Why I contribute edit

I contribute because I like to write, and editing gives me a chance to polish what I've added to the pool of knowledge. Those looking at my additions will see that I also like to dig through book databases to extract lists--sometimes the lists are all one can find on pre-internet era authors and illustrators. I think that these lists will over time become articles, simply because fans and collectors will add to them. If you build it, they will come. I guess that puts me in the Inclusionist camp.

Articles to improve

Articles started edit

Groups edit

People edit

Books edit

Crime Novels edit

Historical Fiction edit

Memoir edit

Spy and War Novels edit

Western Novels edit

Companies edit

Music edit

Ray Stevens edit

Firearms edit

Other things (mostly musical instruments) edit

Articles I have spent a great deal of time on edit

Articles I have worked to improve edit

Articles to work on edit

Did you know

  1. ... that one of the luxurious model 8 mandolins of Italian luthier Luigi Embergher was purchased by Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia?
  2. ... that New York photographer Murray Korman was known for his portraits of strippers and socialites?
  3. ... that Justin Holland was an American classical guitarist, music pedagogue, community leader, and equal-rights activist for African-Americans?

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