User:Ahtzib

A brief history of my choice of username: The root word is "tzib." Properly romanized from the original classic Mayan it should be spelled TZ'IB, and the capitalization would be intentional to represent the transliteration from a logographic spelling in Mayan heiroglyphs.

Maya scribes were part of the highest class in Maya society. It was not an unusual career choice for a young sibling of a ruler of a city or city state. They were the academics, religious leaders and artists of their society; very much a shared visage of most pre-industrial agrarian societies.

My interests vary across science, history & linguistics; with linguistics being a passionate joy, primarily in orthography & epigraphy. When I add into that my joy at astronomy, astrology, and the space industry it was really easy to relate to the stellar minded academics of Maya society that is generally underestimated and underappreciated by our society today. Choosing a name to bring attention to this culture and their work, which survives today despite erasure, genocide, and colonialism, is an intentional choice. To be clear, I am not Maya nor have any Maya ancestors of which I know; but I am in love with their viewpoints and hope to someday contribute to helping them reclaim some of their lost literature or history.

I think that this foray into my choice of username also elaborates on my motivations to help contribute to accessible information to everyone.