User:Waarmstr

Me

 * 30-something male living in Washington, D.C.
 * Bachelors of Science, in Computer Technology, from Purdue University.

Wikipedia
I usually see a topic in the news and look for background info on it. If it doesn't exist on wikipedia I try to add it. (e.g. When the 2006 Miss America pageant was on I tried to look up state level pageants and couldn't find many pages. I put in a request for state level pages, as well as more clarification on the Miss USA vs. Miss America pageants at the state level.)

I also like to link existing information. (e.g. Eminem's wife and daughter have pages, but they were not linked from his article. I created the links.

Occasionally I'll read a book or hear a lecture on a topic that hasn't been covered and add a completely new article. (e.g. Added Cao Rulin page after hearing a lecture on the Paris Peace Talks. Added Fresno Pacific University when my friend became a resident director there.

To-do

 * Discover my (wiki)life's work. There are so many roads to go down. I probably won't write bots, or contribute a great number of new articles. The idea of creating maps has recently caught my eye, as well as adding photos to articles.
 * Requested Maps
 * Monitor initial contributions for drastic changes.
 * Add images through the following means:
 * Solicit photographers for the use of their images. Instead of bugging people to take pictures of things they wouldn't have bothered with, find someone with a specialty (birds, cities, travel, etc.) and get open rights on what they've already taken pictures of.
 * Add photos to Lindy Hop from Dorrie's photo album.
 * Add churches, and take pictures of Philadelphia churches.
 * Contribute to the Philadelphia WikiProject & WikiPortal
 * WikiProject_Philadelphia
 * Portal:Philadelphia
 * Update Federal Triangle buildings. Esp. add info onMellon Auditorium.
 * Visit the Frank Lloyd Wright home for Andrew F. H. Armstrong Residence, Ogden Dunes, Indiana, 1939
 * Add page on Suntop Homes, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, 1938.
 * Watch Morris-Butler House article.

Done

 * Create Liz Story page.
 * Learn how to use templates e.g. Norah Jones

Women Wikipedians

 * I'm recently visited the Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. As a result I've been thinking more about women's issues, and am curious about the work of women on Wikipedia.
 * I need to research this more starting with these articles, , , ,.
 * UPDATE: I was looking at photos from Wiki-Meetups and a rough survey shows only about 15% of attendees are female.

Things I'm amazed by

 * Treaty_on_Open_Skies - Big brother is watching.
 * Runic_calendar - Swedish (not Elvish).
 * List_of_ICD-9_codes - I had no idea we had these types of codes for different diseases.
 * Creative_Commons - need to read up on this.
 * Systemic Bias - Might try and work some of these off.
 * Collaborative Work Of Art - remembering what we are to become.
 * Simple Wikipedia

W-Links

 * Wikipedia quotes
 * %C3%93scar_Romero
 * John_Ruskin
 * 
 * Breviary
 * Spanish-American_War
 * Citizen_kane
 * Philadelphia_and_Reading_Railroad
 * West_Chester_and_Philadelphia_Railroad
 * Cross_of_gold_speech
 * 
 * Panic_of_1893
 * The Rockefellers John_D._Rockefeller
 * Wikipedia Templates WP:TMAIN
 * Islam Manual of Style Manual_of_Style_%28Islam-related_articles%29
 * International_Atomic_Time
 * Gps
 * Dominical_letter
 * Image_copyright_tags
 * Image_description_page
 * Picture_tutorial
 * WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates

Interesting Users
These are people who I've learned from or have links to interesting topics.
 * User:Gflores (Welcomed me to wikipedia. Tips on where improvements can be made.
 * User:Moskvax (likes cool music)
 * User:Ewok_Slayer (encouragement to be bold)
 * User:Beilby (Working with Beilby to add pictures of birds to articles.)
 * User:Rambot (Info on Multi-licensing)
 * User:Sango123 (Admin, info on images.)
 * User:LA2 (Geo Info, Structured Data in a Wiki)
 * User:Galaxiaad (Philly Portal, Disambig, etc.)
 * User:Sorrowek (Disputes, etc.)

Articles I've worked on
In no particular order:
 * Cao Rulin - created from scratch
 * Fresno Pacific University - created from scratch

Milestones

 * 1st vandalism revert 13:35, February 28, 2006
 * 1st unregistered edit - 19:34, October 19, 2004.
 * 1st registered edit - 12:36, March 13, 2005.
 * Most recent edit