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A US citizen with a bit of travel exposure, I worked at numerous items as 65.247.35.18 (can still happen with failure to log in) before I got off my lazy duff and created a username. Having benefited from this worthy resource, I've felt it at least appropriate to make contribution on others' behalf where I can.
I have wide interests in nearly any and everything, though with a special grounding in Christian Science. First came to know wikipedia through a friend, then made use of it in course of a research, then saw stuff in need of correction or amplification, then...you know the drill. Working on a return to normal bedtimes again, but think wikipedia is pretty cool.
An outstanding daytime triple-UFO sighting also gave me an active interest in both those and the argument they are best explained (consistent with corroborative accounts) as extraterrestrial visitation. I dream of the day of full contact and disclosure, mindful we may not necessarily collectively ready for it, though extraconstitutional entities appear more hindrance than help there. I've spent a bit of time on various occasions trying to bridge the gap between methodically sound scientific skepticism on the one hand and experiencers and believers on the other. When basic human juvenility is set aside by either camp, experiencers learn not all skeptics are blindly dogmatic ideologues and skeptics learn not all experiencers are naive crystal-waving twits; the two actually are ultimately reconcilable perspectives. I also have a longstanding interest in physics and the sciences as well as history, linguistics, and think I mentioned in just about everything.
Articles I've contributed to significantly or created to date have included Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science and derivative entries, Betty Eadie, Dannion Brinkley, the life review, Gary Renard (initially as The Disappearance of the Universe), Phil Krapf, Bob Lazar, Billy Meier, Exotheology, Thomas Shepard, John Cotton, Livingston, Montana, Fair Harvard, the Church Universal and Triumphant, and fairy slippers; I even managed a few photos in use too.
An Ivy-League degree in history only reinforced my sometimes dogmatic and annoying-to-acquaintances conviction in dialog and the NPOV. I'm also a vehement inclusionist who's seen gross abuse of deletion by POV dogmatics who think any subject article they disagree with should be deleted in order to lend it discredit, irrespective of whether that violates guidelines or worse. It's absurd to pretend Wiki is merely an open-source Britannica sourcing nothing but academic journals, themselves frequently of dubious impartiality, since outside of the mere fact that openness lets it evolve faster, its diversity of subjects is arguably its single greatest strength. Without that, why bother, it's been done; why are we contributing, money and time both, and claiming it's so great?
2014 update: Exclusionism advances, to WP's loss (the assassination of the meticulous, and press-release-referenced, Arecibo Reply article is only one least f'rinstance.) Looks like it's not just me. Pay attention, Jimbo and the rest of you: you're losing us :-/ http://gawker.com/5410917/wikipedia-gridlocked-by-wikipedia-nerds
2016 update: Only getting uglier with less hope of saving it, and I've discontinued my donations. WP and its policies are evolving away from a goal of truth and positively towards validation of narrative lines of the controlled power structures, their bots, and their minions, however provably false, with nothing more than (il)logical circularities like, "anything that questions the official line is fringe axiomatically and therefore can not be added for balance/NPOV, let alone cited." This observation regarding the wikipedia+ browser add-on, validated daily, only echoes what I and others have been saying for years:
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H | This user attends or attended Harvard University. |
V | This user is vegan. |
∞ | This user is an ageless immortal. |
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... | This user would like to be able to speak more languages. |
![]() | This user is a member of the Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians. |
Hmph! | This user is mildly pissed off at the amount of bias and misinformation among certain thugs working in gangs, aiming to spoil wikipedia! |
![]() | This user is a member of the Association of Eventualist Wikipedians. |
![]() | This user spends WAY too much time on Wikipedia and really needs to get off the computer... after one more edit. |
tyop |
This user is a member of the Wikipedia Typo Team. |
A, B, and C | This user prefers the serial comma. |
Majority ≠ right | This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake. |
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This user feels that deletions subject to a popularity contest rather than a verifiability test damage Wikipedia more than any userbox ever could. |
![]() | This user believes Groupthink is the most dangerous aspect of the human psyche. Who's with me? |
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This user does not smoke. |
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C2H5OH-0 | This user is a non-drinker. |
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This user believes that the death penalty should never be used. * |
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This user has a keen interest in physics. |
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![]() | This user listens to Coast to Coast AM. |
This user supports alternative media. |
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C:\>_ | This user uses DOS, or knows how to use it. |
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The Jedi Order. My ally is the Force. And a powerful ally it is. |
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This user is a Harry Potter fan. |
R | This user is a cross between a Ravenclaw and a Gryffindor | G |
A | This user is an Auror. |
Trek | This user is a Trekkie or Trekker. |
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This user does not trust electronic voting machines. |
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This user knows that 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. |
![]() | I eventually teach John Titor everything he knows. |
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中華文化感興趣。 这用户对 中华文化感兴趣。 This user is interested in Chinese culture. |
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This user supports Amnesty International. |
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dlph | Eeek ack sque'ek ook kkkk'k squeek. |
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This user is a classical liberal. |
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This user is opposed to online censorship. |
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¶ | This user is a professional editor. |
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lazy | This user is too lazy to count up their own edits. |
:-] | This user is polite. |
This is where I stand. | TODAY |
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![]() | This user knows " ...there is no spoon". |
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This user is interested in environmentalism. |
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![]() | This user meditates. |
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![]() | This user enjoys playing darts. |
![]() | This user is of human and Martian ancestry. |
This user is a
NINJA! What Ninja? I don't see a... *SCHHING!* AAH! |
Kill Bill |
This user owns a Hattori Hanzo sword. |
This user is greater than the sum of their userboxes. |
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This is a Wikipedia
user page. This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than Wikipedia, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user whom this page is about may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia. The original page is located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chris_Rodgers. |
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A US citizen with a bit of travel exposure, I worked at numerous items as 65.247.35.18 (can still happen with failure to log in) before I got off my lazy duff and created a username. Having benefited from this worthy resource, I've felt it at least appropriate to make contribution on others' behalf where I can.
I have wide interests in nearly any and everything, though with a special grounding in Christian Science. First came to know wikipedia through a friend, then made use of it in course of a research, then saw stuff in need of correction or amplification, then...you know the drill. Working on a return to normal bedtimes again, but think wikipedia is pretty cool.
An outstanding daytime triple-UFO sighting also gave me an active interest in both those and the argument they are best explained (consistent with corroborative accounts) as extraterrestrial visitation. I dream of the day of full contact and disclosure, mindful we may not necessarily collectively ready for it, though extraconstitutional entities appear more hindrance than help there. I've spent a bit of time on various occasions trying to bridge the gap between methodically sound scientific skepticism on the one hand and experiencers and believers on the other. When basic human juvenility is set aside by either camp, experiencers learn not all skeptics are blindly dogmatic ideologues and skeptics learn not all experiencers are naive crystal-waving twits; the two actually are ultimately reconcilable perspectives. I also have a longstanding interest in physics and the sciences as well as history, linguistics, and think I mentioned in just about everything.
Articles I've contributed to significantly or created to date have included Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science and derivative entries, Betty Eadie, Dannion Brinkley, the life review, Gary Renard (initially as The Disappearance of the Universe), Phil Krapf, Bob Lazar, Billy Meier, Exotheology, Thomas Shepard, John Cotton, Livingston, Montana, Fair Harvard, the Church Universal and Triumphant, and fairy slippers; I even managed a few photos in use too.
An Ivy-League degree in history only reinforced my sometimes dogmatic and annoying-to-acquaintances conviction in dialog and the NPOV. I'm also a vehement inclusionist who's seen gross abuse of deletion by POV dogmatics who think any subject article they disagree with should be deleted in order to lend it discredit, irrespective of whether that violates guidelines or worse. It's absurd to pretend Wiki is merely an open-source Britannica sourcing nothing but academic journals, themselves frequently of dubious impartiality, since outside of the mere fact that openness lets it evolve faster, its diversity of subjects is arguably its single greatest strength. Without that, why bother, it's been done; why are we contributing, money and time both, and claiming it's so great?
2014 update: Exclusionism advances, to WP's loss (the assassination of the meticulous, and press-release-referenced, Arecibo Reply article is only one least f'rinstance.) Looks like it's not just me. Pay attention, Jimbo and the rest of you: you're losing us :-/ http://gawker.com/5410917/wikipedia-gridlocked-by-wikipedia-nerds
2016 update: Only getting uglier with less hope of saving it, and I've discontinued my donations. WP and its policies are evolving away from a goal of truth and positively towards validation of narrative lines of the controlled power structures, their bots, and their minions, however provably false, with nothing more than (il)logical circularities like, "anything that questions the official line is fringe axiomatically and therefore can not be added for balance/NPOV, let alone cited." This observation regarding the wikipedia+ browser add-on, validated daily, only echoes what I and others have been saying for years:
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Hours: |
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Idea from Grutness |
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H | This user attends or attended Harvard University. |
V | This user is vegan. |
∞ | This user is an ageless immortal. |
![]() | This user is a bibliophile. |
![]() | This user is a bicyclist. |
... | This user would like to be able to speak more languages. |
![]() | This user is a member of the Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians. |
Hmph! | This user is mildly pissed off at the amount of bias and misinformation among certain thugs working in gangs, aiming to spoil wikipedia! |
![]() | This user is a member of the Association of Eventualist Wikipedians. |
![]() | This user spends WAY too much time on Wikipedia and really needs to get off the computer... after one more edit. |
tyop |
This user is a member of the Wikipedia Typo Team. |
A, B, and C | This user prefers the serial comma. |
Majority ≠ right | This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake. |
![]() |
This user feels that deletions subject to a popularity contest rather than a verifiability test damage Wikipedia more than any userbox ever could. |
![]() | This user believes Groupthink is the most dangerous aspect of the human psyche. Who's with me? |
![]() | This user wastes far too much time editing Wikipedia. |
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This user does not smoke. |
![]() | This user is drug-free. |
C2H5OH-0 | This user is a non-drinker. |
![]() | This user believes in the separation of church and state. |
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This user believes that the death penalty should never be used. * |
![]() |
This user has a keen interest in physics. |
![]() | This user attends, has attended, or hopes to attend Starfleet Academy. |
![]() | This user listens to Coast to Coast AM. |
This user supports alternative media. |
|
C:\>_ | This user uses DOS, or knows how to use it. |
![]() | This Windows user has experienced one or more Blue Screens of Death. |
![]() | This user believes in certain conspiracy theories. |
![]() | This user knows that the mainstream media is just a brainwashing tool. |
![]() | This user is interested in
The Jedi Order. My ally is the Force. And a powerful ally it is. |
![]() |
This user is a Harry Potter fan. |
R | This user is a cross between a Ravenclaw and a Gryffindor | G |
A | This user is an Auror. |
Trek | This user is a Trekkie or Trekker. |
![]() | This user knows the path.This user has walked the path. |
![]() |
This user does not trust electronic voting machines. |
![]() |
This user knows that 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. |
![]() | I eventually teach John Titor everything he knows. |
![]() | 這用戶對
中華文化感興趣。 这用户对 中华文化感兴趣。 This user is interested in Chinese culture. |
![]() | This user realises that what we take for granted today may not be here for our children. |
![]() |
This user supports Amnesty International. |
![]() | This user supports the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. |
![]() | This user stands by the Second Amendment |
dlph | Eeek ack sque'ek ook kkkk'k squeek. |
![]() |
This user is a classical liberal. |
![]() |
![]() | This user loves the philosophy of Immanuel Kant |
![]() | This user is a libertarian. |
![]() | This user admires and will never forget Anna Politkovskaya. |
![]() |
This user is opposed to online censorship. |
![]() | This user is a Citizen of the World ( Terra, ⊕). |
¶ | This user is a professional editor. |
![]() | This user prefers the metric system. |
lazy | This user is too lazy to count up their own edits. |
:-] | This user is polite. |
This is where I stand. | TODAY |
![]() | This user is against monarchy. |
![]() | This user knows " ...there is no spoon". |
![]() |
This user is interested in environmentalism. |
![]() | This user enjoys Classical music. |
![]() | This user enjoys jazz music. |
![]() | This user meditates. |
![]() | This user is owned by one or more cats. |
![]() | This user enjoys playing darts. |
![]() | This user is of human and Martian ancestry. |
This user is a
NINJA! What Ninja? I don't see a... *SCHHING!* AAH! |
Kill Bill |
This user owns a Hattori Hanzo sword. |
This user is greater than the sum of their userboxes. |
! | This user is a userbox kleptomaniac. |