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This page is about designer and engineer Robert Nelson Vance. For the U.S. Representatives from North Carolina, see Robert Brank Vance (1793 - 1827) and Robert B. Vance (1828 - 1899). For the American judge and murder victim, see Robert Smith Vance. For cricket player Robert Howard Vance, see Robert Vance |
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About Me (Robert Nelson Vance)editI am not new to the Wikipedia community, in-fact, I had made a plethora of contributions over the years. Unfortunately, after college, sometime while in the "real world", I lost time to contribute and apparently also lost any recollection of my account login information. So, I am starting new. Wikipedia has changed quite a bit since I was in college spending the wee hours of the morning writing content for articles; but we'll have another go!
I was born in Columbus, Ohio on May 16, 1983. I am a technician, engineer, designer, and artist currently working in the Central Ohio area. I attended high school at Hilliard Davidson High School where I participated in the Davidson Theatre program. I graduated from Ohio University with a bachelors degree in Telecommunications. More information about me and what I am up to can be found via my personal website. I recently left the company that I co-founded, and have now started up my own business - proVanceTek LLC. The company specializes in media and technology services, including (but not limited to) website design and hosting, structured media installation, video production, and audio production. Pages on which I am currently activeedit
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My Photoedit
Summer 2007, for our third Anniversary I took my girlfriend to dinner and to see Wicked, this photo is while we were at dinner. |
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Recent Work by Robertedit
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My Recent Notable Public AppearanceseditJessica Grové, Broadway Comes Home Benefit ConcerteditI was the sound designer for this event which was held in the Hilliard Davidson High School Performing Arts Center on December 02, 2007. The concert was to benefit the Jessica Grove Memorial Scholarship Fund which will be awarded to Hilliard Davidson High School, Hilliard Darby High School, and Hilliard Bradley High School senior theatre graduates each year "Concert to benefit theater departments". ThisWeek Community Newspapers. 2007-11-22. Retrieved 2007-12-08. Invisible Children Benefit ConcerteditI was the sound designer and the video production editor for this event which was held in the Hilliard Davidson High School Performing Arts Center on November 29, 2007. The video that I produced to accompany the orchestra and dancers can be seen in an article from a local newspaper "Dancer finds way to help Ugandan children". ThisWeek Community Newspapers. 2007-11-27. Retrieved 2007-12-08. |
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Editorial - 2007.12.12editWikipedia has become a rather interesting hairball of both information and ideals. On the front-page of the English Wikipedia, it notes itself via it's tagline as "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.[1]" A noun, as defined in the dictionary, encyclopedia is "a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge. [2]" That said, it surprises me how much content is improvidently moderated on Wikipedia. I mean, since I created my first account in 2002 when there was not nearly enough temperance, it's now migrated to the other extreme where site administrators temerariously hack the heck out of articles for which they have no expertise. I have noticed recently the exorbitant amount of articles that have been short of erased in the name of WP:COI or POV. We're talking about articles that have useful information on a topic, organization, or person. I'm amazed that Wikipedia hasn't setup a better method for forcing administrators to moderate one-another. After all, an administrator always has the leverage of blocking a user if they feel necessary, but what recourse does a user have if an administrator is fatuously moderating, or even censoring an article? Especially if it isn't a "high traffic" article that has the census safe-guard. WP:AN, or maybe WP:RFAR? Right... Joke.
It seems to me that a simple three strikes and you're out approach would suffice. When an administrator notices that a topic might be a bit shady, they'd submit it and a few notes on what they find "objectionable" to a cue for two other administrator to evaluate. While I understand that this has the inevitable effect of slowing down the moderation process, I believe it would be a happy solution to the user-administrator war over content and a compromise in the name of making Weikipedia a more "balanced" source.
Wikipedia has kinda become like the average police department... Police are too busy writing speeding tickets to people going 5mph over, completely missing the robbers two blocks away, or the car a half mile up the interstate with a flat tire. Wikipedia administrators have started paying soo much attention to the average content that average contributer is publishing that they're not able to keep up with the vandals repeatedly messing up content intentionally or they're missing opportunities to make valuable contributions to the Wikipedia community on topics for which they are actually experts. |
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- ^ Wikipedia. "Wikipedia Tagline". Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ^ Encyclopedia. "Wikipedia Definition of an Encyclopedia". Retrieved 2007-12-12.