User:Vassyana/temp

I am a volunteer and former coordinator for informal mediation, a retired member of the Mediation Committee, a semi-regular third opinion provider and sporadic good article reviewer. I also happen to be an arbitrator, but unless I specifically say otherwise, my comments are just the comments of "Vassyana the regular editor". If you need assistance with a dispute or want an outside opinion, I'll be glad to help however I can, including pointing you at places where you might receive better help than I can provide.

Essays
{| style="background-color:transparent;"
 * The rules are principles (Authored)
 * These are not original research (Rewritten)
 * About BLP. (Authored)
 * Content policy in a nutshell (Authored)
 * Verifiability and notability (Authored, Draft)
 * Verifiability and notability (Authored, Draft)

Rants

 * Fiction is a sad pathetic thing on Wikipedia.
 * Disruption of the wiki process (specifically consensus) is horrific.
 * Use some common sense when it comes to notability.

Thoughts

 * My kind of "eventualism".
 * }

Vital article improvement
You can help, if you'd like, by adopting one of these articles (or really any vital article or core topic needing attention).
 * Virgil
 * Euclid
 * Plato
 * Socrates
 * Paul the Apostle
 * Zoroaster
 * Confucianism
 * Utilitarianism
 * Adam (Bible)
 * Aristotle
 * Sun Tzu -- GA. Still needs further expansion and a greater variety of sources.
 * Shinto
 * Haitian Vodou

Taoism related articles

 * Sun Tzu -- GA. Still needs further expansion and a greater variety of sources.
 * Laozi -- Potential FA. Needs more work.
 * Wu Chi -- Needs serious work.
 * Fusion of the Five Elements -- A common and central practice in Taoist alchemy and meditation.
 * Mantak Chia -- Very prominent figure in Taoist circles in English-speaking countries.
 * Chinese alchemy -- Needs serious work.

Sandboxes

 * Exercise in trying to pare down policy. Sandbox only. Experimentation and personal interest.
 * To-do list. rarely up to date
 * Exercise in writing Wikipedia Principles for Normal People. Self-explanatory.

Useful and helpful
Editor's index to Wikipedia


 * CAT:P. Now with subcats for conduct, content and deletion policy.

Awards
Some people gave me shiney happy things. Here they are.

I've also helped out in creating/providing featured and good content. Read about that here.

Who
Hi! I'm Pete Sienkiewicz. I live where cars go to die. I make a living as a talented artist. My writing topics vary. Generally the non-fiction is about social trends and religion. The fiction is usually cross-genre with a heavy tendency towards dark fantasy and speculative fiction. I am often generous and willing to give credit to someone else. I am a member of the Episcopal Church and was raised Roman Catholic. I practice Hsing yi and Taoist/Ch'an meditation.

Meta
I am Vassyana on meta.

Other WMF projects
Vassyana on the incubator.

Vassyana on Wikibooks.

Vassyana on Wikiversity.

Old

 * User:Vassyana/ArbCom 2007 Some interesting comparisons of the numbers in the 2007 ArbCom election.