User:Jkeiser

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I'm new here, but finding it  fascinating and  fun to research totally new and  random things. I have  done a lot of edits on Wikipedia articles, too numerous to bother mentioning here, but the more  substantial or  interesting ones are  below. I typically hit random link and  see what shows up, what needs improvement and  what is  missing that is  interesting.

My general philosophy is  that:

• Articles should be human. Articles are  not for consumption by a computer digesting facts, but by a human which is  capable of making judgements and  very capable of losing interest in dry statements. an  article should contain human-interest facts (see the vegetable/fruit controversy in tomato), down-to-earth writing, and  opinions (not my own) where possible without violating NPOV. Saying that Monstera deliciosa is  poisonous and  delicious is  not strictly NPOV, but it's a non-controversial opinion that gets the reader's attention.
• Articles are  jumping points -- you may not get all the information about the subject, but you will get a very good overview and  get basic information on all the key players, so that you have  a way to research further.
• Links should be serendipitous, containing occasional links to things not specifically related to the article (done by linking words in the text that you probably wouldn't have  linked if you were just concentrating on someone who was reading to find out about the particular subject at hand).

My Homepage

Contents 1 Articles 2 Less Major Edits 3 Things That Need Editing 4 Sandbox

[edit] Articles

• It all started with the billboard article, which I reached after looking for Burma-Shave. This has now reached featured article status!
• I have  done a lot of research into the development of the typhus vaccine, after a random link to typhus: Rudolf Weigl -> Charles Nicolle -> epidemic typhus -> Rickettsia prowazekii -> Buchenwald
• Monstera deliciosa is  an article I added recently after a random link to Araceae. I may do Philodendron next if the plant fancy strikes me.
• Zond program - many of the satellites therein. This still needs mission boxes like the *Soyuz program missions. I just think I want to learn about template programming first rather than pasting in tables like that.
• I updated Burt Rutan significantly as well. Interesting guy. I want to research his airplanes more.
• Moses Blah just got a lot more  information. Why did I add so much information on a 2-month temporary President? Because it  Was There.
• Rasul v. Bush and, to a lesser extent, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
• Bevin Boys. Oh random link, how I love ye!
• Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. The first time a random Rambot page has ever turned up an  interesting town.
• Gustavo Cisneros and  Venevisión.
• Francisco Martin Duran. There was not as much info on the net as I expected here, but I was able to cobble together the story from various sources. Still needs a picture of the guy though! The only one I can find is  from his prison personals page, and  I bet we don't get to use that.
• Steve Thorburn and  the Metric Martyrs. I got here by a random link, making some small edits to greengrocers and  greengrocer's apostrophe before I did a fateful search on "greengrocer politics".

[ less  Major Edits">edit] Less Major Edits

I have  added pictures to a number of articles. Additionally, some of the less  major edits that still involved research (not all are  included here, just stuff I'm happy with):

• tomato - fruit vs. vegetable controversy and  to-may-to to-mah-to
• dead zone (ecology) - information from the UNEP report, pictures
• R.A.F. Penrose, Jr. - my first bona fide stub. Still needs fleshing out but the research has pointed out much of the important stuff.

[edit] Things That Need Editing

Things not filled in enough: Adam Sedgwick * William F. Packer * circumterrestrial space [1] * Ridge-push * Whirlpool * Geneva Convetions (see also Geneva Convention, what is  up with that?) * William-Adolphe Bouguereau and  individual picture pages * Jet lag (see this Nature Article for some info)

Rasul v. Bush needs information on the decision itself and  the reasons behind it.

Things that need a little modernization and  zest: Roderick Murchison

New topics to research: Marlboro Man * Cigarette advertising

* butcherbird (linked from Australian Magpie) * Baths of Diocletian

I have  begun researching the apparently unsung Laurance Spelman Rockefeller after a random link to one of the other Rockefeller brothers. This is  proving to be a more  elusive task than I had expected. As soon as the word Rockefeller gets into a search, conspiracy theorists graft themselves onto your Google search like a plague of addled locusts.

[edit] Sandbox

I have  created an  extension of the Monobook theme that makes it  easier to see changes: User:jkeiser/monobook.css