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My name is Jacob Radford; draeco is my earliest childhood internet alias. I was born in 1983 in rural Kentucky, USA. My academic credentials include bachelor's degrees in Spanish and biology from the University of Kentucky, a master's in diplomacy from the Patterson School of Diplomacy, and an M.D. from the UK College of Medicine. I am a board certified emergency medicine physician in Nashville, Tennessee. I'm also a fine woodworker, breakdancer, audiophile, linguist, traveler, and father.
My very first edit was by IP in Wisteria on 15 June 2005. [1] I registered forthwith and have made about 5,000 English Wikipedia edits since then, [2] [3] mostly in the areas of medicine, biology, history, and breakdance. [4] My desk has some of the highlights. I am no longer active. Most of my edits were during college and med school around the 2005-2009 timeframe. My social interaction on Wikipedia was scant, but included welcoming, adopting, Wikiproject Medicine, and the Signpost. I have never used alternate accounts, nor have I been blocked, banned, or reprimanded in any way.
First and foremost, I am a rabid inclusionist who believes any article about a real subject should be included (a dying breed [5]). Notability has crept out of control and should be abolished before it damages the project any more; see my rants. I mostly stopped editing because of time constraints, but notability was a major frustration.
We are indeed losing steam because the Wikipedia community is becoming less open and friendly (partly due to notability), especially to newcomers. [6] This will drive away editors, and may already be doing so. [7] [8] Editors generally should reveal their identities, because secrecy permits duplicity. [9] [10] [11] We should have a small static ad below the left sidebar for sustainability, though I'd welcome a feasible alternative. Concise, thorough, understandable introductory sections are key. Down with "See also" links, up with article writing that indicates what you really should see also.
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4 July 2024 |
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![]() | Draeco is taking a short wikibreak and will be back on Wikipedia when his medical residency is over in 2013, perhaps. |
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My name is Jacob Radford; draeco is my earliest childhood internet alias. I was born in 1983 in rural Kentucky, USA. My academic credentials include bachelor's degrees in Spanish and biology from the University of Kentucky, a master's in diplomacy from the Patterson School of Diplomacy, and an M.D. from the UK College of Medicine. I am a board certified emergency medicine physician in Nashville, Tennessee. I'm also a fine woodworker, breakdancer, audiophile, linguist, traveler, and father.
My very first edit was by IP in Wisteria on 15 June 2005. [1] I registered forthwith and have made about 5,000 English Wikipedia edits since then, [2] [3] mostly in the areas of medicine, biology, history, and breakdance. [4] My desk has some of the highlights. I am no longer active. Most of my edits were during college and med school around the 2005-2009 timeframe. My social interaction on Wikipedia was scant, but included welcoming, adopting, Wikiproject Medicine, and the Signpost. I have never used alternate accounts, nor have I been blocked, banned, or reprimanded in any way.
First and foremost, I am a rabid inclusionist who believes any article about a real subject should be included (a dying breed [5]). Notability has crept out of control and should be abolished before it damages the project any more; see my rants. I mostly stopped editing because of time constraints, but notability was a major frustration.
We are indeed losing steam because the Wikipedia community is becoming less open and friendly (partly due to notability), especially to newcomers. [6] This will drive away editors, and may already be doing so. [7] [8] Editors generally should reveal their identities, because secrecy permits duplicity. [9] [10] [11] We should have a small static ad below the left sidebar for sustainability, though I'd welcome a feasible alternative. Concise, thorough, understandable introductory sections are key. Down with "See also" links, up with article writing that indicates what you really should see also.
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4 July 2024 |
Tip of the moment...
![]() Thanks - send a notification
![]() The Thanks notification offers a way to give positive feedback on Wikipedia. This feature allows editors to send a 'Thank you' notification to users who make useful edits – by clicking a small 'thank' link on their history page or diff page. The "(thank)" link is only displayed when both the viewer and editor are registered users. It can be used to thank the editor. – – Read more: To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use {{
totd-random}}
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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:Draeco. |