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==Who am I?==

Hello, my username is <font color="#009900">Fightingirish</font>. I've been an avid Wikipedia editor since December 2005, with over 2000 edits so far. 

I am a member of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Radio_Stations|WikiProject:Radio Stations]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Television_Stations|WikiProject:Television Stations]], and have been working hard at creating quality articles in regard to broadcasting. Granted, I may be a tyrant and grammar fanatic at times, but I feel that this approach helps to create strong articles. Primarily, I concentrate on sentence and paragraph structure, create compromise articles that take into account various differences in opinion, and adding sources, logos and history.

==Purpose of this userpage==

What is all this crap doing here? This page serves two purposes. One, to give a little background on who I am. Second, I plan to refer to this page often for my own editing purposes, and have included various templates and resources that I refer to often. You may find this information useful too, and if that's the case, by all means help yourself. All I ask is that you don't alter or edit anything, including this user page or any of my custom templates, unless the purpose is to correct a userbox or something. If you have anything to add, please refer to [[User talk:Fightingirish|my talk page]].

'''''* View my full Wikipedia stats [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate?username=Fightingirish&site=en.wikipedia.org   here]'''''

==Things I've been working on==

I have a wide variety of interests, including...

===Broadcasting and media===

In a previous life, I did indeed work [[disc jockey|behind the mic]] in [[radio|radio broadcasting]]. Did both [[FM|FM broadcasting]] and [[AM|AM broadcasting]], in [[AOR|Rock]], [[Alternative rock|alternative]] and [[Country music|country]] formats. Seeing a need to afford the finer things in life (rent, food, etc.), I left the business and went into sales. I still have a longtime interest in broadcasting and media, and pursue it here and via my own [http://ltradio.blogspot.com blog]. I am an avid participant in articles regarding both radio and [[television]].

As mentioned at the top of the page, I am a stickler for readability, accuracy and grammar. I have worked at contributing well-sourced (when possible) historical information and old logos. After all, everything looks cooler with pictures! I've also been very adamant at removing [[cruft]] and other crap like full staff and schedule rosters. These look foolish on articles and waste a ton of space. 

* '''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_radio_navigational_boxes United States radio stations]'''''
* '''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_television_navigational_boxes United States television stations]'''''
* '''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Radio_stations_by_country Radio around the world]'''''
* '''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Television_stations_by_country Television around the world]'''''

====Current radio station article projects====
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Years_in_radio Years in radio] pages are being worked on, with original sign-on dates, events, births, deaths, etc.
* Radio establishments categories
* Removing outlandish schedules and lists that are redundant and clutter up articles
* Adding to historic and current logos
* Filing in userbox information

===Progressive talk radio===

As noted by my [http://ltradio.blogspot.com blog] above, I still foster a strong interest in broadcast media. Why did I start that crazy thing? It was something different, and nobody else was really doing anything similar at the time. Sure, liberal talk radio has a long way to go, and is much maligned (mostly by [[American conservatism|conservatives]], but they complain about everything). But I have always championed the underdog. I believe in the whole ''[[Rocky (movie)|Rocky]]'' thing. 

On Wikipedia, I started the [[progressive talk radio]] and [[I.E. America Radio Network]] articles. They still need a little work and updating, and that is one of my main goals. Also did a full rewrite of the [[Air America Radio]] article, which was a complete mess and badly scarred by the many edit wars taking place on it. I lopped off a bunch of [[cruft]], sent some to spinoff pages and made an article that I think represents the interests of both sides (the good and the bad, from both sides of the political spectrum). Apparently, it worked, as it has not been reverted or significantly edited in the past month or so.

And no, contrary to these articles and my blog, I don't contribute much to controversial political articles. They have enough activity and flame wars, and I much prefer to avoid that scene altogether. Plus, I'm not into gossiping about old bureaucrats. Not my scene.

===Movies===

I am an avid [[cinema]] buff. I helped to improve the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] article and have made many contributions to the various [[James Bond]] pages. 

===Roads===

Okay, I admit it. I'm a [[roadgeek]]. I've been working on adding things to various articles regarding [[interstate highways]], [[U.S. highways|U.S. routes]] and [[state highways]]. In the future, I plan to do an article about the [[spur route]] of [[Wisconsin Highway 794]], which is a half mile of unsigned road that gets no respect whatsoever. Think I could build it up to about 30K or something? :)

In the future, I'd like to contribute to a very important project called [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Antarctica Highways|Antarctica Highways]].

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