User:RidG
This is my user page. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My name is Dmitriy, and I go by RidG on Wikipedia. I joined Wikipedia under a different name in 2002, but did not become active under my current name until 2004-2005.
I contribute mainly to United States Supreme Court cases. I am a member of Wikipedia SCOTUS Cases project, which is always looking for new members. On any given day, I typically try to participate in cleaning up Wikipedia, primarily via copyediting and voting in the VfD category. I subscribe to the notion that Wikipedia is somewhat bloated as it currently stands (a necessary evil of its open nature), and thus tend to vote in a reductionist manner (really, a euphemism for "delete everything"). Below is a list of my stubs and articles that I have either created or participated heavily in. I am a big fan of peer review and peer editing, so feel free to mercilessly tear my articles apart. Cheers.
'''Quick To-Do'''
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| style="background:#abd5f5;" | Cases
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| Hamdan v. Rumsfeld | At least Thomas' dissent; more if there is time. | Today's VfD |
| U.S. v. Morrison | Need to add "Critical Response" | Consider majorly expanding Checkers speech |
| Garcetti v. Ceballos | Probably good for now | Vote on this week's Project Collaboration Article |
| Kansas v. Marsh | Expand stub | New Wiki Pages |
| Randall v. Sorrell | Expand stub | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:All_articles_proposed_for_deletion All Prod Articles] |
| Dixon v. United States | New article | |
| LULAC v. Perry | Interesting & significant case; expand |
'''My shortcuts'''
'''My articles'''
- The Hollow Hope
- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois - Expanded from a stub.
- Bradwell v. Illinois
- Oyama v. California - Nominated for the March, 2005 International writing contest. Neat.
- Wolf v. Colorado
- Weeks v. United States
- Moore v. Dempsey
- Stromberg v. California
- Olmstead v. United States
- Moral luck
- Nebbia v. New York - expanded from a stub.
'''My stubs etc.'''
- Gerald Rosenberg
- Holt v. Sarver
- Herostratus
- Garcetti v. Ceballos - added Souter's, Stevens', and Breyer's dissents.
- Clinton v. City of New York - "Critical Response," "Subsequent History" sections.
- Inducement rule
- Worcester v. Georgia - New content, background, cites.
'''Articles I want to write at some point'''
These are some (IMO) interesting Supreme Court cases, mostly relating to free speech and the incorporation of the Bill of Rights, that I want to write about at some point. If you have a specific case in mind that you think should be added as an article to Wikipedia, please feel free to suggest it on my talk page.
- Stromberg v. California (1931)
- Gitlow v. People (1925)
- Prize Cases (1863)
- Boyd v. United States (1886)
- Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten (1917)
- Gilbert V. Minnesota (1920)
- Prudential Insurance Co. v. Cheek (1923)
- Olmstead v. United States (1928)
- United States v. One Book Called "Ulysses" (1933)
'''Tasks to consider'''
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| valign="top" bgcolor="#F2E6CE" | Cleanup
|| General - By topic - Move to Wiktionary - Wiki syntax - English grammar - Spam - Cleanup Taskforce - Wikify an article |
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| valign="top" bgcolor="#F2E6CE" | Categories
|| Orphaned - General cleanup - Articles to be categorized - Underpopulated - More... |
| valign="top" bgcolor="#F2E6CE" | Create an article
|| Most wanted - Requests 1 year+ - Requested articles - Blank pages - Missing encyclopedic topics |
| valign="top" bgcolor="#F2E6CE" | Stubs
|| Advice - Stubs by topic - Most wanted - Short pages - Incomplete lists - Collaboration of the week |
| valign="top" bgcolor="#F2E6CE" | Deletion
|| Speedy - Articles - Categories - Redirects - Templates - Misc. pages - Jokes - Log - Discussion archives - Review |
| valign="top" bgcolor="#F2E6CE" | Polishing
|| Expand an article - Peer review - Featured candidates - Fill a topic list - This week's improvement drive |
| valign="top" bgcolor="#F2E6CE" | Translation into English
||From foreign Wikipedias - Existing pages - Spanish Translation of the Week - [http://www.flacus.de/wikipedia/Interwiki-Link-Checker/index-en.html Interwiki link checker] |
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|| Requested pictures - Pictures needing attention - Images for cleanup - Image recreation requests - Caption review - Images with missing articles |
| valign="top" bgcolor="#F2E6CE" | Controversy |
| valign="top" bgcolor="#F2E6CE" | To-do lists |
| valign="top" bgcolor="#F2E6CE" | More
|| Cleaning department - Active Wiki Fixup Projects - Open tasks - Articles to merge - Articles to split - Copyright violations - Requests - Backlogs - Expert Request Sorting |