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[[de:Benutzer:Adam Bishop]] [[fr:Utilisateur:Adam Bishop]] [[la:Usator:Adam Episcopus]] |
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Most wikipedians are utter assholes, possessing the IQ of a brick. Their favorite word is 'troll'. Common topics of interest include: Middle Earth, Goku's middle name, Japanese culture, and of course video games. |
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I am from [[London, Ontario]], [[Canada]], although I was born in [[Richmond Hill, Ontario]]. I have recently graduated from the [[University of Western Ontario]] with a degree in [[history]]. At the moment I am a "special student" ("Ralph, you're on special teams!"), in classical studies, but in a few months I will be a grad student, somewhere. Where? Possibly at UWO, possibly at the [[University of Ottawa]], but probably at the [[University of Toronto]] studying [[Middle Ages|medieval history]]. How could I pass that up opportunity! |
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Wikipedians strive to be NPOV by turning pages into soapboxes for debate. Truth, to them, is something voted upon, not observed. There is no fact on wikipedia, but "claims". The earth is not an oblate spheriod, "scientists claim" it is an oblate spheriod. "Historians claim" that Washington crossed the Delaware River. Many times you will not see such fact with the "claimed" notation, unless the topic is controversial. Then you will see it "NPOV"erized. |
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I also play [[guitar]] and I am a fan of [[Star Trek]], [[The Simpsons]], and [[Seinfeld]]. I'm not much of a sports fan, but I like the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] and [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]. I don't read much fiction (dictionaries and encyclopedias are far more interesting), but I believe I can count myself among the [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] [[geek|geeks]]. I have a slightly-less-than-fluent knowledge of [[French language|French]], and I also know a bit of [[Latin]], [[German language|German]], and [[Esperanto]]. |
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When one disagrees on the factuality of an article, they rarely back it up with coherent, intelligent rebuttals and citations but by the ever-so-common reverting. When someone with an agenda prefers to revert and wage an "edit war", other wikipedians will scoff and insult you for waging an immature battle if you lie on the truly NPOV side. They will tell you to let the wikiprocess solve it. Despite this, biased pages go unnoticed and often uncorrected on less-frequently visited topics. |
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I think I first came across this place through [[Quizbowl]], and my first contribution was the [[Alexius IV]] article in January, 2003, although I didn't have a user name at that point. In June, 2003, I started contributing more regularly. |
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These individuals make the truly free wikipedia, a "reliable" source of information on everything that people typically don't care about and "unreliable" on everything else. |
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I work in the [[library]] at the [[London Free Press]] [[newspaper]]. When I'm not busy there (which is often), I just read the books we have, or I surf around the Wikipedia site. I bet that would count on the Wikipediholic test...by the way, I got 116 on that. I'm a [[Wikipedia:Wikipediholic|Wikipediholic]]! I'm addicted to Wikipedihol! |
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I have a webpage, but mostly just for guitar stuff: |
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http://www.angelfire.com/mi/Grenfell/guitar.html |
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Although it's not "my" webpage exactly, there is also the UWO Quiz Bowl webpage: |
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http://www.usc.uwo.ca/clubs/quiz-bowl/default.htm |
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It is a crushing blow to my ego that I can't claim credit on articles here, but it's also good that people can correct and improve on what I write. I usually contribute to historical stuff - my interests are mainly [[medieval]] history, especially medieval [[England]], the [[Byzantine Empire]], and the [[Crusades]]. I am also interested in pre-[[Canadian Confederation|Confederation]] Canada), [[ancient history]], [[linguistics]], and [[mythology]] (but on the latter two I am far from an expert...not that I am an expert historian, though). I sometimes contribute to some popular culture stuff too. I also like to work on lists (because lists are addictive), and add stuff to all those year articles. I try to avoid controversial stuff, which is pretty easy when I'm working on obscure figures from the Fourth Crusade, or something. |
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I have been an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] since September 2, 2003. First you get the admin status, then you get the power, then you get the women...right? |
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==Sources== |
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I thought it might be useful to list the sources I often use, even though I don't always necessarily include them in articles: |
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*Warren T. Treadgold. A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8047-2630-2 |
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*P.M. Holt. The Age of the Crusades: The Near Est from the Eleventh Century to 1517. New York: Addison Wesley Longman Inc., 1986. ISBN 0-582-49302-1 |
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*Hans Eberhard Mayer. The Crusades. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1965. ISBN 0-19-873097-7 |
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*Jonathan Riley-Smith. The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. ISBN 0-8122-1363-7 |
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*R. Douglas Francis, Richard Jones, Donald B. Smith. Origins: Canadian History to Confederation. Toronto: Harcourt Canada, 2000. ISBN 0-7747-3664-X |
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*R. Douglas Francis, Richard Jones, Donald B. Smith. Destinies: Canadian History Since Confederation. Toronto: Harcourt Canada, 2000. ISBN 0-7747-3665-8 |
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*Nancy Demand. A History of Ancient Greece. McGraw-Hill, 1996. ISBN 0-07-016207 |
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*Herodotus. The Histories (trans. by Aubrey de Sélincourt). London: Penguin Classics, 2003. ISBN 0-140-44908-6 |
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*Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War (trans. by Rex Warner). London: Penguin Classics, 1972. ISBN 0-14-044039-9 |
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*Allen M. Ward, Fritz M. Heichelheim, Cedric A. Yeo. A History Of The Roman People. Prentice-Hall, 2003. ISBN 0130384801 |
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*[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ Internet History Sourcebooks Project] |
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*[http://libtext.library.wisc.edu/HistCrusades/ Text of A History of the Crusades by Kenneth Setton] |
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*[http://crusades.boisestate.edu/ Crusades website from Boise State] |
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*[http://www.gc.ca/main_e.html Government of Canada wesbite] |
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*[http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?TCE_Version=A The Canadian Encylopedia] (sometimes I use the actual books if I'm at work) |
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*[http://1911encyclopedia.org/ The 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica], still useful for old stuff |
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The books are mostly textbooks I have used in classes at UWO. Sometimes I use lots and lots of other random pages on the Internet, if they are useful and accurate. There are a lot of even better books in the UWO library, the public library, or the Free Press library that I have used, but since I don't own them I haven't included them here. Of course, I often just use whatever knowledge I can glean off the top of my head :) |
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==Sandbox== |
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If you want to see something I'm working on, you could look at [[User:Adam Bishop/sandbox|my sandbox]]. Who knows, maybe you could help with whatever is going on there. |
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==Articles== |
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Since this was getting unwieldy, and I'm sure no one really cares, I'll move the the articles I have worked on (that I feel are worthy of mentioning) or created to a separate page, [[User:Adam Bishop/articles]]. |
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Revision as of 01:42, 3 April 2004
Users: Most Wikipedians.
Most wikipedians are utter assholes, possessing the IQ of a brick. Their favorite word is 'troll'. Common topics of interest include: Middle Earth, Goku's middle name, Japanese culture, and of course video games.
Wikipedians strive to be NPOV by turning pages into soapboxes for debate. Truth, to them, is something voted upon, not observed. There is no fact on wikipedia, but "claims". The earth is not an oblate spheriod, "scientists claim" it is an oblate spheriod. "Historians claim" that Washington crossed the Delaware River. Many times you will not see such fact with the "claimed" notation, unless the topic is controversial. Then you will see it "NPOV"erized.
When one disagrees on the factuality of an article, they rarely back it up with coherent, intelligent rebuttals and citations but by the ever-so-common reverting. When someone with an agenda prefers to revert and wage an "edit war", other wikipedians will scoff and insult you for waging an immature battle if you lie on the truly NPOV side. They will tell you to let the wikiprocess solve it. Despite this, biased pages go unnoticed and often uncorrected on less-frequently visited topics.
These individuals make the truly free wikipedia, a "reliable" source of information on everything that people typically don't care about and "unreliable" on everything else.