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Iothiania isn't good at writing intros about herself, but does enjoy writing in third person. She started editing/contributing on [[October 30]], [[2004]], and goes by the nickname "Iotha". Her real name is Elizabeth, and is a [[ |
Iothiania isn't good at writing intros about herself, but does enjoy writing in third person. She started editing/contributing on [[October 30]], [[2004]], and goes by the nickname "Iotha". Her real name is Elizabeth, and is a [[mathematics]] student at the [[University of British Columbia]]. Much of her contributions are of a [[WP:COPYEDIT|copy editing]] nature. She spends a great deal of time reading Wikipedia articles, but generally edits on a rather sporadic basis. |
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==My projects== |
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I would consider myself to be an [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Essentialism Essentialist]. I think that articles on academic subjects such as science and history ought to be of a higher priority than popular culture ones (anime, new music, etc). As such, I tend to edit more "academic" articles, but I certainly won't stop myself from editing a pop article if I see something that needs work. On matters of deletion, I generally favour [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mergism mergism]. I think there's a lot of information in the world that merits being in an encyclopedia, but not nearly as much information that merits an article of its own. |
I would consider myself to be an [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Essentialism Essentialist]. I think that articles on academic subjects such as science and history ought to be of a higher priority than popular culture ones (anime, new music, etc). As such, I tend to edit more "academic" articles, but I certainly won't stop myself from editing a pop article if I see something that needs work. On matters of deletion, I generally favour [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mergism mergism]. I think there's a lot of information in the world that merits being in an encyclopedia, but not nearly as much information that merits an article of its own. |
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==Some Links== |
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[http://www.ubcmathclub.org/ UBC Math Club] |
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[http://www.xkcd.com/ xkcd] |
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[http://www.math.utah.edu/%7Echerk/mathjokes.html Math Jokes] |
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Aime la vérité, mais pardonne à l'erreur.
(Love truth, but pardon error.)— Voltaire, Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme (1738)
Iothiania isn't good at writing intros about herself, but does enjoy writing in third person. She started editing/contributing on October 30, 2004, and goes by the nickname "Iotha". Her real name is Elizabeth, and is a mathematics student at the University of British Columbia. Much of her contributions are of a copy editing nature. She spends a great deal of time reading Wikipedia articles, but generally edits on a rather sporadic basis.
My projects
Projects that I like to contribute to:
- Cleanup
- Collaborative
- Wikiprojects
- Portals
I also like to keep an eye on:
Past projects
- Completed
- Retired from
Other contributions
I have started a small number of articles; some examples would be:
- Portal:Earth sciences
- Mountain Equipment Co-op
- Delphin Enjolras
- ...as the Poets affirm
- Aqueous solution
I have created a few userboxes, such as {{User:Iothiania/Template:SD2}} and {{User:Iothiania/Template:User IB Alum}}.
I also took the photograph and labeled Image:Fencingsabre.jpg.
Wiki-philosophy
I would consider myself to be an Essentialist. I think that articles on academic subjects such as science and history ought to be of a higher priority than popular culture ones (anime, new music, etc). As such, I tend to edit more "academic" articles, but I certainly won't stop myself from editing a pop article if I see something that needs work. On matters of deletion, I generally favour mergism. I think there's a lot of information in the world that merits being in an encyclopedia, but not nearly as much information that merits an article of its own.
Some Links
- User en-CA
- User fr-3
- Wikipedians on the Typo Team
- WikiProject Physics participants
- Wikipedians interested in physics
- Wikipedians who fix disambiguation pages with links
- Wikipedians by alma mater: University of British Columbia
- International Baccalaureate Wikipedians
- Wikipedian fencers
- Wikipedians interested in environmental protection