User:Footlessmouse

I have some obligations come up and have not had time to edit, watchlist is overrun, even though I removed almost all the pages except those I've made major contributions to. If you ping me, I will try to respond within a day or so. Thanks! Footlessmouse (talk) 08:53, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Forgive my spelling... I like to use 'e's when I should use 'i's and switch around letters. My spell checker usually catches, but I miss things, especially when going fast. I am an experimental condensed matter physicist who works with 2D materials. I also have an undergrad degree in applied math and a minor in CS (the math degree was basically free after completing the physics courses, I only took a few extra classes on abstract algebra, complex analysis, advanced linear algebra, and the like). I am affiliated with the University of California, Riverside, and sometimes use its VPN for access to peer-reviewed journals. I created an account on 30 April 2018, but did not actually edit anything until 2 August 2020, so I'm fairly new here. I find myself almost exclusively editing articles tangentially related to physics, but I branch out sometimes. I sometimes randomly surf Wikipedia reading articles that I find interesting and edit when appropriate. I have also started a few pages, mostly on non-fiction physics books and textbooks. Of the pages I have created, I think A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity, Introduction to Solid State Physics, The Meaning of Relativity, and Principles of Optics are the coolest, mostly because they are all incredibly notable and I was a bit surprised they did not yet have articles. I also work on categories and do other grunt work from time to time, so I have a high proportion of minor edits.

Subpages
My to do list is mostly a set of red links and references that can be used to build the articles. I have been following the format of collecting a bunch of reviews first and slowly building a page out of them. If anyone sees something in my to do list that you would like to create and work on, please feel free, the references should help you getting started. I tend to make my way through it in the order of significant coverage, and since I continuously add to it as I find missing articles, I may not get to some of them. The exception to all of this are the textbooks with one or no references, I have only included these when I personally was instructed to purchase the books as part of my graduate education, though usually as secondary rather than the primary texts. I'm assuming that I'll find more reviews for them eventually or more will be published with later editions.


 * To do list
 * Sandbox (inactive)
 * lastest book draft
 * DYK nominations and reviews
 * Good content nominations and reviews
 * Featured content nominations and reviews
 * XFD nomination log

Useful external tools
I need to learn how to add links to the tools section of my sidebar
 * Earwig's Copyvio Detector
 * If you are looking for a reliable source on scientific or technical topic, one place that should always be tried is Springer