User:Smtomak

I've used Wikipedia for many years, and I'm just learning to edit. Input is certainly appreciated.

My interests include physics (completing undergrad this summer), chess (1700 USCF), and policy debate (debated four years). If you're working on a Wikipedia project related to any of these and would like the help of a total newbie, drop me a line. I'm a great researcher, and I have access to a number of databases (including LexisNexis and Infotrac) through my school. If you ever need access to a news or journal article, I'm more than willing to help out.

To Do
Eventually I'll break these out into "daily," "weekly," etc. If you know of any projects that need more grunt work and general knowledge than wikipedia experience and poetic writing skills, leave a note.


 * Check for new requests at Newspapers and magazines request service
 * Remember to remove name from list at WikiProject Resource Exchange after graduation.


 * Debate pages
 * Policy debate needs cleanup and references.
 * Rebuttal speech, Rebuttal, and Counterargument are all pretty dismal. They should be combined, cleaned up, referenced, and categorized.
 * Category:Debating
 * Category:Speech and debate stubs
 * Category:Policy_debate


 * Chess pages
 * Plenty to do at WikiProject Chess


 * Physics pages
 * The article Experimental physics is a stub!
 * |Modern physics articles that need attention
 * Classical physics articles that need attention
 * Other physics-related pages needing attention
 * Category:Physics stubs


 * Other science pages
 * Astronauts that deserve better biographies
 * Leland D. Melvin
 * Gregory Jarvis
 * Michael J. Smith (astronaut)


 * Gun control pages
 * Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
 * Gun law
 * Gun laws in the United States (by state)
 * Concealed Carry in the United States
 * Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
 * United States v. Miller
 * Domains of Gun Politics
 * Gun politics in the United States
 * Category:Firearm laws


 * List of backlogs to deal with
 * Category:Wikipedia backlog (all backlogs)
 * Category:Articles_to_be_merged
 * WP:FACT
 * Requests_for_comment

Notes to self
I can't read in a straight line - I learn by doing and keep the user manual at arm's reach.

General

Community_Portal

Introduction

Template:Welcomeg

Policies and Guidelines
 * Help:Contents/Policies and guidelines
 * Category:Wikipedia policies and guidelines

Interesting

Subpages

Categorization

Guide to layout

Manual of Style

Disambiguation

Glossary - Acronyms and Wikipedian-speak

Referencing

Attribution

Verifiability

No original research

Reliable sources

Help:Footnotes

Footnotes

Embedded citations

Citation templates

Harvard referencing

External links

Forum for Encyclopedic Standards

Category:Wikipedia resources for researchers

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php