User:Hbackman

"Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic." – Dan Rather

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Hi everyone! Don't really have much to say about myself personally, other than stuff that's already covered below. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if there's anything you'd like to chat about! :)

I should note that I haven't really been around much for quite a while in terms of editing. I do still check my talk page on a regular basis, though.

A sort of to-do list
If someone wants to give me a hand with any of these, I'd always appreciate the help. :)


 * Translate this into English, to be integrated into Finrod Felagund (working on it now; see User:Hbackman/Finrod)
 * subst: all of the test templates that haven't been subst:ed. Currently on test2.
 * Join WikiProject Novels, when I have the time to actually participate in the project.
 * Create sections in The Spoilers.
 * Remove irrelevant information from the section on Pilgrim's Progress in John Bunyan and put this information in other, more appropriate sections.
 * Archive my talk page.
 * Clean up Carl Byoir.

Article(s) I've created

 * Lucile Lomen, the first woman to clerk for a Supreme Court justice

(Some) people are stupid
More and more, as I look at the talk pages of users with warnings, particularly those who might be able to make constructive edits if they were only willing to compromise and listen to other people, I'm struck by how full of themselves some people can be. This is a cooperative project, people, and you are not God's gift to Wikipedia. Don't come in as a newbie assuming you can run the place. Take some time, learn the ropes (policies, how people interact on the site, how to get things done), and FOR GOD'S SAKE be civil. Do you actually think it's going to help your case to throw insults around?

I have too much faith in rationality
Why, why, why can't I stop feeding the trolls? I have some strange belief that I might be able to get them to come around if I talk to them reasonably... I guess I just can't understand getting one's kicks from being vindictive, irrational, mean-spirited, and destructive.

Favorite edits

 * The edit summary on this made my day. Rklawton never fails to entertain me in his dealings with vandals.
 * This... I don't even know what to say about this. Where did it come from?
 * This tall tale concocted for an AfD which was interesting in and of itself... talk about desperation to get an article kept.
 * YES! PLEASE!!! That comment should go at the top of every damn page in Wikipedia. If people are going to vandalize, they can at least entertain those of us who have to go around and revert it.
 * Another "where the heck did THAT come from?" edit. Seriously. How do people come up with this stuff?
 * It amazes me how full of themselves some people are...
 * Yeah, no kidding. (You have to read the two comments directly above the added one for this to make sense.) This made me laugh out loud.

Grammar
Since I'm an English major, I figured that I should weigh in on the pressing grammatical issues of our time. 