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I can say other things, but I think I'll let my userboxes do the talking. As a closing note, I'd like to say that I ADORE this site; it's easily the most dynamic, fascinating part of the Web and has a good shot at being a major transformer of society. Unfortunately, I must also concede that it has a
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My overriding passion is history and global relations and cultures; I like anthropology but am somewhat turned off by its scholarly, scientific tone. I am also fascinated by popular culture and somewhat interested in "high"er culture (and loathe the distinction between the two, which, I think, tends
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lot of drawbacks, from the ongoing and perhaps unresolvable controversy regarding what's fit for inclusion to the hostility of entrenched editors to newcomers. Still, I hope to remain a part of it, and maybe even contribute more meaningfully someday.
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As already mentioned, I rarely make substantial edits, partially because I don't have many fields of expertise and partially because I find it personally hard to justify the enormous time and effort needed to do them. I created a mere two articles
391:(I even taught a course on it in '09), and I considered using my Japanese skills to translate Featured Articles from the Japanese Knowledge (XXG). Sadly, so far this has not gone very far. 359:. Anyway, I've been using Knowledge (XXG) since the fall of 2003 and started contributing in 2004 with some controversial edits (but I thought many were good) of the first 30 or so of 726: 218: 173: 166: 771: 731: 751: 776: 371:
to be arbitrary and elitist). My edits range pretty widely, since my favorite thing about Knowledge (XXG) is probably how diverse its coverage is.
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I am "Brutannica" (as far as you need to know). The name goes from an apparent misunderstanding of a character in the much-missed 18th episode of
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Hi, I'm creating a home page for you so people can talk to you.
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