User:Darmokandjalad

This is the user page for Darmokandjalad. I am a novice editor focused mainly on copy-editing and fact-checking, though I have a few original articles in the works. While I focus on articles related to my personal interests and professional expertise, I am making an effort to improve and expand on articles that will offset the demographic bias I bring to the community.

Fact-Checking & Expansion
If you know of any articles needing attention that fall into any of the following categories, please let me know on my talk page.


 * Personal Interests & Expertise
 * American Government & Civics
 * Astronomy
 * The Cold War
 * German History, Language, & Culture
 * Information Assurance & Security
 * Space Exploration
 * Photography
 * Radio & Audiovisual Technology


 * Research Interests
 * African-American History
 * History of Science
 * Maritime History & Technology
 * Mathematics
 * Women's History


 * Translation
 * Improving English-language Wikipedia articles with information from German-language articles.
 * Improving Simple English Wikipedia articles with information from English-language articles.
 * Helping students of English better understand the nuances of formal, neutral written English.

Personal Projects

 * Campaign to edit articles on African American history & culture in celebration of Black History Month. See my project page at Black History Month Campaign.


 * Improve article Mars Pathfinder to include better English-language references, greater depth of coverage on scientific results, and greater breadth of coverage on the mission's place in both space exploration and popular culture.


 * Write new articles detailing the scientific results of the various instruments used by Pathfinder. See my article on the Materials Adherence Experiment, and my draft on the Wheel Abrasion Experiment.


 * Improve articles on NASA's STS missions to include follow-up on results and impact of the research they conducted and equipment they installed in orbit.


 * Improve articles discussing Information Assurance and Information Security and find an equitable means of distinguishing between the two.


 * Contribute to coverage on education and research vessels.

Community Project Participation
Wikipedia community projects to which I've contributed:


 * WikiProject African Diaspora
 * WikiProject Astronomy
 * WikiProject Computer Security
 * WikiProject Mars/Mars Spacecraft
 * WikiProject Spaceflight

Significant Contributions

 * Materials Adherence Experiment

Subpages

 * Drafts
 * Projects
 * Shortcuts
 * Books