User:Talrias

Hi! I'm Chris Jenkinson, and this is my user page. I was born in Dunedin, New Zealand and I currently am at the University of Manchester, Manchester, England. On IRC, my nick is Talrias. My website is talrias.net, and my email address is chris@starglade.org.

Note: on the off-chance that someone reading this page is good at developing in PHP/MySQL, and would like to help me out with aterr, an open source threaded forum system, please drop me an email (through Wikipedia) or message me on IRC. The project website is at chimaera.starglade.org/aterr/.

Quotes

"Mistrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere."
-- Isaac Asimov

"God was a dream of good government. You will soon have your God, and you will make it with your own hands."
-- Morpheus AI, Deus Ex

Interests These are topics I am most interested in (though not necessarily knowledgeable about). philosophy politics; specifically the United Nations and world government liberalism and libertarianism, and the (significant) differences between the two the right to privacy Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; specifically the culture of Greece and Rome Greek mythology neuroscience, artificial intelligence and nanotechnology

My contributions These are pages I have either created, or significantly contributed to. A. E. J. Collins (featured article) Comparison of Internet forum software Conn Iggulden Internet forum List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom (featured list) Night watchman state Alternative names for Northern Ireland Privacy Terry Fields Transnational political party

Other

• If you are currently involved in a dispute with another user or any other scenario, I am willing to mediate to help both sides reach an amicable agreement. You can contact me either through my talk page, email me, or ask me on IRC (my nick is Talrias).

• The current United Kingdom collaboration of the fortnight is [[Template:Collab-uk]]; the European Union collaboration is [[Template:Collab-eu]].

• Please view the requests for rollback privileges proposal, which would grant the rollback privilege to suitable Wikipedians who applied for it.

• Come and join Tirben, Wikipedia's micronation at tirben.starglade.org!

Haiku

If you have a haiku you'd like to add about me to this page, please go right ahead!

Freely given, one art for another: wiki grows with the exchange. -- Mindspillage	What is a haiku? How do I know when I'm done? How do you write one? -- LV	Why edit a page? I do not get paid for it. Why should I wiki? -- LV
To express oneself In seventeen syllables Is very diffic - -- Radiant	out the window a cold fog—I revert another bigot -- BV	a mockingbird sings... I look it up on the Wikipedia -- BV
A vandal on my userpage.. I could not revert an admin was faster -- Banes	What a pretty page! But, what is this gap I see? Now it's filled by me. -- gren	Open Firefox Wikipedia needs you! Edit all day long -- Ali K
Three lines of haiku? A fourth one would do you good! See, now there's one more. -- Nightstallion	Row four, second verse Becomes the ultimate and Supreme forty-two! -- Sango123	Obnoxious vandal, Some crappy polite request... I'll show them ALL! -- 68.39.174.238

Subpages

• /Signature (not in active use due to this recommendation).
• /Templates for template standardisation.
• /Articles in progress.
• /My beliefs concerning Wikipedia.
• /Adminship reform.
• /UK politics quiz.
• /Awards.
• /Arbitration Committee vote rationale.
• /Task forces proposal.
• /My responsibilities.