User:EventHorizon

About me
After an absence lasting about a year and a half, I reintroduced myself to Wikipedia on December 3, 2004. As of February 11, I have 653 edits on this account.

I have strong views on ethical issues related to the Internet and Wikipedia. Forgive me if I voice them loudly; it's nothing personal.

I recently completed a month's worth of research on the "Ambition controversy" to satisfy my curiosity about the matter. The findings are below, and I believe them to be a neutral presentation of the facts. Feel free to comment if you disagree.

Mission statement
I was a Wikipedia contributor during 2003, and left that summer because of building incivility. Wikipedia ceased to be what it once was, a wonderful idea in practice, but increasingly over-run by the barbarians.

I've come back because I've realized that this project is important and that, really, the only way to fix it is to fight. By proving myself a valuable contributor, I will gain the recognition, then respect, of this community so I can right it.

I will be harshly critical of users, particularly sysops, who I judge to be detrimental to civility and the Wikipedia community. I hope no one takes this too personally.

Created article

 * 1993 North American storm complex1
 * Common knowledge
 * Energy (motivational)
 * Human extinction
 * I'd Hit It
 * January thaw
 * Little Nicky (disambiguation)
 * Pet cloning
 * Pressure system
 * Singularity (climate)
 * Sept (slang)
 * Split dollar game
 * Sucks
 * Texas hold 'em hands
 * Winter storm1

1 Used one or more pre-existing articles, major revisions and page moving.

Major revisions

 * Black cat
 * Celebrity
 * Class in the contemporary United States
 * Foot binding
 * Gin rummy
 * Necrophilia
 * Nouveau riche
 * Numeracy
 * Social hierarchy
 * Suction
 * Vitality curve

Mid-size revisions

 * Fuck
 * Grade (education)
 * Matias Reyes
 * Rape

Hall of shame
Users who have vandalized my user page:


 * User:Zipper (Dec. 13, 2004)
 * User:Scluum (Feb. 1, 2005)

Discussions and other topics

 * Ask an Expert? (December 26, 2004)
 * Findings on Ambition Controversy (January 19, 2005)
 * Next danger to United States (February 7, 2005)