User:Adrian Lamo~enwiki/'ello

Hey folks.

First off, I'd like to specially thank the nice people who have taken the time to update and maintain the Adrian Lamo Wikipedia entry. Every entry on Wikipedia is important, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't pay attention to the changes on mine. Thanks for keeping it timely and presentable over the past four years.

I have terrible time-management skills and a number of writing committments, so my participation here is sporadic, for the moment. That doesn't mean I don't <3 Wikipedia, though. It pains me to see an article languishing in need of improvement, and I try never to pass one by without exerting some effort to leave it better than I found it.

Wikipedia is fantastic. In my eyes, Wikipedia content is alive, informative, and [to me] reliable. It's rapidly becoming my #1 source when I come across a topic, term, or area that I know no other resource is evolving readily enough to cover. Heck, I still get tingly inside when I walk past a user on their laptop or at a public terminal and see them browsing Wikipedia, especially given the project's seeming lack of formal advertising. More complex systems should come across like this -- simple, straightforward, attracting users on their own merits.

Anyways. I'm rambling. But I'm enthusiastic about this place. I think it has great things in store, and I hope I can give back here and there.

If anyone reading this has questions or comments, please don't hesitate to email me. That's what email is there for. It's also quicker than commenting on my talk page, unless you feel it's important that your comments be a part of the public record.

Thanks for reading. G'day, and Godspeed.

Adrian Lamo 09:27, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

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