User:JohnnyHoffa

October 10, 2015

I am fascinated by "red links." To me they represent "terra incognito" like upon old maps of the world, which bore the words "Here There Be Dragons." So I enjoy filling in the red links with articles.

Place names fascinate me, and also when there is nothing written about a place, (but it's a red link) that calls to me.

I recently obtained permission from the author of Ghosts Of North Dakota Dot Com to use material from his website, so that's going to be exiting to flesh out so many red links. I am tyring to get permission from the Slow Foods movement to use written material about their "Ark of Taste." We'll see how that goes.

I don't put up a lot of material because I only make contributions during rather select periods of time which meet the two following criteria: 1.) I am getting paid to sit at work and I have nothing to do but mess around on the internet, 2.) I don't have other stuff on the internet which interests me that I can access under the internet limitations at work.

So suddenly I find myself a very active contributor and it's EXCITING. Given my interest--places, especially small and undocumented places--it's like taking a virtual road trip on the internet. Yesterday the road trip was to Nevada. Today I am exploring North Dakota ghost towns.

I wish the Wikipedia interface was easier and more intuitive like Blogspot. I don't like going into the guts of HTML and putting in code to make stuff live. I think it's a huge limitation on Wikipedia and keeps the site from expanding, because it's FRUSTRATING.

Other than that, huh, what else to say...I have a lot of education and degrees. I believe passionately in the correct (American) use of quote marks. I am so excited to be part of what has become the world encyclopedia for the human race, even in a small way. Don't boot me! If I make mistakes I'll learn from those mistakes and improve.