User:Varoon Arya/Sandbox

Personal opinions regarding current areas of activity

 * On the issue of race and crime: As noted by Dr. Anthony Walsh, professor of criminal justice at Boise State University, in his book Race and Crime: A Biosocial Analysis (2004:35-36), the argument that racial bias in the current criminal justice system is responsible for the disproportionate number of African Americans being arrested and imprisoned for violent crimes is, simply put, a red herring. No one attempts to account for the hugely disproportionate number of males arrested relative to females by claiming the existence of sexist, anti-male bias, just as no one attempts to account for the hugely disproportionate number of young people arrested relative to old people by claiming the existence of ageist, anti-youth bias. To do so would be ridiculous in light of the facts, i.e. that males are more likely than females to commit violent crimes, and that young people are more likely than old people to commit violent crimes. Despite this, say that African American males are more likely than any other segment of the US population to violent commit crimes, and you marginalize yourself as a "fringe crackpot wannabe scholar with strong racist sympathies". Go figure.

Current Areas of Activity

 * WikiProject Ancient Germanic studies
 * WikiPortal Ancient Germanic culture
 * Gothic Christianity: In connection with its parent, Germanic Christianity.
 * Category:Goths

Runic articles I sometimes work on

 * Pforzen buckle
 * Meldorf fibula
 * Bülach fibula
 * Ring of Pietroassa: GA-status.
 * Alu
 * Greece Runestones: GA-status.
 * Merseburg Incantations (currently in one of my sandboxes)

Other

 * Race and crime in the United States: my current work is located in my Sandbox.

Usefull Stuff
Statistical tool Map tool

Useful Links

 * The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page
 * Editing tutorial
 * Picture tutorial
 * How to write a great article
 * Naming conventions
 * Manual of Style
 * Citation templates
 * Help Pages
 * Village Pump

I saved these little beauties from that place to which pov-forked content goes after deletion and redirection: (Note to self: Mind your preducses.)