Hi all. I'm an Aussie from Sydney currently living in China. I have been fortunate enough to live in many places, notably for most of the last decade in China, plus a year in London and a year in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Since November 19, 2003, I'm also an administrator on English wikipedia. Stick around awhile and you will be too!
I'm in to cycling, travel and photography, as well as programming which is both an interest and a profession that thankfully tends to pay my bills regardless of which end of the globe I wind up in.
Academically I enjoy reading up on Asian history and linguistics (and to a lesser extent, these topics in general), art, philosophy (mostly the increasingly popular personal kind that seems to evade most major religions), and mycology. I'm writing a history book at the moment, with no clear schedule.
Though I tend to write on the above subjects (especially Asian history and geography), there are some particular contributions that I'm proud of.
- Many years ago I founded Timeline of Buddhism by copying data I'd collated on my personal website, and that wiki is now quite a resource.
- I argued bitterly for the restoration of the Bitcoin article from the evil hands of the deletionists, and have since been vindicated in my judgement as Bitcoin's rise to prominence has continued.
- I liberated Code golf from the perlmongers to reflect wider usage.
- I am in the midst of a long term battle to inflict some semblance of transparency, citation of sources, and general accuracy to the animated map of the history of China which is currently used on MANY language wikis and in my somewhat informed opinion, poorly researched (I am the recipient of a Chinese government ancient history scholarship and the author of an upcoming book on one of China's border regions).
Knowing that I have a small impact upon the world for the greater good by contributing such things makes me smile.
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This user has been on Wikipedia for 8 years, 11 months and 8 days. |
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The motto of the AIW is Conservata veritate, which translates to, "With the preserved truth".
This motto reflects the inclusionist desire to change Wikipedia only when no knowledge would be lost as a result.
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