Wikipedia:Historical archive/New user log/October 2006

Good day
My name is Christopher Beadle(no relation to Jeremy)I am a vivid reader and came over to wikipedia because of all that reading!My iterests include science (especialy physics) and litriture.L06ChBea 20:30, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello
My Name is Randy Decker. I am an educator. I teach Math and Physics to anyone who wants to learn online and in person. My Blog http://egram-alc.blogspot.com/ Randydecker 06:27, 3 October 2006 (UTC)randydecker

jaboukie
This kid is smart.

Bhubbell
Hi! Found this place about a week ago. Posted a few new articles so far. Still learning the conventions. Have heard of wiki elsewhere on the web and found an article of interest to me here. Specific interests include history in general, with a specific interest the Catskill region of New York State. Also have a general interest in railroads.


 * Welcome to Wikipedia... feel free ask questions on my talk page if you want to know about how Wikipedia is run or if you need help with anything. — zorkmid  EA 21:38, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello!
My name is Jim, Jimmy, Jimbo whatever! Been referred here by another user who said it was a good project to get involved with! I know a fair bit about medicine and dentistry...without giving away my profession! Jimjamjim 21:55, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Andrew43
Hello. Have just created username after getting into trouble for vandalism to Transposing instruments (within the last hour or so - currently 4.32am in Bundaberg, Australia). Sorry about that. I was just amazed that a nobody could change web pages just like that.

I have been a medical transcriptionist (diagnostic radiology) for about two years. Before that I taught piano and music theory for 8.5 years. I had a good reputation as a music teacher and have diplomas in piano performance and teaching. So maybe I can be of some use in these areas.

Andrew43 18:39, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

kaesle
I am a long-time reader and occasional (minor) editor of wikipedia, just now getting a bit more involved. I am a graduate student in mechanical engineering studying computational mechanics. I am also a private pilot, an amateur linguist, and a fantastic nerd. I hope to be useful here.

Kaesle 19:17, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

avaiki - jason brown
Kia orana, greetings, all,

I have been resident since I was 12 years old in Avaiki, Cook Islands, arriving there with my mother and younger brother in 1977. In 1982, I got a job as a reporter with the only daily newspaper, Cook Islands News, beginning a career that has taken me through most parts of the industry. I have wide general knowledge about the country's historical heritage, including links to Maori in New Zealand, Maohi in Tahiti and Maoli in Hawaii. My time has been very limited until this year when I basically stepped back from the frontlines and am recovering from burnout, etc, bla bla bla.

Wikipedia has saved my bacon as a reporter on so many occasions that I thought it was time to get involved more formally and put something back while rebuilding my personal life. Usual mid-life crisis, bla bla bla but no younger woman, yet.

Over my career, I have been humbled and honoured by seeing many amazing things, but the one that comes to mind is a young man from Fiji who visited my adoptive home island for a canoe festival. He scuffed away the gravel under his feet, knelt in the dust in front of the VIP tent, and asked forgiveness in advance from the aronga mana, the leaders of the land, for any offence he and his team mates caused through their ignorance of local custom. Likewise, me as I stumble into the wikisphere.

Kia manuia, bon chance,

jason brown editor <> www.avaiki.blogspot.com +(64)210447497

Hi, I'm 5Vincent, I'm a student at Uppingham School (UK), and am interested in expanding the pages about upppingham.

Teletubbie26
Hi! I'm Teletubbie26,(don't ask, lol) and I enjoy: Learning, Running, Computers, and alot of other stuff. I'm a little shy, but I'll be talkitive on here. ;D --Teletubbie26 15:02, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Cadwal formerly BlueTruth
Lost my old screen name's password so I created a new one. That's about it. ^^;; Cadwal 05:47, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Woodstein52
Where Anne hath a will, Anne Hathaway. -- Woodstein52

Skyechan
Howdy. Haven't posted a comment here yet, so here it is. ^^;; Skyechan

Death Dark
Yo, I'm a simple nerd, nothing much here. I help where I can. Death Dark

Andrei
My areas of interest and expertise: proteins (structure, stability, folding, and computational modeling); biological membranes; Russian history. Languages: Russian (native speaker) and English. I currently live in US.

Andrei141.211.21.174 22:28, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Alisdair here at last
Hi, fellow Wikipedeans. Been in and out of this site for quite a while now, found some thoroughly interesting articles and always one of the best places to come to find out about stuff. Decided to sign-up, contribute where I could and add my two pennies worth where possible. Alisdair37 17:59, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Grantham Taylor Hughes (Dr. Grantham Hughes username) is my pseudonym for Sri Dr. Lord Timothy Martin, Arnold J.d.,L.c.m.D., Ph.D., Baron von Brauchitsch (Sri Timothy Arnold).
Wikipedia is great because of quick reference. It can increase one's knowledge exponentially. However, the electronic factor is a problem insofar as the printed page is much more benign (no electronics). I have an initial comment regarding some Wikipedia procedure. To create articles you need going into "help" and clicking the blue keywords. Why not have "create a page" or article as an icon? I lost material initially and I had an account. I still don't know why I lost material. Also, I am tentative about putting info in because of so-called "session loss." Also a spell and grammar checker would be a nice added feature. No matter how professional you are, people still misspell words. People who don't use spell or grammar checkers are just arrogant and need to be more docible. I am a good speller, but typos are a norm. My Ph.D. is in English common Law and I am the leader of the spiritual teaching AKATHA, the Ancient Science of Sahaji (Soul Travel). I have been teaching Sahaji for thirty-five (35) years and recently came back from India living in a Hindu ashram for awhile. My websites are www.webspawner.com/users/timarnold and http//www.toi.t83.com. My e-mail is grnthghs@yahoo.com. Please feel free to contact me, but note that I wish not to argue and certain attitudes (negative) will not be responded to. Thank you. I was in Eckankar for seventeen (17) years and revere Sri Paul Twitchell as my mentor and guide from the late 60's. Baraka Bashad (May the Blessings Be)

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Sweetooth910
Hi! I am very happy to be a member of Wikipedia. My name is Elaine. This is really great. Bye

sjbullock07
Hello, My name is Shannon and I'm an 18 year old student. I started seriously considering editing Wikipedia when a friend showed me an article here that he wanted me to fix. By "fix" I mean completely re-work, heh. So, here I am, ready to research and add to the Wikipedia.

Shannon Bullock 02:17, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello,

Yes, my name is Reginald.

I am a new user.

Currently I am serving as full professor of mathematics at an Ivy.

I do hope to contribute.

My primary interests are:

Mathematics Piano Rugby Organizations that encourage and sponsor high student acheivement At one time I was a ranked (no pun) middle weight boxer

Rick Maerkle Rickmark 01:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello, my name is Frederick Joseph Maerkle lll, my friends know me as Rick Maerkle. Please call me Rick Maerkle.

I am a Business Broker in Florida, selling all kinds of businesses and small companies since 1990. Over 500 sold. Prior to my current career, I worked at Harris Corp in Electronic Engineering as an Engineering Specialist. I have worked on such projects as the space shuttle, F18 jet test electronics, B1B Bomber communication electronics, and several satellite systems.

I consider myself quite knowledgeable in most aspects of electronics, digital, RF, analog, software, computer systems, etc. I play a little at web page design.

My engineering background certainly does not hurt my ability to sell and understand most small businesses. Consider the 6 concrete inch flooring required for a machine shop and three phase electricity or special insulation required for a film warehouse. It seems that my engineering education has been quite helpful selling small businesses, restaurants, landscape companies, drafting service businesses, etc.

At 51 years of age, I have owned my own brokerage since 1990, and worked ten years at Harris Corp prior, that’s 27 years, two jobs. Prior to that, I worked at Digital Corp and Centronics as a technician. (one year each) Prior to that, I went to college on my GI BIll after three years in the Army, (age 17 to 20) working in the motor pool on jeeps and trucks.

I was a serious student in High School who dreamed of working in physics. I guess, I took the long road to find myself back at the beginning. My joke all my life was, I could do calculus, but can’t spell a lick! Go figure.

I say all this because, I discovered this web site seeking some answers to questions I have in this world, year 2006. It appears that I have discovered a simpler quicker way to understand current technologies.

Weirdly enough, I went into business sales to raise enough money to be free and work on some of my own engineering ideas. Well, here I am, older, maybe wiser.

Lasty, It's not all work, I sail, ride a motorcycle, fish, travel, and enjoy great food, football & cold beer. :-)

rick maerkle Rickmark 01:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi New Here,
Hi I am Asha Jennifer Singh and I live in Trichirapalli,Tamil Nadu, India. Wikipedia is my bible for all the info and am glad I could join in it.Ashjensingh 06:22, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia is fantastic!°°°Jureni 08:21, 18 October 2006 (UTC)Jureni Yussoff

Emmanuel Oluwatosin
My name is Emmanuel Olúwatósìn and I run few online businesses. I currently maintain a personal blog at while I run the web hosting company

Lukewalsh1234
I am a journalist in London, England.

My name is taken from my name and the numbers 1,2,3,4 – because it is a common name and other users seemed to have it.

I have looked at this site a number of times in the last couple of years and often get annoyed at the incorrect use of English and the so called method of ‘sourcing’ which just lists web articles that could be complete bollo*ks! Lukewalsh1234 13:34, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

S.dedalus
I’ve actually had an account for several weeks now but I never sighed the new user log. I’m a student living near Seattle Washington. My primary interest on Wikipedia is in working on the pages pertaining to music. In particular classical music and composers. S.dedalus 19:08, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Watch out vandals
I am just doing vandal fighting for now. Maybe with time I will develop other interests. KeepItClean 19:24, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

My Bro
The Gnome King9, could somebody give this guy a welcome or some pointers, I would but he deletes my comments and gets mad at me in RL. He is a Wiki-Gnome, Hence his name. He contributes to random articles. He would really appreciate some pointers-- Sea dog  .M.S  00:15, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

BADBOY9
ADD ME I WANT TO BE FRINEDS --Badboy9 00:21, 20 October 2006 (UTC) Badboy9% i love this place thx for coment

Baribeau
Hey, I finally registered a few days ago. I'm more of a reader than an editor, but I'll be changing anything I stumble on to that is inaccurate or could stand to be made more intelligent. - Baribeau 00:27, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Robinson0120
Hey, all. I'm a sophomore in high school and presently pursuing a neuroscience degree. I registered a few months ago but I've mostly been lurking. I recently decided to be bold and start editing, and I'm starting off with minor spell checks and additions to the Biology and Trigonometry sections(two of my favorite subjects). If anybody has something to contribute in those fields, go check out the Wikibooks sections!

Lord of Illusions
Hello. I have been reading Wikipedia for a couple of years and have edited as an ip off and on for about 6 months. My main interests are horror movie articles especially those by Clive Barker but I am no expert. I like to clean up articles and I revert vandalism when I see it and like to participate in Afd now that I can. -- Lord of Illusions 05:05, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello everyone!
Wikipedia is great! It offers so much information and this is what I consider valuable. My name is Alexandra and I own the web design company Stellar Image,LLC. I love the internet and all the things it's capable of. I look forward to doing some editing as well!

Stellar84 19:42, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

JohnCarl81
My name is John and I am a big fan of Wikipedia. I have been using it extensively for my classes in computer science and as a source of inspiration. I hope to contribute to various topics.

Sensei Michael
Name: Michael Chan Current Affiliation: Shanghai Singapore International School Blog: - www.senseimichael.com

Interests: Christianity, K-12 Education, Financial Education

http&#58;//www.senseimichael.com 03:30, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Brett Favre17
Hey, I'm Brett Favre17, and I hope I have a good time contributing to Wikipedia! --Brett Favre17 08:01, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Jesusfreek2
im a noob--jesusfreek2 18:20, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Gus Lancer
I usually go by Augiedog, but someone's already using that. I like comics and stories that have talking animals in them, so that's what I'll probably be doing the most looking around here at. Thanks for making this place, everyone! Oh, and I found out about Wikipedia from some friends of mine who do comics. GusDog 18:59, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello all from Kempton
Hello everyone,

My name is Kempton. I had done some very minor edits from time to time before. Today, I created one and then another brand new entries. Both on things that I am am quite passionate about. In case you are wondering, the entries are Kevin Roberts and Lovemarks. By education and by trade I am a computer scientist. I am currently working as a Management consultant and also a documentary film producer and an aspiring Television producer.

I look forward to learning lots from the more experience members in the Wikipedia community.

Cheers, Kempton Canada

Mowglee
Hi, I'm a new user. I have contributed several articles to Uncyclopedia. I'm bored of Uncyclopedia and am looking to parody them here. Other than that, how else can i contribute to your community here? I'm excited to have just crossed the max. no. of edits made in Wikipedia in a day by me. -- mowgli 10:24, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

AtholM
Hi, I'm Athol.

I'm in Cardiff in New South Wales.

I have FAR too many interests. You'll find more on my page when I get around to putting something there. :-)

AtholM 07:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi Athol. The fact is that we are the only two people in Wikipedia this room. Tell me more about yourself. What's your favourite Wikipedia article? Mine is Breast (female breast to be precise). -- mowgli 16:23, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello and Hi
Goodmorning and goodevening everybody. Im from India, and i use Wikipedia very much, a lot more than I use Google ;) I like to read a lot, thanks for all the good people who edit wikipedia
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Stewart Johnson
Hey all. I'm lovin' the internets. --Stewartjohnson 01:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello Stewart.

You can reach me over 9886653907 (Bangalore)

My profile
Hello,

I am from a agriculture family of remote village in karnataka, India. I have completed my graduation and post graduation at Bangalore.currently studying for professional course called CA, and also working for IBM BPO at Bangalore.

My area of interest is to work for poor people to improve their knowldege that How to get more profit or income from the available resources by proper utilisation".

Thanks & Regards Mohan

BJ Nemeth
I've been using Wikipedia as a reader for over a year now, and recently registered to fix/update a few articles. I think Wikipedia is one of the greatest things to happen to the Internet. I wouldn't use it as an EXCLUSIVE source on a topic, but it provides excellent background information on most topics, just as an encyclopedia is supposed to do. But Wikipedia is much more timely than a physical encyclopedia, and it delves deeply into topics that traditional encyclopedias ignore, like popular culture (Star Wars, the Simpsons, etc.).

As for me, I make my living as a poker writer/photographer, covering news and major poker tournaments (World Poker Tour, World Series of Poker). I closely follow developments of Apple's Macintosh, OS X, iPod, and iTunes, and I have a variety of other interests, including physics and politics. BJ Nemeth 05:21, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

JohnnyReb1977
Hey y'all,

I've been here for months and just now found out about this New user log. My name's Allen. I'm from Georgia and I'm interested in a lot of things. My greatest interest lies in Genealogy, Local History, The War Between the States, Fantasy novels, Science Fiction, and Child Abuse Prevention. I've got this, and the articles I've created/contributed to on my user page. Please stop on by and take a look! Reb 13:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Miway46
Hello to everyone!I'm retired and glad to find something interesting to do.I've traveled over the United States many times and seen just about everything in America.We have a beautiful country!Miway46 October 25,2006Miway46 17:14, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Willie the Walrein
I've been editing Wikipedia as an IP for quite long now, guess it's time to take responsability for my actions. Hope to meet you all on other opportunities! Willie the Walrein 01:34, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

CarrotMan
Hey, I didn't realize we had a new user log! I've been around for a bit, generally doing maintenance and all that, but I just thought I'd say hello! --CarrotMan 09:17, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

EQDOKTOR
Hi Hi,

Actually I have been into Wikipedia for a while both as an unregistered contributor and Eqdoktor. As the name implies, I played Everquest for a while. I'm now retired from EQ (I gave up when raids took up to several hours per encounter) and MMOGs though. Eats too much time, much like surfing thru Wikipedia... :) I personally believe that Wikipedia cannot replace traditional Encyclopaedias. What it does excel though is its coverage of popular interests and topics which is unsurpassed by anything else out there. I'll be around. --Eqdoktor 19:21, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Yuser31415
Hello!

I am a beginning programmer and I like to write scripts in Yabasic, which I am fairly good at. I enjoy challenges and playing text adventure games as well as the occasional TBS and RTS, like Freeciv and Lincity.

I use Wikipedia for most of my internet fact-getting and have been using it for a while now.

Yuser31415 01:59, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Natural instinct of a right handed person
I really need someones thoughts on this subject!! If you were going to attack or defend yourself,and you were right handed, would it be a natural instinct due to strength and cooridnation, to use your right arm & hand rather then your left???


 * Please sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ) when making your posts on talk pages.
 * A more appropriate place to ask your question would be Reference desk. HTH. TheMadBaron 16:34, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Vineet
Hello Wiki!

I heard about Wikipedia when researching stuff for my studies in Engineering, but was blown away by the wealth of information available, especially in history and literature, of which i'm a long time amateur student. I'd love to be able to help add to this bank of knowledge, and look forward to working with everyone here!

I'm an Engineering Student from Auckland, New Zealand, and have a year to go to the end of my degree. I'm passionate about Sustainable Development and have been working in this field for a while now. I have many varied interests, which is what Wikipedia appeals to most in me.

See you all around!

Vineetmenon 22:01, 27 October 2006 (UTC)Vineet

I am Acalamari
Greetings everyone, I am Acalamari. At the time of this writing, I am nearly 16. I am an English immigrant living on the West Coast of the United States mainland. I have been here since February 1996.

My username is named after two things: 1: Mon Calamari. 2: the food. I added the “A” to make it sound stronger.

I look forward to becoming a Wikipedian like everyone else here. Good day to you all.

Acalamari 03:01, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Middlenamefrank
Hello Wikipedians! I'm not much of a new user; I've been using wp for years and made the leap to editing a few months ago. I guess I kinda crept in under the radar. I'm an EE so my interests tend to lie in the scientific/computing/technical/science fiction fields. I've made fairly extensive modifications to the soldering article and though it's not done by any means, I think it's coming along nicely. I also created my first article for dancer/singer/actress Michelle Johnston. At the moment I'm mostly just finding my way around, patching up some vandalisms as I become aware of them, making an addition or two as they present themselves. Middlenamefrank 17:12, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

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My name is Amy Dodge...

Hey All: Hope life find's you all well. I am a mom first and formost. A LOVER & a friend, Please provide me with some feedback, and some friend's.       Thank you all 10/28/2006

Wildfire1961
And another new chap. I started using WP because it came up at the top of more and more of my Yahoo searches, and I liked what I saw. Take a look at my first contrib to see what needled me into signing up. However, I'm now writing an article (draft growing on my talk page). I'll be needing some help on using images and maybe templates (though I'm trying to figure those out for myself). Also on the care, feeding, and classification of projects and taskforces, so when I finish this screed I'm off to look at being adopted or mentored.

I claim to use English at a professional level (Ooer, missis! Cor wot, 'im? Nahhh!), I'm an Air Traffic Controller, I live in England and I'm interested in just about everything except for modern music and football. Wildfire1961 00:36, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi I am new to Wiki and foiund out about it through one of my lecturers at uni.

NewComer
Hi, My name is Teresa and I'm just learning how to "get around" in the net. I have always been in the work field, mom, and housewife; with no ME time. My youngest chld turned 18 and is away now, so I have access to the computer. I have an Associate in Art Degree and am a LPN. I am not currently employeed, due to a back injury from work. I sing in the church choir and solo (acopelo). I've always wanted to learn to play a musical instrument, but grew up poor and couldn't afford lessons. I have a guitar, but its in the closet in a case and I can't remember the last time I saw it. I always thought I'd like to play piano too, but... Its hard for me to sing with the choir unless I make my own symbols, cause I can't read music either. HA! Bet you think I'm a real "oldie". NO! just grew up in the sticks. Would like to meet friends. Welcome messages, etc.. My E-Mail address is  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teresajohnson (talk • contribs)
 * Hello and welcome! It's not recommended to leave your e-mail address on Wikipedia, as this will likely get you lots of spam. You can sign your posts with four tildes ( ~ ) so that people can leave you messages on your talk page or send you e-mail if you have enabled this in your account settings. Sandstein 08:36, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Taking the plunge
Have been using Wikipedia for a year or two and am vastly impressed by what's been done and what remains to be done! Main interests in the arts (music, literature especially), current affairs, disability issues and sport. Background in languages (mainly French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese).--Zeisseng 19:28, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Sunset and Sunrise can now be "measured" via "The Moment"
My first addition to Wikipedia ... e.g. see the bottom of SUNSET.

JayFout
Hi, I've long been an avid user of Wikipedia, but decided it was time to start contributing. I am a priest in the Episcopal Church, an American living in Cambridge, England, where I am a doctoral student at the university. I have a wide variety of interests but will most likely focus my contributions in the area of theology, theologians, and Anglican Christianity.

Laurel Papworth
Hiya, newbie here, wandering around, trying not to smash into things. Interested in rollerblading and online communities. reside Sydney Australia. Laurel Papworth 01:39, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Brenda maverick is a professor of philosophy who is trying to initiate a re-evaluation of classical texts. I think many of our most revered classics are not what pious tradition takes them to be. I welcome responses to the extensive edits I made on the "Symposium(Plato)" page. The satire page (with which i have tinkered) is a mess, but has some fresh ideas on it concerning satire. Some key paragraphs been deleted by the editors. Let me hear from you.

Hello!
Hi everyone. I'm Docsubster, I'm a British history geek and so most of my edits will probably be obscure history articles. I like food, computer games, and that feeling of righteous tiredness at the end of a good day's work. But I don't get that last one too often. DocSubster 16:31, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

GemmaM
Main fields of interest: linguistics, literature, music. I'll contribute with articles mainly on this fields. Other fields: arts, history, politics... and martial arts, food, drinks (I'm not such a boring type after all.

I know the very basics about Wikipedia editing... but I'll have to do some research on more advanced editing.

GemmaMS 17:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)