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I am a student of the [[universe]], a seeker of [[knowledge]], a lover of [[learning]].

In the real world, I am a [[residency|resident]] [[physician]] currently living in [[Minnesota]], which leaves me with little time.

I was born in [[1979]]. I discovered Wikipedia in early November 2004. It wasn't long before I was drawn in; I made my first edit on November 20, 2004 (under my briefly used account, [[User:Knowledgeseeker]]). On March 15, 2005, I [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Knowledge Seeker|became]] an [[Wikipedia:Administrator|administrator]]. To check up on what I've been doing with my administrative powers, see my [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=&user=Knowledge+Seeker&page= log] (note that rollbacks will appear under my [[Special:Contributions/Knowledge Seeker|contributions]] like my other edits). I take pride in my work and take care to follow Wikipedia policy. If you feel I have misused my adminstrative powers in some way, I would very much appreciate if you [[User talk:Knowledge Seeker|let me know]].

''Si sabe hablar español, puede [[:es:Usuario:Knowledge Seeker|visitarme]] en la Wikipedia española, aunque yo no sé hablar español muy bien.''

All right, I gave in and added a picture of myself. It's from a couple years ago—I'll replace it with a better picture when I get a chance.

The remainder of this page is really for me, to keep track of articles I'm working on and such. You're welcome to read it but it's not very well-organized.

==Awards==

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Image:Prato-com-tarecos.jpg|Dear KS, i just caught a part of Beagle2 vandalism in my watch list and i have to confess that i'm extremely well impressed by the way you dealt with such an irritating user. So, here are some Tarecos for your tea or coffee. Cheers, [[User:Muriel Gottrop|muriel@pt]] 14:56, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Image:Comedy_gold.png|It is with a smile on my face that I place you into the elite bunch of Wikipedians that have received the ''Comedy Gold!'' award after seeing [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Venus_%28disambiguation%29&diff=15688241&oldid=15673498 this bit of hilarity]. [[User:Violetriga|violet/riga]] [[User_talk:violetriga|(t)]] 10:43, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Image:WMBarnstar.png|In acknowledgement of your tireless work of going through the list and inform all those backlogged users of their DYK promotions, I hereby award you with the Working Man's Barnstar for your efforts. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 09:06, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Image:Mouldy bread.jpg|For your good work on SCOTW and MCOTW, [[User:Deryck Chan|Deryck C.]] awards '''Knowledge Seeker''' with this '''Mouldy Sandwich Award'''! 13:44, August 11, 2005 (GMT+8)

Image:Encephalon Cross.png|'''The Encephalon Cross''' <br/>''For commendable contributions to the featured medical article [[Asthma]], and thoughtful leadership of the [[WP:MCOTW|MCOTW]].''

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==To do==

Although I spend most of my time copyediting, here are some current/future project ideas. This is more to remind me what I wanted to work on than to tell others. I am overly ambitious for the amount of time I have and probably won't get to all of these. Anyone is free to beat me to these tasks.

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| [[Wikipedia:Administrator's reading list|Administrator's reading list]]

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| [[Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce|Cleanup Taskforce]]

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*Work on [[Chicago]]-related articles, especially ones about streets and [[multilevel streets in Chicago]] ([[User:SPUI]] has created some beautiful maps [see bottom]). Add photographs to Chicago-related articles if they don't have them already.

**<del>[[Wacker Drive]] &mdash; take a new photograph once we get some sunnier weather</del>

**<del>[[Lake Shore Drive]] needs a photograph</del>, but maybe another from the North Avenue Bridge?

**<del>[[Columbus Drive (Chicago)|Columbus Drive]] upload pictures if article is created</del> has 2 photos now

**<del>[[U.S. Highway 41]] needs some info about when it runs along [[Interstate 94]] when I have time to look it up.</del>

**<del>Disambiguate the links to the [[Museum of Science and Industry]]</del>

*Work on [[:Category:Medicine stubs|medicine stubs]]. I haven't been too active here, partially because many of them are already pretty good, and partially because I don't want to spend much of my free time reading more about medicine.

**<del>Split out information on [[Anorexia nervosa]] from [[Anorexia]].</del> Split, but I'll try to expand it more.

**<del>Expand [[Vasovagal syncope]]</del> expanded

**Write [[Tilt table test]]

**<del>Write [[History (medicine)]]</del> it's at [[Anamnesis]]

**<del>Write [[Chromoblastomycosis]]</del>

***Generalize [[metastasis]] and [[elephantiasis]]&mdash;too narrow

**Write [[Connective tissue disease]] &mdash; someone else started it

***Work on [[Connective tissue]] while I'm at it

**<del>Write [[Mastoiditis]]</del>

***Expand [[Mastoid process]] too

**<del>Write [[Transaminase]]</del>

**<del>Write [[Soleus muscle]]</del>

**<del>Write [[acrocyanosis]]</del>

*Add material to space- and space-exploration&ndash;related articles if I learn about something that isn't already included in the articles.

**Work on italicizing spacecraft names

*Work on Star Trek&ndash;related articles

**Work on the links to the old [[Starship Voyager]] page

*Add some photographs to India-related articles; flesh out short articles

**[[Jodhpur]]:uploaded photograph

**[[Mehrangarh Fort]]:uploaded photgraph; work on expanding article so I can add more photos

**[[Udaipur]]

**[[Lake Palace]]

**[[Jantar Mantar]]: uploaded photograph

**[[Amber Fort]] ([[Amber, India]]?) uploaded photograph

**[[Jaipur]] uploaded photograph

*<del>Move my photographs to Commons; add them to the category or gallery pages (in progress)</del>

*Add Commons photographs to other-language Wikipedias

*<del>Figure out how to add accents and tildes while editing the [[:es:Portada|Spanish Wikipedia]].</del> Oh and work on my Spanish skills

*<del>Try writing [[Phosphorus cycle]] so that people won't keep following broken (red) links and write nonsense that has to be repeatedly speedied</del> <del>Started it, but it could really use some work. Anyone who knows any ecology, feel free to fix it up!</del> My good friends at the [[WP:CT|Cleanup Taskforce]] have really helped out here, but if you know any ecology, feel free to work on it more.

==Projects I keep an eye on==

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bengal]]

*[[Wikipedia:Spanish Translation of the Week]]

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Clinical medicine]]

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles]]

==Articles I've started==

I don't own these articles; if you can improve them I'd greatly appreciate it!

*[[Bengali grammar]] (a long-term work in progress)

*[[Alpha Omega Alpha]]

*[[Phosphorus cycle]] (which has since received some major upgrading&mdash;thanks!)

*[[Dolphins (movie)|''Dolphins'' (movie)]] (still very short)

*[[Chromoblastomycosis]]

*[[Mastoiditis]]

*[[Transaminase]]

*[[Soleus muscle]]

*[[Acrocyanosis]]

==Articles to which I've been a major contributor==

*[[Septum pellucidum]]

*[[Piriformis muscle]]

*[[Cardiovascular disease]]

==Photographs I've taken==

Some of these are not being used in any article; I'm listing them here so I don't forget about deleting them when I'm done.

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Image:Gonda building, closer up.jpg|"[[Mayo Clinic]]", closeup of the [[Gonda Building]].

Image:Gonda building, closeup.jpg|"[[Mayo Clinic]]", less zoom.

Image:St Marys, Domitilla entrance.jpg|"[[Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester)]]" and "[[Mayo Clinic]]"

Image:House on the Rock automated instruments.jpg|"[[House on the Rock]]: a very odd place

Image:Pakoras.jpg|"[[Pakora]]" tasty Indian appetizer ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Jantar Mantar at Jaipur.jpg|"[[Jantar Mantar]]": a historic astronomical observatory ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Amber Fort interior.jpg|"[[Amber, India]]": The interior of one of the palaces in [[Amber Fort]] ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Amber Fort, Jaigarh Fort in background.jpg|"[[Jaipur]]": Two historic structures in the state of [[Jaipur]] ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Amber Fort.jpg|"[[Amber, India]]" [[Amber Fort]] ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Chicago River from Michigan Avenue (closeup).jpg|"[[Wacker Drive]]": view from [[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)|Michigan Avenue]] ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:South Water Street (service level).jpg|"[[Multilevel streets in Chicago]]" a view from the third level of South Water Avenue ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Chicago River dyed green, focus on river.jpg|"[[St. Patrick's Day]]" The [[Chicago River]] dyed green ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Chicago River, dye travelling upstream.jpg|"[[Chicago River]]" Some of the dye travelled a bit upstream ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Jodhpur from Mehrangarh Fort.jpg|"[[Jodhpur]]": view from Mehrangarh Fort ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Mehrangarh Fort.jpg|"[[Jodhpur]]" and [[Mehrangarh Fort]]: Mehrangarh Fort ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Aon Center (Chicago).jpg|"[[Aon Center (Chicago)]]": second-tallest building in Chicago ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Lakeshore East (facing northeast, closeup).jpg|"[[Lake Shore Drive]]": its intersection with Wacker Drive ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Harbor Park (facing east).jpg|"[[Lakeshore East]]": new development east of Chicago's Loop ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Columbus Drive, 3 levels (facing west).jpg|"[[Columbus Drive (Chicago)|Columbus Drive]]" the triple-level Columbus Drive in [[Chicago]] ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Columbus Drive, 3 levels (facing southwest).jpg|"[[Columbus Drive (Chicago)|Columbus Drive]] another view ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Michigan Avenue bridge over Chicago River.jpg|"[[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)]]" and "[[Multilevel streets in Chicago]]": one of two double-decker bridges in Chicago ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Wacker Drive, 3 levels.jpg|"[[Wacker Drive]]": all three levels ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Jaigarh Fort from Amber Fort.jpg|''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Sheesh Mahal, Amber Fort.jpg|''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Jantar Mantar at Jaipur, another view.jpg|''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Chicago River from Michigan Avenue.jpg|''(User:Knowledge Seeker)''

Image:Connection between Lakeshore East and Harbor Drive, Service Level.jpg|''(User:Knowledge Seeker'')

Image:Dual-level Harbor Drive.jpg|(''User:Knowledge Seeker'')

Image:Lakeshore East (facing south).jpg|(''User:Knowledge Seeker)

Image:Lakeshore East (facing northeast).jpg|(''User:Knowledge Seeker'')

Image:Chicago River dyed green, buildings more prominent.jpg|(''User:Knowledge Seeker'')

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==Cool images and ones I'm watching for updates==

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Image:Wacker Drive side view.png|Schematic of [[Wacker Drive]] ([[User:SPUI]])

Image:Chicago top down view.png|A view of the triple-decker streets and their connections ([[User:SPUI]])

Image:Chicago upper level.png|Street map of Chicago's downtown, highlighting the upper-level streets ([[User:SPUI]])

Image:Chicago lower level.png|Street map of Chicago's downtown, highlight the lower-level (mid-level) streets ([[User:SPUI]])

Image:Chicago service level.png|Street map of the service level (the bottommost level of the [[Multilevel streets in Chicago|triple-decker roads]]) ([[User:SPUI]])

Image:Chicago all levels.png|The previous three, combined into one map ([[User:SPUI]])

Image:South Water Street.png|Schematic of South Water Street ([[User:SPUI]])

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