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	I have two longstanding fields of interest: one is cultural theory and criticism, philosophy, and the humanities; the other is Chinese politics, religion, and history. I edit and hope to improve articles on both those subjects and more (I've taken a recent interest in finance, for example, and will edit along those lines for a while). Misplaced Pages is a complex place, especially when it comes to contentious topics where editors have strong opinions and are committed to seeing the Misplaced Pages pages on those topics represent those opinions. I used to be quite sanguine about the encyclopedia, but the issue of persistent POV-pushing is a difficult and complex one to deal with. No suggestions for a solution to that problem, though the thoughts ] seem a good start. This is mainly in reference to the ] family of articles, with which I have been involved.
			It seems that every year I have a new fascination. At the moment, it is the intersection between traditional culture, particularly Chinese, modern psychology, and various economic and social theories.

	Misplaced Pages is interesting for another reason, I guess it is a kind of ] though it is not all that serious: it is simply that some types of articles get little attention. For example, the articles on ], generally, are poorly sourced, often poorly written, and are not all that useful (I'm not speaking of all of them, but a goodly number). I can only guess that this reflects the biases of Wikipedians writ large, because they just don't care about that stuff so much. In other article spaces, an unsourced sentence won't be allowed for a second. On ], however, you get sentences like ''"There are some elements to think about when choosing the form of payment. When submitting an offer, the acquiring firm should consider other potential bidders and think strategically."'' as though this were a freaking how-to speech! I want to build out some of those articles with good sources and make them more informative.

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	===Essays of interest===		===Essays of interest===
	*Vine, Richard. New Criterion, January 1992		*Vine, Richard. New Criterion, January 1992.
			*Orwell, George. Partisan Review, January 1949.

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	''"The fact of the matter is that editors who care about Misplaced Pages lose to editors who desire only to make articles reflect their viewpoints."'' — ]		''"The fact of the matter is that editors who care about Misplaced Pages lose to editors who desire only to make articles reflect their viewpoints."'' — ]

			''"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead."'' — ]
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			''"Exit, pursued by a bear."'' — ]






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	*Over time I have developed a bizarre grudge against gratuitous hyperlinking. I'll remove the brackets if they lead nowhere.

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Latest revision as of 20:18, 24 April 2019

It seems that every year I have a new fascination. At the moment, it is the intersection between traditional culture, particularly Chinese, modern psychology, and various economic and social theories.

Essays of interest

Vine, Richard. "Foucault's gay science," New Criterion, January 1992.
Orwell, George. "Reflections on Ghandi," Partisan Review, January 1949.

Quotes

"A sense of irony is the first victim of utopian dreams." — Theodore Dalrymple

"The fact of the matter is that editors who care about Misplaced Pages lose to editors who desire only to make articles reflect their viewpoints." — user:Hipocrite

"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." — Thomas Paine

"Exit, pursued by a bear." — William Shakespeare

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