I am a software developer with interests in science, particularly mathematics and computer science.
My username is derived from The book of the new sun.
I am quite interested in wikipedia, though I'm a bit concerned about the potential for abuse in having such an easily changed medium as a basis for an encyclopedia - it's all too easy for advertising to be inserted - or even outright propaganda. Sure, many people watching the page can spot some problems, but the John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy resulted after bogus claims went uncorrected for at least four months.
What about people with political agendas? Are political candidates turning their entries into hagiography?
Autarch 18:00, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Corrected grammatical error in my user page that made me sound like a bad imitation of a hip-hop artist. I really must have been short of sleep that time I edited the page...Autarch 17:20, 23 March 2006 (UTC) I think I got a little carried away with userboxes! ;-) Autarch 19:01, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Why not a link on Film Noir? Autarch 19:25, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Tidied up my userboxes a bit. Autarch 13:35, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
I seem to be adding quite a bit of material to the streets in Dublin category lately. Autarch 18:51, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Entry on Wikistress has excellent advice! Autarch 20:12, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Updated reference to category of streets and squares in Dublin, as the old category no longer exists. Autarch 17:15, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
Began trimming watchlist, as it's getting difficult to watch too many pages. Autarch 18:54, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Barnstar
[edit] Entries and categories
| Articles I created |
| Adamstown railway station, Dublin |
| Aware (voluntary organisation) |
| Bachelors Walk (Dublin) |
| Baggot Street |
| Ben of Howth |
| Callimahos, Lambros D. |
| Carrickbrack Road |
| Clyde Road |
| Custom House Quay |
| Dalkey Atmospheric Railway |
| The Diceman - a well-known Dublin celebrity who died in 1994. |
| D'Olier Street |
| East Wall Road |
| Eccles Street |
| Eileen Flynn |
| Ely Place (Dublin) |
| Exceat - a location in East Sussex |
| Gardiner Street, Dublin |
| Georges Quay (Dublin) |
| Herbert Park |
| Herbert Road, Dublin |
| House (operating system) |
| Huguenot cemetery, Dublin |
| James Joyce Tower & Museum |
| John de Courcy Ireland |
| Kevin McDaid (murder victim) |
| Letitia Dunbar-Harrison |
| Lough Dan |
| Maynooth railway station |
| Military Cryptanalytics |
| Mountjoy Square, Dublin |
| Nassau Street (Dublin) |
| North Strand Road |
| Null Object pattern |
| Parnell Square, Dublin |
| Pearse Street, Dublin |
| Phoenix Park railway station |
| PULSE (Police Using Leading Systems Effectively) |
| River Poddle |
| Royal City of Dublin Hospital, Baggot Street |
| St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton |
| Saint Francis Xavier Church, Dublin |
| Shielmartin Hill |
| Southease (before I registered a username) |
| Tara Street |
| Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom |
I'm gradually morphing this page into something approaching my activities in Wikipedia - closer to official Wikipedia policy. However, this change may take place asymptotically! Autarch 17:44, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
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Personal
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This user has been on Wikipedia for 6 years, 4 months and 8 days. |
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Programming languages
| C |
This user can program in C |
| C++ |
This user can program in C++. |
| LaTeX |
This user can typeset using LaTeX. |
| sql |
This user can program in SQL. |
| MATLAB-2 |
This user is an intermediate MATLAB programmer. |
| MAPLE-2 |
This user is an intermediate MAPLE programmer. |
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Science
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This user has a keen interest in physics. |
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This user accepts Evolution as a biological fact. |
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Music
| fan-3 |
This user loves U2. |
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