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I'm just putting this page in as a placeholder for now.  I try to improve this page every so often -- if I can't write a decent 'article' about me, a topic I've had my entire life to research, how can I hope to write a good informative article?
#REDIRECT [[User:The only thing I will ever accomplish is to revert vandalism and fantasize that Citizendium is getting slashdotted]]
 
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== About Me ==
I am a student at [[Radford University]] (in [[Radford, Virginia]]).  I'm young (23), transgendered (oh boy), not religious, but an 'ethics fundie.'  I'm an avid reader, avid [[gamer]], amatuer programmer, [[otaku]], and former administrator of the Interlingua Wikipedia.  I am a socialist, but I oppose the [[open source movement]] and any other institution which seeks to destroy the rights of creators -- in an era where [[intellectual property]] is increasingly the only kind of property that matters, [[copyleft]] is about as realistic as pure [[Marxism]].
 
== Articles I've Created ==
I usually create pages listed in [[Special:Wantedpages|the list of most-wanted pages]].  However, I also plan on turning every red link on my user page into a blue link, as a matter of pride.
 
[[1 CE]], [[arcology]], [[China]], [[dextrocardia]], [[game show]], [[religion]]
 
== Topics of Especial Interest ==
Topics in which I am interested in, and may be creating topics on, include [[animal]]s and [[anthropomorphics]], [[animation]] (largely [[animé]], although [[Flash]], [[cartoons]], and other forms of animation interest me), the fourth generation of [[computers]] (after computers became personal, but before they became based on standard [[operating system]]s with [[driver]]s to handle varying [[hardware]]; examples include the [[Apple IIe]] and my favorite, the [[Commodore 64]]), [[Confucianism]], [[conlang]]s (especially [[international auxiliary language]]s), [[copyright law]], [[food]] (I like to create articles about various [[dish]]es, [[foodstuff]]s, [[recipe]]s, and the history of [[cuisine]] about different cultures -- I admit it, I'm somewhat of a [[glutton]]), [[games]] (especially [[roleplaying game]]s, but also [[video game]]s, [[board game]]s, and children's games), [[Interlingua]], [[languages]] and [[linguistics]], [[politics]] (especially 'dark horses' like the [[Constitution Party]] and the [[Green Party]]), [[Shinto]], [[skunk]]s, [[sushi]] (favorite type:  [[inarizushi]], with [[california roll]]s a close second), [[Star Trek]] (mostly [[Star Trek:  The Next Generation|TNG]] and [[Star Trek:  Voyager|Voyager]]), [[toy]]s, and [[transgender]] issues (especially in law).
 
== Guidelines ==
Here are some of my ethics for creating articles:
 
* Be accurate.  (Even if it seems second nature, look it up.)
* Be concise.  (Don't try to explain every aspect of a problem on one page; that's what a [[wiki]] is for, to put more in-depth discussions of subtopics on individual pages.  Don't make this site a dry [[encyclopedia]]; make it a learning tool, a place where people can go in, find a topic they're interested in, and [[hyperlink]] to their heart's content.)
* Be gentle.  (Try to resolve problems if possible; give in if resolution impossible.)
* Don't get hot under the collar.  (Wikis are transient, not permanent; that page I stress over today could become slashdotted or PoEd into a cesspool of speculation and subtle [[vandalism]] tommorow.)
* Give references.  ([[Wikipedia]] does not count -- if it's true and it's on Wikipedia, then it's available somewhere else.  Good, complete articles should include references to books, print encyclopedias, trade journals, scientic papers, magazine articles, and other references to go to for people who want to 'go beyond' Citizendium.)
 
It is my hope that in order to promote a communally-built wiki in nations that do not recognize open-source licenses, the copyright will be owned by the [[Citizendium Foundation]], who will allow it to be used under a 'license' even looser -- maybe even to release a 'paper Citizendium' at-cost (perhaps on [[Lulu.com]] or somesuch) or for just enough profit to cover [[Citizendium]]'s costs.  I hope that non-commercial use is as free as possible, but that the Citizendium Foundation works to prevent commercial abuses of this content.
 
[[Category:CZ Authors|ALMAFETA, SHANYA]]

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