User:Warrenmck

This account is not my first, and was created in part because of a fundamental misunderstanding on my part of WP:CLEANSTART, though I briefly edited under the name Photonsoup. I have been active on Wikipedia since 2006 and am willing to provide the name of my original account to administrators who may have reason to ask. This is the only account I use or log into unless I’m on a wikibreak, in which case I may be logged in to Wikibreaksock to avoid the 2024 redesign, which should never be actively editing. My current projects on Wikipedia: Science: Improve articles on important Lunar minerals. Improve discussions around Presolar grains for greater accessibility to inexpert readers, since those articles are often written in quite a dense manner. Improve specific articles on Lunar terranes and samples from Lunar and Martian meteorites and their associated mineral inventories. Anorthite Augite Enstatite Chromite Ilmenite Olivine Pigeonite Quartz Whitlockite Lunar soil Presolar grains AGB stars Stellar nucleosynthesis Carbon stars Type II supernova Novae X-ray Diffraction Mineral physics Diamond anvil cell Geology of the Moon Geology of Mars I also substantially edit articles on historical linguistics topics, in particular trying to clean up the mess that has been our macrofamily articles. My knowledge of linguistics is lesser than my knowledge of geophysics and cosmochemistry and I try to acknowledge my limitations there by building consensus. For clarity on the userbox: my publications are in geophysics and volcanology, not linguistics. Useful pages: Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers (looking at you, FTN) Wikipedia:Neutral point of view Wikipedia:Fringe theories Essjay controversy (I have expertise, but nobody should rely on that!) I try to upload high-quality images relating to either remote places or scientific topics. A selection of my uploads is available below and a complete gallery can be found here: User:Warrenmck/Gallery	Info Self: This user is a linguist. This user is a cosmochemist and enjoys getting esoteric with isotopes. Freezed XRD This user is a mineral physicist. PLSCThis user is an expert in Planetary science. This user has published peer-reviewed articles in academic journals. Wiki: This user edits on Wikipedia under their real name. This user participates in Taskforce Moon. This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than 15 years.
	Warrenmck operating the 13-BMC synchrotron beamline at Argonne National Laboratory to probe the mysteries of a chondrite
Fun fact: Once upon a time I edited Wikipedia to provide the first readily-accessible correct rendering of the orthography of Ea-nāṣir, which resulted in the correct spelling being utilized in essentially all memes post-edit. I consider this to be my largest cultural footprint and it's hilariously silly to me.
Sampling of Warrenmck's Uploads to Wikimedia Inaccessible Island and Tristan da Cunha (Digital) Statue of a Bodhisattva at Matho Monastery (Digital) Sunset after a storm in Waikīkī (Cinestill 50D) Whalebone arch in Utqiaġvik (Ektar 100, medium format) Unloading a sample from a powder XRD instrument (Digital) A vial of presolar grains in suspension (Digital) Tabuluar iceberg d28a in the South Atlantic (Digital) Thin section of an Apollo 12 sample in cross-polarized light All released with a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.