I also was instrumental in the founding of the WikiProjects dedicated to Texas (with Cyrius and Katefan0), Ancient Egypt (with Hajor and Llywrch), and U.S. regions (with Jmabel). As such, my grubby little fingerprints can be seen on those topics in ways such as the deference to the Oxford History of Ancient Egypt on naming conventions in Egypt related articles and the inclusive definitions of US regions. I am the "founder" of the defunct and controversial organization Esperanza—meaning I was the person who thought it up, originally hosted it in my userspace, served as its de facto leader, then first Administrator General. Esperanza grew rapidly, and my idea of what it should be and I were quickly and unintentionally sidelined, which lead to my resignation as its leader. I advised its membership when asked, and remained on good terms with its leaders, but otherwise remained dissociated from Esperanza. I was also involved in a rather unsuccessful project dedicated to the study of Wikipedia's internal dynamics, or wikipediology—a term that I coined—and a proposed outreach to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. As of 2007, the Marshall, Texas article is the oldest surviving featured city article and the one that has been featured the longest. The Marshall article is often cited as a model by users wanting to work a city article up to featured status, and thus has influenced many other articles styles; as such, it is probably the my most important work. In addition to the English Wikipedia, I had accounts on the Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Polish language Wikipedias. I also had accounts on Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikitravel, and Meta projects. I am occasionally active on Commons, which sometimes leads me to make a minor edit here. Occasionally people bring things to my attention that cause me to make an edit or comment; but generally, I am no longer active here.
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