Wikipedia:User:Xaxafrad
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Hi, I'm Chris (Taylor, if it matters; there's several of us in Eureka, and elsewhere). Since Wikipedia has grown so large recently, one can say we have some critical mass of editors. I don't know if we've reached a critical mass of content, but I know there are groups of editors who can be called deletionists (if they don't label themselves, that is). I'm more on an inclusionist, or at least an edit-merge-or-split-it-to-make-it-better-ist.
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AfD notes
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- Arguments commonly used to recommend deletion are: "unverifiable" (violates WP:V), "original research" (violates WP:NOR), and "non-notable" in cases where the subject does not meet their respective notability criteria. (In the cases of non-notable biographical articles, it is better to say "does not meet WP:BIO" to avoid insulting the subject.) The accusation "VANITY" should be avoided [1], and is not in itself a reason for deletion. The argument "non-neutral point of view" (violates WP:NPOV) is often used, but often such articles can be salvaged, so this is not a very strong reason for deletion either.
Historical atlas
- I'm working on putting together a historical atlas, filled with computer generated maps of the past
- Find out if GRASS GIS would be useful in generating animated historical maps, User:Silsor/GRASS is a tutorial
- Also: OpenLayers
- See Brian Gotts' maps, they're inspirational
- A whole site full of great history maps
- The People's Chronology - kind of like a history book, but with an emphasis on comprehensiveness, text only.
GMT
- See a collection of GMT-produced images
- Read a tutorial for making your own GMT maps (I tried, but haven't been able to make it work yet)
- ETOPO2v2 dataset (created with GMT!)
- An online tutorial for using GMT under Windows and MacOSX
- This site is useful for pointing your mouse at any point on the earth's surface and getting long/lat coords on the fly.
Bookmarks
- I like lists: tectonic plates, prehistoric cultures, largest empires, Historical powers, All the military campaignboxes on Wikipedia
- Read a short description of an orogeny
- The Wikimedia Toolserver
- WikiCharts shows the most viewed articles
- Article contribution counter shows how many times each editor has edited any given article
- An edit counter, includes detailed article breakdown (what article have you edited the most?)
My subpages
- My sandbox
- My monobook.js
- My map proposal
- My GMT tutorial (unfinished)
- A map generator
My other user pages
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