User:Stidmatt

Stidmatt is a data scientist living in the United States. I joined Wikipedia in 2008. I am interested in Politics, History, Geography, Science, Music, among other things. I play the trumpet and piano and am fluent in XHTML and CSS. I do my best to correct errors in the areas of interest. I will add any information I think should be in an article I will add it to do my part and prove Linus's law yet again.

Userboxes This user is a Doctor Who fan. This user is a Browncoat. We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty. RD This user is full of smeg. STAR WARS This user is a Star Wars fan. LOTR This user loves The Lord of the Rings, both the books and the films. This user is a member of the Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians. The motto of the AIW is conservata veritate, which translates to "with the preserved truth". This motto reflects the inclusionist desire to change Wikipedia only when no knowledge would be lost as a result. This user opposes all forms of racism and admires Nelson Mandela. ♂♀ This user supports gender equality. HRC This user supports the Human Rights Campaign. This user is interested in LGBTQ issues—which does not necessarily reflect the user's sexual orientation or gender identity. This user is an ally of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer community. This user is interested in religion. ... This user wishes to study more religions. This user believes in the separation of church and state. This user believes the First Amendment was written to protect freedom of religion, not abolish it.   This user is a Unitarian Universalist. This user is interested in Utilitarianism, the belief that a moral action is one which increases the total happiness of humanity. This user is interested in humanism. This user is interested in politics. 99% This user supports the Occupy Movement. This user believes in a non-partisan, direct democracy. This user believes it is every citizen's duty to vote. pno-3 These users play the piano at an advanced level. trpt-3 These users play the trumpet at an advanced level. LG This user's alignment is Lawful Good: the "Crusader." This user thinks that being anti-Putin is being pro-Russian. This user lives in the U.S. State of Washington. This user has been tested and is a Certified Nerd. This user listens to NPR. m & ft This American user is equally at ease with both metric units and U.S. customary units. This user opposes the policies and views of Ron Paul. This user supports preferential voting as opposed to first-past-the-post. This user supports the ban on smoking in public places. This user plays chess. This user is a Go player. This user likes to play Magic: The Gathering. 5 This user has visited 5 of the 205 countries in the world. This user has visited 8 of the 50 United States. 8

My long term project is translating German village pages and monarchs to English.

I'm not sure what other people will say about this, but I feel like all religion topics should have an automatic silver lock to prevent vandalism and work on making them with more neutral sources to improve their quality. Any comments?

I am going to be frank, honest, and clear with my opinions, I am not going to hide things. If I hurt someone's feelings for showing sources, too bad.

I have been noticing that there are some pages that have been used by far-right Tea Party leaning members of Wikipedia as a way to discredit progressive ideas. The current disputes on the Occupy Wall Street Page are completely fabricated and is being used to further pursue their goals at discrediting the largest movement for social change in the history of the world to keep their power through powerful media. Also, on the old General Motors streetcar conspiracy the people who are denying it are doing so without evidence, and against the accounts of millions of the oldest Americans today, it is damaging t our country and the truth must be told! No matter how inconvenient it is, this is Wikipedia, we exist to tell the truth, not further urban legends.

Wikipedia has been designed to allow a variety of viewpoints and must remain like this. If you find a problem with an article tell us the precise reason why it is NPOV, wrong, or needs to be clarified, and if it isn't done, please plunge forward! Wikipedia on many pages has been designed to give MULTIPLE POINTS OF VIEW. Go onto almost any current Head of State's page and you will find a Criticism section, and if there is a complaint that has been listed somewhere else, put it there! But do not destroy sourced facts if they go against your deeply held religious/political beliefs, if you must do this, Conservapedia is the place for you!

I am a stickler to Wikipedia's Guidelines because if they are followed they could be extremely powerful at protecting this wonderful site from vandalism from members. We need to start deleting members who violate these guidelines on a consistent basis. We're putting ourselves at risk.

As you can see by my User boxes, I am a Utilitarian Unitarian Universalist.