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==Contacting me==
I'll give out my phone number to just about anyone who emails me. Please use the "E-mail this user" link in the 'toolbox' on the left side of the page.
*Note that my cell phone died a few days ago, and I haven't replaced it yet.
I usually answer email within one day, but I don't guarantee this.
When I'm editing at Conservapedia, I usually answer messages on my talk pages within a few minutes.
Sometimes I hang out at #conservapedia on [[IRC]], and I can use Yahoo and AIM for private chat on request.
==Quick links==
*[[Special:Imagelist]] - table of recently uploaded images
*[[Special:Ipblocklist]] - Use this to unblock a user.
*[[Special:Shortpages]]
*[[Conservapedia:Commonly misspelled words]]
*[[/to do list]] - anyone is free to edit this: add, delete, or prioritize as you see fit
__TOC__
==About me==
Hi, my name is Ed Poor and I'm a former developer, admin & bureaucrat from Wikipedia.
I know quite a bit about the internal workings of Wikipedia: the database structure, formatting, templates, dispute procedures, content and style guidelines; and, oh, yes, all the politics and gossip of the first few years.
Dpbsmith asked me to come over, so here I am. I'm finding the environment much more congenial.
My chief aim here is
to facilitate the highest standards of encyclopedia development.
I was one of the earliest members of the Wikipedia project (UserID #188). I helped institute the following practices or software features there:
[[Image:Ed11.jpg|left|thumb|Ed poor in Newark]]
*Marking edits as 'patrolled' (co-conceived with Maveric who in one marathon period personally checked '''every''' Wikipedia edit for vandalism!)
*Ability of blocked users to edit their own user talk page
*Community ban - i.e., increased authority for sysops to block a disruptive user
*The practice of bureaucrats "running" for office (I was the first one elected, when as a developer I could simply have granted myself the rights)
Pages I'm proud of there:
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_personal_remarks Wikipedia:Avoid personal remarks]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_for_the_enemy Wikipedia:Writing for the enemy]
*{{wp|Wikipedia:Harmonious_editing_club}}
==Favorite contributors==
This is a partial list. Don't get all bent out of shape because I haven't placed your name here (yet). :-) And it's not in any particular order.
*{{user|TK}} - straight to the point
*{{user|MountainDew}} - refreshing, like a can of soda!
*{{user|RSchlafly}} - forthright
*{{user|Aschlafly}} - erudite
*{{user|Dpbsmith}} - out of sight!
*{{user|Hojimachong}} - all right!
*{{user|Sid 3050}} - a big help
*{{user|Jaques}} - a lot of interesting stuff
==A new role==
To my surprise and pleasure, I was voted in as a sysop here - reportedly it was unanimous. Thank you for your support.
I believe that users who are here to contribute should get a helping hand, and those who cannot or will not make useful contributions should be shown to the door. But since, "His mercy is forever sure", I don't like applying infinite bans; it's always possible for a person to make up his mind to take a new direction. (I'm currently chewing some tough pills supplied by [[User:TK]], so watch out.)
I've unprotected a handful of pages and am watching them. I have hopes that eventually all content pages can be freely edited, once they reach a mature and stable state.
==Welcome==
Welcome, I'm Dan. I see that you have made many great article improvements in your week here. [[User:MountainDew|MountainDew]] 17:45, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
:Thanks, Dan. I try. And I've learned a lot from watching you. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 18:50, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
==Ideas I'm looking at==
*[[Japan]] and its use of women as sex objects
*''prawl'' = [[prowl]] + [[trawl]]
*[[Theory of Evolution]]
*#''the central premise of evolution remains more asserted than proved''
*#''where the first cell came from''
*#''the answers to some questions depend on the answers to others''
**[[/aspects of evolution]] - a draft about the terminological confusion
*[[origins debate]] = Creationism vs. "science" (i.e., materialism)
**Old Earth vs. Young Earth [http://www.sonlight.com/young_or_old_earth.html][http://www.answersincreation.org/index.htm]
*Conservapedia as a [[think tank]]
*Flaws in [[Wikipedia]]
*Myk's gloomy prediction:[[User:Myk#Why conservapedia is doomed to fail|conservapedia is doomed to fail]]
*[[Objectivity]]
*[[Science]] and [[scientist]]s
**How much trust do they deserve?
*[[Chilling effect]]
**''There is little present on this site that is in any way objective or scientific. The very fear that anything could get edited out for ideologic reasons puts a chill on what is published''
*Clarity: An encyclopedia should not use made-up, unclear terms. [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Aschlafly&diff=81788&oldid=81737]
*[[/Morality]]
*Popularity
**of certain articles
**of the project as a whole
**Are they just laughing at us out there? (See 'liberal bias' below)
*Standards of conduct:
*#for sysops
*#*Not arbitrarily banning users
*#for ordinary users
*[[Conservapedia:Reliability|Reliability]]
*Bias
**[[Liberal bias]]
**[[Conservative bias]]
*Collaboration
**Agreeing to disagree
**NPOV
**Compromise
*Registration
*:Registration is closed late at night and early morning (Eastern Time). It's open during the day and early evening. Also, you can email the webmaster or [[User:Aschlafly]] (he's at aol) for manual accounts.
*Leadership
**Should there be a "lead sysop"?
***I'd be glad to follow [[User:TK|TerryK]]'s lead
**[[/Minion]]s [http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/m/m0316600.html]
*[[History of science]]
*Basis for inclusion of material
**Must be well-cited
**Are alternative ideas being censored?
*[[Politicized Science]] as related to:
**[[Eugenics]]
**[[Holocaust]]
*Smear terms [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Joseph_McCarthy&diff=75010&oldid=74978]
==Brag list==
<!-- from oldest 500 or 600 -->
Articles I wrote:
[[Upper West Side]],
[[kilometer]],
[[deduction]]
Articles to which I've made significant contributions:
[[germ theory of disease]],
[[microorganisms]],
[[Sun]],
[[liberal bias]],
[[global warming]]
Seeds I've planted:
[[ellipse]],
[[centroid]]
Templates I created:
*{{tl|Cn}} - 1 use
*{{tl|Who says}} - 3 uses
New page: ==Contacting me== I'll give out my phone number to just about anyone who emails me. Please use the "E-mail this user" link in the 'toolbox' on the left side of the page. *Note that my ce...
==Contacting me==
I'll give out my phone number to just about anyone who emails me. Please use the "E-mail this user" link in the 'toolbox' on the left side of the page.
*Note that my cell phone died a few days ago, and I haven't replaced it yet.
I usually answer email within one day, but I don't guarantee this.
When I'm editing at Conservapedia, I usually answer messages on my talk pages within a few minutes.
Sometimes I hang out at #conservapedia on [[IRC]], and I can use Yahoo and AIM for private chat on request.
==Quick links==
*[[Special:Imagelist]] - table of recently uploaded images
*[[Special:Ipblocklist]] - Use this to unblock a user.
*[[Special:Shortpages]]
*[[Conservapedia:Commonly misspelled words]]
*[[/to do list]] - anyone is free to edit this: add, delete, or prioritize as you see fit
__TOC__
==About me==
Hi, my name is Ed Poor and I'm a former developer, admin & bureaucrat from Wikipedia.
I know quite a bit about the internal workings of Wikipedia: the database structure, formatting, templates, dispute procedures, content and style guidelines; and, oh, yes, all the politics and gossip of the first few years.
Dpbsmith asked me to come over, so here I am. I'm finding the environment much more congenial.
My chief aim here is
to facilitate the highest standards of encyclopedia development.
I was one of the earliest members of the Wikipedia project (UserID #188). I helped institute the following practices or software features there:
[[Image:Ed11.jpg|left|thumb|Ed poor in Newark]]
*Marking edits as 'patrolled' (co-conceived with Maveric who in one marathon period personally checked '''every''' Wikipedia edit for vandalism!)
*Ability of blocked users to edit their own user talk page
*Community ban - i.e., increased authority for sysops to block a disruptive user
*The practice of bureaucrats "running" for office (I was the first one elected, when as a developer I could simply have granted myself the rights)
Pages I'm proud of there:
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_personal_remarks Wikipedia:Avoid personal remarks]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_for_the_enemy Wikipedia:Writing for the enemy]
*{{wp|Wikipedia:Harmonious_editing_club}}
==Favorite contributors==
This is a partial list. Don't get all bent out of shape because I haven't placed your name here (yet). :-) And it's not in any particular order.
*{{user|TK}} - straight to the point
*{{user|MountainDew}} - refreshing, like a can of soda!
*{{user|RSchlafly}} - forthright
*{{user|Aschlafly}} - erudite
*{{user|Dpbsmith}} - out of sight!
*{{user|Hojimachong}} - all right!
*{{user|Sid 3050}} - a big help
*{{user|Jaques}} - a lot of interesting stuff
==A new role==
To my surprise and pleasure, I was voted in as a sysop here - reportedly it was unanimous. Thank you for your support.
I believe that users who are here to contribute should get a helping hand, and those who cannot or will not make useful contributions should be shown to the door. But since, "His mercy is forever sure", I don't like applying infinite bans; it's always possible for a person to make up his mind to take a new direction. (I'm currently chewing some tough pills supplied by [[User:TK]], so watch out.)
I've unprotected a handful of pages and am watching them. I have hopes that eventually all content pages can be freely edited, once they reach a mature and stable state.
==Welcome==
Welcome, I'm Dan. I see that you have made many great article improvements in your week here. [[User:MountainDew|MountainDew]] 17:45, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
:Thanks, Dan. I try. And I've learned a lot from watching you. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 18:50, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
==Ideas I'm looking at==
*[[Japan]] and its use of women as sex objects
*''prawl'' = [[prowl]] + [[trawl]]
*[[Theory of Evolution]]
*#''the central premise of evolution remains more asserted than proved''
*#''where the first cell came from''
*#''the answers to some questions depend on the answers to others''
**[[/aspects of evolution]] - a draft about the terminological confusion
*[[origins debate]] = Creationism vs. "science" (i.e., materialism)
**Old Earth vs. Young Earth [http://www.sonlight.com/young_or_old_earth.html][http://www.answersincreation.org/index.htm]
*Conservapedia as a [[think tank]]
*Flaws in [[Wikipedia]]
*Myk's gloomy prediction:[[User:Myk#Why conservapedia is doomed to fail|conservapedia is doomed to fail]]
*[[Objectivity]]
*[[Science]] and [[scientist]]s
**How much trust do they deserve?
*[[Chilling effect]]
**''There is little present on this site that is in any way objective or scientific. The very fear that anything could get edited out for ideologic reasons puts a chill on what is published''
*Clarity: An encyclopedia should not use made-up, unclear terms. [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Aschlafly&diff=81788&oldid=81737]
*[[/Morality]]
*Popularity
**of certain articles
**of the project as a whole
**Are they just laughing at us out there? (See 'liberal bias' below)
*Standards of conduct:
*#for sysops
*#*Not arbitrarily banning users
*#for ordinary users
*[[Conservapedia:Reliability|Reliability]]
*Bias
**[[Liberal bias]]
**[[Conservative bias]]
*Collaboration
**Agreeing to disagree
**NPOV
**Compromise
*Registration
*:Registration is closed late at night and early morning (Eastern Time). It's open during the day and early evening. Also, you can email the webmaster or [[User:Aschlafly]] (he's at aol) for manual accounts.
*Leadership
**Should there be a "lead sysop"?
***I'd be glad to follow [[User:TK|TerryK]]'s lead
**[[/Minion]]s [http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/m/m0316600.html]
*[[History of science]]
*Basis for inclusion of material
**Must be well-cited
**Are alternative ideas being censored?
*[[Politicized Science]] as related to:
**[[Eugenics]]
**[[Holocaust]]
*Smear terms [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Joseph_McCarthy&diff=75010&oldid=74978]
==Brag list==
<!-- from oldest 500 or 600 -->
Articles I wrote:
[[Upper West Side]],
[[kilometer]],
[[deduction]]
Articles to which I've made significant contributions:
[[germ theory of disease]],
[[microorganisms]],
[[Sun]],
[[liberal bias]],
[[global warming]]
Seeds I've planted:
[[ellipse]],
[[centroid]]
Templates I created:
*{{tl|Cn}} - 1 use
*{{tl|Who says}} - 3 uses