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David A. Sonnenfeld is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Environmental Policy , at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), in Syracuse, New York . I've been contributing to Wikipedia since 2006. My professional homepage is: https://www.esf.edu/faculty/sonnenfeld/index.php .
Lists
Early in contributing to Wikipedia, I enjoyed creating list articles . The taxonomy involved gave me a sense of making order out of chaos, helping people – including myself! – find and develop sets of related Wikipedia articles and identify gaps where new articles were needed. Among list articles I've initiated:
One challenge with list-articles is developing them into substantive, value-added encyclopedia articles, more than simple lists or 'directories'.
(Forestry was not, for the most part, my primary academic focus, but it's a fascinating, interdisciplinary subject and field, rich in history and human interaction with the natural environment , and involving peoples , cultures and institutions around the world . As with so many areas on Wikipedia, there are many contributions to be made.)
Navigation boxes
I've also found navigation boxes to be useful in 'gathering' and highlighting (curating ) related articles in Wikipedia. Among those I've initiated:
Environment and society navigation boxes
Aspects Issues
Theories Notable scholars
Economics Political economy Politics / sociology Non–academic
Forestry-related navigation boxes
Oil palms Diseases and pests Components Processes Products Organisations
Producers Buyers / processors Governmental / non-governmental
Policies, impacts and debates By country
A challenge with navigation boxes is keeping them trim: when too big, they become cumbersome and less useful.
WikiProjects
I'm currently largely inactive in WikiProjects . I was a co-founder of WikiProject Globalization . Other WikiProjects I have been involved with include:
The following navigation boxes are useful references for editing on Wikipedia:
Content
Conduct
Deletion
Enforcement
Editing
Project content
WMF (?)
General Government and politics
Military Religion People Typically non-profit
Publications Business Distinctions Subtemplates
Coordinates {{ coord }}
Dates
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, |founded=
, |opened=
etc.
{{ end date }} }—for |dissolved=
, |defunct=
Lists
Non-English text {{ lang }}
Website
Documentation
1 or research institution
2 or college
Inline cleanup tags
Attribution Clarity Miscellaneous Neutrality Precision
Time-sensitivity Verifiability
Dubious Bare URLs Incomplete or broken citation Missing or problematic reference
Wording General advice
Awards
Please see my awards and recognition page.
Userboxes
Many Wikipedia editors display userboxes on their user page to communicate something about themselves and their Wikipedia editing philosophy . Several that serve that function for me:
This user has been on Wikipedia for 17 years, 8 months and 16 days .
This user has made over55,000 edits to Wikipedia .