User:Silence

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Salutations! I am  S  ILENCE, a copyeditor and ex-administrator. Let's be friends!

Most of my work on Wikipedia involves copy-editing for spelling, grammar, clarity, and word choice. I also have the rare privilege of possessing a talk page, which is the best place to direct formal, informal, or semiformal inquiries.

I've been using Wikipedia since early 2004; I made my first edit with this account at 06:19, July 12, 2004, revealing myself from the very start as an enemy of the word "whereupon." I gained early experience as an admin on a humor Wiki in December 2004, and after exploring Wikipedia for some time, I at last become an (over-)active contributor in August 2005.

My interests include science and philosophy, religion and mythology, linguistics and debate, psychology and neurology, sociology and classics, love and music, art and madness. However, my favorite pastime is editing articles I have no initial interest in.

Articles I've substantially edited include:

Algerian Civil War · Anakin Skywalker · Ancient Rome · Anemoi · Atheism · Capitoline Triad · Charles Darwin · Chronology of Jesus · Cross · Early life of Hugo Chávez Etruscan mythology · Evolution · Evolution of the eye · Evolution of the horse · Heart (symbol) · Historicity of Jesus · History of Poland (1945–1989) History of Rome · House of Leaves · Hugo Chávez · Human · Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 · Intelligent design · Iphigenia (film) · Iranian peoples Irreducible complexity · Jesus · Joan of Arc · Katamari Damacy · Latin · List of characters in The Sandman · List of Latin phrases · Love · Lucifer · Meat Mercury (mythology) · Miles Davis · Objections to evolution · Peppered moth · Peppered moth evolution · Persian Empire · Rosa Parks · Saffron · Scientology Spaghettification · Tamil people · The Trouble With Atheism · Vestigiality · Victor Hugo · Virgil · Witching hour


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Editing attitudes
I was first attracted to Wikipedia because of the wealth of information here, most of it needing tidying and cleaning-up to be more presentable. I've been a compulsive editor for several years now, so Wikipedia provides me with an easy way to slake my obsession for improving text. I am more of a preservationist, an inclusionist, and especially a mergist than a deletionist.. though most of my votes on TfD tend to be "delete" for some reason.

I am always open to, or at the very least interested in, new ideas. If I come on a little strong to you or seem too sure of myself, it's not because I think that I am infallible (or that anyone else is), but rather because I'm eager to put my ideas to the test in conversation and debate so that I can learn whether my ideas have any merit. As such, please do let me know if you disagree with me on any topic! Worry not about offending me, regardless of the subject. Here's a potato.

This user page has been vandalized: 13 times.
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