Wikipedia:Historical archive/New user log

Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! If you're new to our community, drop us a note here and tell us a little bit about yourself. Most important, we would like to know about your interests (for which we have a separate page), your areas of knowledge, and the sorts of things you'd like to work on here at Wikipedia. That makes it easier for us to help you start editing. We'd also appreciate it if you told us how you found out about Wikipedia.

To add yourself to the list:

• post a comment,
• enter your name as the subject/headline (which will make a new header for you in the log), and
• sign your name at the end of your comment by typing four tildes: ~~~~. (This code makes a link to your user page, which readers can use to welcome you personally if they like).

Your comments will then be added to the bottom of the list.

You may also like to add yourself to other lists, such as the listing in order of arrival, by country, or by skills (such as translation or photography). Finally, if you want a little personal assistance in using or contributing to the site, you might go through one of the Bootcamps.

An automatically generated list of new users can be found at Special:Log/Newusers.

Archived comments

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• 2005: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Surreal

Greetings. Been using wikipedia as a source of information for quite a while. Created another account (been so long I'd forgotten username) and plan to add a little here and there when I can. --Surreal 08:44, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Roedd

I am rohit from Kerala,India.I am 16 years old and have been doing minor edits for a while now.Now i want to contribute more rohi 04:58, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

ifranzen

Hello,

Just wanted to give a quick "Hello" and introduction to current Wikipedians.

My name is Ian Franzen, and I am an 18 year old student, currently attending Bryant University. I am originally from Ridgefield, Connecticut.

I have been using Wikipedia for a few years (it came in very handy during my high school years). Just recently, I became increasingly interested in how Wikipedia operated. I always knew it was "open to editing" by anyone, but I never really understood how community-based it really was. I am very eager to contribute to the community in any way I can.

I am skilled in Adobe Photoshop, HTML, and web design (but no expert). I also am very good at personal research, and have worked with multiple companies to perform personal investigations. However, my current interests center on Philosophy, specifically Jean-Paul Sartre. I am actually transferring from Bryant next year to major in this subject. I am thinking about pursuing an advanced degree.

Although I feel like I have adequate knowledge and background in research to contribute to Wikipedia, my grammar and spelling skills are quite lacking. I would like to improve my spelling and grammar skills.

Please keep up your excellent work, and have a happy New Year.

64.252.69.55 08:55, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Swedenborg

Hi, My name is Lennart and you can find more info about me on homepage

I will try to learn more about Wikipedia and how I can help, its a cool thing! --Swedenborg 15:23, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Lord Davinator

Hi I'm here to work on the nepali version of wiki and see what I can do for the english version.--P Funk 18:11, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

sjaycee

Probably older than most other users, just about to turn 60. Born and educated in England (Oxford Un iversity) became US citizen in 91. Work in international business. Speak French reasonably fluently. Key interests are history (particularly military)literature. Retiring soon and looking forward to taking part in this project. Sjaycee 19:13, 1 January 2006 (UTC)ǎ

dustynus

I know how to play the bagpipes, and I'm a student pilot, and a chemistry student.

cheers and peace! msn: stockermans@gmail.com

hi

im james

im age 12 my birth day is on chritmas eve

and i love cows i go to highschool an every saturday and tuesday i have rolerskating

happy new year! —the preceding unsigned comment is by Madcowpoo (talk • contribs) 00:37, January 2, 2006 (UTC)

Chewbacca (TullFan2000)

Hi! Most everyone calls me Chewie (or "Jewie" if they are a close friend), and my interests are mainly music and science fiction. I read often, and my favorite author is Terry Brooks. I play piano, sax, and flute with varying degrees of skill... anyway, if ya wanna know more about me, my AIM is oB1uRHoMiE, MSN is stuph_3@hotmail.com. Or you could leave a message on my talk page, which works just as well. -Chewbacca 13:58, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

you are too young to be on the internet. Go read a book.

My 2 pence

HI there, I am from Germany and just started to add some pages on numerical methods.

DerHannes 22:25, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Mattorocker

Im 12 years old and i hope to help in the pro wrestling categories.Mattorocker 23:01, 2 January 2006

Lisa Williams

Hi, I'm a new Wikipedian. I do a little gardening on the Watertown, Massachusetts article, and I'm teaching myself wiki markup and proper Wikipedia style. I love Wikipedia Signpost and I'm looking forward to going to Wikimania which will be held nearby this year. Lisa Williams 23:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Jhonkaz10, Perfered Canderous Ordo

Canderous Ordo, Malachor, Mandalorians Hey its me Canderous, and I am working on a Game Type Clan ,Mandalorian Clan, with EGTv and all thier partners. You'll find that i cannot spell good. So i have Spell Check and my secreatary. I enjoy Lifting Wieghts, and i enjoy to educate those about Mandalorians ways, according to me and lucas. Jhonkaz10 01:11, 3 January 2006 (UTC)Me

MusicMaker5376

Hey, all. I've been an avid reader of Wikipedia for awhile, now, and have contributed minor edits along the line. I hope to add my first article sometime within the next couple of days.

Interests include music (obviously), theater, the combination thereof, Canada, literature, Phish, mathematics, disenfranchised French youths, and rice pudding.

I live in the artistic and intellectual void of South Jersey, USA.

I have the coolest Dalmatian in the world, Daisy. (Named after Daisy Buchanan from The Great Gatsby.)

I own forty-three pairs of pants.

MusicMaker5376 04:40, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

OwarePlayer

I've been using Wikipedia for several years, and decided it's time to move from consumer to contributor.

By profession I'm a computer consultant and my interests include amateur astronomy, travel, ancient Egypt, sourdough bread, solar cooking and (of course) playing oware. OwarePlayer 07:02, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Firemoth

Hi,

I've been using Wikipedia for a while now, but have only just recently made an account. For the past few days I have been making the odd edit, none of them major. I hope in the future I can contribute by creating new articles and improving the already existing ones more than I already have.

Now a little about myself.

My name is Justin, I am 22 years of age. I was born in Geelong, Australia, which is also where I currently live. My knowledge is based mostly around Computers and the Internet, which is what I have just finished studying. I also have a large amount of interests, too many to list, however some of them are:

• Films & Documentaries.
• Science Fiction Television Shows.
• Military History and Technology. (Slowly increasing my knowledge of this one).
• Computers, The Internet and Gaming.

Soon I'll be putting a little information about myself on my User:Firemoth page, so Hopefully I haven't gone into too much detail in this introduction.

If you've read everything above that I've said, thank you for taking the time to read it.

--Firemoth 11:18, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Michael David

My work is in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy with a subspecialty in the Dependencies. I spent (rather passionately) most of the 60's at UC Berkeley. I collect (for those who still remember them) LP phonograph records. Perhaps, more later… Right now I'm trying to figure out how to start a talk page. Be gentle. Michael David 17:09, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

hahaandy1

I'm a history student at Oxford University, and am interested in helping out in anyway I can. I am particularly interested in European, British and American History and Politics. --Hahaandy1 19:41, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Esrever

Greetings, all! Like many other Wikipedians, I came by this site first for research purposes, and then for pleasure (I'd pick a topic, read the article, and then just start clicking—I can spend hours doing that). I'm a bit of a grammar and usage nut, so I started doing minor edits by correcting spelling and grammatical problems in the articles I read, which is how I really started getting "involved" here. I don't have one particular area of interest, but I will happily read just about anything. Esrever 06:01, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

TiroDalmaticus

Hello,

I am an undergraduate student of Mathematics and Physics from Canada with additional interests in Classics, Historical Linguistics, the history of Education, and matters relating to the culture and history of Croatia. Whilst woefully underqualified to tackle subjects in mathematics or physics here (though I'm developing interests in mathematical physics and operator algebras), I do hope that I'll be of some use with regards to at least some more obscure topics relating to, for instance, Croatian history. Happy New Year to all who read this!

TiroDalmaticus 07:53, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Jdn18

Hey,

I am new to this whole wiki thing, but I think it is great! I hope to contribute a few good artivcles to this place and also help keep the vandalism down to a minimum.

Jdn18 17:36, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Lady Percy

I am a research technician working on neurological imaging of autistic children at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I graduated from said university a year and a half ago with a BA in psychology. My interests include history of psychology, history of science, linguistics, astronomy, knitting, and film. My plan is to attend graduate school in Information Science in the fall. What better place to study information than Wikipedia! I hope to do some copy-editing as I live to correct grammar and to contribute to articles that I have some knowledge about. Lady Percy 22:19, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Adekoya

(heading and formatting fixed by Akamad 01:41, 6 January 2006 (UTC))

Am a young businessman wit determination to make poeple fill free and happy all the time and to fulfill my promise to work hard to mind to achieve my aims on the field. And as a business consult and a substancial farmer to meet peooles need at all time,and ready to work under any condition at any given time any where in the world without been lazy. —the preceding unsigned comment is by Adekoya (talk • contribs) 00:58, January 6, 2006 (UTC)

-Antonius-

I have been a non-registered user since August 2005 with minor edits beginning shortly thereafter. I was encouraged to register and to contribute to Wikipedia by Kbailey1.

Currently I have no specific contributions in mind, but intend to add or clarify information as needed.

Currently residing in Hawaii, working and attending classes both in the IT/computer tech support field.

-Antonius- 02:09, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Rebdomine

Hello all. Just saying hi and this site is one of lifes simple pleasures.

Hello

I'm not really new, but I just found this page. --TheLimbicOne(talk) 04:45, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

cheseboy

Hello everybody. I've had this account for a while, and it's just now that I'm doing something with it. It remains to be seen if I become a productive wikiuser. Any and all help is appreciated. My current hobbies include playing in sandboxes and motivating myself to create my user page. And I'm cheseboy, not Cheeseboy. It's time for me to take a nap, so see you guys around. Cheseboy 05:19, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Dartagnan

I recently discovered Wikipedia and have become a willing participant in the process. The concept is facinating. I have a strong editing background in my work. One of my favorite interests is dogs. I am looking forward to contributing to the Wikipedia project. Dartagnan 14:28, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

John Chunko, no relation to the candy bar...

Hi all... neat project indeed, smartly done. Nice place to spend some of my spare time... it reminds me of the great encyclopedia project in Asimov's Foundation novels... thousands of encyclopediaists working for hundreds of years to create the Encyclopedia Galactica... who knows how long this project might live... eons?... well, let's hope.

I'm 57, Cornell educated (grad.), and cut my teeth in the advertising business selling big-ticket space programs (print media)... now I own a new media company which produces Affinity Alliances for Fortune 100 companies.

Hobby-wise, I'm the publisher of www.CigarNexus.com (started back around 1997), and my other hobbies are based mainly around collecting: pocket knives; chinese firecracker labels; vintage wines (I own the oldest bottle of wine in the world, a 1646 Imperial Tokay, entered officially in the 1993 Guiness World Records tome); sci-fi comics from the gold and silver ages; fountain pens; pinball & slot machines; and US coins and stamps.

I'm a futurist moderate and apolitical. My favorite place in the world is St. John, USVI. Best thing I ever did was have two wonderful children, they teach me everyday. And, I love to write.

Well, that should be sufficeint to get me into some trouble around here... look forward to hearing from you. Regards ...JC 17:27, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Thomas Stork

I am intersted in areas of geography, history (french revoultion), chemistry and physics, as well as current UK politics. I first discorved Wikipedia through internet research 81.159.66.118 20:58, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi Thomas. I suggest you create an account on Wikipedia, then repost here what user account name you used. Yhis is because, due to some unfortunate vandalism, which you may have read about in the news, there has been a change in Wiki policy, reducing what can be edited, or started, by a person who is known only to Wiki by their IP address. User:AlMac|^(talk) 23:23, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

I Heart Wikipedia

Captain Bling loves Wikipedia! I use it a lot for everything - schoolwork, stuff that I decide I don't know enough about, and just link-hopping.

Long live its philanthropic existence!

Captain Bling 23:49, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Hi All,

Just dropping in to say hello. I'm a 20-something girl who heard about Wikipedia through UTNE magazine. I was pretty stoked about the whole idea. I think information should be free, and this community seems like a great one so far. I've got a bit of expertise in a few areas, so I hope to contribute there.

Hope to meet more of you soon!

Amanda 02:29, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Baiju Philipose

Hi,

I am a Malayali expat working in Kuwait, an engineer, amateur astronomer and catholic reader...

have heard of the wikipedia from my friends and have browsed from time to time...

Mary

This place has been really useful to me, so I thought I pop in and help with some of the Cambridge, UK articles. Hope to see you around!

--Two Tone 16:51, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Whopper

Hello:0 I am User:Whopper, and I work at Burger King, I am 20 years old and I lovePro Wrestling. I have watched wrestling since 1989. Here are some wrstling topics you can ask me about.

• ECW
• NWO
• AWA
• OMEGA
• TNA
• WCW
• WWE

Those are just a few of the wrestling brands I know so if you have any questions, not just about wrestling. Whopper 18:59, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

GBH

I am a lawyer qualified in England. I also have a degree in Geography from Cambridge University. My main current interest is the history of England in the early modern period, particularly outside London: local law enforcement, how people were fed, what they read and popular culture. My research at present is concentrated on the place name Beggars Bush, which has involved much research into theatre, (not Shakespeare), and badgers, (see article). I am working fairly systematically through entries for English writers in the early modern period, on which Wikipedia is presently weak, with most of the entries basically from the 1911 Britannica. Thanks for the encouraging note about Caxton Gibbet. In England we don't often have disagreements with people with guns!

Waxer

Hi,

I've only recently started editing, but have been reading/using Wikipedia for some time now.

I live in Cronulla Australia. I work as a Technology Architect for a large company in Sydney, Australia.

I'm a big Sydney Roosters fan, and usually browse/edit stuff here when I'm bored at work...

Waxer 05:46, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

A WikiFan/Numbuh3.14

I'm new too, but for some unknown reason I lost my status, so I started over with a new one. I would like to know if there is a certain number of contributions that you can do until you lose your status. If not, then why did I lose my status all of a sudden?

A WikiFan

Numbuh 3.14 06:42, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

1. I think there is a bug in Wiki that causes it to log us out after a while. The solution is just to log back on and ignore it, unless it happens a lot in a short time, then go ask about that at Wikipedia:Help desk.
2. With thousands of people here from all over a real world that has wars and hatred and all sorts of conflicts, I think it is a major miracle that we all get along together so well. Perhaps the real world can learn a lesson from us. Anyhow, it is pretty difficult to do a lot of cosntructive work without stepping on someone else's toes, so sooner or later one of those people, who imagines you have stepped on their toes, will complain to the sysops. The important thing is for you to see this happening, and mount a strong defense. There is a process for resolving this. User:AlMac|^(talk) 09:24, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

ratecase

Just posted my first post here. The rules were baffling to me but I hope to work it out. I am a history buff, from merely Ancient back to the Missing Link. tom 05:24, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Here are links to some of the rules to help you get started. Check out Other important aid first, then the section above that. This is a new volunteer project that is just starting, so not much there as yet. User:AlMac|^(talk) 03:40, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Paul168

(heading added by Akamad 19:25, 10 January 2006 (UTC))

Hi,

I am the director of Food for Life, the world's largest vegetarian/vegan food relief at WWW.FFL.ORG [1] . I have recently posted info on Food for Life and how our organization is addressing the Food for Life and the Millennium Development Goals [[2]]. It is a great organization of enthusiastic volunteers. We are pretty much everywhere in the world heling people in some way or another.

This is a photo of me serving people in Sri Lanka after the tsunami.
File:Paulturner orpans.jpg

- Paul Rodney Turner Director Food for Life Global

Stlom

Hello, this is Stlom. I'm 22 years old and live in Olympia, Washington, USA.

I've been relying on Wikipedia as a source of information for a while now, and am appreciative of the generally high level of quality for most articles. Despite making a few minor edits on various articles, I had never really considered creating an account of my own. However, that changed when I noticed there was no article about Judith Ortiz Cofer, which surprised me since she is fairly popular and renowned. So I took it upon myself to create one. I'm hoping other Wikipedians will expand and improve it, as it is pretty basic. Stlom 20:37, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

VladAntlerkov

I've been using Wikipedia for a while now, but didn't register until about 20 minutes ago. I'm 19 years old, currently an undergraduate (math major) at Rice University in Houston, Texas. My main interests are computer strategy games (which, strangely, I'm no good at), history (particularly pre-400s AD, although I've been studying a bit of 19th-century-European history as of late), and being a slacker.

I'm also a goon. (lol stairs lol)

New to Wiki

Hullo everyone! I've been reading up articles (along with the discussion pages)on Wikipedia for close to six months now and am happy to make productive contributions.Earstotheground 04:41, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Faded_Mantis

Hi everyone. I'm a long time listener first time caller (I've always wanted to say that). I joined Wikipedia back on October 29 2005 (the day I made my first edit, altered some poor grammer). I started off making little spelling and grammer edits, but I've branched out into activly editing article content and partaking in disscussion.

I'm a 17 year old student of Katikati College in New Zealand, I intend to head off to Massey University once I've finished College to do a Bachelor of Applied Science in Horticulture, I'll probally stay for the masters.

My interests include; General History from early man to the 19th century; Military History from 2000BC until the end of WW2 in 1945. In science my interests are mainly in biology (both flora and fauna).

Sorry if this introduction seams fragmented, it's much harder to say something about your self than it is to discuss the pharmaceutical benifits of White's Tree Frog -- Faded_Mantis 07:34, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Munawwar Ali Syed

Hi, i am Syed, an Information Technology Consultant working in the Healthcare Domain. I confess that i am fairly new to Wikipedia but find it really interesting and useful. My firm uses the very latest in technologies in all our products/services. We are keen on extending our expertise towards the better-welfare of mankind. I am further interested in participations, discussions about developing a universal platform for Electronic Medical Records. Looking forward to hear from (rather read from) interested fellowbeings.203.101.46.220 12:01, 11 January 2006 (UTC). Syed

5dots

I've used Wikipedia a lot, for some legitimate research, but also in random reading - I enjoy learning new things that I might not have learned otherwise. In my lookings, I've seen a lot of typos, misspellings, and bad grammer, and I do think it reflects poorly. I used to just think, "someone ought to change that", then I started changing it, now I signed up so my changes can be tracked. I try not to significantly edit content, really, as most of the articles I edit are about subjects which I know nothing about.

S.Neelakantan - My first post.

I am a retired Professor of economics, now living in a relatively isolated hamlet in Tamilnadu State in India. Internet connection to my hamlet is erratic and slow. Still I am able to visit Wikipedia often, generally around midnight!I have fairly adequate language skills in English, and my services are available for any useful editing work. I am yet to learn editing wiki pages, and I have begun the tutorial lessons now. I hope to master the skills soon. Neelakantan 18:09, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

You might want to visit the Category:Indian Wikipedians, follow the instructions to categorize yourself with your fellow countrymen and women on Wikipedia (this is totally optional of course), and visit Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics to see if there are Wikipedia articles in need of contributions, where your particular know-how would be a boon. As newcomers state their general interests here, some of us also post tip and suggestions on your talk page. Welcome to Wikipedia. User:AlMac|^(talk) 00:47, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Leopod

Hi, I'm new to editing but have been using Wikipedia for awhile now and decided it was time to contribute.

Leopod 18:20, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

SalvorHardin

Hi! I've been using Wikipedia as a reference for a couple of years now, ever since Google started returning Wikipedia entries as the top results for my searches.

A couple of days ago I came here to find information on the role-playing game De Profundis and discovered that no such article existed - the first time I can remember Wikipedia having a blind spot about a topic in which I was interested. I decided I was just going to have to use the sources I already had and write the article myself.

I've put up a project proposal for the creation of a series of articles about De Profundis and its sister games, Hogshead Publishing's legendary New Style line of games. I look forward to collaborating with everyone who's interested.

Cheers,

Salvor Hardin 18:55, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Honeygnome

Dropping in just on the off chance that there are things that I know about that somehow aren't fully recorded and discussed here. I'm interested in new religious movements, esoteric christianity, communication theory, hoaxes, baking, genre fiction, psychology (especially gestalt and subjectivism), hypnotherapy, linguistics, and a host of other stuff. I figure that if nothing else, I'm a good hand with the proofreading, and I'm not a bad researcher, so that might be helpful.

Happy times,

--Honeygnome 19:17, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Belated salutations!

Hi, just wanted to post a holler to all you wikipedians out there. Glad to be a small part of this huge website, cya guys around! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Red-Alert2 (talk • contribs) 19:54, January 11, 2006 (UTC).

I love Wikipedia!

I can find almost anything here, ranging from school topics to tv shows. Now, I am addicted to this site, and it is one of the best encyclopedia sites around.

--User:va_girl2468 19:10, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

permanent link ?

Hi,

I've just recently began using Wikipedia, and I was wondering if there's a way to save a collection of topics that you would like to revisit. The watchlist allows one to view any ongoing changes, but it's not convenient as a collection of bookmarks. I thought it would just be nice if there was a sidebox (such as "toolbox") for your collection of favorite topics. I tried the "permanent link", but I didn't see it do much. Anyway if you have any idea as how I go about doing this it would be greatly appreciated. I guess one option is just to save it to my bookmarks, or del.icio.us collection. But I thought it would be nicer to have it all in one place. Thanks.

Whoopsi 05:37, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

(formating fixed by Akamad 06:22, 12 January 2006 (UTC))

I replied on the user's talk page. - Akamad 06:29, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

racking the brain on a song...

Very impressed, finally a radio station that plays EVERYTHING! My boyfriend(musician)was listening a few weeks ago and heard a song that he wanted to download but didn't catch the title or artist of the song. He comes to me(one who can't remember a song that just player five minutes ago)sings the first few line of the song: "Love of my life, how can I go on..." the way he sang it, to me sounded like Scorpions but he assured me it wasn't. Mentioned it was an older song maybe from 60's 70's. I have two other people searching the net and racking our brains. Please help us! Oh yah and I forgot the Chorus may go like so: "I've been waiting for someone like you..."

Please help find the song we are looking for,

Karen younique_chic at hotmail dot com

No spam.

Roshawn kelly

Hello! I am Roshawn kelly, I am a gifted student who loves to work on science, math , and sometimes Lang. Arts.I am very good at singing, writing poetry, writing songs, making beats, and just being myself. I see myself as a person just waiting for something good to happen. I have seven brothers, Lavatiae, Jacquay, Jarvis, Jiris, Damarco, Marquel, and Kaiser, who all give me supprot in everything that I do. I also sing in a choir with some of the friends I have. Belive me, i don't want to say the names of all of my friends, i have a little bit too many, just kidding, you can't have too many friends. I practice martial arts (mainly karate) and I meditate. I found out at an early age that i have anatural psychic ability on which my grandmother calls God's discernment. I have many dreams and visions on which comr true 90 percent of the time. I may seem a little ordinary, but there are a lot of interesting things abotu me that i might say later on in the future. See ya later!

Hello

Hey, Twilight-Link here, I just wanted to say hello to all of the other Wikipedians out there. I mostly use this website as research for the stories I write in my spare time, so I'm gonna try to help out wherever I can, editing here and there, adding a new article, so yeah...See ya later.

Twilight-Link 21:44, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Christina Preston

Hey all, new here. Been using the site every once in a while for research and such, very useful stuff here.  :) Christina Preston 06:56, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

MasterABD

I don't understand something. I am a long time experienced bdsm lifestyler and I have a free website with knowledge and safety articles. Within this website are links to affiliate websites and adult content providers but they are not what my website is at all about. In the past I have edited many articles pertaining to bdsm, bondage, gorean lifestyle, and the likes. Typically I also add my website as a external source for bdsm community discussions.

The thing I don't understand is that some of the wikipedia pages allow my website link to stay up (and have for a LONG time running) others delete my link. At first I assumed someone just re-edited those pages and removed my link, but today I recieved a message telling me not to post commercial sites. My site is not commercial in any way with an exception of showing "advertisements" (however the good standing website of tes is a not for profit commercial site and listed on nearly every wikipedia bdsm page). I sell nothing on my site which would make it commercial. I think it is a good resource for certain topics and therefore I add it. Should I just not add external resources? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.186.114.150 (talk • contribs)

You added it to every BSDM-related article, which looked like a spambot. I'm sorry for being so harsh, but adding to just *one* article would have been better. Elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (Be eudaimonic!) 10:57, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Metaleer

Hey, all. Let me introduce myself: My name's Daniel, I'm 19 years old and I'm currently an engineering student in Spain. I was born in the US, my parents are of Indian origin and I'm living in Spain right now. Metaleer 14:55, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

TheAnarcat

Just a quick word to say hello and long life wikipedia. TheAnarcat 16:38, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Foolish Child

Hello, Wikipedia. Foolish Child 12:48, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Evil Hampster

Hello,

My real name is Paul Montroy. I am currently 17, living the most boring existance in Hubbardsville, NY. I owe a debt of gratitude to this website, for I now have a semi-reliable source of knowledge that will hopefully give me something to do with the vast amounts of time I have to kill. I also look forward to using this place at Paul Smith's college where I am bound by early decision to go.

Sinetist says

Well....I'm new here. Been using wikipedia as a source for bits of info for a while. Searched for something tonight that I know a bit about and found nothing on it so I thought I might join in and add something.

I'm Canadian, live on the west coast of Canada on an island. I'm 60 years old, an artist, craftsperson and traveller. I've made a few web pages. Now I'll contribute something here and see how that goes.

Sinetist

Jaffer

Hello fellow editors:

My name is Jaffer and I am a newbie to editing. My specialty is in historical videos and historical footage where I have been involved for over 20 years. I am 50 years old and discovered Wikipedia about 9 months ago and became hooked as a reader.

I started editing a few days ago by adding video clips that are legal to articles. I have been using a site owned by my family called evtv1.com. My family also happens to own British Pathe film library, but much of it is not yet available for online viewing. When it is, I will be adding links to that as well.

Adding links to video is tricky because you need to know if the rights allow for such linking. That is why I have stayed with evtv1.com links because I know the rights disposition. Anyway, I think Wikipedia is the single greatest resource on the web. My goal is to link video to over 5000 articles by years end...that is if the Admins allow. I have been accused of SPAMMING three times in a few days. Jaffer 06:50, 15 January 2006 (UTC) Jaffer

Rushey Platt

Hi everyone. Recently signed up to edit, but been using Wikipedia for a couple of years or so. I live to the north of London. Special interests are railways (I've worked in the industry for 20 years), geography and music. I've accumulated lots of useless knowledge over the years - hope I can put it all to good use on here! All the best. Rushey Platt 20:32, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Joshbooks

As my username implies I am rather fond of literature, I have always enjoyed reading encyclopedias and dictionaries and thought it would be interesting to contribute to one. My primary areas of interest and expertise are as follows 1. Fantasy and a few science fiction universes 2. science, primarily areas having to do with experimental physics or biochemistry 3. A bit of psycology (primarily the effects of trauma on the psyche) Joshbooks 20:52, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Joelmills

Hi everybody. My name is Joel, and I am new to all this. I heard about Wikipedia on National Public Radio, and I was impressed to hear about the Nature article that referred to a similar error rate as the Encyclopedia Brittanica.

I am a 33 year old small animal veterinarian, so that is where my initial edits and article creation will be. I have been in practice for almost nine years. Hopefully, I can expand the current articles and add new ones of interest to dog and cat owners.

Please let me know if there is anything I can add to Wikipedia that is of interest to you. Also, tell me if I am doing anything wrong. Like I said, I am new to all of this. -- Joelmills 21:12, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

TheCartel

Hi, I'm a 17 year old student from Wales. I've been contributing under IPs for a while so I thought it's finally time for my to create an account :) --TheCartel 21:12, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

LonesomeDrifter

Oi!

I have been using wikipedia for about a month now. I hope to make some contributions to philosophy, sociology, and political science articles, among others. Still working out the system, but I think I am getting it. Check out my user page here!

Hello !

Hello my name is Sheher yar and I was looking list of bank in Montreal if any one can know and in searching I found this site is very helpful but my issue is still pending so I need help if some one can give list of banks in Montreal plus emails or Telephone Numbers thanks my email address is sheheryar73@yahoo.com

Paul Hurley

Hello everyone, this is spookily like standing up in the biggest auditorium in the world !!

See you all around (I Hope)

PaulHurleyuk 15:34, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Klothekid

Yeargh and ahoy me mateys. I'm an 18 year old student in St. Louis, MO. I like trying to write poetry that doesn' suck (it is difficult), movies, and music. Some music I recommend: Neutral Milk Hotel, The Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Midlake, The Unicorns, The Decemberists, Mates of State, Air, Enya, Nick Drake, Animal Collective, The Shins, Postal Service, The Flaming Lips, Grandaddy, Frou Frou, Songs: Ohia, Hem, and Fiasco's Undoing.

Klothekid 19:33, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

J Arthur Sims

Hello!

I am particularly interested in network security related topics as well as maritime fiction.

KrazyCaley

College student with a ridiculous number of interests and hobbies, I'll likely be all over the place. Still learning wiki conventions, but I'll get the hang of them eventually. In the meantime, edits/cleanups/helpful shoves in the right direction are much welcomed.KrazyCaley 22:55, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Evan Robidoux

Hello. My name is Evan Robidoux. I am 13 years old and I have been a Wikipedian since 17 January 2006. I have what I believe to be an infinite amount of interests (yes, call me a nerd.) I enjoy writing, reading, school, and video games (particularily [SP?] Morrowind for XBOX.) I want to learn anything and everything, so I am glad Wikipedia is here. In fact, I believe Wikipedia is KING! Go Wikipedia! Feel free to visit my user page (which isn't all that spectacular yet.)

Echelon07

I'm Echelon07, a 20 year old computer geek and web programmer from the midwest United States. I'm new as of today as a contributor to Wikipedia, but I have been using it's resources for nearly 2 years. I have since added a few pages for some unknown bands and contributed some unknown (and verifiable, thank you very much!) facts to others. I'm a music-aholic, and I can already see how contributing to this tome of human knowledge can become such an addiction!

-- Echelon07 17:56, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Coolgamer

Hi. I'm not new, I just never "signed in". Mainly doing minor edits for grammer and spelling, but have taken down some copyright vios, advert spam, and created a good number of articles. Coolgamer 20:37, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Gungho

Hi, new to Wikipedia. I do intend to RTFM, but please help me out if I do something stupid. Gungho 20:40, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Manmonkey

Hello - been reading Wikipedia for a little while and thought it time to put soemthing back. Grew up in Ireland ( Northern Ireland) and now live in northern England. Have indepth knowledge of UK Social Security law and related areas as well as UK punk music and mountain biking.

Manmonkey 21:27, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Chris.Seedyk

Hi, name is chris. i have been using wikipedia since 2003, but i just recently decided to get an account and start editing. Chris.Seedyk 23:46, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm 700!!

Hey ErikNY I do have proof for the Gail Kim birthday. Here's the site: http://www.talktna.com/forum/calendar.php?s=&c=1&week=&=2&year=2006 (UTC)

Doctor Headcrash

Greetings, wiki bretheren. I'm an MIT Ph.D. with penchant for computing and electronics, and spent more than a few years at the Media Lab. I've run a wiki of my own for the last six years, based on Ward Cunningham's original Perl code, now hacked beyond recognition. I spent way too many years in higher education (10 years in grad school alone) and hope to make modest contributions here in some of the areas I've studied, including:

• Wearable computing and related topics,
• Cognitive and perceptual factors in human-computer interaction,
• Hardware and software engineering,
• Theoretical computer science, espepcially as it intersects with physics and philosophy,
• and experimental design, probability and descriptive/generative statistics.

... more on my personal page, once I get it set up. Cheers! DoctorHeadcrash 07:06, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

iam gladly happy to joint your organisation due to total co-operation you give to student to develop their knowledge in order to become good citizens & good leader,i also like to thank the management in their dedication to see the entire world develop their carrier.

TLesher

I've been reading and editing Wikipedia for about two years (most significantly de-stubbing Paul Allen), and just now got around to registering. Tlesher 21:24, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

ConstellationMagick

Um, hi! I often use Wikipedia as a resource, so I finally decided to join it. (Actually, it took me quite a long time to realize you could join it in the first place.) ConstellationMagick 00:39, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Everyone,

Good to be part of the Wiki Community Lisam1 02:22, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi

My name is Samuel Saltman. I'm a 23 year old recent college graduate from New Jersey. I found out about Wikipedia only a year ago and, because I get into so many heated arguments with friends about historical and political issues, I began using Wikipedia as one of my many sources to prove myself right! (I always seem to win those debates, hmmmmm...) I have to admit that I am a little reluctant to read all the policy and "how to" stuff. I love reading literature, politics and history, but I HATE reading technical and legal/policy-style jargon.

I'm really interested in the Middle-East, particularly Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and the "war on terrorism," although I am interested in anything related to international politics.

I also speak Portuguese - being the son of a Brazilian woman - and I am very impressed by the fact that I found a plethora of articles about Brazilian soccer teams. I am definitely going to get my hands on editing that.

One last thing. I'm an English instructor at a learning center (I was an English major in college) so I guess you can call me a stickler for grammar (although I'm sure I've made tons of mistakes in this comment already). I've notcied that you guys put punctuation such as periods and commas outside of quotation marks. For example, "This is what the guy said". That is definitely not correct. Here's a link that shows what I'm talking about:

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp

Instead of reading it all, just read the first rule, which I have pasted below...

Rule 1. Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks, even inside single quotes.

Examples:

The sign changed from "Walk," to "Don't Walk," to "Walk" again within 30 seconds.

She said, "Hurry up."

She said, "He said, 'Hurry up.'"

paragon 03:07, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Logging new user: Gregory David Harington

This is a brief comment to activate my new user status. My registration as a new user coincides with the death on 18 January 2006 of Dr Anton Edward Rupert at his home in Thibault Street, Stellenboch, Western Cape Province, South Africa. I am a descendant of Sir John Harington. Gregory David Harington, Pretoria, South Africa

Arnack here... hope to right a few aticles =D

Filou

Hello Everybody,

For quite some time I was doing gardening work in the science pages, in the french as well as in the english pages of Wikipedia. Maybe I should switch gears and write a full "paper" on some topic. I'm 48, work as a scientist in a Natl Lab, and I have some expertise in condensed matter physics, rock climbing and photography. Lets us try all together to improve this great Wikipedia project !

what type of ppl...

what type of people writhe the articles. are they college students, doctors (as in Ph.D) really smart people?

This article may answer your question. Zarniwoot 03:19, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Zarniwoot

Frequent user of wikipedia for a while. I hope I can make a small contribution here and there. I know a bit about physics, especially physics shows and physics and education. Slightly related, I'm interested in history of science. I'm also interested in photography, technically and artistically. I am a Linux user and supporter of free and open source software. I'm from Denmark. Zarniwoot 03:09, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Javier Fernández Collantes

Hello, everybody, My name is Javi, I'm Spanish and I study Translation and Interpreting in Salamanca. Apart from Spanish, I speak French and English and a little Latin, although I haven't got my dictionary here. As my strong point are languages and translation, I would be very interested in translating articles into Spanish -or even other languages.

By the way, I think I discovered Wikipedia while looking for information on Google. Later on, I heard of it and started using it regularly. In Christmas, I even read an article from a Spanish magazine explaining how Wikipedia works. Thank you, --Javichu 22:55, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Dragon Writer

Hello!! I'm Dragon Writer and I'm new to Wikipedia!! I fount this from a friend when I was doing some resherch on Shinto, and it helps alot because it's woth 99.9% of my history grade!! O.o

Anyway, my teacher love to give us reschehs pappers for homework, so I figure I gone! But I guess I should stop talking and get to the point.

The thingy-migery siad to put up things I like. Well I like anime, hevy metal, death metal, anytype of metal. I love the guitar and I love to study about Japan!! I also have a love of writing! From poems to scripts and short stories. Most of them are about dragons..(hence the name Dragon Writer) (not bad for a 15-year-old black girl huh)

I plan to tarvel to Japan on day, so thats why I'm studing it! But I guess I've said enough. I don't want you to think I'm carzy (though I am) So tata and I hope to meet you soon!!!

D.W. 01:03, 22 January 2006 (UTC)Dragon Writer

Bogdan

Hi, my name is Bogdan, i'm almost 15 years old and I am from Romania.

I enjoy reading the articles on this helpful site. Wikipedia, the most interesting site, may be considered the reason, why i still have my PC connected to internet. I found very new things on Wikipedia, and I want to congratulate everyone who contributed.

Cheers!

Dragon Writer

Hello!! I'm Dragon Writer and I'm new to Wikipedia!! I fount this from a friend when I was doing some resherch on Shinto, and it helps alot because it's woth 99.9% of my history grade!! O.o Anyway, my teacher love to give us reschehs pappers for homework, so I figure I gone! But I guess I should stop talking and get to the point. The thingy-migery siad to put up things I like. Well I like anime, hevy metal, death metal, '''anytype of metal'''. I love the guitar and I love to study about Japan!! I also have a love of writing! From poems to scripts and short stories. Most of them are about dragons..(hence the name Dragon Writer) (not bad for a 15-year-old black girl huh) I plan to tarvel to Japan on day, so thats why I'm studing it! But I guess I've said enough. I don't want you to think I'm carzy (though I am) So tata and I hope to meet you soon!!!

D.W. 01:06, 22 January 2006 (UTC)Dragon Writer