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.This year (2008) I initiated the following Wikipedia articles (so far) (not including mere redirects):
- Helen Jepson Jan 7
David Duncan (writer) Jan 8
Douglas Thayer Jan 10
Ann Chamberlin Jan 10
Robert Moussallem Jan 29
Roddy Lee Feb 1
Volvo Effect Feb 20
Ben Fee Feb 20
Todd Robert Petersen Mar 27
Coke Newell Mar 28
Mangel-wurzels Mar 31 since redirected --- whoops
Steven B. Jepson Apr 1
Kristine Jepson Apr 1
Chéri and La Fin de Chéri Apr 21 since redirected
Edward Plumb May 24
Edward H. Plumb May 24 (this is also the redirect for the one above --- I don't remember what I was thinking)
Rory Root May 24
June Conference June 1
Grégoire Bouillier Jun 16
A Motley Vision Jun 28
Coast Guard Day Jul 3
Marta Becket Jul 4
Streets of Baltimore Jul 12
Cluster Exploratory Jul 16
Karl Benjamin Jul 17
Lorser Feitelson Jul 17
Essence, (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics) Jul 17
The Bear Went Over the Mountain Sep 26 (disambiguation page)
Robert Clark (author) Oct 3
Ric Estrada Oct 22
José Achache Nov 12
Association for Mormon Letters Dec 19
AML Awards Dec 19
Marilyn McMeen Miller Brown Dec 19
Levi S. Peterson Dec 19
Mary Petty Dec 20
Alan Dunn (cartoonist) Dec 20
Josephine Spencer Dec 22
Letters to Santa Dec 22 (this is basically a disambiguation page also)
Annie Poon Dec 23
I also started some articles for the Muppet wiki and the DC wiki and possibly others as well. Not sure. But I really feel that Wikipedia in particular is one of the most important public services of my generation --- perhaps the most important of those that don't feed starving children and prevent landmine wounds and the like.
So this isn't too bad. I feel like I'm doing my part. Overall I made well over 500 edits this year (and that's just when I was logged in!) so at least I'm not a total slouch.
Long live knowledge! And its children, faith comfort democracy love safety --- all that good stuff.
Now: let's go edit something!
or, lacking that
donate some money
OK, how do you decide where to start? I haven't just browsed these sites for opportunities to share my knowledge.
ReplyDelete.
ReplyDeleteBrowsing sounds like a good start.
then, with Wikipedia, you just hit "edit this page" and make corrections and additions.
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ReplyDeleteYoung Pillars Dec 26
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ReplyDeleteEmma Lou Thayne Dec 29
Just one question. Do you sleep? And another. And are your thours the same units of time as my hours?
ReplyDelete.
ReplyDeleteScience has yet to determine the answer to that fundamental question.
Often I write a Wikipedia article just because I ran across it in an article and thought the void might be unfilled, or because I really needed the article myself and the void was easily filled with a bit broader Internet research.