Israel, Mossad, AIPAC, Council of Foreign Relations, American Enterprise Institute, The Carlyle Group, ECHELON, Microsoft, Cabal, Nuclear power, Nuclear weapons, War on Terror, Supreme Court of the USA, CIA, NSA, WTO, IMF, World Bank, Oligarchy, Plutocracy and Dictatorship.
[edit] More about me
I am a male living in Brisbane, Australia. I hold a Bachelor of Arts (Geography, Political Science) from the University of Queensland (St Lucia). I wish everyone had good access to information technology and advocate the concept of free access to intellectual property without proprietary ownership. I am against unbridled capitalism and pro-open source, decentralized, co-operative anti-authoritarianism. I dislike monopolies, copyright, proprietary software, trademark, patent, artificial scarcity and other forms of oppression, deprivation and tyranny. I want people to be better educated, with accurate knowledge about the world, so democracy can happen.
I started using the internet in 1993. I was initially excited by Napster and peer to peer on the 31 October 2000. It was on this night after watching a broadcast from the american Sixty Minutes program titled You can't stop the music that I was jumping around, happy and filled with joy over file sharing. It was then that I realised something I had been dreaming about would come true. I had been thinking of a technology that would provide low cost, unlimited, quality music when I wanted. I realised then it was not just about music, that it was about movies and all others kinds of information.I want better information retrieval systems than I have now so I can reap the bounty of treasured gifts, hear more ideas, understand reality, research things and find the answers to a multitude of questions.
I download many things from the generous cooking pot that we call the internet, particularly music and other stuff like multimedia, games, animations, ringtones, visualisations, documentaries, comics and books. I grab textual material like news articles, technical guides, essays, papers and other literature. I get programs, geographical and game maps, timelines, recipes, weather images, charts, artwork, video and photos. I appreciate the web and have enjoyed watching it blossum over the last decade. I'm interested in useful software, practical projects and realistic visions of the future. In particular, communication and computer technologies like internet telephony, hypermedia, broadband, and wireless networks. I like using software, computer hardware and networks, although the later is often a misused exploit for communications eavesdropping and other vulnerabilities. I think people need to be more aware of mass surveillance and the kinds of backdoor scumware used by hackers, common criminals, shadow governments and sinister intelligence agencies, that are taking away mine and other innocent people's rights to privacy.
Software I recommend includes Mozilla, Irfanview, Audiograbber, OpenOffice, eMule, Picasa and VLC. I prefer alternative media and I find weblogs useful and the same goes for wikis. My favourite all-time pc games are Tetrinet, Starcraft, MechWarrior 2, Age of Empires, Popolous 3, Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, Z: Steel Soldiers and GLtron. I have literally played thousands of different computer games on many platforms since the early 1980's. I also like a game of chess, poker and 500.
- See also: User:Shiftchange/What else do I think?
