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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div style="width:20%; float:left;height:4px; background:#9BC2E7;"></div> <div style="width:20%; float:left;height:4px; background:#F48D32;"></div> <div style="width:20%; float:left;height:4px; background:#A52A2A;"></div> <div style="width:20%; float:left;height:4px; background:#666666;"></div> <div style="width:20%; float:left;height:4px; background:#9BC2E7;"></div> <p><br /> </p> <table style="width:100%; margin:auto; border-collapse:collapse; margin-bottom:10px;" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:75%;"> <div style="line-height:.7em; font-size: 270%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">Quiddity</div> <div style="font-size: 180%; padding-top: 16px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height:30px;">Volunteer editor<br />Vigilante librarian <small>(I forcibly loan books to people)</small></div> <div style="padding-top: 16px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">"Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best…" – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a><sup><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Frank Zappa">[1]</a></sup></div> </td> <td style="padding:10px 0; vertical-align:top; width:25%; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:User_Quiddity.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/User_Quiddity.jpg/250px-User_Quiddity.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/User_Quiddity.jpg/375px-User_Quiddity.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/User_Quiddity.jpg/500px-User_Quiddity.jpg 2x" data-file-width="529" data-file-height="428" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%; margin:auto; border-collapse:collapse;" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:15px; vertical-align:top; width:400px;"><h2 id="Other_project_watchlists" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; border-bottom:0;"> Other project watchlists </h2> <ul><li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="m:Special:Watchlist">meta</a> (<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="m:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:Watchlist">mediawiki</a> (<a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Watchlist&days=0.25">wikipedia 6hr</a> · <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Watchlist&days=0.75">18hr</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="wikitech:Special:Watchlist">wikitech</a> (<a href="https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="wikitech:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="wmania:Special:Watchlist">wikimania</a> (<a href="https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="wmania:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="outreach:Special:Watchlist">outreach</a> (<a href="https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="outreach:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="wmf:Special:Watchlist">governance</a> (<a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="wmf:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="testwiki:Special:Watchlist">test</a> (<a href="https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="testwiki:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="test2wiki:Special:Watchlist">test2</a> (<a href="https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="test2wiki:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist">beta</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="commons:Special:Watchlist">commons</a> (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="c:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Special:Watchlist">data</a> (<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="d:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="simple:Special:Watchlist">simple</a> (<a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="simple:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="wikt:Special:Watchlist">wiktionary</a> (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="wikt:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="b:Special:Watchlist">books</a> (<a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="b:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="q:Special:Watchlist">quote</a> (<a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="q:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="s:Special:Watchlist">source</a> (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="s:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>) · <a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" class="extiw" title="wikivoyage:Special:Watchlist">voyage</a> (<a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="wikivoyage:Special:RecentChanges">rc</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/" class="extiw" title="phab:">phabricator</a> · <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_map" class="extiw" title="m:Interwiki map">map</a></li></ul> <h2 id="Staff" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; border-bottom:0;"> Staff </h2> <p>Since September 2013, I've been doing contract work for the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">WMF</a> as a Community Liaison for a variety of projects, for which I have a separate account. </p> <ul><li><span class="plainlinks userlinks"><span class="userlinks-username"><a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity_(WMF)" title="User:Quiddity (WMF)">Quiddity (WMF)</a> </span>(<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Quiddity_(WMF)" title="User talk:Quiddity (WMF)">t</a>·<a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Quiddity_(WMF)" title="Special:Contributions/Quiddity (WMF)">c</a>) <b>/</b> <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Quiddity_(WMF)" class="extiw" title="mw:User:Quiddity (WMF)">mw:Quiddity (WMF)</a> (<a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User_talk:Quiddity_(WMF)" class="extiw" title="mw:User talk:Quiddity (WMF)">t</a>·<a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Quiddity_(WMF)" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:Contributions/Quiddity (WMF)">c</a>) <b>/</b> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Quiddity_(WMF)" class="extiw" title="meta:User:Quiddity (WMF)">meta:Quiddity (WMF)</a> (<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Quiddity_(WMF)" class="extiw" title="meta:User talk:Quiddity (WMF)">t</a>·<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Quiddity_(WMF)" class="extiw" title="meta:Special:Contributions/Quiddity (WMF)">c</a>)</span></li></ul> <p>Although I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, contributions under this account are exclusively in my individual, personal capacity. </p> <h2 id="News_hubs" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; border-bottom:0;"> News hubs</h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost">The Signpost</a> · <span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/">wmfblog</a> · <a class="external text" href="https://en.planet.wikimedia.org/">planet.wikimedia</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump" title="Wikipedia:Village pump">VP</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)">policy</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)">technical</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)">proposals</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)">misc</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(idea_lab)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab)">ideas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Dashboard" title="Template:Dashboard">T:Dashboard</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Admin_dashboard" title="Template:Admin dashboard">admin</a>) · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dashboard" title="Wikipedia:Dashboard">WP:Dashboard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:News" title="Wikipedia:News">WP:News</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Update" title="Wikipedia:Update">WP:Update</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CBB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CBB">WP:CBB</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:User_Advocacy" title="Wikipedia talk:User Advocacy">more...</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Channels" class="extiw" title="m:IRC/Channels">IRC</a> · <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Overview" class="extiw" title="meta:Mailing lists/Overview">mailing lists</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <h2 id="A_cluster_of_obvious_distractions" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; border-bottom:0;"> A cluster of obvious distractions </h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Six_degrees_of_Wikipedia#External_links" title="Wikipedia:Six degrees of Wikipedia">6°</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles" title="Wikipedia:Unusual articles">unusual</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_trees" class="mw-redirect" title="List of trees">trees</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Lists_of_fictional_things" title="Category:Lists of fictional things">fictional</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_cycles" title="List of cycles">cycles</a></li> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~dapete/catgraph/">catgraph</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikidashboard.parc.com/">wikidashboard</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wikirage.com/">wikirage</a> · <a href="/wiki/WikiTrust" title="WikiTrust">wikitrust</a></span></li> <li>wisdom: <a href="/wiki/User:Raul654/Raul%27s_laws" title="User:Raul654/Raul's laws">raul</a> · <a href="/wiki/User:Antandrus/observations_on_Wikipedia_behavior" title="User:Antandrus/observations on Wikipedia behavior">antandrus</a> · <a href="/wiki/User:Kingturtle/WikiPrinciples" title="User:Kingturtle/WikiPrinciples">kingturtle</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Zen_of_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:The Zen of Wikipedia">zen</a></li> <li><a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:">translatewiki</a></li> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://listen.hatnote.com/">Listen to Wikipedia</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://seealso.org/">See, also: Visualizations</a></span></li> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/">Wikidata Game</a></span></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div style="background-color:#FFFAD2; padding:10px; border:solid 2px #FFD300; margin-bottom:10px; width:90%; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/How_it_Works" title="User:Quiddity/How it Works">How it Works: My Guide to Wikipedia,<br />Using Annotated Navboxes</a><br />– Read the yellow, skim the blue.</div> <p><b>If you're not</b> [confused / inspired / worried / surprised / outraged / overwhelmed / hopeful] <b>then you're not paying attention!</b> </p><p><br /> </p> <h2 id="Tools,_templates,_examples,_errata" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; border-bottom:0;"><span id="Tools.2C_templates.2C_examples.2C_errata"></span> Tools, templates, examples, errata</h2> <ul><li>Citation: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Citation templates">templates</a> · <a href="/wiki/Help:Citation_tools" title="Help:Citation tools">tools</a> · <span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://toolserver.org/~holek/cite-gen/">cite-gen</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Reflinks#tab-0-content">reflinks</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://reftag.appspot.com/">googlebooks</a></span></li> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quiddity/sandbox&action=edit">/sandbox</a></span> · <a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/sandbox2" title="User:Quiddity/sandbox2">/2</a> · <a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/sandbox3" title="User:Quiddity/sandbox3">/3</a> · <a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/sandbox4" title="User:Quiddity/sandbox4">/4</a> · <a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/sandbox5" title="User:Quiddity/sandbox5">/5</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages">Templates</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup">cleanup</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/General" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages/General">general</a> (disambig) · <a href="/wiki/Template:Hatnote_templates" title="Template:Hatnote templates">hatnotes</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects">sister</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/Sources_of_articles" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles">refs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Category_tree_all" title="Template:Category tree all">category tree</a></li> <li>types of: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Compact" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Compact">delsort</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/Redirect_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages/Redirect pages">redirect</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting/Stub_types" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types">stub</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><small>|date=March 2025</small></dd></dl></li> <li>user: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Welcoming_committee/Welcome_templates" title="Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates">welcomes</a>   <small>{{subst:<a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/welcome" title="User:Quiddity/welcome">User:Quiddity/welcome</a>}} ~~~~</small><br /> user: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace#Warnings_and_notices" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace">warnings</a></li> <li>/vector <a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/vector.css" title="User:Quiddity/vector.css">.css</a> <a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/vector.js" title="User:Quiddity/vector.js">.js</a> /common <a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/common.js" title="User:Quiddity/common.js">.js</a> /global <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Quiddity/global.css" class="extiw" title="m:User:Quiddity/global.css">.css</a> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Quiddity/global.js" class="extiw" title="m:User:Quiddity/global.js">.js</a> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/User_style_customization_tutorial" title="User:Quiddity/User style customization tutorial">/User style guide</a></small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity_II" title="User:Quiddity II">User:Quiddity II</a> - alt account for testing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/User:Quiddity/" title="Special:PrefixIndex/User:Quiddity/">subpages</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <ul><li>Media portals / projects / examples: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Literature" title="Portal:Literature">Portal:Literature</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Books">proj Books</a> · <a href="/wiki/William_Gibson" title="William Gibson">William Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Music" title="Portal:Music">Portal:Music</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians">proj Musicians</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Template talk:Allmusic">amg</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:Music_external_link_templates" title="Category:Music external link templates">+</a>) · <a href="/wiki/Stereolab" title="Stereolab">Stereolab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Film" title="Portal:Film">Portal:Film</a> · <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Film" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Film">proj Films</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:IMDb_title" title="Template:IMDb title">imdb</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:Film_external_link_templates" title="Category:Film external link templates">+</a>) · <i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Man" title="Dead Man">Dead Man</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <ul><li>Notes: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_use_rationale_guideline" title="Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline">fu.rationale</a>: e.g. <a href="/wiki/File:SurferRosa.jpg" title="File:SurferRosa.jpg">SurferRosa.jpg</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/13/gif-horse-ditch-wikipedias-shortest-featured-articles/">Smallest existing FAs</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td style="padding:15px; vertical-align:top;"><h2 id="About_me" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; border-bottom:0;">About me</h2> <p>Hi, I go by the name <a href="/wiki/Quiddity" title="Quiddity">Quiddity</a> in my volunteer work here. I discovered Wikipedia in 2005, via <span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://jonudell.net/udell/gems/umlaut/umlaut.html">the screencast</a></span> about the article <a href="/wiki/Metal_umlaut" title="Metal umlaut">metal umlaut</a> which demonstrated the power of revisions and history pages. After making a few edits to scattered pages, I was entranced with the possibilities, and made this account. </p><p>~40,000 edits later... 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.mw-parser-output .help-box .sidebar-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .help-box .sidebar-heading{background:#082849}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .help-box{background-color:#0d1a27}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .help-box .sidebar-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .help-box .sidebar-heading{background:#082849}}</style><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks help-box noprint plainlist" style="width:150px;"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conflicting_Wikipedia_philosophies" class="extiw" title="m:Conflicting Wikipedia philosophies">Wiki philosophies</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div> <ul><li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Darwikinism" class="extiw" title="m:Darwikinism">Darwikinism</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deletionism" class="extiw" title="m:Deletionism">Deletionism</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Delusionism" class="extiw" title="m:Delusionism">Delusionism</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Essentialism" class="extiw" title="m:Essentialism">Essentialism</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Eventualism" class="extiw" title="m:Eventualism">Eventualism</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Exclusionism" class="extiw" title="m:Exclusionism">Exclusionism</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Exopedianism" class="extiw" title="m:Exopedianism">Exopedianism</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Immediatism" class="extiw" title="m:Immediatism">Immediatism</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Inclusionism" class="extiw" title="m:Inclusionism">Inclusionism</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incrementalism" class="extiw" title="m:Incrementalism">Incrementalism</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mergism" class="extiw" title="m:Mergism">Mergism</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metapedianism" class="extiw" title="m:Metapedianism">Metapedianism</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conflicting_Wikipedia_philosophies" class="extiw" title="m:Conflicting Wikipedia philosophies">more...</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_sociology" class="extiw" title="m:Wikipedia sociology">Wiki sociology</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_personality_type" class="extiw" title="m:Wiki personality type">Wiki personality types</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiFauna" title="Wikipedia:WikiFauna">WikiFauna</a></b></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/Wikipedia_philosophies" title="User:Quiddity/Wikipedia philosophies"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Quiddity/Wikipedia_philosophies" title="User talk:Quiddity/Wikipedia philosophies"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/User:Quiddity/Wikipedia_philosophies" title="Special:EditPage/User:Quiddity/Wikipedia philosophies"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>My wiki-philosophy leans towards <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/eventualism" class="extiw" title="m:eventualism">eventualism</a>, because the pleasure is in watching the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_development" title="Wikipedia:Article development">articles develop</a> over time; Eventualism is also how most of this project got built. However, I think most of the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/conflicting_Wikipedia_philosophies" class="extiw" title="m:conflicting Wikipedia philosophies">conflicting Wikipedia philosophies</a> have a strong validity, and they all need to be balanced against each other. Understanding where the philosophies each developed from is insightful (whether on-wiki precedents, or real-world politics and contexts; especially the balance between idealism and pragmatism) - this goes for our policies and guidelines, and world history, too - All rules/laws/instructions are based on someone somewhere taking an action that other people disagreed with. To misquote Santayana,<sup><a href="/wiki/George_Santayana" title="George Santayana">[1]</a></sup> "Those who do not know or understand the past, are doomed to repeat it". </p> <h3 id="My_work" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; border-bottom:0;"> My work </h3> <p>I tend to focus on organization and research work, but also enjoy helping out as a guide and an informal mediator. When I'm not distracted by the plethora of community hubs and discussions that are broadcasting news and requesting input, I'm fixing citation dead-links, trying to find common ground in subjective disputes, and checking updates to the 9,000+ items in my watchlist. I'm generally interested in anything related to words, felines, connections, and design. Recently, I've been reading everything I can find about Outreach, as the GLAM and EDU projects seem to be amongst the most interesting possibilities for our future growth. </p><p>Soon after I first arrived at Wikipedia, I participated in the redesign of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Usability/Main_Page" title="Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Usability/Main Page">Main page</a>, which led to the redesigns of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal/Redesign" title="Wikipedia:Community portal/Redesign">Community portal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Help_talk:Contents/Draft" title="Help talk:Contents/Draft">Help:Contents</a>, <a href="/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet" title="Help:Cheatsheet">Cheatsheet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portal:Contents" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Contents">Portal:Contents</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Sidebar_redesign" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Sidebar redesign">Sidebar</a>. That gave me a broad understanding of the scope (and spirit) of the paths that guide Wikipedia. Later on, I contributed small nudges to the <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Ambuj.Saxena/Wikipedia-logo" title="User talk:Ambuj.Saxena/Wikipedia-logo">logo</a> update and the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Article_message_boxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Article message boxes">article message boxes</a> overhaul. </p><p>The redesign of the Portal:Contents and its subpages, led me to assisting with the work on the various subtypes of lists, and I've been organizing and <a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/Navigational_pages_RfC" title="User:Quiddity/Navigational pages RfC">trying to explain</a> the glossaries, indexes, outlines, and lists of lists, ever since. I also took an interest in our articles about words, and have been discussing the sometimes <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary/Draft_RfC_on_words" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary/Draft RfC on words">disputed</a> nature of their existence (with how we relate to Wiktionary, and various other aspects and precedents) for a few years. </p><p>An interest in concise descriptions, has led me to the disambiguation pages project, and also to the infobox dispute where I'm hoping to bring a broad perspective of understanding to the at-times extreme-oppositional perspectives that often dominate the discussions; I helped create <a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_classical_composer" title="Template:Infobox classical composer">Infobox classical composer</a> and believe that improving the documentation, and a wide acknowledgement of the validity of the various problems, will help resolve some of the objective and subjective disagreements. Relatedly, Wikidata is a fantastic new project, that might greatly impact both of those areas in the future. </p><p>On the smaller scale, I've tried to bring an outsider's mediating perspective to a number of topical disputes, from <a href="/wiki/Book_design" title="Book design">book design</a> to <a href="/wiki/Tree_shaping" title="Tree shaping">tree shaping</a> to <a href="/wiki/Breast_cancer_awareness" title="Breast cancer awareness">breast cancer awareness</a> to others – there have been some successes, and some lessons learned. ("What doesn't kill us, makes us ache in new and interesting places.") </p><p>I've always enjoyed the complexities and nuances of language (connotations/ramifications/implications/insinuations), and I collect instructional manuals (guides/primers/tutorials/rulebooks), hence I've followed the development of our Manual of Style since I arrived; I give input on various discussions and changes, but I've only made significant contributions to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists_of_works" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works">MoS (lists of works)</a> page. If I had more time... </p> <h3 id="Life_and_events" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; border-bottom:0;"> Life and events </h3> <p>I lived in England for 14 years, and have lived on the West coast of Canada for almost 20 years; However, I've also been reading the works of, or corresponding and collaborating with, numerous Americans - and I tend to use the default-US Mozilla/Ubuntu dictionaries - so my <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ENGVAR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ENGVAR">spelling</a> is somewhat erratic! I try to keep active with kite-flying, DIY projects, travel, and local community involvement, but the lure of the internet and the book-stack is strong. So much to read and learn and comprehend and practice, and only one lifetime to fit it all in. </p><p>In 2010 I visited the WMF offices for <a href="https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Screen_Sprint" class="extiw" title="outreach:Screen Sprint">Screen Sprint</a>, a 2-day group project, to create a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Screencast" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Screencast">tutorial</a> for making screencasts. This was the first time I'd met any other Wikimedians, and gave many insights into the methods and characters behind the way the systems all work together. </p><p>I took a little over a year off, from early 2011, to work on some personal projects. I found the break refreshing, and will try to take shorter-but-regular wikibreaks in the future. </p><p>In June 2013, I participated in the first <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Roundtables" class="extiw" title="meta:Roundtables">Roundtable</a>, where a group of users from various backgrounds took part in a brainstorming session, to learn about and provide feedback on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notifications" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Notifications">Notifications</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Flow" title="Wikipedia:Flow">Flow</a> software projects. Meeting a variety of wiki-newcomers and staff, helped reinforce the notion that we all have a <i>lot</i> to learn from each other, no matter how experienced we are in Wikipedia or real-life. Improving the communication between readers, newcomers, regulars, power-users, and the various teams of staff, will be very important for understanding and resolving the problems the projects currently face. </p> <h3 id="People" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; border-bottom:0;"> People </h3> <p>Whilst writing this, I've wanted to name all the fantastic collaborators I've worked with, or the massive efforts towards lucid and referenced writing that I've witnessed, or the inspirational editors in terms of empathy and humour; I've wanted to comment on the people I worked with but don't see around anymore, whom I miss; I've wanted to credit the leaders and the learners. However, I don't want to miss anyone out; and I don't want to name-drop; and I don't want to name only the heroes, as I can learn almost as much from mistakes as from successes; plus, I enjoy stumbling across half-forgotten usernames in page-histories or archived-discussions, and teasing the memories out... </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><br /> </p> <table role="presentation" class="userboxes" style="margin: auto; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 248px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px; background-color: #FFFFFF; background-color: var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF);; color: #000000; color: var(--color-emphasized, #000000); float: right;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%; font-weight: bold;">Nutshell</div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #D6D6D6;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#eee;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:blue;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:white;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle">Can</td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">This user resides in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>,</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #D6D6D6;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#eee;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#0099FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle">Fel</td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">reveres <a href="/wiki/Felidae" title="Felidae">cats</a>,</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #D6D6D6;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#eee;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#9BC2E7;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle">JLB</td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">fears the infinite <a href="/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel" title="The Library of Babel">library</a>,</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #D6D6D6;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#eee;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#D6D6D6;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle">40's</td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">is slowly going grey,</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #D6D6D6;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#eee;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#E5B184;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/Human_archetype_systems" title="User:Quiddity/Human archetype systems"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Sun_symbol.svg/44px-Sun_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Sun_symbol.svg/66px-Sun_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Sun_symbol.svg/88px-Sun_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">enjoys <a href="/wiki/Pattern" title="Pattern">patterns</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/Human_archetype_systems" title="User:Quiddity/Human archetype systems">archetypes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Infographic" title="Infographic">infographics</a>, and other systems categorical or reductionist,</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #D6D6D6;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#eee;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#F48D32;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:white;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle">Ubu</td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">is often frustrated by <a href="/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ubuntu (operating system)">Ubuntu</a>,</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #D6D6D6;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#eee;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#CD481E;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:white;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle">Lng</td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">thinks kids should study <a href="/wiki/Linguistics" title="Linguistics">linguistics</a>, as well as a foreign language,</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #D6D6D6;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#eee;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#A52A2A;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:white;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle">Tea</td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">is grumpy without <a href="/wiki/Tea" title="Tea">tea</a>,</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #D6D6D6;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#eee;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#531515;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:white;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle">Re</td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">regularly re-reads <i><a href="/wiki/Invisible_Cities" title="Invisible Cities">Invisible Cities</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Cryptonomicon" title="Cryptonomicon">Cryptonomicon</a></i>, and others,</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #D6D6D6;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#eee;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:black;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:white;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle">DON'T PANIC</td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">and attempts to <a href="/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy" title="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy">not panic</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Towel_Day" title="Towel Day">towel</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_books" title="Lists of books">book</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Umwelt" title="Umwelt">fish</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #000080;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#ffffff;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#c0c0c0;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Fifteen_Year_Society_userbox.svg/42px-Fifteen_Year_Society_userbox.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Fifteen_Year_Society_userbox.svg/63px-Fifteen_Year_Society_userbox.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Fifteen_Year_Society_userbox.svg/84px-Fifteen_Year_Society_userbox.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="305" /></span></span></td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fifteen_Year_Society" title="Wikipedia:Fifteen Year Society">15 years</a></b> (since 2005).</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Wikiprojects and bookmarks I try to follow: </p> <ul><li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_history" class="extiw" title="meta:Wikimedia history">Wikimedia history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Libraries" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Libraries">Libraries</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">The Wikipedia Library</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_Project" title="Wikipedia:Help Project">Help</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Usability" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Usability">Usability</a> (<a href="https://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="usability:">usability:</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Using_colours" title="Help:Using colours">WP:Colours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Screencast" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Screencast">Screencasts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Catalogue_of_CSS_classes" title="Wikipedia:Catalogue of CSS classes">CSS classes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Editor_Retention" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention">Editor Retention</a></li> <li><a href="https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="strategy:Main Page">strategy:</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Design" class="extiw" title="mw:Wikimedia Foundation Design">mw:WMF Design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure">The Wikipedia Adventure</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Policy_and_Guidelines" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Policy and Guidelines">Policy and Guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Essays" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Essays">Essays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes">Infoboxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Templates" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Templates">Templates</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Inline_Templates" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Inline Templates">Inline</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_External_links" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject External links">Ext. links</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation">Disambig</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Disambiguation_pages_in_need_of_cleanup" title="Category:Disambiguation pages in need of cleanup">cleanup</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Dabnav" title="Template:Dabnav">nav</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Contents" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Contents">Contents</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Categories" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Glossaries" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Glossaries">Glossaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indexes" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Indexes">Indexes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Outlines" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines">Outlines</a> <br />(old draft RfCs on <s>outlines</s> and <a href="/wiki/User:Quiddity/Navigational_pages_RfC" title="User:Quiddity/Navigational pages RfC">nav pages</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team">Version 1.0</a> · (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vital_Articles" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles">Vital</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Linguistics" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Linguistics">Linguistics</a> <br />(old draft RfC on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary/Draft_RfC_on_words" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary/Draft RfC on words">words</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary">WP:NAD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Canada" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cats" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Cats">Cats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Color" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Color">Color</a></li></ul></li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_source_of_many_disagreements.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/The_source_of_many_disagreements.png/400px-The_source_of_many_disagreements.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/The_source_of_many_disagreements.png 1.5x" data-file-width="486" data-file-height="341" /></a><figcaption>The source of many disagreements. (a simplification)</figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <center><div style="background-color:#CEDFF2; text-align:center; padding:10px; border:solid 1px #AAAAAA; margin-bottom:10px; width:90%">"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all.<br /> The conscientious historian will correct these defects." – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a> <s><a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a></s><sup><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Herodotus#Misattributed" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Herodotus">[1]</a></sup></div></center> <center><div style="background-color:#FFFAD2; padding:10px; border:solid 2px #FFD300; margin-bottom:10px; width:90%">See also, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/F9zfCMp99-A?rel=0&start=0&end=217&autoplay=1&modestbranding=1&loop=0&autohide=2">Exformation</a> as brilliantly explained by <a href="/wiki/Ze_Frank" title="Ze Frank">Ze Frank</a>. Our discussions (throughout Wikipedia, and throughout life) are overflowing with exformation; It's a useful thing to understand. The newcomers don't have any, and the regulars have too much!</div></center>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quiddity&oldid=1019403132">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quiddity&oldid=1019403132</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Members_of_the_Fifteen_Year_Society_of_Wikipedia_editors" title="Category:Members of the Fifteen Year Society of Wikipedia editors">Members of the Fifteen Year Society of Wikipedia editors</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 23 April 2021, at 03:58<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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