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[edit] Bio and contact information

Please note: my current job is keeping me busy enough that I'm taking a break from Wikipedia.

Vicki Rosenzweig is a native New Yorker, and would-be polymath.

In practice, "dilettante" might be closer, but I'm curious about most things, know at least a little about many, and enjoy answering questions and explaining things, so Wikipedia is a congenial project.

I'm also a professional copyeditor and proofreader, and enjoy being someplace where I'm encouraged to insert the missing "the"s, fix the spelling, and tidy up the commas.

I do freelance work: contact me if you need non-Wiki editing, proofreading, or research. vr@redbird.org If you want me to look over something on the Wikipedia, just drop a note on my talk page.

I'm happy to get Wikipedia-related email, but please use an informative "Subject:" line, so I don't delete it as spam.

My home page is http://www.panix.com/~vr

[edit] Editing as civil disobedience

The U.S. government is claiming that it is illegal for any American to edit anything written by someone from one of several nations, including Iraq and Iran. I copyedited Yas-e-no earlier today, partly because it needed a once-over (basic polishing of English, the usual), and partly to make the point that that rule is oppressive, immoral, and will do nothing to harm the governments it is allegedly aimed at. Vicki Rosenzweig 00:24, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Fortunately, this rule has been retracted, because of pressure from working scientists and science organizations. Vicki Rosenzweig 13:24, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Some of the articles I've written

I've been dropping in stubs on things I think ought to be covered--I started the light pollution article because it was requested, and just did a few paragraphs on whales because it seemed like an odd omission: there was already an article on ambergris. The list below is in the order of writing, rather than any more useful organization.

[edit] To Do

  • Expand apple {... but which one? disambiguated}
  • More on Mississippi/Atchafalaya/Corps of Engineers
  • fill out Hudson River article
  • Rose, if nobody gets there first (just noticed that it's a very brief stub)
  • fill out Slender loris entry (just read a good magazine article on the subject)
  • koala, currently a pathetic stub
  • de-stubbify zebra
  • see which other people entered by the contributor who has a thing for presidents of the continental congress did other more important things (see John Jay)
  • expand American bison: should cover role in Plains Indian culture, for one
  • Mount Rainier

[edit] Notes, mostly to myself


Oh, and when I get bored I wander through the Wikipedia semi-randomly, inserting verbs into topic sentences.


Note to self: got to July 6, noticed conflict with July 5 (both claimed as publication date for Newton's Principia); check 7/5 talk page, then go on to 7/7 if not answered.


May 24 list of names is C'n'P from http://www.thisdaythatyear.com/May/people24.htm


through December 21; it's going more slowly as I use the "pages that link to" feature to find items to enter, and occasionally fix things on the pages that link to. (This would be simpler if I'd started at Jan. 1 and not skipped anything.) Oh, and I don't care how big a fan you are, not every detail of Bob Dylan's career belongs under "events."

In case anyone is wondering, I'm operating on the theory that singers, writers, philosophers and scientists belong to the world, but politicians and soldiers should be identified by country. I'm unlikely to add people I've never heard of unless they have Wikipedia entries: if someone cared enough to describe a life, it's worth giving dates of birth or death. I won't remove the entry for an athlete or entertainer just because I haven't heard of them, though. My non-wiki sources are US-biased; non-US Wikipedians are especially encouraged to add more data.

Can a developer look at this. According to page hist. I have reverted twice when in fact I had only looked at the pages. Is it possible there is a corruption in my computer or what? Is it possible I inadvertently pressed a button I shouldn't have? This is getting rather worrying. In no way am I involved in the last para "In case anyone is wondering, ... , I certainly did not enter the revert summary manually. --Dieter Simon 00:33, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Anti-Phonetic Alphabet

I became aware of your Anti-Phonetic Alphabet through the VfD discussions after I had created the Ghoti phonetic alphabet article. I'm sure mine will be deleted, but it is nice to know I'm not the only one with a weird sense of humor. --StanZegel 05:18, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

p.s. I'll trade you a pneumonia for your heir. And irrupt was great, but bdellium deserves a Samuel Johnson Award. Stan.

[edit] Croatia/Ustase

For someone named Rosenzweig you are remarkably naive to be spouting the "anti-Catholic" canard re anything, especially Croatia and the Ustase, about which you are evidently ignorant -- inform yourself before making empty accusations.

216.194.2.22 11:00, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

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