User:Nihonjoe/Contribs/Intro

 Since creating an account in September 2005, I've worked on a lot of things here. This lists of articles and images on this page are pretty close to comprehensive (though no guarantees). Feel free to browse through them, though they are mostly here for my convenience in finding them.

Of special note: I founded WikiProject Japan in March 2006 in order to help organize efforts to improve Japan-related articles. I also created the Speculative fiction portal as a way to encourage people to explore all the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related content we have on Wikipedia. Go and poke around there; you never know what you may find.

COI stuff
Just to make things clear, here's some information about possible conflicts of interest I may have.

I've worked at these companies:
 * Action Target - COI when created as draft article (I was a temp employee then), no COI when it was moved to mainspace (after the temp job finished and I worked elsewhere).
 * Ancestry.com - COI when first editing in late 2005 to mid-2007, all edits to clean it up and improve it.
 * Ancestry Magazine - only ever edited it as a redirect
 * Family Tree Maker - only ever edited it as a redirect
 * Heritage Makers - was briefly owned by Ancestry (Sep 2005 to Aug 2006), never edited it during that time.
 * Aquaveo, makers of:
 * GMS (software)
 * SMS (hydrology software)
 * Heritage Internet Technologies - my edits were trying to make it neutral as one or more other editors were making great efforts to make it not neutral.

I've volunteered for the following:
 * Conduit (convention) - I volunteered for it multiple times over the years, but no direct or indirect financial interest.
 * Life, the Universe, & Everything (symposium) - I volunteered for it multiple times over the years, but no direct or indirect financial interest.
 * Association for Mormon Letters - this is very recent (late 2023), and I haven't edited the article for years (or the AML Awards article, for that matter)
 * Leading Edge (magazine) - Way back in the day (around the mid-1990s), I volunteered a few times reading some stories for them. I haven't done anything beyond that, so I don't consider myself as having a COI now, but I'm listing it here anyway.
 * Anime Banzai - I volunteered on and off for several years, but I haven't done anything with them for a few years
 * Nausicaa.net - I helped document information that is on the site, but it's been about 10-15 years since I did anything there.
 * Internet Speculative Fiction Database - I enter a lot of information there, and also review submissions by others.

These articles I created. I would have a COI now due to publishing work I've done, but not when they were created. Those marked with "charity anthology" mean I edited a charity anthology that included one their works:
 * Michael R. Collings (charity anthology, also published a collection of his essays, poetry, and stories)
 * Nancy Fulda (charity anthology)
 * Paul Genesse (charity anthology)
 * Bryan Thomas Schmidt (charity anthology)
 * Eric G. Swedin (charity anthology)
 * Kevin Wasden (charity anthology)
 * Nothing Left to Lose (novel) (Dan Wells novel) (charity anthology)
 * Hellhole (novel) (Kevin J. Anderson novel) (charity anthology)

These I did not create. I would have a COI now due to publishing work I've done, though I didn't create the articles. Those marked with "charity anthology" mean I edited a charity anthology that included one their works:
 * Kevin J. Anderson (charity anthology)
 * D. J. Butler (charity anthology, also published a collection of his short fiction)
 * Michaelbrent Collings
 * Meredith Dillman
 * Esther M. Friesner - I have never edited this article.
 * Mercedes Lackey (charity anthology)
 * Jonathan Maberry - I have never edited this article.
 * Jody Lynn Nye - I have never edited this article.
 * Alex Shvartsman (charity anthology) - I have never edited this article.
 * Eric James Stone (charity anthology)
 * Sandra Tayler (charity anthology, only edited prior to that except for one edit removing an unsourced small bit of info)
 * Brad R. Torgersen (charity anthology)
 * Dan Wells (author) (charity anthology)
 * Dave Wolverton (charity anthology)