User:BMcCJ/2007Sept

BMcCJ: American Entrepreneur, Historian, Technologist

A RULE TO LIVE BY
''Be bold in editing, moving, and modifying articles, because the joy of editing is that although it should be aimed for, perfection isn't required. And don't worry about messing up. All prior versions of articles are kept, so there is no way that you can accidentally damage Wikipedia or irretrievably destroy content.''

Recent News
I've been accepted to TheClimateProject.Org, where I will work with Al Gore, to present the case for Global Warming. While at Ford, I did some analysis, trend and statistical process charts regarding Global Warming.

I am now CEO of Albete' Global, LLC and Director of SavageGeckos.

Married, 20 years, three sons. My two oldest sons both have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and are confined to power wheelchairs.

To contact me direcly: [mailto:Bruce@SavageGeckos.com Click here to email]

My Background as an Editor

 * Since 1972, I have been a geneologist, historian and biographer.


 * My extensive geneology project combined the original works of Whipple, McCulloch, Frick and Knight. It includes 1000s of people and goes back to about 3000BC or about 120 generations.  An early version is available on Whipple Website:


 * I also have a collection of archived historical documents dating back to about 1620 and often refer directly to those sources for reference, quote and content.


 * WP:NOT a genology site, but it is a site to provide the Five Pillars WP:5.


 * I decided to become an editor for Wikipedia when I did a search for my grandfather Whip Jones the founder of Aspen Highlands. When a page came up for Whip Jones the soap opera character (on the show only seven months Bold and the Beautiful in 2002), I decided that something had to be corrected.  So I moved that page to Whip Jones III (B&B) and started my first biography (copying the existing content from the Aspen Highlands page and modifying it) page under the user name SavageGecko ~ a userid which I have abandoned, in favor of this one, because of a suggestion from an experienced editor.  DGG thought it looked too much like a web address.


 * The Whip Jones page led to spawned more biography pages and some disambiguation pages. Then I learned about the frustrating Speedy Delete and the WP:AfD process, where we debated whether or not I was a relative, whether or not my grandfather was notable, whether or not the article was sourced, whether or not it had a neutral point of view, whether or not I had a conflict of interest, whether or not is was SPAM, whether or not it was FAKE.  It was frustrating and addicted me to Wikipedia, and made me hate it and certain practices, at the same time.  I think the Whip Jones article stands on it's own merit.  The lesson I learned was to finish your pages in your User space and then copy a finished product up to the article entry you want to create.

My Editing

 * I try to do three things in anything I write or edit:
 * 1) Strict accuracy to the period from which it was written  I prefer the original source over subsequent rewrites and edits and summaries of it.
 * 2) Color and flavor, through quotes and interesting tangents, I will try to bring the subjects' 'soul' through to the reader.  I would like the reader to get a real feel for the person.  To hear their voice in the document.
 * 3) Balanced view, we all have our naysayers, its important to recognize that, but in my opinion giving too much weight to a lonely negative viewpoint, just to ensure a WP:NPOV, isn't neutral or balanced. And may not be fair to the individual subject.   Its just not statistically relevant, 100 people say this, 1 guy says that... that's 1%
 * 4) "When do you know you are done editing?"


 * Over time I hope to contribute material and insight to articles on many persons:

Pages I've Contributed and feel are Complete

 * Whip Jones
 * John I. Beggs
 * Robert P. McCulloch
 * John I.B. McCulloch - subsection to Beggs
 * Mary Sue McCulloch - subsection to Beggs
 * Green Gables Croquet Club
 * United States Croquet Association
 * Bruce Jones (surfboards) - relation by karma only
 * Hobart "Hobie" Alter
 * Hobie Hawk
 * The Paxton
 * Montblanc Writers Edition Pens

Pages I've Started and I'm still Working On (Wanna Help?)

 * Edison Pioneers
 * Drago Jovanovich
 * MC-4
 * JOV-3

Pages I can or have improved

 * McCulloch Motors Corporation
 * Paxton Automotive
 * The Paxton
 * J-2
 * Aspen Highlands
 * Aspen Skiing Company

Notable Relatives already contributed by other editors

 * Roger Williams - founder Rhode Island
 * Abraham Whipple - Commodore, Colonial Navy
 * Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple - Souix Indian Rights Reformer under President Lincoln
 * Charles Carroll of Carrollton - signer Declaration of Independence
 * Stephen Hopkins - disabled signer of the Declaration of Independence
 * William T. Sampson - Admiral - Spanish American War, with Theodore Roosevelt
 * Wat Tyler's Rebellion
 * Deak Parsons of the Enola Gay
 * Henry Morgan (privateer)
 * Andrew Lewis - General to George Washington
 * Esek Hopkins - Colonial Navy
 * Atilla the Hun - Yep
 * Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister - Doctor and proponent of sterilization
 * Philippus Cluverius - map maker

Relatives I'm Building Notable Biographies for

 * Giles Knight
 * Morgan Knight
 * Bishop Abbott
 * Wat Tyler Cluverius
 * Wat Tyler Cluverius II (Admiral)
 * Wat Tyler Cluverius III(Commander)
 * Wat Tyler Cluverius IV (Ambassador)
 * Wat Tyler Cluverius V (Lobbyst)
 * Raymond G. Frick financier
 * Robert McCulloch (Captain - CSA)
 * John Whitaker (OSS)
 * Cham the Prophet
 * Phoebe Collison Morse - the first Coast to Coast Radio Personality, Founder Humane Society of Miami, and the Phoebe Morse Juvenile Aids Center in Miami.
 * Bruce L. Knight
 * Dr. Anthony "Tony" Abbott (2005 Fitness Instructor of the Year)
 * Martha Cluverius (author)
 * Wessel Ten Broek - cohort of Peter Minuit, who bought Manhattan
 * Whipple Van Ness Jones, jr.
 * Robet B. Cockayne (Retail Executive)

Organizations or Lists

 * Green Gables Croquet Club, Spring Lake, New Jersey
 * Croquet Hall of Fame links to different halls and lists of inductees
 * Colorado Ski Hall of Fame and list of inductees

Still Others

 * Richard (Dick) Stone (US SENATOR)
 * Henry Harrison Culver
 * H. H. Culver
 * Chuck Yeager
 * The 72 Dolphins
 * Detroit Edison
 * www.Ford.com
 * Wikipedia Entries That Shouldn't Be

Edit Counts
CLICK FOOTNOTE FOR LIVE EDIT COUNTS:
 * BMcCJ:
 * SavageGeckos:
 * IP address, From behind the firewall:
 * 66.82.9.41
 * 66.82.9.62
 * 69.19.14.17
 * 69.19.14.23
 * 69.19.14.26
 * 69.19.14.27
 * 69.19.14.31
 * 69.19.14.34
 * 136.2.1.101

Please use my talk page to advise me to be a better editor.