User:Dosseman
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I may not promote myself, but it seems on this page I may. Well, it will take some time for me to get to grips with the system, but to put it concisely:
- I live in Amsterdam, so may be following some Dutch pages,
- I love languages, and try to write properly in the ones I know, and may be correcting other authors whom I consider to be incorrect,
- I love photography and Turkey. So I added links to an extensive site that I have, where I treat most of that country. Almost every city is represented by now, and most of the major museums and monuments. Whenever possible I add texts taken from authoritative books, the Enc. Britt. or just original writing of my own. The site started May 9th 2004 and has generated "views" at the rate of 12.000 a day on average (up to 180.000 a day, by March 2006). Pictures have been copied into books, 2 newspapers, many sites. People appreciate it a lot. I receive daily positive reactions from Turks, either living in the country or abroad and from foreigners who have visited the country as tourists or worked there. In view of the scarcity of good (links to) pictures of many Turkish cities and culture I have added "External links" on several Wikipedia pages.
I do NOT consider that as promoting my site or myself, but as promoting (knowledge of) Turkey. I suppose I may find some Wikipedian will be taking the links out if I am found guilty of self-aggrandizement or spamming after all. In that case I think I will say good-bye to Wikipedia, and use my energy elsewhere. I do not want to compete on that issue.
That's it for the time being.
Dosseman
