User:Manning Bartlett/Contributions

My authoring system seems to consist mainly of writing geography articles, and then reading other articles and rewriting them from scratch. No-one has gotten mad at me yet for doing this... (yet). This explains the rather random assortment of topics under miscellaneous below. I don't actually regard the Loch Ness Monster, Dianetics, Sharia law or RAID drive systems as being my primary interests. I thought the Internet Humor was a good addition though. I've edited hundreds of articles, but I can't be bothered listing them all.

The articles I'm proudest of are Joshua A. Norton, Stolen Generation, Eureka Stockade and The senses. If you think they're no good, well the rest are probably worse.

Geography Tasmania (Body of original article.) Van Diemens Land - (created a link back to Tasmania) Zanzibar - Wrote the body of original article Greek islands - (reorganised entire article, added island groups) Cyclades - Wrote the body of original article Santorini - Wrote the body of original article Australia - rewrote the history section Sydney - added a substantial amount Serengeti - Wrote the body of original article Masaai Mara - Wrote the body of original article Maasai - Wrote the body of original article

World Capitals ''I believe the Wikipedia cannot be taken seriously until it at least has entries for every world capital city. So this is my little personal crusade.'' World capital cities by country - damn this took a long time Tirana - Wrote the body of original article Andorra la Vella - Wrote the body of original article Luanda - Wrote the body of original article St Johns - Wrote the body of original article Buenos Aires - Wrote the body of original article Dar es Salaam - Wrote the body of original article Yerevan - Wrote the body of original article Baky - Wrote the body of original article Manama - Wrote the body of original article Nassau - Wrote the body of original article Ashgabat, Ashkabat - Wrote the body of original article

Biography Kurt Vonnegut Princess Diana (not exactly a topic of personal interest, but I noticed it was missing, so I started it off. It is presently a very good article, though not because of me) Frank Zappa added some biographical detail Paul Erdos - Wrote the body of original article Antonio Salieri - Wrote the body of original article Afrocelt Sound System - my favourite band (!) Blackbeard - Wrote the body of original article Joshua A. Norton - a complete rewrite Valerie Solanas - a complete rewrite of a stub Humphrey B. Bear - don't ask, I was feeling goofy Eva Cassidy - my favourite singer Mary MacKillop - needed to be done

History Eureka Stockade - Wrote the body of original article Stolen Generation - Wrote the body of original article

"Science Chronobiology - Wrote the body of original article Jet lag - Wrote the body of original article Circadian rhythm - Wrote the body of original article Scientific method - rewrote entire article, my best effort in my opinion The Senses - Wrote the body of original article Nociception - a pet topic from med school days Analgesic - Wrote the body of original article Pain - Wrote the body of original article Big Bang - added a substantial amount Déjà vu - Wrote the body of original article

Miscellaneous Pseudoscience - major rewrite, also one I am pleased with. Dianetics - complete rewrite Loch Ness monster - wrote the article, don't ask... I have no idea why English language/Strange words Australian English - added about 50% of what's there Internet humor and many related entries Glissando - rewrote original article Pun - contributed substantially Palindrome- Wrote the body of original article Mondegreen- Wrote the body of original article Shaggy dog story- Wrote the body of original article RAID - my one and only techie article Plutocracy - Body of original article Corporatocracy - rewrote original article Sharia - Wrote the body of original article Five Pillars of Islam - rewrote original article Baryon - Wrote the body of original article Demiurge - rewrote original article Collective noun - did most of it and the related articles Robert Lowth - Wrote the body of original article Split infinitive - Wrote the body of original article Infinitive - Wrote the body of original article Oxymoron - Wrote the body of original article Lords Prayer - Wrote the body of original article Pyramid scheme - Wrote the body of original article Ponzi scheme - Wrote the body of original article jetlag - Wrote the body of original article

Wikipedia utilities - yes, this rather obvious page was my idea, as was Wikipedia utilities/Page titles to be deleted. It seems to have become a valuable resource now.


 * See also : user:Manning Bartlett