User:CPES

Hello. I'm chuck

Location: North Somerset, UK

Profession: electronics design engineer

Joined Wikipedia: 05 February 2005

Interests: walking, golf, reading, writing, languages, history, maths, chemistry, physics, geography, human biology, book binding, investment, economics, business, computing, software, music, HiFi, guitars, electronics, photography, cars, motorbikes, aviation, metalworking, woodworking, gardening, architecture, house refurbishment.

Other IDs: same username on Wikipedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CPES)

POV: is anything true?

Wikipedia: I remember Roy Donahuge, a kindly unassuming author in the Technical Publications Department at EMI electronics where I worked. He demonstrated how to turn the convoluted proposal that I had sweated weeks over into a shorter, more logical and readable document by applying a few simple rules. Up to that time, like many technical people, writing was a chore, although punctuation and spelling still were until I came across, Task's, Penguin Guide to Punctuation and then they invented PCs with word processors and spell checkers.

I find that copy-editing Wikipedia articles is a good way to learn about subjects but I do feel guilty about changing other people's work, especially those who may be non-native English speakers, young, or just not experienced in writing. The Wikipedians who do the research, start articles, and provide the illustrations and those who subsequently add to the articles are the front-line soldiers. The organisation, presentation, punctuation and grammar, while essential, requires different skills.

Thanks to the Wikipedians who correct my errors and explain why, and to the Wikipedians who discus topics in an objective, constructive, and polite way. And no thanks to the rest!

Contact: You can leave messages for me on talk for this page.

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 * User:CPES/Books
 * User:CPES/Wikipedia how to
 * User:CPES/Links
 * User:CPES/Wikipedia comments
 * User:CPES/Images


 * User:CPES/images worked on
 * User:CPES/sandbox
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 * User:CPES/WIP
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 * User:CPES/Wikipedia articles worked on