Wikipedia:New user log/January 2006

Mayooresan

Hi everyone. I'm mayooresan from Sri Lanka. I'm a undergraduate. I like to give my contribution to wikipedia. Thanks --Mayooresan 09:55, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Surreal

Greetings. Been using wikipedia as a source of information for quite a while. Created another account (been so long I'd forgotten username) and plan to add a little here and there when I can. --Surreal 08:44, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Roedd

I am rohit from Kerala,India.I am 16 years old and have been doing minor edits for a while now.Now i want to contribute more rohi 04:58, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

ifranzen

Hello,

Just wanted to give a quick "Hello" and introduction to current Wikipedians.

My name is Ian, and I am an 18 year old student, currently attending Bryant University. I am originally from Ridgefield, Connecticut.

I have been using Wikipedia for a few years (it came in very handy during my high school years). Just recently, I became increasingly interested in how Wikipedia operated. I always knew it was "open to editing" by anyone, but I never really understood how community-based it really was. I am very eager to contribute to the community in any way I can.

I am skilled in Adobe Photoshop, HTML, and web design (but no expert). I also am very good at personal research, and have worked with multiple companies to perform personal investigations. However, my current interests center on Philosophy, specifically Jean-Paul Sartre. I am actually transferring from Bryant next year to major in this subject. I am thinking about pursuing an advanced degree.

Although I feel like I have adequate knowledge and background in research to contribute to Wikipedia, my grammar and spelling skills are quite lacking. I would like to improve my spelling and grammar skills.

Please keep up your excellent work, and have a happy New Year.

64.252.69.55 08:55, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Swedenborg

Hi, My name is Lennart and you can find more info about me on homepage

I will try to learn more about Wikipedia and how I can help, its a cool thing! --Swedenborg 15:23, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Lord Davinator

Hi I'm here to work on the nepali version of wiki and see what I can do for the english version.--P Funk 18:11, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

sjaycee

Probably older than most other users, just about to turn 60. Born and educated in England (Oxford Un iversity) became US citizen in 91. Work in international business. Speak French reasonably fluently. Key interests are history (particularly military)literature. Retiring soon and looking forward to taking part in this project. Sjaycee 19:13, 1 January 2006 (UTC)ǎ

hello

hi

im james

im age 12 my birth day is on chritmas eve

and i love cows i go to highschool an every saturday and tuesday i have rolerskating

happy new year! —the preceding unsigned comment is by Madcowpoo (talk • contribs) 00:37, January 2, 2006 (UTC)

im 12 too,but how the heck can you go to high school if your only 12? Or do you live in UK? By the way, ...I...am....HERMIONIE...!!!!!! aka: Emma Watson

                    IamHermionie 01:21, 22 January 2006 (UTC)IamHermionieIamHermionie 01:21, 22 January 2006 (UTC) 8:29, january 21, 2006

Chewbacca (TullFan2000)

Hi! Most everyone calls me Chewie (or "Jewie" if they are a close friend), and my interests are mainly music and science fiction. I read often, and my favorite author is Terry Brooks. I play piano, sax, and flute with varying degrees of skill... anyway, if ya wanna know more about me, my AIM is oB1uRHoMiE, MSN is stuph_3@hotmail.com. Or you could leave a message on my talk page, which works just as well. -Chewbacca 13:58, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

My 2 pence

HI there, I am from Germany and just started to add some pages on numerical methods.

DerHannes 22:25, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Mattorocker

Im 12 years old and i hope to help in the pro wrestling categories.Mattorocker 23:01, 2 January 2006

Lisa Williams

Hi, I'm a new Wikipedian. I do a little gardening on the Watertown, Massachusetts article, and I'm teaching myself wiki markup and proper Wikipedia style. I love Wikipedia Signpost and I'm looking forward to going to Wikimania which will be held nearby this year. Lisa Williams 23:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Jhonkaz10, Perfered Canderous Ordo

Canderous Ordo, Malachor, Mandalorians Hey its me Canderous, and I am working on a Game Type Clan ,Mandalorian Clan, with EGTv and all thier partners. You'll find that i cannot spell good. So i have Spell Check and my secreatary. I enjoy Lifting Wieghts, and i enjoy to educate those about Mandalorians ways, according to me and lucas. Jhonkaz10 01:11, 3 January 2006 (UTC)Me

MusicMaker5376

Hey, all. I've been an avid reader of Wikipedia for awhile, now, and have contributed minor edits along the line. I hope to add my first article sometime within the next couple of days.

Interests include music (obviously), theater, the combination thereof, Canada, literature, Phish, mathematics, disenfranchised French youths, and rice pudding.

I live in the artistic and intellectual void of South Jersey, USA.

I have the coolest Dalmatian in the world, Daisy. (Named after Daisy Buchanan from The Great Gatsby.)

I own forty-three pairs of pants.

MusicMaker5376 04:40, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

OwarePlayer

I've been using Wikipedia for several years, and decided it's time to move from consumer to contributor.

By profession I'm a computer consultant and my interests include amateur astronomy, travel, ancient Egypt, sourdough bread, solar cooking and (of course) playing oware. OwarePlayer 07:02, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Firemoth

Hi,

I've been using Wikipedia for a while now, but have only just recently made an account. For the past few days I have been making the odd edit, none of them major. I hope in the future I can contribute by creating new articles and improving the already existing ones more than I already have.

Now a little about myself.

My name is Justin, I am 22 years of age. I was born in Geelong, Australia, which is also where I currently live. My knowledge is based mostly around Computers and the Internet, which is what I have just finished studying. I also have a large amount of interests, too many to list, however some of them are:

• Films & Documentaries.
• Science Fiction Television Shows.
• Military History and Technology. (Slowly increasing my knowledge of this one).
• Computers, The Internet and Gaming.

Soon I'll be putting a little information about myself on my User:Firemoth page, so Hopefully I haven't gone into too much detail in this introduction.

If you've read everything above that I've said, thank you for taking the time to read it.

--Firemoth 11:18, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Michael David

My work is in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy with a subspecialty in the Dependencies. I spent (rather passionately) most of the 60's at UC Berkeley. I collect (for those who still remember them) LP phonograph records. Perhaps, more later… Right now I'm trying to figure out how to start a talk page. Be gentle. Michael David 17:09, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

hahaandy1

I'm a history student at Oxford University, and am interested in helping out in anyway I can. I am particularly interested in European, British and American History and Politics. --Hahaandy1 19:41, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Esrever

Greetings, all! Like many other Wikipedians, I came by this site first for research purposes, and then for pleasure (I'd pick a topic, read the article, and then just start clicking—I can spend hours doing that). I'm a bit of a grammar and usage nut, so I started doing minor edits by correcting spelling and grammatical problems in the articles I read, which is how I really started getting "involved" here. I don't have one particular area of interest, but I will happily read just about anything. Esrever 06:01, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

TiroDalmaticus

Hello,

I am an undergraduate student of Mathematics and Physics from Canada with additional interests in Classics, Historical Linguistics, the history of Education, and matters relating to the culture and history of Croatia. Whilst woefully underqualified to tackle subjects in mathematics or physics here (though I'm developing interests in mathematical physics and operator algebras), I do hope that I'll be of some use with regards to at least some more obscure topics relating to, for instance, Croatian history. Happy New Year to all who read this!

TiroDalmaticus 07:53, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Jdn18

Hey,

I am new to this whole wiki thing, but I think it is great! I hope to contribute a few good artivcles to this place and also help keep the vandalism down to a minimum.

Jdn18 17:36, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Lady Percy

I am a research technician working on neurological imaging of autistic children at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I graduated from said university a year and a half ago with a BA in psychology. My interests include history of psychology, history of science, linguistics, astronomy, knitting, and film. My plan is to attend graduate school in Information Science in the fall. What better place to study information than Wikipedia! I hope to do some copy-editing as I live to correct grammar and to contribute to articles that I have some knowledge about. Lady Percy 22:19, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Adekoya

(heading and formatting fixed by Akamad 01:41, 6 January 2006 (UTC))

Am a young businessman wit determination to make poeple fill free and happy all the time and to fulfill my promise to work hard to mind to achieve my aims on the field. And as a business consult and a substancial farmer to meet peooles need at all time,and ready to work under any condition at any given time any where in the world without been lazy. —the preceding unsigned comment is by Adekoya (talk • contribs) 00:58, January 6, 2006 (UTC)

-Antonius-

I have been a non-registered user since August 2005 with minor edits beginning shortly thereafter. I was encouraged to register and to contribute to Wikipedia by Kbailey1.

Currently I have no specific contributions in mind, but intend to add or clarify information as needed.

Currently residing in Hawaii, working and attending classes both in the IT/computer tech support field.

-Antonius- 02:09, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Rebdomine

Hello all. Just saying hi and this site is one of lifes simple pleasures.

Hello

I'm not really new, but I just found this page. --TheLimbicOne(talk) 04:45, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

cheseboy

Hello everybody. I've had this account for a while, and it's just now that I'm doing something with it. It remains to be seen if I become a productive wikiuser. Any and all help is appreciated. My current hobbies include playing in sandboxes and motivating myself to create my user page. And I'm cheseboy, not Cheeseboy. It's time for me to take a nap, so see you guys around. Cheseboy 05:19, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Dartagnan

I recently discovered Wikipedia and have become a willing participant in the process. The concept is facinating. I have a strong editing background in my work. One of my favorite interests is dogs. I am looking forward to contributing to the Wikipedia project. Dartagnan 14:28, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Thomas Stork

I am intersted in areas of geography, history (french revoultion), chemistry and physics, as well as current UK politics. I first discorved Wikipedia through internet research 81.159.66.118 20:58, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi Thomas. I suggest you create an account on Wikipedia, then repost here what user account name you used. Yhis is because, due to some unfortunate vandalism, which you may have read about in the news, there has been a change in Wiki policy, reducing what can be edited, or started, by a person who is known only to Wiki by their IP address. User:AlMac|^(talk) 23:23, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Ridley

I'm just here to write articles alright? The only reason i'm writing this is 'cause it's recommended. So don't bother me ok?

I Heart Wikipedia

Captain Bling loves Wikipedia! I use it a lot for everything - schoolwork, stuff that I decide I don't know enough about, and just link-hopping.

Long live its philanthropic existence!

Captain Bling 23:49, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Hi All,

Just dropping in to say hello. I'm a 20-something girl who heard about Wikipedia through UTNE magazine. I was pretty stoked about the whole idea. I think information should be free, and this community seems like a great one so far. I've got a bit of expertise in a few areas, so I hope to contribute there.

Hope to meet more of you soon!

Amanda 02:29, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Baiju Philipose

Hi,

I am a Malayali expat working in Kuwait, an engineer, amateur astronomer and catholic reader...

have heard of the wikipedia from my friends and have browsed from time to time...

Mary

This place has been really useful to me, so I thought I pop in and help with some of the Cambridge, UK articles. Hope to see you around!

--Two Tone 16:51, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Whopper

Hello:0 I am User:Whopper, and I work at Burger King, I am 20 years old and I lovePro Wrestling. I have watched wrestling since 1989. Here are some wrstling topics you can ask me about.

• ECW
• NWO
• AWA
• OMEGA
• TNA
• WCW
• WWE

Those are just a few of the wrestling brands I know so if you have any questions, not just about wrestling. Whopper 18:59, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

GBH

I am a lawyer qualified in England. I also have a degree in Geography from Cambridge University. My main current interest is the history of England in the early modern period, particularly outside London: local law enforcement, how people were fed, what they read and popular culture. My research at present is concentrated on the place name Beggars Bush, which has involved much research into theatre, (not Shakespeare), and badgers, (see article). I am working fairly systematically through entries for English writers in the early modern period, on which Wikipedia is presently weak, with most of the entries basically from the 1911 Britannica. Thanks for the encouraging note about Caxton Gibbet. In England we don't often have disagreements with people with guns!

Waxer

Hi,

I've only recently started editing, but have been reading/using Wikipedia for some time now.

I live in Cronulla Australia. I work as a Technology Architect for a large company in Sydney, Australia.

I'm a big Sydney Roosters fan, and usually browse/edit stuff here when I'm bored at work...

Waxer 05:46, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

A WikiFan/Numbuh3.14

I'm new too, but for some unknown reason I lost my status, so I started over with a new one. I would like to know if there is a certain number of contributions that you can do until you lose your status. If not, then why did I lose my status all of a sudden?

A WikiFan

Numbuh 3.14 06:42, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

1. I think there is a bug in Wiki that causes it to log us out after a while. The solution is just to log back on and ignore it, unless it happens a lot in a short time, then go ask about that at Wikipedia:Help desk.
2. With thousands of people here from all over a real world that has wars and hatred and all sorts of conflicts, I think it is a major miracle that we all get along together so well. Perhaps the real world can learn a lesson from us. Anyhow, it is pretty difficult to do a lot of cosntructive work without stepping on someone else's toes, so sooner or later one of those people, who imagines you have stepped on their toes, will complain to the sysops. The important thing is for you to see this happening, and mount a strong defense. There is a process for resolving this. User:AlMac|^(talk) 09:24, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

ratecase

Just posted my first post here. The rules were baffling to me but I hope to work it out. I am a history buff, from merely Ancient back to the Missing Link. tom 05:24, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Here are links to some of the rules to help you get started. Check out Other important aid first, then the section above that. This is a new volunteer project that is just starting, so not much there as yet. User:AlMac|^(talk) 03:40, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Paul168

(heading added by Akamad 19:25, 10 January 2006 (UTC))

Hi,

I am the director of Food for Life, the world's largest vegetarian/vegan food relief at WWW.FFL.ORG [1] . I have recently posted info on Food for Life and how our organization is addressing the Food for Life and the Millennium Development Goals [[2]]. It is a great organization of enthusiastic volunteers. We are pretty much everywhere in the world heling people in some way or another.

This is a photo of me serving people in Sri Lanka after the tsunami.
File:Paulturner orpans.jpg

- Paul Rodney Turner Director Food for Life Global

Stlom

Hello, this is Stlom. I'm 22 years old and live in Olympia, Washington, USA.

I've been relying on Wikipedia as a source of information for a while now, and am appreciative of the generally high level of quality for most articles. Despite making a few minor edits on various articles, I had never really considered creating an account of my own. However, that changed when I noticed there was no article about Judith Ortiz Cofer, which surprised me since she is fairly popular and renowned. So I took it upon myself to create one. I'm hoping other Wikipedians will expand and improve it, as it is pretty basic. Stlom 20:37, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

VladAntlerkov

I've been using Wikipedia for a while now, but didn't register until about 20 minutes ago. I'm 19 years old, currently an undergraduate (math major) at Rice University in Houston, Texas. My main interests are computer strategy games (which, strangely, I'm no good at), history (particularly pre-400s AD, although I've been studying a bit of 19th-century-European history as of late), and being a slacker.

I'm also a goon. (lol stairs lol)

New to Wiki

Hullo everyone! I've been reading up articles (along with the discussion pages)on Wikipedia for close to six months now and am happy to make productive contributions.Earstotheground 04:41, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Faded_Mantis

Hi everyone. I'm a long time listener first time caller (I've always wanted to say that). I joined Wikipedia back on October 29 2005 (the day I made my first edit, altered some poor grammer). I started off making little spelling and grammer edits, but I've branched out into activly editing article content and partaking in disscussion.

I'm a 17 year old student of Katikati College in New Zealand, I intend to head off to Massey University once I've finished College to do a Bachelor of Applied Science in Horticulture, I'll probally stay for the masters.

My interests include; General History from early man to the 19th century; Military History from 2000BC until the end of WW2 in 1945. In science my interests are mainly in biology (both flora and fauna).

Sorry if this introduction seams fragmented, it's much harder to say something about your self than it is to discuss the pharmaceutical benifits of White's Tree Frog -- Faded_Mantis 07:34, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Munawwar Ali Syed

Hi, i am Syed, an Information Technology Consultant working in the Healthcare Domain. I confess that i am fairly new to Wikipedia but find it really interesting and useful. My firm uses the very latest in technologies in all our products/services. We are keen on extending our expertise towards the better-welfare of mankind. I am further interested in participations, discussions about developing a universal platform for Electronic Medical Records. Looking forward to hear from (rather read from) interested fellowbeings.203.101.46.220 12:01, 11 January 2006 (UTC). Syed

5dots

I've used Wikipedia a lot, for some legitimate research, but also in random reading - I enjoy learning new things that I might not have learned otherwise. In my lookings, I've seen a lot of typos, misspellings, and bad grammer, and I do think it reflects poorly. I used to just think, "someone ought to change that", then I started changing it, now I signed up so my changes can be tracked. I try not to significantly edit content, really, as most of the articles I edit are about subjects which I know nothing about.

S.Neelakantan - My first post.

I am a retired Professor of economics, now living in a relatively isolated hamlet in Tamilnadu State in India. Internet connection to my hamlet is erratic and slow. Still I am able to visit Wikipedia often, generally around midnight!I have fairly adequate language skills in English, and my services are available for any useful editing work. I am yet to learn editing wiki pages, and I have begun the tutorial lessons now. I hope to master the skills soon. Neelakantan 18:09, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

You might want to visit the Category:Indian Wikipedians, follow the instructions to categorize yourself with your fellow countrymen and women on Wikipedia (this is totally optional of course), and visit Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics to see if there are Wikipedia articles in need of contributions, where your particular know-how would be a boon. As newcomers state their general interests here, some of us also post tip and suggestions on your talk page. Welcome to Wikipedia. User:AlMac|^(talk) 00:47, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Leopod

Hi, I'm new to editing but have been using Wikipedia for awhile now and decided it was time to contribute.

Leopod 18:20, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

SalvorHardin

Hi! I've been using Wikipedia as a reference for a couple of years now, ever since Google started returning Wikipedia entries as the top results for my searches.

A couple of days ago I came here to find information on the role-playing game De Profundis and discovered that no such article existed - the first time I can remember Wikipedia having a blind spot about a topic in which I was interested. I decided I was just going to have to use the sources I already had and write the article myself.

I've put up a project proposal for the creation of a series of articles about De Profundis and its sister games, Hogshead Publishing's legendary New Style line of games. I look forward to collaborating with everyone who's interested.

Cheers,

Salvor Hardin 18:55, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Honeygnome

Dropping in just on the off chance that there are things that I know about that somehow aren't fully recorded and discussed here. I'm interested in new religious movements, esoteric christianity, communication theory, hoaxes, baking, genre fiction, psychology (especially gestalt and subjectivism), hypnotherapy, linguistics, and a host of other stuff. I figure that if nothing else, I'm a good hand with the proofreading, and I'm not a bad researcher, so that might be helpful.

Happy times,

--Honeygnome 19:17, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Belated salutations!

Hi, just wanted to post a holler to all you wikipedians out there. Glad to be a small part of this huge website, cya guys around! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Red-Alert2 (talk • contribs) 19:54, January 11, 2006 (UTC).

I love Wikipedia!

I can find almost anything here, ranging from school topics to tv shows. Now, I am addicted to this site, and it is one of the best encyclopedia sites around.

--User:va_girl2468 19:10, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

permanent link ?

Hi,

I've just recently began using Wikipedia, and I was wondering if there's a way to save a collection of topics that you would like to revisit. The watchlist allows one to view any ongoing changes, but it's not convenient as a collection of bookmarks. I thought it would just be nice if there was a sidebox (such as "toolbox") for your collection of favorite topics. I tried the "permanent link", but I didn't see it do much. Anyway if you have any idea as how I go about doing this it would be greatly appreciated. I guess one option is just to save it to my bookmarks, or del.icio.us collection. But I thought it would be nicer to have it all in one place. Thanks.

Whoopsi 05:37, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

(formating fixed by Akamad 06:22, 12 January 2006 (UTC))

I replied on the user's talk page. - Akamad 06:29, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

racking the brain on a song...

Very impressed, finally a radio station that plays EVERYTHING! My boyfriend(musician)was listening a few weeks ago and heard a song that he wanted to download but didn't catch the title or artist of the song. He comes to me(one who can't remember a song that just player five minutes ago)sings the first few line of the song: "Love of my life, how can I go on..." the way he sang it, to me sounded like Scorpions but he assured me it wasn't. Mentioned it was an older song maybe from 60's 70's. I have two other people searching the net and racking our brains. Please help us! Oh yah and I forgot the Chorus may go like so: "I've been waiting for someone like you..."

Please help find the song we are looking for,

Karen younique_chic at hotmail dot com

No spam.

Roshawn kelly

Hello! I am Roshawn kelly, I am a gifted student who loves to work on science, math , and sometimes Lang. Arts.I am very good at singing, writing poetry, writing songs, making beats, and just being myself. I see myself as a person just waiting for something good to happen. I have seven brothers, Lavatiae, Jacquay, Jarvis, Jiris, Damarco, Marquel, and Kaiser, who all give me supprot in everything that I do. I also sing in a choir with some of the friends I have. Belive me, i don't want to say the names of all of my friends, i have a little bit too many, just kidding, you can't have too many friends. I practice martial arts (mainly karate) and I meditate. I found out at an early age that i have anatural psychic ability on which my grandmother calls God's discernment. I have many dreams and visions on which comr true 90 percent of the time. I may seem a little ordinary, but there are a lot of interesting things abotu me that i might say later on in the future. See ya later!

Hello

Hey, Twilight-Link here, I just wanted to say hello to all of the other Wikipedians out there. I mostly use this website as research for the stories I write in my spare time, so I'm gonna try to help out wherever I can, editing here and there, adding a new article, so yeah...See ya later.

Twilight-Link 21:44, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Christina Preston

Hey all, new here. Been using the site every once in a while for research and such, very useful stuff here.  :) Christina Preston 06:56, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

MasterABD

I don't understand something. I am a long time experienced bdsm lifestyler and I have a free website with knowledge and safety articles. Within this website are links to affiliate websites and adult content providers but they are not what my website is at all about. In the past I have edited many articles pertaining to bdsm, bondage, gorean lifestyle, and the likes. Typically I also add my website as a external source for bdsm community discussions.

The thing I don't understand is that some of the wikipedia pages allow my website link to stay up (and have for a LONG time running) others delete my link. At first I assumed someone just re-edited those pages and removed my link, but today I recieved a message telling me not to post commercial sites. My site is not commercial in any way with an exception of showing "advertisements" (however the good standing website of tes is a not for profit commercial site and listed on nearly every wikipedia bdsm page). I sell nothing on my site which would make it commercial. I think it is a good resource for certain topics and therefore I add it. Should I just not add external resources? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.186.114.150 (talk • contribs)

You added it to every BSDM-related article, which looked like a spambot. I'm sorry for being so harsh, but adding to just *one* article would have been better. Elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (Be eudaimonic!) 10:57, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Metaleer

Hey, all. Let me introduce myself: My name's Daniel, I'm 19 years old and I'm currently an engineering student in Spain. I was born in the US, my parents are of Indian origin and I'm living in Spain right now. Metaleer 14:55, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

TheAnarcat

Just a quick word to say hello and long life wikipedia. TheAnarcat 16:38, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Foolish Child

Hello, Wikipedia. Foolish Child 12:48, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Evil Hampster

Hello,

My real name is Paul Montroy. I am currently 17, living the most boring existance in Hubbardsville, NY. I owe a debt of gratitude to this website, for I now have a semi-reliable source of knowledge that will hopefully give me something to do with the vast amounts of time I have to kill. I also look forward to using this place at Paul Smith's college where I am bound by early decision to go.

Sinetist says

Well....I'm new here. Been using wikipedia as a source for bits of info for a while. Searched for something tonight that I know a bit about and found nothing on it so I thought I might join in and add something.

I'm Canadian, live on the west coast of Canada on an island. I'm 60 years old, an artist, craftsperson and traveller. I've made a few web pages. Now I'll contribute something here and see how that goes.

Sinetist

Jaffer

Hello fellow editors:

My name is Jaffer and I am a newbie to editing. My specialty is in historical videos and historical footage where I have been involved for over 20 years. I am 50 years old and discovered Wikipedia about 9 months ago and became hooked as a reader.

I started editing a few days ago by adding video clips that are legal to articles. I have been using a site owned by my family called evtv1.com. My family also happens to own British Pathe film library, but much of it is not yet available for online viewing. When it is, I will be adding links to that as well.

Adding links to video is tricky because you need to know if the rights allow for such linking. That is why I have stayed with evtv1.com links because I know the rights disposition. Anyway, I think Wikipedia is the single greatest resource on the web. My goal is to link video to over 5000 articles by years end...that is if the Admins allow. I have been accused of SPAMMING three times in a few days. Jaffer 06:50, 15 January 2006 (UTC) Jaffer

Rushey Platt

Hi everyone. Recently signed up to edit, but been using Wikipedia for a couple of years or so. I live to the north of London. Special interests are railways (I've worked in the industry for 20 years), geography and music. I've accumulated lots of useless knowledge over the years - hope I can put it all to good use on here! All the best. Rushey Platt 20:32, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Joshbooks

As my username implies I am rather fond of literature, I have always enjoyed reading encyclopedias and dictionaries and thought it would be interesting to contribute to one. My primary areas of interest and expertise are as follows 1. Fantasy and a few science fiction universes 2. science, primarily areas having to do with experimental physics or biochemistry 3. A bit of psycology (primarily the effects of trauma on the psyche) Joshbooks 20:52, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Joelmills

Hi everybody. My name is Joel, and I am new to all this. I heard about Wikipedia on National Public Radio, and I was impressed to hear about the Nature article that referred to a similar error rate as the Encyclopedia Brittanica.

I am a 33 year old small animal veterinarian, so that is where my initial edits and article creation will be. I have been in practice for almost nine years. Hopefully, I can expand the current articles and add new ones of interest to dog and cat owners.

Please let me know if there is anything I can add to Wikipedia that is of interest to you. Also, tell me if I am doing anything wrong. Like I said, I am new to all of this. -- Joelmills 21:12, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

TheCartel

Hi, I'm a 17 year old student from Wales. I've been contributing under IPs for a while so I thought it's finally time for my to create an account :) --TheCartel 21:12, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

LonesomeDrifter

Oi!

I have been using wikipedia for about a month now. I hope to make some contributions to philosophy, sociology, and political science articles, among others. Still working out the system, but I think I am getting it. Check out my user page here!

Hello !

Hello my name is Sheher yar and I was looking list of bank in Montreal if any one can know and in searching I found this site is very helpful but my issue is still pending so I need help if some one can give list of banks in Montreal plus emails or Telephone Numbers thanks my email address is sheheryar73@yahoo.com

Paul Hurley

Hello everyone, this is spookily like standing up in the biggest auditorium in the world !!

See you all around (I Hope)

PaulHurleyuk 15:34, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Klothekid

Yeargh and ahoy me mateys. I'm an 18 year old student in St. Louis, MO. I like trying to write poetry that doesn' suck (it is difficult), movies, and music. Some music I recommend: Neutral Milk Hotel, The Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Midlake, The Unicorns, The Decemberists, Mates of State, Air, Enya, Nick Drake, Animal Collective, The Shins, Postal Service, The Flaming Lips, Grandaddy, Frou Frou, Songs: Ohia, Hem, and Fiasco's Undoing.

Klothekid 19:33, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

J Arthur Sims

Hello!

I am particularly interested in network security related topics as well as maritime fiction.

KrazyCaley

College student with a ridiculous number of interests and hobbies, I'll likely be all over the place. Still learning wiki conventions, but I'll get the hang of them eventually. In the meantime, edits/cleanups/helpful shoves in the right direction are much welcomed.KrazyCaley 22:55, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Evan Robidoux

Hello. My name is Evan Robidoux. I am 13 years old and I have been a Wikipedian since 17 January 2006. I have what I believe to be an infinite amount of interests (yes, call me a nerd.) I enjoy writing, reading, school, and video games (particularily [SP?] Morrowind for XBOX.) I want to learn anything and everything, so I am glad Wikipedia is here. In fact, I believe Wikipedia is KING! Go Wikipedia! Feel free to visit my user page (which isn't all that spectacular yet.)

Echelon07

I'm Echelon07, a 20 year old computer geek and web programmer from the midwest United States. I'm new as of today as a contributor to Wikipedia, but I have been using it's resources for nearly 2 years. I have since added a few pages for some unknown bands and contributed some unknown (and verifiable, thank you very much!) facts to others. I'm a music-aholic, and I can already see how contributing to this tome of human knowledge can become such an addiction!

-- Echelon07 17:56, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Coolgamer

Hi. I'm not new, I just never "signed in". Mainly doing minor edits for grammer and spelling, but have taken down some copyright vios, advert spam, and created a good number of articles. Coolgamer 20:37, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Gungho

Hi, new to Wikipedia. I do intend to RTFM, but please help me out if I do something stupid. Gungho 20:40, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Manmonkey

Hello - been reading Wikipedia for a little while and thought it time to put soemthing back. Grew up in Ireland ( Northern Ireland) and now live in northern England. Have indepth knowledge of UK Social Security law and related areas as well as UK punk music and mountain biking.

Manmonkey 21:27, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Chris.Seedyk

Hi, name is chris. i have been using wikipedia since 2003, but i just recently decided to get an account and start editing. Chris.Seedyk 23:46, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm 700!!

Hey ErikNY I do have proof for the Gail Kim birthday. Here's the site: http://www.talktna.com/forum/calendar.php?s=&c=1&week=&=2&year=2006 (UTC)

Doctor Headcrash

Greetings, wiki bretheren. I'm an MIT Ph.D. with penchant for computing and electronics, and spent more than a few years at the Media Lab. I've run a wiki of my own for the last six years, based on Ward Cunningham's original Perl code, now hacked beyond recognition. I spent way too many years in higher education (10 years in grad school alone) and hope to make modest contributions here in some of the areas I've studied, including:

• Wearable computing and related topics,
• Cognitive and perceptual factors in human-computer interaction,
• Hardware and software engineering,
• Theoretical computer science, espepcially as it intersects with physics and philosophy,
• and experimental design, probability and descriptive/generative statistics.

... more on my personal page, once I get it set up. Cheers! DoctorHeadcrash 07:06, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

iam gladly happy to joint your organisation due to total co-operation you give to student to develop their knowledge in order to become good citizens & good leader,i also like to thank the management in their dedication to see the entire world develop their carrier.

TLesher

I've been reading and editing Wikipedia for about two years (most significantly de-stubbing Paul Allen), and just now got around to registering. Tlesher 21:24, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

ConstellationMagick

Um, hi! I often use Wikipedia as a resource, so I finally decided to join it. (Actually, it took me quite a long time to realize you could join it in the first place.) ConstellationMagick 00:39, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Everyone,

Good to be part of the Wiki Community Lisam1 02:22, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi

My name is Samuel Saltman. I'm a 23 year old recent college graduate from New Jersey. I found out about Wikipedia only a year ago and, because I get into so many heated arguments with friends about historical and political issues, I began using Wikipedia as one of my many sources to prove myself right! (I always seem to win those debates, hmmmmm...) I have to admit that I am a little reluctant to read all the policy and "how to" stuff. I love reading literature, politics and history, but I HATE reading technical and legal/policy-style jargon.

I'm really interested in the Middle-East, particularly Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and the "war on terrorism," although I am interested in anything related to international politics.

I also speak Portuguese - being the son of a Brazilian woman - and I am very impressed by the fact that I found a plethora of articles about Brazilian soccer teams. I am definitely going to get my hands on editing that.

One last thing. I'm an English instructor at a learning center (I was an English major in college) so I guess you can call me a stickler for grammar (although I'm sure I've made tons of mistakes in this comment already). I've notcied that you guys put punctuation such as periods and commas outside of quotation marks. For example, "This is what the guy said". That is definitely not correct. Here's a link that shows what I'm talking about:

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp

Instead of reading it all, just read the first rule, which I have pasted below...

Rule 1. Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks, even inside single quotes.

Examples:

The sign changed from "Walk," to "Don't Walk," to "Walk" again within 30 seconds.

She said, "Hurry up."

She said, "He said, 'Hurry up.'"

paragon 03:07, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Logging new user: Gregory David Harington

This is a brief comment to activate my new user status. My registration as a new user coincides with the death on 18 January 2006 of Dr Anton Edward Rupert at his home in Thibault Street, Stellenboch, Western Cape Province, South Africa. I am a descendant of Sir John Harington. Gregory David Harington, Pretoria, South Africa

Arnack here... hope to right a few aticles =D

Filou

Hello Everybody,

For quite some time I was doing gardening work in the science pages, in the french as well as in the english pages of Wikipedia. Maybe I should switch gears and write a full "paper" on some topic. I'm 48, work as a scientist in a Natl Lab, and I have some expertise in condensed matter physics, rock climbing and photography. Lets us try all together to improve this great Wikipedia project !

what type of ppl...

what type of people writhe the articles. are they college students, doctors (as in Ph.D) really smart people?

This article may answer your question. Zarniwoot 03:19, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Zarniwoot

Frequent user of wikipedia for a while. I hope I can make a small contribution here and there. I know a bit about physics, especially physics shows and physics and education. Slightly related, I'm interested in history of science. I'm also interested in photography, technically and artistically. I am a Linux user and supporter of free and open source software. I'm from Denmark. Zarniwoot 03:09, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Javier Fernández Collantes

Hello, everybody, My name is Javi, I'm Spanish and I study Translation and Interpreting in Salamanca. Apart from Spanish, I speak French and English and a little Latin, although I haven't got my dictionary here. As my strong point are languages and translation, I would be very interested in translating articles into Spanish -or even other languages.

By the way, I think I discovered Wikipedia while looking for information on Google. Later on, I heard of it and started using it regularly. In Christmas, I even read an article from a Spanish magazine explaining how Wikipedia works. Thank you, --Javichu 22:55, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Dragon Writer

Hello!! I'm Dragon Writer and I'm new to Wikipedia!! I fount this from a friend when I was doing some resherch on Shinto, and it helps alot because it's woth 99.9% of my history grade!! O.o

Anyway, my teacher love to give us reschehs pappers for homework, so I figure I gone! But I guess I should stop talking and get to the point.

The thingy-migery siad to put up things I like. Well I like anime, hevy metal, death metal, anytype of metal. I love the guitar and I love to study about Japan!! I also have a love of writing! From poems to scripts and short stories. Most of them are about dragons..(hence the name Dragon Writer) (not bad for a 15-year-old black girl huh)

I plan to tarvel to Japan on day, so thats why I'm studing it! But I guess I've said enough. I don't want you to think I'm carzy (though I am) So tata and I hope to meet you soon!!!

D.W. 01:03, 22 January 2006 (UTC)Dragon Writer

Bogdan

Hi, my name is Bogdan, i'm almost 15 years old and I am from Romania.

I enjoy reading the articles on this helpful site. Wikipedia, the most interesting site, may be considered the reason, why i still have my PC connected to internet. I found very new things on Wikipedia, and I want to congratulate everyone who contributed.

Cheers!

Dragon Writer

Hello!! I'm Dragon Writer and I'm new to Wikipedia!! I fount this from a friend when I was doing some resherch on Shinto, and it helps alot because it's woth 99.9% of my history grade!! O.o Anyway, my teacher love to give us reschehs pappers for homework, so I figure I gone! But I guess I should stop talking and get to the point. The thingy-migery siad to put up things I like. Well I like anime, hevy metal, death metal, '''anytype of metal'''. I love the guitar and I love to study about Japan!! I also have a love of writing! From poems to scripts and short stories. Most of them are about dragons..(hence the name Dragon Writer) (not bad for a 15-year-old black girl huh) I plan to tarvel to Japan on day, so thats why I'm studing it! But I guess I've said enough. I don't want you to think I'm carzy (though I am) So tata and I hope to meet you soon!!!

D.W. 01:06, 22 January 2006 (UTC)Dragon Writer

Have you seen any of the Pern novels? User:AlMac|^(talk) 02:39, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

IamHermionie

Hi! I am a new Wikipedin. I don't know if you can send things back to me but, I was wondering if you had any special jobs for finding things on Harry Potter. I'm willing to do research and have great sources. I am also a fan. (Not the kind that faints if I hear danial radcliff's name) How I found Wikipedia: My dad is a COMPLETE fan. I also stumbled across it while researching Cheese for a school project and found it very useful.

                      IamHermionie 01:31, 22 January 2006 (UTC)IamHermionieIamHermionie 01:31, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Have you seen the Portal:Harry Potter, which includes a list of tasks needed to improve relevant Wikipedia articles? User:AlMac|^(talk) 02:37, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

bcasterline

Hi. I've been using Wikipedia forever and figured I'd start making attributable contributions. My interests lie primarily in the humanities, and history in particular. Bcasterline 02:18, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Moses_k

Well, I'm finaly adding to the wikipedia. I'm working with the student groups at The Evergreen State College to add their respective groups history. This is the first content I've added to the web at all (at least intentionaly), so I'm very nervious and excited about the effort. Moses k 03:05, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Don Benjamin on cancer

My name is Don Benjamin. I live in Sydney. I am a retired electrical engineer/experimental scientist. I worked for Australia's national science organisation, CSIRO, for 35 years. During this period I published two scientific papers.

My second interest is as a Health, Safety and Environment Consultant, for which I have Masters Degree in Engineering Science. I am currently employed on a contract to Local Government.

My third interest is in cancer. Twenty-five years ago I helped to found a charity called the Cancer Information & Support Society in Sydney. As a scientist I was asked to evaluate alternative cancer therapies. To do this I had to compare their results with those of orthodox therapies. When I tried to evaluate orthodox therapies I got a surprise. Surgery had never been evaluated in a randomised trial; radiotherapy had not been shown to extend survival; and chemotherapy extended survival in only about 3% of cancers. I published my findings on cancer surgery in 1993. When it was claimed that mammograms saved lives by enabling earlier surgical intervention I evaluated mammograms and found they did not extend survival. I published my findings in 1996. My findings were confirmed in 2001 by the Nordic Cochrane Group in Denmark. Since then the limitations of orthodox cancer therapies have been confirmed by many international medical researchers. I list them as references in a recent submission I wrote to the Australian Senate Inquiry into services and treatment options for person with cancer on behalf of the cancer charity. See See submission No. 15 at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/cancer/submissions/sublist.htm

In January 2005 I found that Wikipedia did not reflect the severe limitations of orthodox cancer therapies, but rather included only the viewpoints of those who don't accept the findings of evidence based medicine. I tried to balance this situation by pointing out the lack of evidence for most orthodox cancer interventions and some better results from using an alternative cancer paradigm. This attempt has so far been blocked.

Redders

Hello, I've been around here for a while now and I decided to finally start an account. My interests include movies, rock music and gaming. See you around! Redders 20:49, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Lithogliff

Just joined. Busy in general with offline things, but plan to contribute when I see small items that need to be fixed. Litho 02:38, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

WRAY

Checking in to Wikipedia. My interests are in religious studies. I came onto this encyclopedia by searching phrases from a book I am currently reading, "A History of God" by Karen Armstrong.

I am retired from marketing for a small community hospital. I recently completed work to receive a masters of divinity degree and currently serve as a volunteer chaplain at a long-term care facility. I am an adjunct instructor for the university where I graduated, teaching one of the core religion courses required for the bachelors degree.

Most of my research and use of this vehicle will be in the area of religion or related areas, expecially of the Christian nature.

Wray 17:44, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello to all Anime Junkies!

I'm Genis Sage (Genis Sage is the coolest video game character in the world). I am a huge fan of Naruto, Zatch Bell, Full Metal ALchemist, and more cool animes. If you want to read up on cool anime things, as in a Naruto Weapons List, you should read mine! Edward Elric 20:49, 23 January 2006 (UTC)Genis Sage

New User dougp59 signing in.

Thanks for providing a great service. I have an interest in the origins debate, conservative politics, the abortion controversy, astronomy and old cars.

Dougp59 22:00, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello All

Hi, I'm Witchking111111. I joined Wikpedia on December 10, 2005, because I thought I could help edit some stuff on here. Wikipedia helped me through a lot of projects and schoolwork, so thought I'd join. I'm part of the Wikiproject: Airports and Wikiproject: Airlines. Witchking111111

Felici

Hi my name is Chris. I have been using Wikipedia for longer than I can remember. Im halfway through 8th grade and I enjoy using Wikipedia to find information. Chris 23:21, 23 January 2006 (UTC)felici

Eclipse KOG

I am an administrator of a Internet gaming forum though I haven't been as active there recently because of lack of interest. I'm interested in trying to improve Wikipedia, but I'm a little cautious because of the criticisms listed in the Wikipedia articles about interest groups censoring views other than theirs.

Eclipse KOG 23:57, 23 January 2006 (UTC)Eclipse KOGEclipse KOG 23:57, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Nanettechols

just returning to college after a 20 yr hiatus. love this resource. am doing a paper on the Death Penalty, found this site very helpful. thanks to everyone who contributes. hope to know enough about something someday to make a contribution too.Nanettechols 03:32, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

JLeander

Hi! I've been using Wikipedia for quite a while now and would like to start contributing. In real life I am Jeremy Martin, an assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Kansas. I work primarily in combinatorics. I hope to start contributing to the Wikipedia mathematics pages.

Richsox

Greetings, My user name is a combination of my first name ("Rich") and my manic rooting interest ("sox" - red, not white). I am much interested in anything to do with sports - particularly baseball and hockey during the late 1960s and hope to add to the knowledge based. --Rich 05:30, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

I love wikipedia!

hi! wikipedia is the best for learnin! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MartusiaPolska (talk • contribs) 05:32, January 24, 2006 (UTC).

Bob Barnett Wuz Here

Not much to tell really. I hate Corky and can't wait for the day that he chokes to death on the Grand Slam breakfast at Denny's. Other than that I sell some really kick-ass wrestling tapes for low prices. Check out www.bobbarnett.com. --Bob Barnett Wuz Here 05:38, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Conciacalis

I have visited Wikipedia many times. I am in the entertainment industry and speak English and German. Also willing to translate some of the pages if needed. Conciacalis 07:21, 24 January 2006 (UTC)Conciacalis

Sfocata

I'm Adrian, based in London, UK. I've been using Wikipedia as a reader for years, but just never got round to doing the editing thang. The topics I'm most likely to voice opinions about are music and football (as in "soccer"). Sfocata 11:21, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

S Kuperus

Hello there. I look forward to helping out and hopefully making some worthwhile contributions. Please feel free to leave any requests, comments etc as I will probably ask you for help when I try to make my contributions half a good as the articles already here. S Kuperus 12:56, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Ketch

Wikipedia seems like an interesting project to me. I am amazed at how well kept it can be, it shows that things might not decend into chaos when control is left to the people... sometimes haha. Anyway, an interesting thought for an interesting place.

Kiwipete

I've only really known about Wikipedia for the last couple of months, and am already keen on its concept. I've started editing articles relating to French administrative regions, and hope to continue this over the next wee while. I'm not French myself, I live in New Zealand, but some time in the nearish future, my family and I would like to live for a couple of years in France. My main reason for this is the Tour de France, which in 2013 will be holding its 100th running of this fantastic sporting event. Kiwipete 20:47, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorcyress

Hello! I'm a crazy female type who's been using Wikipedia for far too long, and has finally decided to begin playing around. First step: Making sure all the books I love have properly written articles! *cracks knuckles*

After that, who knows. I might not be suited for this sort of place. But by golly, I'm sure gonna try!

See ya around!

Sorcyress 21:41, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

die Baumfabrik

Hello. How are you? I am fine. Yesterday it rained.

Wikipedia is exactly my kind of community; where else can you build a chain linking the Mappa Mundi to Ringworld to meme to Engrish to IPA and end up having a discussion with linguists about cascading style sheets?

I'm 36 years old, male, Irish, interested in engineering, beer, green politics, food, sex, art, astronomy, philosophy, history, cinema and languages. In short, I am a marketing manager's nightmare, the antithesis of Mondeo Man (By the way, I didn't access the IPA article thinking that it referred to India Pale Ale).

Looking at just a tiny handful of the excellent articles available, I reckon I'm not really author material - my knowledge is too wide and shallow ever to achieve expertise. I see myself as more of a sub-editor: you write it, I'll clean it up, or: you carve, I'll polish. Hey, I even have an AO Level in Use of English.

So here I am, standing on the street corner: wanna sub-edit, luv? --die Baumfabrik 21:59, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

DarthLink4

Hello.....I got told to come here by a certain user whose name I will definitely mention. Ilyanep. Ilyanep. Thanks. You brought me here. I live in Illinois. I like Legend of Zelda, manga, and other video games, particularly Nintendo(I'm a tiny bit of a fanboy....can ya tell?)

that it DarthLink4 23:44, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, Darthlink is someone I know in person. I brought him here. See, I told you I would bring people. Darthlink: *cough* — Ilyanep (Talk) 01:39, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

jweed

Hello, I'm jweed! I'm a long-time Wikipedia user, so I figured it was about time I sucked it up and helped here and there. I'm not planning on anything big, but I have told myself that I'll fix anything that I see that I think needs fixing. I'll contribute where I can! Jweed 13:58, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Thegoob

Hello Wikipedia...it's hard to believe that I've been using Wikipedia for almost a year now...it's great to be a contributor whenever I can be, and I look forward to doing so. Thegoob 14:15, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Keeperoftheseal

Hey, Im Keeper of the Seal, Ive been using Wikipedia for forever and a day, and Figured i should probably start chipping in. I have an interest in Hisory and Political Science. Im a 17 year old Vocational School studentKeeperoftheseal 14:31, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Krang

Hi everyone, been using wikipedia for ages now for something to do whilst at "work". Just been making small updates here and there, I love the place.

Krang 15:11, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Positive Feedback

I am a student and I have to do many research papers. I am glad your encylepedia is free. I was doing research one day, many websites wanted me to pay. I do not believe people should should have to pay to get information, especially students. I did make a donation as well.

Packing my brain

I believe the song you are looking is by Foreigner,the title of the song is waiting for a girl like you. I think it is on the Foot Loose soundtrack as well.I am Sharon I am a student. I do listen to music a lot. I can usually answer people's questions about who sings a certain song.

Edward Myhro

Hello,

I am new to this site, found an article about it in Smart Computing, Feb. 2006. It seemed very interesting and thought I would try it out. Any help in how to use the site would be appreciated.

Thank You Emyhro4048 19:49, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

mpra4

Small business owner in Colorado Springs. Love to read, especially history. Play recorder and classical guitar, so looking forward to adding to the knowledge base in those areas.

ViolentNavy

Hey, my name's Jamie. I live on the fylde peninsula of England, and you'll probably find me usually browsing things like:

• Video Games
• Aviation

Cheers...!

ViolentNavy 01:31, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Lady Aleena

I am not really new, but I am now venturing out into this world and beginning to contribute.

Lady Aleena | Talk 02:10, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Hurrah!

I'm not that new to Wikipedia, but I've been contributing ever so slightly here for a while with minor edits in grammar and such. I think I found Wikipedia a while ago while researching online for school. I browse many topics on Wikipedia, so I hope to be of good use to Wikipedia by contributing to a variety of topics.

yeah... :)

Hurrah 05:32, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

pduval jazz and blues history

I am interested in the history of jazz, blues and r+b before 1970, with a special emphasis on new orleans. any pointers on using wiki woould be appreciated. I was directed to the site by a comment on the Motley Fool. Pduval 07:12, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Lucinor

Hi! I am Lucinor from Ukraine and I'm obsessed with law, human rights and institute of Ombudsman. I would like to contribute to Wikipedia in those fields. --Lucinor, the Firebreather (breathe?) 11:27, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

You might like to check out some of the links posted on my talk page here such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Law. User:AlMac|^(talk) 01:45, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Zimixz

Hello! I am a new uesr ... and still messing around with this stuff ... I don't really know how to work it.

Zimixz 00:59, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone actually read this? (Alexander VII)

This list is so expansive and full of new members that I wonder, what exactly is the point of introducing myself? If, in case, someone does happen upon this, I'll introduce myself.

I'm new to Wikipedia, and have recently become addicted to it. Hopefully I'll be able to contribute more than just minor edits.

Alexander VII 14:09, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

People who post stuff here sometimes get a couple types of responses.

1. Those who have learned how to use the 4 tildes to show their account user id
   1. Someone posts a link to some welcome tips how to edit stuff on Wikipedia
   2. depending on your stated interests, someone might point you to some communities on Wikipedia with similar interests
2. Others sometimes get a note on their user page telling them about the 4 tildes

User:AlMac|^(talk) 01:42, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Notalama

My name is Bernice.

I'm from South Africa, a linguistics student at UNISA.

My livejournal is at [3] so feel free to read and comment on whatever you find.

I read, I write and I sing. I'm also an obsessive fact-checker, so...

Latania 15:07, 27 January 2006 (UTC)Notalama

Slowmover

Interests: science fiction films, other film genres (film noir, political films), local politics (Toronto, Canada), short-lived political entities and enclaves, human geography. Areas of Knowledge: physics, math, insurance, reinsurance. Not much overlap there. Skills: proof-reading. Lots of minor corrections and fact-checking will probably be my chief activity at Wikipedia, with infrequent contributions of greater length.

Slowmover 16:33, 27 January 2006 (UTC)Slowmover

Mathsguy

Hello, Mathsguy here.

I've spent quite a while looking at wikipedia so I decided it was about time I created an account. I'm at University at the moment studying maths, so that's one of my areas of interest. I'm also interested in history and politics (especially British and American), and lots of areas of physics such as astronomy. Mathsguy 18:42, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

ajax0407

I'm Ajax, I'm 14 and go to school In Bham UK. I am a superhero fiction writer and write e-stories. Just ask for links if your interested.

SliceNYC

Hey Wikipedians, I'm Andrew -- longtime reader, short-time editor (from my IP address), and now first-day member. Hopefully you'll see most of my work in articles about baseball, American politics, music and regional American culture. I'm more than happy to get to know other Wikipedia users, receive tips/suggestions, or talk about any common interests, so don't be afraid to comment (even though I'm not quite sure how to set up my profile page yet.) Glad to be here!

SliceNYC 02:46, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

MickPurcell

Mathematics teacher. American living in Thailand. Interested in mathematics, science, history and pop culture. Thanks and keep wiki-ing! MickPurcell 04:15, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Joy34, newbie

I've been using this site as a starting point for research, and find it full of information. Thanks to you all.

I live in Seattle, and work as an LMP (licensed massage therapist). I have great passion for working with people who are beginning to learn about the psychosomatic theory, and supporting the incorporation of complementary therapies and traditional medicine.

My recent professional interests are in Eastern treatements, and I'm beginining to lean towards hypnotherapy.

Personally, I read a great deal (No TV for me, just my lovely Mac) and the subject matter changes constantly. Right now, I'm reading about healing codes, Phi, and various professional publications.

Joy34

Dee bridge disaster

Added new article on Dee bridge disaster at request of wiki. Peterlewis 06:16, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Thank you for such a great welcome, and thank you for making Wikipedia; you help me a lot when I need some information. My name is Robert Müller. I'm 55 years old; gosh I feel old. lol. I was born and currently reside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with my wife, Elizabeth. I was accepted to the United States Naval Academy in 1973. Go Goats!!! lol. I graduated top 10% of my 1977 class. I served my five years that was a requirement for Academy graduates. I enjoyed it so much, that I stay till 1992. Over the course of that time, I've got a Bachlelor's Degree in Political Science, and work my butt of to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. I am here at Wikipedia because I enjoy it and to help articles where it need something to be exactness.

Julesong

Hello - long time Wikipedia user, just moved on to using my own account a couple of days ago. I'm 41 and live in the Puget Sound area of Washington. Interests include: music, writing, cooking, science fiction, art.

Julesong 21:25, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Matty-chan

Hey, it's Matty-chan! I've been lurking this site for quite awhile, editing many pages, namely my favorite, Kids' WB. I wrote the entire "Classic Shows" section and put the "Shows on hiatus" section. That article is like my pride and joy. Ask me if you would like to know about me! ^_^

Matty-chan 01:36, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

MonaLS

Completely totally baffled by Wikipedia, but going to try it out anyway. I want to add information to a category that has no articles yet. I can see how to edit the category, but can't figure out how to add an article under that category. Reading Wikipedia instructions so far is like reading a language I don't speak. Very intimidating. Anyone have a Wikipedia for Dummies article? :)

I'm 43 years old, am interested in all aspects of beads, especially glass, HTML, and making chainmail (mail). MonaLS 02:33, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I will try to answer your questions on your user page. After I am done, you will get a new messages link on top that you can use to get to what I posting. User:AlMac|^(talk) 05:22, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Ninja Alchemist

Hi. I'm a huge anime and manga fan and I plan to contribute the anime and manga sections of this site. I love Naruto and Full Metal Alchemist.

Ninja Alchemist 04:29, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Elektrik blue 82

Hello, I'm Elektrik blue 82.

I am sorta new here, "sorta" in the sense that I have been editing for many months now, but just decided today that I make my own page by registering. I am a PhD student, who happens to have enough free time to edit Wikipedia articles.

I have quite some travelling experience, both short-term and long-term. I speak four languages, which are shown in my own page. I am taking a PhD in Linguistics, which explains it somewhat.

But perhaps, aviation is the most interesting thing for me, which concern Wikipedia. I edit airlines, airports, destinations, and other articles that pertain to these topics. Since the industry is constantly changing, I find it fun to update the world with the changes.

Well, I guess that would be my introduction for you all.

Elektrik Blue 82 04:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Its Ghelae

Hi, I'm Ben, (Ghelae), I came to Wikipedia last night, My major intrest that could be here is the origin of religion (as an IP I made the Neolithic#Neolithic Religion section)). Any more info is on my Userpage. Ghelae 07:53, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Filosofaster

Hi, i'm a newbie, but i've been lurking around here for a while, and i've been a big supporter of wikipedia during my teaching career...i always told my students about it, and they sure seemed to need help to sort the wheat from the chaff as regards doing research on the internet.

I have a PhD in philosophy so could help out with articles in that area. My areas of speciality are mostly in philosophy of science but i may be able to help out on contemporary french and german philosophy as well. I haven't got expert knowledge on much else but i have lots of interests, and i'm keen to help out where i can in this great project. I'd like to have wikipedia help me in return by letting me practice my editing and writing skills, but i'm still a bit unsure of the editing process here and how MediaWiki works, so any help will be appreciated. Nice to meet you! Filosofaster 21:14, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Wizrdwarts

Hello fellow Wikipedians! I've been using and editing Wikipedia for a looong time now. I finally decided to join! I hope you'll like my contributions! Wikipedia rocks! Wizrdwarts 23:01, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

S. J. Moyer

Hello! My name is Samuel, but everyone calls me Skip. I am unfamiliar with Wiki, but I am looking forward to giving it a shot. I have seen it popping up a lot when I Google a word's definition. OK, I'll keep it pithy (as O'Reilly says)--at least in this first note. Enjoy your day! --Moonpeace 23:34, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

tygerbryght

Hi all,

I'm a musician, Native American, Christian (serious, but not adversarial), grandmother, former breeder of conformation show dogs, and lifelong student. I nearly completed a biology major, and did complete anthropology. I've read science fiction for 50 years.

I joined recently, but created the Mary Doria Russell page a couple of years ago. It looks as though whoever has taken it up has been doing well by it.

Since late 2004, my non-fiction reading/study has concentrated on the Middle Ages. I'm not finished yet. Another long-term interest is the Middle East, and - in addition to personal friendships with a number of people from that region - I continue to read/study about that. A few months ago, I became quite impressed with the breadth and clarity of Wiki articles on Islam and its sects.

I created a page yesterday about a respected Byzantine scholar. It's really hard to find information on Alexander A. Vasiliev. It's even harder to find any of his works other than his two volume history of the Byzantine Empire. :(

My participation here is likely to be sporadic. I will try to contribute as much as I can; it will probably be mostly in one of the areas I've mentioned. I'm also a lifetime grammar and spelling geek. If you want me to proof a Wiki page for them, post on my page. Unless I'm swamped, I should be able to oblige. :) --Tygerbryght 00:47, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

backburner001

Greetings fellow Wikipedians! Although I've had this account registered since March 2005, I've only started contributing to Wikipedia in any significant manner since last month. You can find out more about me, my interests, and etc, on my user page. backburner001 06:10, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Sulakshana de Mel is a post-graduate student at Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at University of Oxford.

During her MPhil research at the Social and Political Sciences department at University of Cambridge, she looked at the role of motherhood in asserting political space during conflict situations. Currently she is researching on the social memory of Tsunami in Sri Lanka.

Sgfoote

Hi - pleased to be a member of the wiki community. I plan to contribute on my specialist subjects including Guernsey, music & information technology. footie 16:30, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

misskittyfantastico

hello, I have just discovered Wikipedia and am very excited to have done so! My interests are wide and include philosophy (German philosophy in particular), literature, childbirth and bringing up children, social/public policy, buffy, anthropology, feminism, and probably more. Unfortunately I don't know as much as I would like about many of these things which is why I am so happy to have found Wikipedia!

hi , new and confused!

Hello, new to Wikipedia, have come across it a few times being led here by links but never had the time to register or have a good look around. i was reading a page about beer and being a ex brewer i thought i may add a thing or 2, anyway hello to u all and hope i can add somthing someone may find of use Whitedogdirt

Bluebry muffin

Hi everyone! I'm Bluebry muffin. I joined this as my second Wiki site. My main interests are computers. Bluebry muffin 23:14, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello. My name is vjai Reddy. I am 22 years old and I have been a Wikipedian since 30 January 2006. I have what I believe to be an infinite amount of interests (yes, call me a nerd.) I enjoy writing, reading, school, and puzzles. I want to learn anything and everything, so I am glad Wikipedia is here. In fact, I believe Wikipedia is KING! dont hesitste to visit my page

Helloooo!

Hi! My name is Hilary and I'm 14 years old as of 2 weeks ago. This is my first Wiki I've ever joined and I'm doing it for my computer class (well independent study really) and I think it's pretty cool. I have so many interests it isn't even funny so expect me to try to be doing a million different things at once! Bye.