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Over the space of two years I edited many entries, most of them touching on hydrology and related fields (my fields of expertise), in an effort to improve the quality of Wikipedia. There is still much work to be done, but I have since directed my energy elsewhere.

Don't rely on information you find in Wikipedia. Use it to generate and help clarify ideas, and then seek out authoritative sources - and by that I mean something you know has been edited by a professional in the relevent area.

If interested in learning more about water resources, consider reading the blog archives of Down to Earth.

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+Over the space of two years I edited many entries, most of them touching on hydrology and related fields (my fields of expertise), in an effort to improve the quality of Wikipedia. There is still much work to be done, but I have since directed my energy elsewhere.
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+Don't rely on information you find in Wikipedia. Use it to generate and help clarify ideas, and then seek out authoritative sources - and by that I mean something you know has been edited by a professional in the relevent area.
-'''Me:''' I am a postdoctoral scientist at UW-Madison focussing on the transport of phosphorus into Lake Mendota. I have a PhD in [[Environmental_engineering|environmental engineering]] from [[Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology|MIT]]. This work was on [[computer simulation|modelling]] interactions among [[hydrology]], [[ecology]], and [[geomorphology]]. Contributing to Wikipedia serves two purposes for me: to learn how to cross the technical&mdash;non-technical communication divide, and to help improve understanding of [[Environmental_science|environmental sciences]] and their societal impacts. It is these impacts that drives me to study [[earth system science]], and its application in engineering and policy domains. When I get the inspiration and the time, my attention is mainly directed towards [[hydrology]], [[geomorphology]], and related topics. If you have any relevant requests tell me in my [[User_talk:Daniel Collins|talk page]], and I'll see what I can do.
-:My energies are moving towards my blog, [http://getdowntoearth.blogspot.com/ ''Down to Earth''], on the same topics I have contributed about here.
+If interested in learning more about water resources, consider reading the blog archives of [http://getdowntoearth.blogspot.com/ ''Down to Earth''].
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-'''Articles on my agenda:''' [[drought]], [[ecological engineering]], [[ecosystem services]], [[eutrophication]], [[flood]], [[hydrology]], [[land use change]], [[water cycle]], [[water resources]].
-'''Disclaimer:''' Don't rely on information you find in Wikipedia. Use it to generate and help clarify ideas, and then seek out authoritative sources - and by that I mean something you know has been edited by a professional in the relevent area. As for [[Special:Contributions/Daniel Collins|my contributions]], I do put into them a lot of care and rigour, as I do for [[peer review]], but I don't catch everything.
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