User:Fogle45

Hello all!

I am interested in modern warfare, especially Russia 1942-43, World War I & II also, with many years of knowledge in such fields. I also try to encourage people to distinguish between using Wikipedia as a tool for research and a sole independant source on a project, as I observed friends at my time at university and I was often shocked at the lack of cross-referencing and care taken with research. But I do think wikipedia is a fantastic resource, if used appropriately, and I became an administrator to encourage this.

Tip of the day...

List building

There are three basic steps to building a topic list for Wikipedia: the first is to search Wikipedia to make sure it doesn't already have a list on the subject. The second step is to hunt down every word you can find on the subject, from your own memory, books, web directories, dictionaries, etc. Surround each term with double square brackets, and save the page.

Because Wikipedia has become so extensive, don't be surprised if most or even all of the links turn out blue (those are live links, each leading to an article on Wikipedia). Dead-end links are red, but don't remove them, because they show what articles Wikipedia is missing — anyone can click on a red link to create an article on that topic. The third step is checking each live article in the list for links to related topics. When you find one, add it to the list.

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Boxing[edit]

The current terror alert level is:

Burnt sienna

The bearer of this is a Wikipedian who shall be permitted to freely edit Wikipedia.

→ In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas.

Non nobis solum

This user is just so überphantastik! Prostrate before him or her!

This user has a sense of humour and shows it through the use of userboxes.

ubx-5

This user uses entirely too many userboxes.

This user passed GO!
(…so where is my $200?)

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This user's been known to screw up the occasional sentence and make the occasional typo, but is otherwise pretty accurate with regards to English.

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This user cannot tolerate any form of Gibberish language, and is therefore easily emotionally traumatized by The Sims.

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Dieser Benutzer hat keine Deutschkenntnisse.

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Cet utilisateur ne comprend pas le français ou seulement avec des difficultés notables.