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I am Darkest Tree. This is my user page. I try to work on California- and Arizona-related articles and any physical science and aviation articles I come across that I can help out with. My user page is still pretty messy, so don't think too much of my abilities. |
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I am Darkest Tree. I work on a variety of articles, mostly dealing with aviation, physical science, weather and climate, geography, California- Arizona- and Nevada-related topics, and occasionally some history and fiction. I tend to be more of a [[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|WikiGnome]]. I also don't believe the WikiMedia Foundation servers are going to run out of space any time soon, so while I don't consider myself an [[meta:Inclusionism|Inclusionist]] [[wikt:per se|per se]], I have a philosophical difference with [[meta:Deletionism|Deletionism]], and believe that in most cases [[Wikipedia:deletion is not cleanup|deletion is not cleanup]]. Other than that, this isn't a Facebook page and I don't feel the need to tell the world my life story here. |
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{{Quote frame|Those who will defend authority against rebellion must not themselves rebel.|[[J.R.R. Tolkien]]|[[The Silmarillion]]}} |
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{{Quote frame|...And as men abound in copiousness of language; so they become more wise, or more mad, than ordinary. Nor is it possible without [[Literacy|letters]] for any man to become either excellently wise, or...excellently foolish. For words are wise men's counters; they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctor]] whatsoever, if but a man. |[[Thomas Hobbes]]|[[Leviathan (Hobbes book)|Leviathan]]}} |
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I think most editors have one or more particular pet peeves. My current pet peeve is the word '''"paucity."''' It is the most ''pretentious, grandiloquent, vainglorious'' substitution for the simple English word '''lack.''' So whenever I come across it in an article, I will change it. |
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''UPDATE:'' Apparently I should have looked in the dictionary: the definition of ''lack'' is not close enough to the definition of ''paucity'' to be a suitable substitute as I found out at this [[wp:diff|diff]]: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Snowball_Earth&oldid=prev&diff=877477242]. Nevertheless, I will forge ahead in eliminating the usage of the word ''paucity'' from Wikipedia articles. |
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'''Draft articles:''' |
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*[[/Deserts of Arizona|Deserts of Arizona]] |
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Latest revision as of 06:20, 27 July 2020
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I am Darkest Tree. I work on a variety of articles, mostly dealing with aviation, physical science, weather and climate, geography, California- Arizona- and Nevada-related topics, and occasionally some history and fiction. I tend to be more of a WikiGnome. I also don't believe the WikiMedia Foundation servers are going to run out of space any time soon, so while I don't consider myself an Inclusionist per se, I have a philosophical difference with Deletionism, and believe that in most cases deletion is not cleanup. Other than that, this isn't a Facebook page and I don't feel the need to tell the world my life story here.
Those who will defend authority against rebellion must not themselves rebel.
— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
...And as men abound in copiousness of language; so they become more wise, or more mad, than ordinary. Nor is it possible without letters for any man to become either excellently wise, or...excellently foolish. For words are wise men's counters; they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever, if but a man.
— Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
Pet Peeve
[edit]I think most editors have one or more particular pet peeves. My current pet peeve is the word "paucity." It is the most pretentious, grandiloquent, vainglorious substitution for the simple English word lack. So whenever I come across it in an article, I will change it.
UPDATE: Apparently I should have looked in the dictionary: the definition of lack is not close enough to the definition of paucity to be a suitable substitute as I found out at this diff: [1]. Nevertheless, I will forge ahead in eliminating the usage of the word paucity from Wikipedia articles.
Pending Changes
[edit]Pending changes backlog
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