I had found Wikipedia in several searches for various topics of interest without ever really knowing what it was. One day I noticed the "edit this page" tab and thought for sure that I had some how found a hacked site that was giving everyone access to edit the site. That's when I did a little more looking and discovered the wiki concept.

Random page in category Vertebrates by classification

Areas I like to work on:

Science updates - adding the latest science findings
Protected areas - National, state and local parks, monuments, etc.
Historical sites, especially National Register of Historic Places.
United States Federal Government institutions (NOAA, NASA, etc.)
Recent changes patrol

Currently working on

Adding descriptions to Wikidata entries.

Awards

I, Fir e Fo x hereby award you this Minor Barnstar for all your brilliant minor edits!

Thanks for illustrate biographies, your effort is appreciated. --Emijrp (talk) 18:04, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

This editor is a
**Veteran Editor III**
and is entitled to display this
**Silver Editor Star**.

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		I'd like to award this for tireless efforts in correcting mistakes and typos, amazing work! Gaius Cornelius 12:44, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

		The Geography Barnstar
		Awarded to Epolk for contributions to Colorado-related articles. Ginkgo100 ^{talk · e@} 04:59, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Various items of interest

Languages

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

css-2

This user is an intermediate Cascading Style Sheets user.

HTML-4

This user is an expert HTML user.

Editing

This user contributes using Firefox.

This user contributes using
Google Chrome.

Wikipedia usage

This editor is a WikiGnome.

This user is a recent changes patroller.

17,000+

This user has made more than 17,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

Wikiprojects

This user participates in
WikiProject
Disaster management.

This user is a member of WikiProject Protected Areas.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Categories.

This user repairs links to disambiguation pages.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Stub sorting.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Photography.

This user is a member of WikiProject Fire Service.

SB

This user lets SuggestBot recommend articles to edit twice a month.

Wiki Societies

This user is a member of the Association of Categorist Wikipedians.

This user is a member of the Association of Structurist Wikipedians.

incl

This user is an inclusionist.

Grammar

A, B, and C

This user prefers the serial comma.

. The

This user puts two spaces after a period.

its & it's

This user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you.

their
there
they're

This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!

to
too
two

This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.

your
you're

This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.

’s

Thi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.

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