User:Filursiax

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I am a retired academic, who (in addition to the regular academic skills) has long experience as an editor, translator and wannabe author, and who occasionally has time to make some contributions to Wikipedia. Since I am an avid Wikipedia reader, I have for some years been making minor edits on English Wikipedia (mostly spelling errors and such). Recently (anno 2019), I have ventured to become slightly more expansive and have contributed to some discussions on the Talk pages of articles I have come across.

My future plans on Wikipedia are indefinite, but not extremely ambitious. Since I have extensive experience criticizing and editing texts in both academic, popular and other formats (improving quality of writing, tightening up arguments, pointing out inconsistencies, tracking down plagiarisms etc.), I imagine that this is where I'll put in most of my effort. Perhaps this User Page will in time also become slightly more interesting?

Some fields to which I might be able to contribute more substantially are:


 * Social/cultural anthropology (history of the discipline, methods, theoretical debates etc.)
 * History (broadly and eclectically, but with no real in-depth specialization)
 * Norway — and to some extent Scandinavia (culture, language, history etc.)
 * Russia and the Soviet Union (society, culture, history, language: spotty, but at times in-depth knowledge; rarely of recent events)
 * As an avid and eclectic reader, I also have several other niche interests that might come in handy...

Finally, I am reasonably multilingual and may be able to help out with translations from Norwegian, Danish and Swedish, as well as from Russian and German (if the texts are not too complicated).

Since my experience as a Wikipedia editor is strictly limited, I suspect that I will make errors of many kinds as I learn the rules of the game. If so, please do not hesitate to point them out on my Talk page. All kinds of practical tips are also welcome!

I think Wikipedia is an amazingly wonderful creation, and I am happy to be able to contribute to it in small ways...

Keep up the good work, everyone!

Filursiax