User:Djr xi/Archive 4

=User page as of 18 March 2009=

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I'm currently reading Economics & Management at Pembroke College, Oxford, but live in Kent - The Garden of England. I originate from India, specifically from the coastal town/city of Mangalore. The photo below-left was taken there in December 2003. Please use my awesome navbar at the top of this page to browse around my user pages and see a bit about me and what I do. One thing I will mention, however, is my CD Collection, which consists of around 140 albums and is one of my proudest possessions. Check out its contents here (N.B. it's not complete yet!) At this stage, I'd like to clear up two Wikipedia-related things:

My Basic Wikilosophy
I believe that the best way of achieving NPOV  is through acceptance of POV. That is to say, if someone openly declares their POV then the reasoning behind their edits becomes more obvious, making it easier to reach consensus. I think The German Solution for userboxes, endorsed by Jimbo, is the way to go, so feel free to use any of the userboxes I have created on the above link. I am proud of my POV and openly declare it, and I think others should be too. However, I strongly oppose POV user categorisation, which can result in the railroading of votes and or edit wars.

Copyrights
One of my more infamous quotes on Wikipedia, "damn right I don't respect US copyright law - why would I? Not everyone here is American, so why should we give a rats about US copyright law?", caused a furore of sorts. I am not going to back down from what I said - I openly declare my dislike for US copyright law, and most things American. However, many people missed an important aspect in what I was saying. One of the most important things in life is that you have to accept things you don't like - I spend most of my life doing it. It is annoying, it makes you irate, but it has to be done. However, at no stage does this mean that you have to agree with it. One of the great parts of free society is that you can openly express your disdain for a law without retribution. Disagreeing with the law does not constitute breaking the law.

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London
London is, IMHO, the greatest city in the world, and it is for this reason that I created the London Portal. It is now a featured portal, and (at present) is almost entirely run by me. If you love London half as much as me, please join WikiProject London or leave me a message and help maintain the focal point of what is a huge web of articles.

ALSO, please  VOTE  for next month's featured pages for the London Portal. Vote for either:
 * Next Month's Featured Article
 * Next Month's Featured Picture

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Edit History



 * 1st edit - 26th August 2005
 * 50th edit - 1st September 2005
 * 100th edit - 6th September 2005
 * 200th edit - 23th September 2005
 * 500th edit - 12th October 2005
 * 1000th edit - 30th October 2005
 * 2000th edit - 22nd December 2005
 * 3000th edit - 3rd February 2006
 * 4000th edit - 11th May 2006
 * 5000th edit - 22nd June 2006
 * 6000th edit - 9th August 2006
 * 7500th edit - 20th February 2007
 * 8000th edit - 23rd September 2007

Other things

 * I have an intense dislike of the Americanisation in general, and on Wikipedia in articles to do with British things, especially bands and songs and sports teams. This includes, but is not limited to: dates, spelling, commas, the use of the singular instead of the plural for bands/teams, and general grammar.
 * I like new ideas. Evolution occurs through new ideas, and a wiki is the ideal breeding ground for new ideas.


 * Six Degrees of Wikipedia


 * My Commons Homepage

 My Travels

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My Locations...
Yekh roti: mujee paise. Bekhadareh wongho, lokh phathi don't care'''