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Member since 06 November 2008. Rollbacker; Article Reviewer; Copy Editor; Newbie Helper and Article Mergers. I was born and raised in Chicago, IL; currently residing in San Antonio, Texas. I have resided in, vacationed in, and/or worked in 49 of the 50 United States. (Alaska, I'm looking at you...)

Interests

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I have had a varied and eclectic work and educational background.

My educational background includes major interests in history; biology; Latin; grammar; astronomy; gemology; and advertising.

I was a BASIC and Visual Basic programmer back in the day. I have had life-long interests in, and worked as, an entertainer (including stage, radio, and TV, including script-writing, story-boarding, set design and construction, and performing. I still periodically perform as a Radio and Mobile DJ). I am a published genealogist.

I have owned my own businesses; and I have worked in corporate America (diamond sales, retail management), Blue collar (skilled construction); as well as medium to small business enterprises (advertising and entertainment agencies). I write corporate newsletters and have contributed to local and national newspapers, retail catalogs, and broadcast media. This requires a working knowledge of grammar, proper punctuation, and lay-out (including graphic, table, and picture placements).

As an active steinologist, I am a true believer of its basic precepts.

On Wikipedia, a hobby of mine, history is a very strong interest, as is copy editing, reliable referencing (re.: checks, creation, and inclusions), and article merging. Other Wikipedia interests include:

  • Creation of Wikipedia articles with meaningful content
  • Historically accurate place names and dating
  • A cohesive writing style, with strong adherence to the MoS
  • Proper grammar, punctuation, and written English;
  • The War of Independence—(or "American Revolutionary War" for you Brits)
  • Colonial, national, territorial and state border developments
  • Accurate biographical and immediate family information of article subject(s)
  • Illinois – North Carolina – Tennessee – Texas
  • Colonial America and Native American interaction
  • Helping new articles and new editors get off the ground
  • Geographical changes or events
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Works

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Articles Created
  1. Albuquerque, Texas (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  2. Anak Krakatoa (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) Expand redir to standalone
  3. Maria Angel (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and the Normandy Youth Club–The N-Factor (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  4. Appleton spotlight (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  5. Armageddon (pepper) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  6. Battle of Fürth (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  7. Battle of Island Flats (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  8. Bloody Mary folklore in popular culture (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  9. James F. Boyce, Sr. (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and James F. Boyce (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  10. Buchanan's Station (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) *DYK* 4/16/2023
  11. Catt family (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) *DYK* 6/7/2014
  12. Lisseth Chavez (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  13. Cherokee Nation (1794–1907) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (originally Cherokee Nation (19th century) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views))
  14. Chickamauga Creek (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  15. Chickamauga Cherokee (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (originally Chickamauga Indian (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views))
  16. Chiffon margarine (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  17. Choccolocco Creek (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  18. Paul Joseph Cini (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) *DYK* 1/12/2023
  19. Lillie Delk Christian (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  20. William Culkin (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  21. Control variable (programming) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  22. Equivalent Lands (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  23. Family feuds in the United States‎‎ (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  24. Finger numbering (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  25. Glenn Pool Oil Reserve (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) *DYK* 2/2/2020
  26. Gold Dust Twins (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  27. The Gold Dust Twins (radio show) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  28. Gold Dust washing powder (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  29. The Great Canadian Baking Show (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  30. Kimberly Norris Guerrero (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  31. Louis Hector (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  32. Historic Cherokee settlements (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) *DYK* 2/6/2021
  33. Jackson and McMinn Treaty (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  34. Jack Helm (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  35. Bnois King (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  36. Nils Kock (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) *DYK* 3/29/2014
  37. James Laski (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  38. List of fatalities due to wingsuit flying (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  39. List of feuds in the United States (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  40. Lovely's Purchase (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)*DYK* 4/21/2023
  41. Francis Locke, Sr. (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  42. Molly McCook (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  43. Chris McNally (actor) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  44. Benjamin Merrill (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  45. Millwork (building material) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  46. Mai Minokoshi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  47. Mobile Act (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  48. National Association of Chiefs of Police (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  49. Oconaluftee River (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  50. Pastia people (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) *DYK* 11/04/2020
  51. Pen-y-wenallt, Ceredigion (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  52. Piomingo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  53. Pisgah, Texas (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  54. Restrictions on cell phone use while driving in the United States (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  55. Julia Chan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (originally Julia Taylor Ross (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views))
  56. Rutherford Light Horse expedition (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  57. Salisbury District, North Carolina (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  58. Skiagusta (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  59. Sputnik 99 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) *DYK* 1/06/2021
  60. State of Scott (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  61. Steamboat Willie (musician) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  62. Stellar core (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  63. Lynn D. Stewart (businessman) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) *DYK* 3/7/2013
  64. Sutton–Taylor feud (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  65. Tahlonteeskee (Cherokee chief) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  66. Tahlonteeskee (Cherokee warrior) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  67. Tahlonteeskee (Creek chief) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  68. Temple San Ignacio de Loyola (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  69. Timberlake Expedition (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  70. Treaty of Dewitt's Corner (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  71. Treaty of Tuscaloosa (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  72. Turkeytown (Cherokee town) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  73. Union Pacific heritage fleet (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  74. Washington District, North Carolina (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  75. When Hope Calls (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  76. Wyatt Earp's fame and reputation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
PHOTOS by GenQuest
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Articles Significantly Contributed To
Quotes and Quotables

Take a Breath Before That Edit
Skip the Contentious Editing

"Since decisions [on Wikipedia are made] by those who participate in a localized discussion, leaving cedes the decision-making power to those willing to engage in the least logical and sane response. This incentivizes not just obsessive but also belligerent behavior and even harassment, and empowers those privileged with the time and resources to engage in this behavior ... these techniques are frequently used by political ideologues, ethnic nationalists, and conspiracy theorists. Professor Bryce Peake called this the “hegemony of the asshole consensus." —Robert Fernandez in The Limits of Volunteerism and the Gatekeepers of Team Encarta · Wikipedia @ 20

Understand Notability
  • "Fame is inheritable, notability is not! (...unless, of course, you're British...)"—GQ
Take a Look in the Editor's Mirror
Always Being Right Has Its Cost
  • "TANSTAFL!" (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) —GQ

It's Called Consensus ArbCom

  • "Opfer müssen gebracht werden!" ("Sacrifices must be made!") —Otto Lilienthal

"Neutrality is important because it supports independent judgment. It is only independent judgment that can be properly scientific. If you want to force the minds of your readers, then you're just being another flavor of dogmatist ... So, in sum, it is called the neutrality policy for a reason. The original motivation for it was to allow people of radically different points of view--yes, just like the irrational proponents of ID and their dogmatic, arrogant detractors--to work together. —Larry Sanger, Wikipedia co-originator, Talk Page response, 22 December 2017

Wiki-Fauna Gone Wild
  • "Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket." —Gino Bartali
Put That Thing Away
Understanding Another Point of View?
  • "O civile si ergo, fortibus es in ero, o nobile deus trux, votis inem Causan dux." ["Oh see, Willy, see her go; forty busses in a row. Oh no, Billy, they is trucks. What is in 'em? Cows and ducks."] —Lady Mondegreen
Neutral?!?
  • "Neutrality is hard!" —GQ
  • "Loyalty is a virtue. Blind loyalty is foolish and dangerous. It enables the worst behavior of the people we support, forces us to change who we are and causes us to lose sight of what matters most. —Robert Glazer
Why it is sometimes tense around here
  • "The problem with the world is, everybody's a few drinks behind." —Humphrey Bogart
Use facts, not hot air opinion!
  • "Walk on air against your better judgement." —Seamus Heaney, "The Gravel Walks"
Life, like Wikipedia, isn't always fair (or IS it?)
  • "There are people who could be upset if they were told that half of all Americans earn less than the median income..." —Thomas Sowell
Category Creations

I no longer create Categories, as I am repeatedly told that Lists are more informative, as once again one of my original 16 categories is getting deleted. I should think, then, that categories are highly redundant and should simply be abandoned as an encyclopedic tool here; they should then all be replaced by a system of List and Index articles. GenQuest "Talk to Me"

Action needed

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Currently needed 3rd opinions

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Third opinion disputes

  1. Template talk:History of Algeria § "Phoenicia(n) rule is a major component of Algerian history". Disagreement over which entities to include and their nature based on their geographic location. 12:19, 21 November 2024 (UTC)update, Purge

State of the project

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AfC US Vandalism

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Healthy number of Pending Articles at AFC.
There are currently 1,247 pending submissions.
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