User:Charles Edward

I spend more time reading than editing. I learn much more from Wikipedia than I contribute. I don't consider myself to be an authority on much of anything, I am more of a well informed bystander than anything else. I used to just browse and edit without a user account for over a year - watching this place grow has been amazing. It was not until I actually wanted to create an article in 2006 that I created this account, and then I pretty well stopped using it until 2007, going back to my anonymous habits. I decided to start editing articles more frequently in 2008, and began using this account regularly then. I am on the commons now too, but I am only ever there to upload stuff. Contacting me here is best.

I have managed to help author a few FAs now, of which I am proud. Copy editing is my biggest challenge, and it was thanks to the help of some good copy editors that the FAs I have worked on were accepted. I have a couple more FAs in the works that hopefully will develop fairly soon. From time to time I make a peer review, patrol new pages, review good articles, keep an eye on RFA, and occasionally participate in important discussions. But most of the time, I just edit!

I consider editing on Wikipedia a hobby, and I really detest drama and stress. While there have been a few times I have spoken out, I generally prefer to stay out of the drama\politics\vitriol that is, quite unfortunately, rather common on the fringes and occasionally at the heart of this project. Instead I enjoy working with the few editors around me who are actually more interested in writing a good article, than enforcing their will on others. Live and let live.

Wikiproject Indiana

 * Rufus!

What I have done to help out our project: I try to bring all new Indiana articles onto my watchlist, and work to assess and reassess articles in the project. I try to keep our categories tidy, and tag and assess articles belonging in the project as I find them. I have worked extensively on the project's history articles. I have also did considerable work on our government articles. In our biographical area, I significantly expanded the articles on our governors and senators, and several other prominent political and historical figures in the state.

To do
Important Indiana articles that needs to be expanded, worked on, or otherwise cleaned up. (My to-do list)
 * The Underground Railroad in Indiana
 * Albert J. Beveridge
 * Gus Grissom

Top Ten Hoosiers
According to me, in no particular order


 * 1) Oliver Hazard Perry Morton
 * 2) William Henry Harrison
 * 3) George Rogers Clark
 * 4) Eli Lilly
 * 5) Jonathan Jennings
 * 6) Benjamin Harrison
 * 7) Levi Coffin
 * 8) Isaac Blackford
 * 9) Samuel Woodfill
 * 10) Elwood Haynes

Things I spent a lot of time working on

 * Portal:Indiana


 * A Full List

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