User:Chris.rider81

About This User...

This user comes from the
United States of America.

Languages

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. ko-1이 사용자는 간단한 한국어를 말할 수 있습니다. es-1Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español. LE-1This user's been known to screw up the occasional sentence and make the occasional typo, but is otherwise pretty accurate with regards to English. IntS-0This user has no interest in Internet slang, or talks like an offline person. chef-0Zees user-a duesn't speek zee Cheffspeek. Bork Bork Bork!

Wikipedia

This user finds Wikipe-tan just a little bit creepy and disturbing. This user believes that anyone who thinks Wikipedia is an unreliable source should continue their quest to find a better website. Because of real life, this user will be editing on and off. This user is a preservationist who believes Wikipedians should avoid agressive non-notability deletion and advocates that the notability rule be amended to specify that any subject with some historical value can merit an article. Details here. GThis user will use Google before asking dumb questions. This user uses Wikipedia as a primary point of reference. inclThis user is an inclusionist. This user wants to see everything in its place. This user respects copyright, but sometimes it can be a major pain.

Personal Interests

This user is interested in South Korea. This user is a Time Lord. Dr. WhoThis user likes the Daleks better than the Cybermen. BENDER B. RODRIGUEZBite this user's shiny metal ass! This user is a MSTie. RDThis user knows that "everybody's dead, Dave." This user is an Ancient from the Pegasus Galaxy ST:TNGThis user knows Picard is better than Kirk, and has a list to prove it! DS9 This user believes that Deep Space Nine was the best incarnation of Star Trek. ENTThis user loves Star Trek: Enterprise and feels that Jonathan Archer is superior to Kirk in every way. This user is a walking, Swedish murder machine. BSG This user is a fan of the new Battlestar Galactica... but is not a fan of that cheesy 70s show.

Specialties

A&EThis user is an expert in Computer architecture and engineering. ENGThis user is an expert in Software engineering. This user is a computer scientist. DESThis user is an expert in Design. W3CThis user believes in compliance with W3C standards. asp-2This user is an intermediate ASP programmer. vbs-2This user is an intermediate VBScript programmer. C-3This user is an advanced C programmer. C#-1This user is a beginning C# programmer. js-5This user is a professional JavaScript programmer. Java-2This user is an intermediate Java programmer. PHP This user is an advanced PHP Coder. re-1This user writes regular expressions at a basic level. This user built his own PC. This user doesn't use Internet Explorer and uses Google Chrome, but has not uninstalled Internet Explorer. This user once used DOS back in the day. OSrcThis user contributes to Open Source projects. This user contributes using Linux. This user contributes with GNOME. This user contributes using Vim. This user prefers PC. LipsumThis user uses lorem ipsum as placeholder text to demonstrate the graphic elements of a document or visual presentation. TCP/IPThe user was active on the Internet before the World Wide Web was invented.WWW

About Me

I'm not wanting to toot my own horn, but I might be considered the proverbial "jack of all trades"... a software developer for Android, web sites, and other browser-based software. And, I am active in many things related to emergency first response. I think Wikipedia, being a vast knowledge repository, has GREAT potential to help people, government and businesses understand emergencies and disaster response, and help first responders do their duties most effectively.

With my technical background, along with first-response leanings, I think it's an ideal time to be able to use the new technologies for safety and security. Of a more deeply personal note, I became especially inspired about communications, in particular, when I first learned that 9/11 police knew the towers might fall about 10 minutes before they did. At that time, police began to evacuate the area, but firefighters had no idea, due to lack of cohesive communication in that emergency situation. We can coordinate complex schedules with calendars and stuff, but that otherwise simple thing was an issue?! It blows my mind that we lost so many first responders because of this.

Personally, I love to write (technical writing, especially); so I'm happy to have found this little niche here on Wikipedia, and I look forward to contributing, learning and growing further! If I've done something improper, please be kind and also let me know how to do so properly (if you know). I am very excited to learn more.

Editing Philosophy

Inclusionary

I believe all data is valuable, even if not encyclopedic. I take the position that if something is deemed to not be "encyclopedic"... that it might at least be described as encyclopedic, in the sense that it was deemed non-encyclopedic! :)

Anonymous Editors

I'm not a big fan of these folks... if you want to take the time to contribute to Wikipedia, at least take the 5 seconds to sign up an account. I know, an argument can be made for lubricating one's ability to "be bold," but come on... most anonymous users are probably spammers at worst, and poor editors at best.