User:Michaelt24
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Hi, welcome to my user page. I crawl through different pages on Wikipedia, verify accuracy as well as grammar on pages.
I am small business owner that runs a web hosting company and photography business. Have over 10 years of managing a business and over 17 years of technology experience.
My philosophy/tips/musings on editing and article creation:
- Context is key.
- One good comprehensive article is better than a dozen isolated stubs. Merge when appropriate.
- Emphasize quality over quantity.
- Make technical articles understandable.
- Avoid overlinking, and don't link purely because an article exists by that name. Keep the reader focused on your article, and don't use multiple wikilinks when they draw emphasis away from the primary target (e.g. "described by the British naturalist Charles Darwin", not "the British naturalist Charles Darwin")
- Do not start lists with "This is a list of..."! Give those lists some introductory context!
- Be aware of the FUTON (full text on net) bias and the Digital divide: the vast majority of scholarly human knowledge is not freely available online, and an easily accessible source (e.g. first hit on Google) doesn't always mean a reliable or authoritative source. Don't be afraid to find and cite a book!
- Eschew obfuscation.
Useful tools:
- reFill - automatically expand bare url citations
- Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books - converts a url into a formatted reference
- Move-to-Commons assistant - easily move properly licensed files to Commons
Pages created
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Composed mainly or entirely from Public Domain sources
Disambiguation pages, redirects, categories, and other miscellaneous pages not included.