User:David L Rattigan

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David L Rattigan is a Vancouver-born British-Canadian living in Liverpool in the UK.

He is a writer, teacher and communicator. His qualifications are:

BA in Biblical-Theological Studies (University of Manchester)
PGCE in Secondary Religious Education

He has worked in pastoral ministry in British Columbia as a Pentecostal and evangelical, but is now an openly gay liberal Anglican. He writes extensively on the Web about his fundamentalist past and spiritual abuse.

Aside from theology, biblical studies and religion, Dave's main area of interest are film, the arts and Linguistics.

1 Wiki stuff
2 People I admire
3 David L Rattigan on the Web

[edit] Wiki stuff

[edit] Important things I want to say about Wikipedia

Having a bias or an opinion does not disqualify you from editing an article on Wikipedia. Being incapable of putting your own opinions aside and writing from an NPOV does disqualify you.

Wikipedia is not paper. Quit acting like there's going to be a national shortage of webspace if someone writes an article Joe Juggs, the inventor of the Dagenham Drudgedipper.

[edit] What I like about Wikipedia

I like that Wikipedia is preserving information and history that no one else would have thought of preserving. That's why it ticks me off when I hear someone dismiss an article as "not notable" and then vote for its deletion accordingly. If something was "notable", we'd just open the Encyclopaedia Britannica and read it there. But there are things that are never going to find their way into a standard encyclopaedia, simply because they don't fall into the received view of what's worthy of being recorded. The beauty of Wikipedia is that it is not only edited by "people", but its content is selected by people. I love that.

See this article for how my view fits into official Wikipedia policy.

[edit] Wikipedia pages I find helpful

And I particularly like this rule:

Wikipedia:Ignore all rules

[edit] Why do you make multiple redirects?

First, I am addicted to Wikipedia, and sometimes I have to find something to do just to get my fix
Second, I am committed to making Wikipedia as user-friendly as possible, and redirects for names, titles and subjects that are frequently mispelled are really helpful to people

[edit] Why do you hang out at AfD?

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion is a place I hang out occasionally because I am not a big fan of the notion of notability. I like to go in and help rescue articles that someone has decided isn't "notable", which usually means something more like, "It doesn't exist in my little world." While the notion of notability is often cited as an authority in AfD discussions, it is not in fact official Wikipedia policy. I think notability sucks. I'm an inclusionist. I get rattled with people who act like the web is going to implode if someone adds a few unnecessary sentences about an obscure subject.

However, there are a handful of official Wikipedia policies that I care about, and where articles clearly violate them, I am happy to vote for deletion. Two of those are "neutral point of view" and "no original research". A third is a "guideline" rather than a policy: Vanity. I feel pretty strongly about all three.

[edit] Wikipedia articles started by David L Rattigan

[edit] Missing Wikipedia articles (which I might get around to starting)

[edit] People I admire

[edit] David L Rattigan on the Web

The Grace Pages Dave's blog
DavidLRattigan.com Homepage
LeavingFundamentalism.org Resources for surviving the journey out of Christianity
S.P.E.C.S. The Society for the Preservation of English and Correct Speech
Dictionary of Hammer Horror Dave indulges his passion for every aspect of the famous British horror studio
Amazon reviews Reviews of films, books and music
Ex-Gay Watch I am one of several authors

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