User:Johnfromtheprarie

Johnfromtheprarie has loved Wikipedia since at least 2005. He has edited a few articles, and typo or grammar corrected dozens or hundreds. He authored his first in 2008. You will most likely find his small contributions in articles about 501 (c)3 Nonprofit Foundations, 501(c)4s, contemporary lesser-known political issues, along with Economics, History, Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Religion, Biology (esp herpetology and evolution), etymology (but not entomology), and Music. His contemporary political and recent-historical knowledge-base is most deeply concerned with topics related to the Great Plains, Midwest, Texas, and the Southeastern United States. Also, you know, pop culture stuff in general like you'd find on the AVClub.

If you trace his IP carefully, you'll probably figure out who he is, but for now Johnfromtheprarie prefers to remain semi-anonymous, or at least pseudonymous. He is a published author, and has been a fixture of the political and 501(c)4 convention and lecture landscape since 2005. He has most recently lead workshops, given lectures, and accepted miscellaneous fellowships and speaking engagements at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; University of Nebraska and University of Nebraska at Omaha; University of Texas; University of North Carolina; Duke University; and George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management.

John considers his (modest) financial and editorial contributions to Wikipedia to be a result of a clear categorical imperative. When asked, he replied, "share, share alike is more than a catchy phrase someone scribbled on the suggestion box."

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EDITORIAL NOTES

editorial notes referenced by various pages he has edited: (Note to Wiki editors: I know there are much better ways to do this, and I will take time to learn one soonish. Until then, this talk page isn't the worst improvisation.  Feel free to wiki-style correct me or example or link me to the better method.)

**economic editorial note, number 5: "depreciation" is a macroeconomic term with precise meaning. It is not the same as "inflation," and it is not the same as "devaluation." They are all different. I fixed this several times on Early American currency, which looked like it had been written by the phantasmagorical hand of the market ;) a little too quickly. I figured a page on historical monetary policy and effects should probably get its terminology correct.

Depreciation is generally in relationship to other unfixed floating currencies, which the Continental Dollar obviously was not in a relationship with.