User:Avgusztyn

At last! You have found Avgusztyn on Wikipedia! And unless I become notable for some unforseen reason (Such as People Mauled by Circus Elephants) this is probably the only place you will find me on Wikipedia, but I can't complain about that!

= Basics =

Who?
I'm Avgusztyn!

What?
I edit Wikipedia. While interested in virtually everything, I am primarily an expert on Asia, especially China. Other major interests include the Pacific Northwest, Ecology, Anthropology, History, Philosophy, Religions, Music, Literature, Art, Fishing, Hunting and Mountaineering. I'm also a photographer, and can probably contribute more in pictures than text.

When?
Whenever I have time. I spend a lot of time in the real world, so my internet persona may lie feral for many months at a time.

Where?
Born in Everett, raised in Mukilteo, and after 10 years living in Beijing, I'm back in Seattle. I will soon be relocating to the University of Chicago.

Why?
I believe in quality writing and objectivity; I hate poor verbiage and myopic bickering: hence I edit Wikipedia!

= Languages = I'm fluent in English, Chinese, French and Chinook Jargon. I also have a competent familiarity with many other languages. Just how competent, you can judge bellow.

The Wikipedia Language Game!
Let's all play the Wikipedia language game! This is how I stay sharp on my language skills, and even expand. It's not hard to read a lot of foreign languages, and it's a great skill to have.

How to Play

 * 1) Start out at the list of different Wikipedias. Go ahead and pick a language you can speak, have studied, or perhaps didn't know existed.
 * 2) Go to that language's main page. Try to find the "random article" button. If you can't find that, this isn't going to go very well, so pick another language.
 * 3) Look at the first random article, and try to figure out the gist of what it is talking about. If it is a language you know well, you might want to set a higher standard for yourself.
 * 4) If you are satisfied you can understand the article, give yourself a point. If you can't, don't. Either way, move on to the next random article. Try out 20, 50 or 100 articles. (Be a sport and don't count disambiguation pages!)
 * 5) Score yourself by the number of articles you could understand out of the total number of articles you viewed. If you get a perfect score on a lower number (say 20/20) then consider trying a larger sample.
 * 6) If you speak one language, look for some related languages and see how well you do. You might be surprised that learning one language can actually go a long way towards learning another!
 * 7) Go back and try again to see if you can push your scores even higher. The more you do it, the better you get and the more you learn.
 * 8) Post your scores on your User page!

My Latest Scores
Primary Languages (100%)

Secondary Languages (80-99%)
 * English .......... Native Speaker
 * French ............ 100/100
 * Chinese .......... 100/100

Tertiary Languages (60-79%)
 * Spanish .......... 93/100
 * Italian .............. 41/50
 * German ............ 41/50

Rudimentary Languages (40-59%)