Write a Wikipedia Entry

It was harder than I thought but my entry was finally accepted. Oddly enough it was too short to improve my writing and too obscure for me to receive much recognition. I did gain a little social credit from the folks at work though.

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I created the first entry about my favorite author, Anne Carson. Since then many people have edited it, but my favorite quotes remain, and many of the things I said about her are still there in some form. This was back in 2002 when Wikipedia was an infant, so there were a lot of topics no one had written about yet.

I also started the entry for Parallax (as a philosophical concept).

And I wrote a lot of the first Portland, Oregon entry (now it’s all been edited away).

I also wrote stubs for some of my other favorite authors and subjects. Back then Wikipedia was so empty. Now it’s hard to find any topic that needs my help. But the Anne Carson entry is still my creation!

I created an entry two months ago and it’s still there!

What I expect to happen if I achieve this goal:

1) Improve my writing
2) Receive recognition
3) Gain social credit

Started “Notable Alumni” section in my old high schools wikipedia entry (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Denver_School)

I wrote a Wikipedia entry for nauli in French and in English

Nothing much, but it was missing, and should have been there!

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It was kind of fun, but really didn’t have any impact on my life or self-esteem or anything. It’s cool to do, but I wouldn’t bother making a goal of it.

even though it was just a tiny edit, it’s a start.