◙ John Manuel ◙

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Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
...there are no tribes beyond us, nothing indeed but waves and rocks, and the yet more terrible Romans, from whose oppression escape is vainly sought by obedience and submission. Robbers of the world, having by their universal plunder exhausted the land, they rifle the deep. If the enemy be rich, they are rapacious; if he be poor, they lust for dominion; neither the east nor the west has been able to statisfy them. Alone among men they covet with equal eagerness poverty and riches. To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they give the lying name of empire; they sow desolation, and they call it peace.

— Caledonian general Calgacus
before the Battle of Mons Graupius
in Tacitus, The Life of Cnæus Julius Agricola

I started contributing to Wikipedia in June, 2003. Among my interests are opera, Latin America, and journalism. I was born in the United States, but I have lived most of my adult life in northern Europe.

I admire Wikipedia for its communal spirit and its non-hierarchical organization; I fear for its soft white underbelly, its vulnerablity to agenda-driven partisans.

Although I am not proud of it, I can be diplomacy-challenged when it comes to dealing with zealots of all stripes, attack poodles, POV militants, omphalocentric Americans, pedants, militarists, cultural imperialists, and abusers of the English language. In turn, I have been accused of being a sock puppet, a banned user, a vandal, and an antifujimorista.

A few of my favorite contributions: Les Troyens, El Mozote massacre, Rubén Blades, Fred Hampton, Benny Moré, Alexander Berkman, and John Negroponte. Also, I planted a seed for 1755 Lisbon earthquake and it blossomed into a lovely flower (thanks Muriel!). More contributions are here: contribs.

WIKIPEDIANISM

Recommended further reading...

Bookshelf
The Virtual classroom - The Essence of Wikipedia: A Crash Course in Wikipedianism¹
Tips and tricks library
Wikipedia's tools page
My tools page
Bots
Coaching advice archive¹
Successful adminship candidacies
Unsuccessful adminship candidacies
Help:Contents, and all sub-levels
Wikipedia:Contents, and all sub-levels
Wikipedia:Department directory, and all sub-levels
Wikipedia:Administrators
Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list
Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide
Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship

From: Jokestress (talk · contribs)

Online research tools I find useful

Google Scholar, a great tool for finding citations in the academic and medical literature.
Google News Archive Search
Google Book Search
Amazon Book Search - not as good as Google
New York Times Archive Search
Social Security Death Index (SSDI), a great option for confirming birth and death dates when writing American biographies.
Find A Grave

Lets Remember and Never Forget

Click to open your card
Defender 911 GO ahead now ... Continue with your aims, they mean all good and sound to me. Do you think they will stop? Perhaps never but with the aim and with the spirit of 'the Man of La Mancha', whe shall march forth instead, and so lets sing with all our might: "That is the quest to follow the star, to matter how hopeless no matter how far, to fight for the right without question or pause, to be willing to reach the unreachable star...." I truly do look forward to see you achieving all your project goals in the near future; it is very positive that you are doing so. Like Eistein becoming a realistic Pacifist in defending what is feasible and humane to do. It si a good idea altogether. Greetings! John Manuel _[talk] -00:52, 20 July 2007 (UTC) Have a interesting project go ahead! now

Wikipedia:Admin coaching ¹and
The Virtual classroom¹

¹The box is taken directly off the The Virtual classroom page.