user:Draeco

{{Wikibreak| Draeco | when his medical residency is over in 2013, perhaps.}}

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My name is Jacob Radford; draeco is my earliest childhood internet alias. I was born in 1983 in rural Kentucky, USA. My academic credentials include bachelor's degrees in Spanish and biology from the University of Kentucky, a master's in diplomacy from the Patterson School of Diplomacy, and an M.D. from the UK College of Medicine. I am a board certified emergency medicine physician in Nashville, Tennessee. I'm also a fine woodworker, breakdancer, audiophile, linguist, traveler, and father.

Contributions

My very first edit was by IP in Wisteria on 15 June 2005. I registered forthwith and have made about 5,000 English Wikipedia edits since then, mostly in the areas of medicine, biology, history, and breakdance. My desk has some of the highlights. I am no longer active. Most of my edits were during college and med school around the 2005-2009 timeframe. My social interaction on Wikipedia was scant, but included welcoming, adopting, Wikiproject Medicine, and the Signpost. I have never used alternate accounts, nor have I been blocked, banned, or reprimanded in any way.

Philosophy

First and foremost, I am a rabid inclusionist who believes any article about a real subject should be included (a dying breed). Notability has crept out of control and should be abolished before it damages the project any more; see my rants. I mostly stopped editing because of time constraints, but notability was a major frustration.

We are indeed losing steam because the Wikipedia community is becoming less open and friendly (partly due to notability), especially to newcomers. This will drive away editors, and may already be doing so. Editors generally should reveal their identities, because secrecy permits duplicity. We should have a small [http://www.answers.com/topic/static-ad static ad] below the left sidebar for sustainability, though I'd welcome a feasible alternative. Concise, thorough, understandable introductory sections are key. Down with "See also" links, up with article writing that indicates what you really should see also.

References

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{{cite news|last1=Angwin|first1=Julia|last2=Fowler|lfirst2=Geoffrey A|date=23 November 2009|title=Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages|work=Wall Street Journal|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125893981183759969.html|accessdate=22 Nov 2009}}

{{cite web|title=After the boom, is Wikipedia heading for bust?|date=4 August 2009|first=Jim|last=Giles|accessdate=15 Dec 2009|work=New Scientist|url=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17554-after-the-boom-is-wikipedia-heading-for-bust.html}}

{{cite news |title= After flap over phony professor, Wikipedia wants some writers to share real names |url= http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-03-07-wikipedia-credentials_N.htm |publisher=Associated Press|first=Brian |last=Bergstein |date=7 March 2007 |accessdate = 15 December 2009}}

{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2929512|work = ABC News|last = Harris |first=Dan|title=Wikipedia Editor Revealed as Fake|date=6 March 2007|accessdate=8 March 2007|format=video}}

{{cite web

| title = Wisteria

| author = Wikipedia contributors

| work = Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

| publisher = Wikimedia

| accessdate = 21 August 2009

|date=15 June 2005

| url = http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wisteria&diff=prev&oldid=15242278}}

{{cite web

| title = Contributions summary for: Draeco

| publisher = River's edit counter

| work = Wikimedia

| accessdate = 5 October 2009

| url = http://toolserver.org/~river/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Draeco&dbname=enwiki_p}}

{{cite web |

url = http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/01/wikipedia_and_naked_shorting/

| title = Emails show journalist rigged Wikipedia's naked shorts: Overstock's Byrne vindicated amidst economic meltdown

| first = Cade

| last = Metz

| date = 1 October 2008

| accessdate = 15 December 2009

| work = The Register}}

{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/12/wikipedia-deletionist-inclusionist | title= Wikipedia approaches its limits| accessdate = 21 August 2009 |work= The Guardian | first = Bobbie | last = Johnson | date = 12 August 2009}}

{{cite web

| title = General user info

| publisher = Soxred93's edit counter

| work = Wikimedia

| accessdate = 5 Oct 2009

| url = http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/count/index.php?name=Draeco&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia}}

{{cite web

| title = Wikichecker - User:Draeco

| work = Wikichecker

| accessdate = 21 August 2009

| url = http://en.wikichecker.com/user/?t=Draeco&l=all}}

{{cite web

| title = Bullypedia, A Wikipedian Who's Tired Of Getting Beaten Up

| last = McKenna

| first = Gene

| authorlink = User:Mckennagene

| date = 4 September 2009

| accessdate = 23 September 2009

| format = blog

| url = http://travel-industry.uptake.com/blog/2009/09/04/bullypedia-a-wikipedian-whos-tired-of-getting-beat-up/}}

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