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Duae Quartunciae
Wikiactivity My contributions, [http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/count/index.php?name=Duae+Quartunciae&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia edit-counter]
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InterestsPhysics, Cosmology, Religion, and most other things
Blog[http://duoquartuncia.blogspot.com Duae Quartunciae]

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Duae Quartunciae is actually the name of [http://duoquartuncia.blogspot.com my blog], and so people who want to learn more about me can use that as a start for searching. I joined to fix up a problem in an article I saw on wikipedia. I am a long time and very satisfied reader of Wikipedia.

Since I have joined, however, I've become better aware of the nature of the beast. The encyclopedia presents itself to most readers as a general information resource; but just below the surface there is continuous froth and bubble and turbulence, with lots of personal dynamic and conflict and collaboration. The emergent result is not stable or reliable, though it is undoubtedly fascinating and useful. Here be dragons — wise and ancient, also inscrutable, capricious, dangerous.

I currently live in Australia. I have a long time interest in science and mathematics. I have a BSc(Hons) (Melbourne, 1980) and a PhD in formal logic and automata theory (Monash, 1990); but in the topics I pursue in my own time I am basically an amateur. I have a long history of involvement with the talk.origins Usenet group, and the talkorigins website. I am not active there at present. In recent years I have been active on a couple of web forums, and I have just recently started a blog, though it is a bit inactive at present. I have an interest in astronomy and cosmology, and a bit of amateur background in physics.

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Wikipedia subculture

I'm fascinated by the kinds of subculture that spring up when people interact on line. One aspect of Wikipedia culture, common to all sites that act as a venue for discussion, is a tendency for bad feeling over content to escalate into open animosity. I sometimes hop into contentious topics as well, and will be aiming for that balance between making a firm stand on appropriate content in line with Wikipedia guidelines, and respect for persons who disagree with me on what appropriate content entails.

The other side of Wikipedia subculture is that there is a carefully worked out set of principles intended to guide people in how they manage interactions and content. This has a level of official standing, and contributes a lot to keeping interactions positive.

Another positive thing, less formally organized, is that there is a lot of mutual encouragement that goes on, with random acts of recognition and appreciation. I got an award fairly early in the peace, and it gave me a real buzz of good feeling.

Awards

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: bottom; height: 1.1em;" | The Exceptional Newcomer Award

style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Awarded for an astonishing quantity of high-quality work in a number of science and pseudoscience articles. From extensive work on Fritz Zwicky and Morphogenetic field, to working on complex merge proposals and calmly dealing with tenacious editorial conflicts, Duae Quartunciae has made a big impact in a few short few weeks. Kudos. MarcoTolo 01:24, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For helping me when I felt like the world was against me, for making the difference between staying and going and for all the effort and time put into WP:WQA solving dozens of other problems, I can think of no better recipient for my first barnstar in 2.5 years than Duae Quartunciae! Cheers, CP 15:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! Recognition and encouragement like this is much appreciated, and a nice thing about the Wikipedia subculture.