User:Manning Bartlett/Contributions

My authoring system seems to consist mainly of writing geography articles, and then reading other articles and rewriting them from scratch. No-one has gotten mad at me yet for doing this... (yet). This explains the rather random assortment of topics under miscellaneous below. I don't actually regard the Loch Ness Monster, Dianetics, Sharia law or RAID drive systems as being my primary interests. I thought the Internet Humor was a good addition though. I've edited hundreds of articles, but I can't be bothered listing them all.

The articles I'm proudest of are Joshua A. Norton, Stolen Generation, Eureka Stockade and The senses. If you think they're no good, well the rest are probably worse.

Geography
Tasmania (Body of original article.)
Van Diemens Land - (created a link back to Tasmania)
Zanzibar - Wrote the body of original article
Greek islands - (reorganised entire article, added island groups)
Cyclades - Wrote the body of original article
Santorini - Wrote the body of original article
Australia - rewrote the history section
Sydney - added a substantial amount
Serengeti - Wrote the body of original article
Masaai Mara - Wrote the body of original article
Maasai - Wrote the body of original article

World Capitals I believe the Wikipedia cannot be taken seriously until it at least has entries for every world capital city. So this is my little personal crusade.
World capital cities by country - damn this took a long time
Tirana - Wrote the body of original article
Andorra la Vella - Wrote the body of original article
Luanda - Wrote the body of original article
St Johns - Wrote the body of original article
Buenos Aires - Wrote the body of original article
Dar es Salaam - Wrote the body of original article
Yerevan - Wrote the body of original article
Baky - Wrote the body of original article
Manama - Wrote the body of original article
Nassau - Wrote the body of original article
Ashgabat, Ashkabat - Wrote the body of original article

Biography
Kurt Vonnegut
Princess Diana (not exactly a topic of personal interest, but I noticed it was missing, so I started it off. It is presently a very good article, though not because of me)
Frank Zappa added some biographical detail
Paul Erdos - Wrote the body of original article
Antonio Salieri - Wrote the body of original article
Afrocelt Sound System - my favourite band (!)
Blackbeard - Wrote the body of original article
Joshua A. Norton - a complete rewrite
Valerie Solanas - a complete rewrite of a stub
Humphrey B. Bear - don't ask, I was feeling goofy
Eva Cassidy - my favourite singer

History
Eureka Stockade - Wrote the body of original article
Stolen Generation - Wrote the body of original article

"Science
Chronobiology - Wrote the body of original article
Jet lag - Wrote the body of original article
Circadian rhythm - Wrote the body of original article
Scientific method - rewrote entire article, my best effort in my opinion
The Senses - Wrote the body of original article
Nociception - a pet topic from med school days
Analgesic - Wrote the body of original article
Pain - Wrote the body of original article
Big Bang - added a substantial amount
Deja vu - Wrote the body of original article

Miscellaneous
Pseudoscience - major rewrite, also one I am pleased with.
Dianetics - complete rewrite
Loch Ness monster - wrote the article, don't ask... I have no idea why
English language/Strange words
Australian English - added about 50% of what's there
Internet humor and many related entries
Glissando - rewrote original article
Pun - contributed substantially
Palindrome- Wrote the body of original article
Mondegreen- Wrote the body of original article
Shaggy dog story- Wrote the body of original article
RAID - my one and only techie article
Plutocracy - Body of original article
Corporatocracy - rewrote original article
Sharia - Wrote the body of original article
Five Pillars of Islam - rewrote original article
Baryon - Wrote the body of original article
Demiurge - rewrote original article
Collective noun - did most of it and the related articles
Robert Lowth - Wrote the body of original article
Split infinitive - Wrote the body of original article
Infinitive - Wrote the body of original article
Oxymoron - Wrote the body of original article
Lords Prayer - Wrote the body of original article
Pyramid scheme - Wrote the body of original article
Ponzi scheme - Wrote the body of original article
jetlag - Wrote the body of original article

Wikipedia utilities - yes, this rather obvious page was my idea, as was Wikipedia utilities/Page titles to be deleted . It seems to have become a valuable resource now.

See also : user:Manning Bartlett