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No problem. It equally gets me when (extremely) controversial pieces of information often go uncited. I happen to be from the former [[Armenian SSR]] and so have all volumes of the Soviet Encyclopedia which prove to be useful references when it comes to finding information about specific divisions (namely Armenians however). The figure on the German side, especially the aircraft, seems far too high so I can take a look in the article on the battle of Berlin in my volumes and see if they even correspond to whoever came up with those numbers.--[[User:MarshallBagramyan|MarshallBagramyan]] 19:26, 9 December 2006 (UTC) |
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My name is Andries Krugers Dagneaux. I am from the Netherlands. Interests are cult/cults, Hinduism, science (esp. physics), electronics (component level), chess. I am an avid but not the most accurate reader and I have to admit that my edits in Wikipedia have unfortunately occasionally reflected my reading habits.
- Apostasy (I am an apostate of Sathya Sai Baba)
- Eileen Barker (extensive e-mail conversation)
- Lousewies van der Laan (cousin)
My contributions to Sathya Sai Baba led to a Wikipedia:arbitration in which I am one of the two adverseries. See Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Sathya_Sai_Baba. I am affiliated with the website of Dutch concerned former followers of Sathya Sai Baba
Non-English language sources
Strictly confing ourselves to English language sources in the English Wikipedia cripples it. Using only Dutch if this negatively affects the quality of a work has never been acceptable in the scientific and scholarly traditions of the Netherlands. I volunteer to check references in German and Dutch languages upon request. Please join the Wikipedia:non-English languages reference check committee.
Trustworthy editors
I consider the follower contributors good editors whom I trust, though this does not mean that I agree with all their edits. (There are many other good editors at Wikipedia.)
Is Wikipedia a cult?
Please read this eye-opening new article that dissects Wikipedia's propaganda! User:Andries/Wikipedia:controversy Feel free to expand.
Re-reading sources
In my experience, it takes a lot of effort to write a good article. Sometimes I think I can rely on my memory of books that I read a while ago but later I find out then some inaccuracies have slipped in. So I really have to re-study the subject to write a good article.
I do not believe that Wikipedia:dispute resolution will be able to handle the great number of disputes. On a busy day I file three serious requests for comments. Still, I think that is good to follow the dispute resolution process even if this leads to the conclusion that it does not work. Then something should change.
Keeping Wikipedia maintainable is one of my concerns
Feel free to expand my essay User:Andries/Wikipedia:maintainability
Definitions
I do not like concepts for which no clear definitions can be given, like Fundamentalism, New Age and Anti-Cult Movement. I doubt whether they have any added value.
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(copied from another user, I forgot from whom)
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(copied from user explodingboy without asking)
- Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list
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Symbols
Useful information
(Special Character Stash shamelessly "borrowed" from Stan's page)
À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ
Ā ā Ī ī Ū ū Ē ē Ō ō
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WikiProject / Wikipedia:Wikipedia maintenance / *Ancient pages / Wikipedia:Current polls / Wikipedia:List of common misspellings
Recent Changes / Recent Changes by anon users
13 February, 21:54+2:00
(shamelessly copied from user Patrick)
- • bullet
- … ellipsis
- ′ prime = minutes = feet
- ″ double prime = seconds = inches
- ‾ overline = spacing overscore
- ⁄ fraction slash
- ← leftwards arrow
- ↑ upwards arrow
- → rightwards arrow
- ↓ downwards arrow
- ↔ left right arrow
- ∂ partial differential
- ∏ capital pi
- ∑ capital sigma
- √ square root = radical sign
- ∞ infinity
- ∩ intersection = cap
- ∫ integral
- ≈ almost equal to = asymptotic to
- ≠ not equal to
- ≡ identical to
- ≤ less-than or equal to
- ≥ greater-than or equal to
- ... therefore
A small esay about spelling
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!
Subpages
- Ill fated satirical article about Wikipedia See also User_talk:Andries/Wikipedia:controversy
- To do list and list of articles that I consider biased or misleading
- Reference materials, still to be plagiarized from another Wikipedian
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