User:Warren

Hello, I'm Warren. I live in Ontario, Canada.

I've been working pretty steadily on Wikipedia articles since December 2005, focusing primarily on improving the encyclopedic value, quality, and organisation of a range of computing articles, mostly to do with Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh. I also occasionally work on comedian, musician, television show, and computing personality pages.

I am a strong believer in good lead sections. Oftentimes a person's first impression of the overall quality of Wikipedia is set by the tone, readability and quality of writing in a single lead section, so it seems to me that we should always make sure a subject is introduced effectively. I'm no English major, so I find this kind of work both challenging and rewarding.

I wrote a short essay on why I work so much on Windows articles here.

Warren's Wikiaxioms
I try to keep these axioms in mind while I'm working on articles:
 * You are not a verifiable source.
 * Wikipedia isn't a contest.
 * When the going gets tough, there's always something uncontentious you can work on.
 * It's a waste of time to criticise what other editors haven't done.
 * If you want people to trust your work, write accurate edit summaries.

Contribution watching

 * xtools
 * Editing statistics from wikichecker.com

I started these

 * Articles
 * Features new to Windows Vista &middot; Transactional NTFS &middot; Microsoft Dynamics CRM &middot; Boot Configuration Data &middot; Microsoft Management Console &middot; Windows Mobility Center &middot; Windows Address Book &middot; My Documents &middot; Special Folders &middot; Windows Shell namespace &middot; Windows Shell &middot; Event Viewer &middot; Universal Audio Architecture &middot; User Mode Driver Framework &middot; Background Intelligent Transfer Service &middot; Windows Live Mail Desktop &middot; User Account Control &middot; Web Services Dynamic Discovery &middot; Development of Windows Vista &middot; Shatter attack &middot; List of Mac OS X components &middot; Windows Security Center &middot; Windows Home Server &middot; Windows XP editions &middot; Virtual Control Program Interface &middot; Desktop Cleanup Wizard &middot; Macintosh LC &middot; Macintosh LC II &middot; Macintosh LC III &middot; Power Macintosh 5260


 * Categories
 * Microsoft application programming interfaces, Screenshots of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X user interface, Mac OS X development, Mac OS X APIs, Power Macintosh, DirectX, Microsoft logos, McAfee, Microsoft criticisms and controversies, Apple Inc. lists


 * Templates
 * Template:Infobox OS version and Template:Infobox Windows component

Major work
Windows Vista &middot; Windows Server 2003 &middot; Windows NT 3.1 &middot; Windows NT 3.5 &middot; Windows Server System &middot; WinFS &middot; Windows NT Startup Process &middot; Windows Firewall &middot; Windows Rights Management Services &middot; Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs &middot; ntdetect.com &middot; Collaboration Data Objects for Windows NT Server &middot; Windows Explorer &middot; Windows Server Update Services &middot; Windows Messenger &middot; System Restore &middot; List of Microsoft Windows components &middot; Windows Aero &middot; Prefetcher &middot; Visual Studio Team System &middot; Comparison of privilege authorization features &middot; Apple Inc. &middot; Graphical identification and authentication &middot; ASP.NET &middot; Windows Update &middot; Timeline of Apple Inc. products &middot; Macintosh Performa &middot; Power Macintosh 5500 &middot; Power Macintosh 6100 &middot; Power Macintosh 6200 &middot; Power Macintosh 6400 &middot; Macintosh Quadra 605 &middot; Macintosh Quadra 950 &middot; Macintosh IIvx &middot; Power Macintosh 5000 series &middot; Macintosh LC 500 series &middot; Macintosh Quadra 630 &middot; Power Macintosh 9500 &middot; Power Macintosh G3 &middot; Macintosh Quadra 610 &middot; Power Macintosh

I started these

 * Caroline Dale, a British cello player
 * George Carlin albums: Occupation: Foole &middot; Toledo Window Box &middot; An Evening With Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo &middot; On The Road &middot; A Place For My Stuff &middot; What Am I Doing In New Jersey?, George Carlin: Again!
 * Richard Pryor albums: Bicentennial Nigger
 * Chris Rock albums: Born Suspect
 * Category:Lewis Black albums and Category:Chris Rock albums
 * Massive Attack albums: Special Cases &middot; Butterfly Caught
 * Andrew Vowles (and a Vowles disambiguation page)
 * The Wild Bunch (sound system)
 * Genesee Hospital

Major contributions

 * On an Island, David Gilmour's new solo album
 * George Carlin albums: Class Clown &middot; You Are All Diseased
 * Ani DiFranco's 2006 album, Reprieve
 * Thom Yorke's album, The Eraser
 * Massive Attack articles: 100th Window, Teardrop
 * Top Gear (2002 TV series)