User:Ursasapien





Greetings, fellow editors: Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile.

That's the way consensus is supposed to work, and in practice, the way it does. Guidelines proposed, drafted and implemented by a few editors will never replace the consensus of editors. This is why guidelines should follow consensus, not consensus follow guidelines. It's counterintuitive, a form of circular logic, and wholly ineffective. - MalikCarr

About me
I live in the U.S., currently in Dayton, Ohio. I was born in West Palm Beach, Florida and grew up in a small rural town, south of St. Louis, Missouri. My interests include U. S. history, U.S. politics, world history, the arts (especially theater, literature, movies, music, and television), philosophy, science, Christianity, and peace, specifically peace as the presence of justice. I am a social worker with a graduate degree, and I enjoy reading, learning, spending time with family and friends, and being very active in my local church. I am not one that believes having a deep faith is the antithesis of reason.

My contributions here
I have been using Wikipedia for years. My first edit on Wikipedia was on September 7 2006 regarding Ferdinand Marcos, but I did not establish this username until May 10, 2007. At that time I noticed that my IP address was also used by another user, who had some incidents of blatant vandalism and I wanted to disassociate myself from that user. I am primarily a WikiGnome. Playful and curious, I have attempted to boldly contribute where I can and I plan to do more serious research on subjects that interest me. I have enjoyed using Wikipedia to gather information and I would like to help it become the most accurate, authoritative, comprehensive resource possible. As you may see, I have a passion for neutrality and verifiability. I am an inclusionist and abhor the wholesale deletion of articles that some see as not notable. After all, as Jimbo says, "Hard drives are cheap." I also am an eventualist that strongly believes Wikipedia does not have a deadline so editors should be patient and allow articles time to develop.

Things I have done to contribute to Wikipedia.
 * Vista-klipper.png  I wrote a new article entitled Joseph Martin (speaker).
 * Battle for Wesnoth server.png  I have actively fought vandalism.
 * Vista-Login Manager.png  I have acted as a WikiGnome.
 * Crystal_Clear_app_gimp.png  I have uploaded new images.
 * Vista-advancedsettings.png  I have performed various maintenance tasks
 * Vista-messenger.png  Became a member of a project that interested me and started a WikiProject on Social Work.

This is a list of contributions that I am proud of or articles that I am currently working on.


 * Social Work Wikiproject (currently my proudest achievement)
 * Antioch College
 * LOST articles
 * Cannabis-related articles
 * Michael Savage (commentator) (Improved article to GA status)
 * Created Father Martin

I LOVE USRBXS
I have also developed a love for userboxes. I, admittedly, have spent wa-a-a-a-y too much time acquiring them rather than editing the encyclopedia. In my defense, I have avoided getting embroiled in the crazy, nit-picky debates on Wikipedia (like the include/don't include a "spoiler warning" debate) by messing around with userboxes.

Userboxes that describe me

Funny little userboxes

Userboxes that describe what I've learned, where I've been, and what I do

My one barnstar Aprils fools day was a blast. Loads of users lightened up to have good old fashion fun. I want to thank you for taking part in editing this page in particular and even though I may not know you, embrace the same talk pages, or even edit with you in the near future, I'd like to award you this Barnstar for making Wikipedia a fun environment in which to contribute. Until next year. :) SynergeticMaggot (talk)  13:17, 2 April 2008 (UTC)