User:Rooks81215

Rooks81215 is a student at Georgia Southern University. His major is Mechanical Engineering.

Things to know about Rooks81215

 * Enjoys sports, mainly baseball and football
 * Favorite TV show is Lie To Me
 * Hopes to own a Black Camaro 2LT in the near future
 * Enjoys spending time just doing nothing (or playing xbox)

Rooks81215's Contributions to Wikipedia
Rooks has made a few edits here and there mainly consisting of updates of information such as: the new region teams of 5-AAAAA on the Walton High School page, new website that Arctic Cat now uses on the Arctic Cat page, and others.

Rooks is also currently working on completely redoing the Arctic Cat page.

Technologically Savvy
I have grown up around computers and still feel I have a leg up on most users. I know both Windows and Macintosh software and can use both pretty well. Wikipedia is new to me but I feel that I'm catching on quick. Coding is something I have not had a lot of practice with yet but now that I am in the Wikipedia community I feel that I will learn quickly, either by choice or by force.

Programs Rooks81215 is Proficient With

 * Microsoft Word
 * Microsoft Excel
 * Microsoft PowerPoint
 * Google Chrome
 * Firefox
 * iTunes
 * iPhoto

Rooks81215's Philosophy of Wikipedia
Wikipedia is great community to display information and formats itself to the point where only those truly interested in a topic would go through the trouble of editing a page, for the most part. Upon learning the basics of coding, I was able to make little changes to articles I had seen needed editing. If I had no previous experience with Wikipedia I would not have understood how to make such changes. This is what I consider Wikipedia's first wall of defense. The second wall, third wall, and so on come from other users who can flag different articles for deletion, investigation, etc. which is another reason Wikipedia has been successful in providing mostly correct information to internet surfers for a long time. Many high school teachers when I was growing up would not let students use Wikipedia to search for information as it was seen as an "unreliable" source and this is what I thought of the website for some time. However, upon entering into the Wikipedia community I noticed the strict rules and regulations every article had to follow and the previously mentioned walls of defense. All in all, I've come to realize that Wikipedia is not only reputable but an easy way to find and learn information.

Rooks81215's Languages
Rooks81215 speaks English as his native language and knows some Spanish.

Random Facts about Rooks81215

 * Came in 2nd place at the National Tournament as a 13 year-old playing baseball.