- Note to all Wikipedians: Please feel free to fix spelling and grammar errors (with the exception of capitalisation), but please don't alter the content. All the discussion should take place on my talk page.
- Note to Wiki admins: I don't mess around Wikipedia, i don't create pages out of boredom or as a joke. However, 2 pages of i've created (Hungry ghost realm and Hell realm) were deleted, i can't find out why (maybe somebody can point me to the right direction), i have recreated those pages. If you have an issue with my contributions please leave something on my talk page, maybe i've done something not the way you wish it to be, and i'm willing to spend time fixing it. Thank you.
About me
Wiki-name: Beta_M for english wikipedia and Beta_M ru for the russian version
Real name: VolodyA! V Anarhist
Government approved name: [withheld]
Citizenship: persona non grata
Place of Birth: Earth
Occupation: Student (Software engineering in Kingston University)
Religion: None
Spirituality: Atheist, Agnostic, Metaphysician, Taoist, and Buddhist (i'm at the same time all of those things and none of them)
Political stand: Anarchist
Hobbies: Poetry (edit/publish a zine), Programming, Hentai
- See also Personal web page
Favorite movies, films, cartoons
- Léon
- Cabeza de Vaca
- Gandhi
- Schindler's List
- Natural Born Killers
- Cuckoo
- South Park
- Excel Saga
- Brass Eye
How i started with Wiki
I've began my help to the Wikipedia project when i was searching for the information on the internet for my university course. Then i've realized that there aren't many resources out there to do the true research without paying some sort of membership fee. Oh, yes, uni did provide us with some encyclopedias on the net that we could use without any charges, but most of those were written very one-sidedly, and there were times when i knew more than the article was giving, and nothing could be done about it. Finally i have stumbled upon Wiki. Although there were/are many inaccuracies and biases, it gave me an option to simply click the edit tab and add my own knowledge to whatever was already there.
My concerns about Wiki
I believe that Wikipedia with all its positive sides also has many downfalls. One of the major ones (in my opinion) is that there is no room for original research. Author must simply restate what somebody else has already said. When someone comes out with their own experiences that is labelled as POV and stricken out.
Another one is NPOV wars that go on. Some people simply can't agree with keeping opposing point of view in the article and adding their own. They also want to delete anything contradicting their limited world view.
Copyright notice
All of my work done on Wikipedia is in public domain and can be used by anyone for any purpose.
- See also User:Beta_m/Image copyright
Articles i'm proud of
- Note: Please do help me develop these even further.
Articles and images i edit
Articles i've translated into Russian
Articles i don't edit, but read
Articles i wish to write or significantly contribute to
- Note: If some of these future articles don't conform to the naming conventions please feel free to edit this page to make them correct.
ToDo templates
Stubs
There are many stubs that need to be expanded, here are some of the categories i look at:
Urgend attention
- Pages, images, etc. about to be deleted.
Many of these pages can actually become a full blown articles, however, there are users who do no editing except for putting other pages as VfD.
- See User:Beta_m/Deletionaholics
My pages on other Wikis
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