This Wikipedian is deceased. His user page is preserved here in his memory. Learn more about this Wikipedian at Steven Rubenstein. |
This is the userpage of Slrubenstein, a great guy and a dedicated and skillful Wikipedian, who contributed more than 30,000 edits to Wikipedia since his first edit on December 12, 2001 to his last on March 1st 2012.
Being a cultural anthropologist by profession he made most of his contributions in areas related to human culture, but he was also a prolific editor in other areas, contributing hundreds of edits to pages such as Jesus, Race and Franz Boas. In the world of academia he was a recognized expert on the culture of the Shuar people of Ecuador, as well as an ardent spokesperson for indigenous rights. He was also a dedicated proponent of free knowledge, and over the 11 years he edited he also made many important contributions to developing the basic policies and guidelines by which Wikipedia operates. He will be sorely missed by the Wikipedia community and by all who knew him.
The tale of the fool, the naif, the adventurer, the wiseacre, may be the best weapon against the myths of the state.
— Steven Rubenstein, 2002.
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Hi. I used to believe I had nothing to say about myself beyond what I contribute to articles, which I hope reflects my knowledge and interests but not my biases, and to talk pages, in which I try to be honest about my biases, especially if someone asks. I still think that as a Wikipedian I am best judged by my work on Wikipedia, although those who now care to, may judge me by what I read and what I watch. Of course, I am always willing to answer a question if you ask me.
Anyway, I now believe I can do what so many other Wikipedians have done on their user pages: introduce myself:
Everyone has one question. For the Little Prince, the question is whether his drawing #1 frightened them. If they answer "Why should I be frightened of a hat?" he knew that they understand nothing.
Here is my question:
If the person answers yes (or can answer yes to an appropriate addition), I know they will understand why the fact that I think the Bible was written by human beings and that many parts of it are not historically accurate does not mean that I think it a fraud or an anachronism, nor does it mean that I am a blaspheming heretic, but on the contrary that I believe it to be a divinely profound and truthful work. And if the person answers yes, they will understand why as a scientist I think that research with living people, the aim of which is to understand how they make meaning of their lives and their world — something that cannot be measured and subjected to statistical analysis, and research that is not reproducible — is nevertheless among the most significant and valuable research one can conduct and learn from.
If the person answers "no," I know that they understand nothing.
I think of those people who would answer "no" to my question whenever I read this passage from Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum:
There is one other question I think is rather important (actually, I suspect "my one question" is really a corollary of this question, or this question is just a cruder version of "my one question"):
|
A Bed for the Night I hear that in New York It won't change the world Don't put down the book on reading this, man. A few people have a bed for the night |
On the Critical Attitude The critical attitude Canalising a river |
Since I have been here people have posted questions and comments to my user page and talk page indiscriminately. I have archived all of this material on this page. But if you wish to make a comment, please do so on my talk page.
The rest of this page is somewhat self-indulgent
Since I started contributing to Wikipedia I have edited a number of pages. However, there are a few where I am especially proud of the research I did in order to contribute to the article:
Cultural and historical background of Jesus
Over the years I have at times put considerable work into:
which I believe have helped maintain the encyclopedic quality of Wikipedia.
Wikipedia:Advice for new administrators
Wikipedia:The role of policies in collaborative anarchy
The Durova Incident (by JzG) (Note: I care about this very clear-headed and informative analysis of one of the many overblown incidents here that are symptomatic of a whole set of systemic problems at Wikipedia. I did not play any significant role in the incident, and did not write or edit this page.)
The continued harassment of Slim Virgin (an account by the victim) (Note: I neither wrote nor edited this page, but consider it another very instructive example of a crippling weakness of Wikipedia.)
Dealing with harassment on wikipedia by User:JzG
Advice on researching with Wikipedia
Suggestions for excellent content by User:AndyZ
Librarian's Guide to the way Wikipedia works by User:DGG
Librarian's view of Wikipedia and Reliability also by User:DGG
Unknown
Leo W. Schwarz, editor
Terrence Deacon
Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar
Yolanda and Robert F. Murphy
D. Lawrence Wieder
Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
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This Wikipedian is deceased. His user page is preserved here in his memory. Learn more about this Wikipedian at Steven Rubenstein. |
This is the userpage of Slrubenstein, a great guy and a dedicated and skillful Wikipedian, who contributed more than 30,000 edits to Wikipedia since his first edit on December 12, 2001 to his last on March 1st 2012.
Being a cultural anthropologist by profession he made most of his contributions in areas related to human culture, but he was also a prolific editor in other areas, contributing hundreds of edits to pages such as Jesus, Race and Franz Boas. In the world of academia he was a recognized expert on the culture of the Shuar people of Ecuador, as well as an ardent spokesperson for indigenous rights. He was also a dedicated proponent of free knowledge, and over the 11 years he edited he also made many important contributions to developing the basic policies and guidelines by which Wikipedia operates. He will be sorely missed by the Wikipedia community and by all who knew him.
The tale of the fool, the naif, the adventurer, the wiseacre, may be the best weapon against the myths of the state.
— Steven Rubenstein, 2002.
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:Slrubenstein. |
Hi. I used to believe I had nothing to say about myself beyond what I contribute to articles, which I hope reflects my knowledge and interests but not my biases, and to talk pages, in which I try to be honest about my biases, especially if someone asks. I still think that as a Wikipedian I am best judged by my work on Wikipedia, although those who now care to, may judge me by what I read and what I watch. Of course, I am always willing to answer a question if you ask me.
Anyway, I now believe I can do what so many other Wikipedians have done on their user pages: introduce myself:
Everyone has one question. For the Little Prince, the question is whether his drawing #1 frightened them. If they answer "Why should I be frightened of a hat?" he knew that they understand nothing.
Here is my question:
If the person answers yes (or can answer yes to an appropriate addition), I know they will understand why the fact that I think the Bible was written by human beings and that many parts of it are not historically accurate does not mean that I think it a fraud or an anachronism, nor does it mean that I am a blaspheming heretic, but on the contrary that I believe it to be a divinely profound and truthful work. And if the person answers yes, they will understand why as a scientist I think that research with living people, the aim of which is to understand how they make meaning of their lives and their world — something that cannot be measured and subjected to statistical analysis, and research that is not reproducible — is nevertheless among the most significant and valuable research one can conduct and learn from.
If the person answers "no," I know that they understand nothing.
I think of those people who would answer "no" to my question whenever I read this passage from Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum:
There is one other question I think is rather important (actually, I suspect "my one question" is really a corollary of this question, or this question is just a cruder version of "my one question"):
|
A Bed for the Night I hear that in New York It won't change the world Don't put down the book on reading this, man. A few people have a bed for the night |
On the Critical Attitude The critical attitude Canalising a river |
Since I have been here people have posted questions and comments to my user page and talk page indiscriminately. I have archived all of this material on this page. But if you wish to make a comment, please do so on my talk page.
The rest of this page is somewhat self-indulgent
Since I started contributing to Wikipedia I have edited a number of pages. However, there are a few where I am especially proud of the research I did in order to contribute to the article:
Cultural and historical background of Jesus
Over the years I have at times put considerable work into:
which I believe have helped maintain the encyclopedic quality of Wikipedia.
Wikipedia:Advice for new administrators
Wikipedia:The role of policies in collaborative anarchy
The Durova Incident (by JzG) (Note: I care about this very clear-headed and informative analysis of one of the many overblown incidents here that are symptomatic of a whole set of systemic problems at Wikipedia. I did not play any significant role in the incident, and did not write or edit this page.)
The continued harassment of Slim Virgin (an account by the victim) (Note: I neither wrote nor edited this page, but consider it another very instructive example of a crippling weakness of Wikipedia.)
Dealing with harassment on wikipedia by User:JzG
Advice on researching with Wikipedia
Suggestions for excellent content by User:AndyZ
Librarian's Guide to the way Wikipedia works by User:DGG
Librarian's view of Wikipedia and Reliability also by User:DGG
Unknown
Leo W. Schwarz, editor
Terrence Deacon
Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar
Yolanda and Robert F. Murphy
D. Lawrence Wieder
Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
For repeated vandalism by an anonymous IP address, it is helpful to take the following additional steps:
{{
whois|Name of owner}}
to the user talk page of the address. If it appears to be a
shared IP address, add {{
SharedIP|Name of owner}}
or {{
SharedIPEDU|Name of owner}}
.
No RfXs since 18:06, 16 February 2024 (UTC).— cyberbot I Talk to my owner:Online |
This page is not a forum for general discussion about Slrubenstein. Any such comments may be removed or refactored. Please limit discussion to improvement of this page. You may wish to ask factual questions about Slrubenstein at the Reference desk. |
This page is not a forum for general discussion about Slrubenstein. Any such comments may be removed or refactored. Please limit discussion to improvement of this page. You may wish to ask factual questions about Slrubenstein at the Reference desk. |
User:Slrubenstein/The box on the shelf in the closet
I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:
Multi-licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License versions 1.0 and 2.0 | ||
I agree to multi-license my text contributions, unless otherwise stated, under Wikipedia's copyright terms and the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license version 1.0 and version 2.0. Please be aware that other contributors might not do the same, so if you want to use my contributions under the Creative Commons terms, please check the CC dual-license and Multi-licensing guides. |