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== Profile ==
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Ancient 1.5-decade-old content removed; profile due for a much-needed overhaul. :)

== Major Wikipedia Contributions ==
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Somehow, they usually seem to fall under three main categories:

*Travel
:[[Alaska]] - Started the ''Transportation'' section and contributed information about air, car, ferry and railroad travel in Alaska as well as a brief overview of dog mushing.
::[[Alaska Permanent Fund]] - Added information about the proposed change to the Percent of Market value approach
::[[Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend]] - Created article and wrote stub with overview and history  
::[[Alaska Railroad]] - Contributed information on routes and scenery
::[[Cook Inlet]] - Added info on Turnagain Arm tides and Turnagain/Knik Arm mudflats
*Transportation
:Railroads
::[[Glendale train crash]] - Added miscellaneous details and a link to the [[Los Angeles Times]]'s collection of articles
::[[Direct traffic control]] - Started article! See the first [bad] version [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Direct_traffic_control&oldid=69746756 here]
::[[Flashing rear-end device]] - Two-way FREDs and Wilma (HOT) devices
::[[Railway signalling#Signaling in the U.S.]] - Completely rewrote and vastly expanded section. The whole article still needs work, though.
::[[Air brake (rail)]] - Contributed information on emergency applications. The article, including my contributions, still needs significant reorganization and copyediting.
::[[EMD SD70 series]] - the nicer, newer of the Alaska Railroad's engines
::[[EMD 710]] - the engine used in the SD70-series. Started table and put the Expert template on it--the engine designations are alphabet soup!
::[[EMD GP49]] - a model of engine that the Alaska Railroad has but no one else does. I started a stub...
::[[North American railway signaling]] - Preexisting stub. I copied my contributions and some other info from the [[railway signalling]] article to this one.
*Technology
:[[Cable television]] - Contributed detailed information about digital cable telephony
:[[General Communications]] (GCI) - Another article had a reference to GCI, so I created a stubbed entry with a brief overview of the company
:[[Mobile phone]] - Contributed information about mobile phone usage on aircraft
::''(This information was later moved to [[Mobile phones on aircraft]])''
But also these:
*Politics
*Religion
*Other
:[[Spectacor Management Group]] - Created article and pasted list of SMG-managed properties. (Shouldn't be a copyvio--it's just a list of cities and arenas). Surprising the article didn't previously exist--it seems to be a fairly large company.

[[Special:Contributions/Cluth|Real-time list of contributions]]

Also check out [[WikiTravel:User:Cluth]] and [[WikiNews:User:Cluth]]. I've begun to contribute over there as well.

== Other Interesting Articles ==

Here are some other articles which I have found especially fascinating. These are in addition to the ones I've contributed to above. These are ones that I either haven't had time to contribute to or really don't need contributions.
*Travel
*Transportation
*Technology
*Politics
*Religion
:[[Transformationalism]]
:[[Neo-evangelicalism]]

==To Do==
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'''New article ideas'''
:[[DTAG (Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group)]]
:[[User:Cluth/International_economics]]
:[[User:Cluth/Copyright law for church worship pastors]]
'''Existing articles or stubs to expand'''
:[[Sound reinforcement system]]
:[[Eric Whitacre]]
:[[Tom Bodett]]
:[[California State Route 46]]
:[[Wikipedia:WikiProject California State Highways]]
:[[Cellular One]]
'''Specific information contributions'''
:[[Anchorage, Alaska]]
::*Suburban growth not as carefully planned out, lack of zoning (research this)
::*Warm weather -> lots of outdoor activities: walking, biking, horse riding, etc. -- out-of-towners come and wear fleece, locals are in tank tops
:[[Rank]]
::*Add Salvation Army
:[[National LambdaRail]]
::*What it is: wavelength control, etc. (I just watched a 1 hour lecture on it, and that was more informative than this article!)
:[[Salvation Army]]
::*Make more NPOV (less like an Army PR statement)--facts are good but the wording makes lots of assumptions
::*Organizational data (THQ, DHQ, quasi-military command structure--Lieutenant Commanders, Majors, Captains, etc.)
:::*Subsection on rank to link to from [[Rank]]
:[[Worship band]]
::*Newer popular songs?
:[[Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport]]
::*New terminal information
::*USPS "hub" is actually called...? (Refer to USPS Web site or [[USPS]] to double check)
:[[Olive Garden]]
::*Culinary Institute of Tuscany
:[[Air brake (rail)]]
::*Emergency vs. Service applications
:[[Yield management#Rental cars]]
::*Yield management in rates
'''Copy editing'''
:[[Manga]]
:[[Mobile phones on aircraft]]
:[[Clownfish]] (capitalization and other grammatical stuff)
:[[Gear ratio]]
:[[DACS (Digital Access Carrier System)]]
:[[Short Message Service]]
:[[Short Circuit]]
:[[San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge]]
:[[PNG]]
:[[San Marcos Pass]]
:[[Head of Government]]
:[[Sam Cooke]]
:[[Railway signalling]] - article organization, mediocre writing
:[[Authorization hold]] - clean up, new headings, expand with technical details; link from other financial articles or integrate into [[credit card]] article?

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== Links ==

*University of Alaska Anchorage
:*[http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/ University of Alaska Anchorage]
:*[http://jpc.uaa.alaska.edu/ UAA's journalism program]
:*[http://www.thenorthernlight.org/ The Northern Light] - UAA's student newspaper — Someday, when I have time, I'll freelance for it
:*[http://krua.uaa.alaska.edu/ KRUA] - UAA's student radio station — you can hear occasional newscasts featuring my contributions
:*[http://aviation.uaa.alaska.edu/ UAA's aviation program]
*Alaska links
:*[http://www.state.ak.us/ State of Alaska]
:*[http://www.state.ak.us/local/facts.shtml State of Alaska Facts and Visitor Information]
:*[http://www.travelalaska.com/ Alaska Travel Industry Association] - sponsored by the State of Alaska
:*[http://sled.alaska.edu/ SLED] (Statewide Library Electronic Doorway)
::*[http://sled.alaska.edu/tourist.html SLED's tourist info site] (has similar links to what's on this page)
:*[http://www.alaska.com/ Alaska.com]
:*[http://www.alaskaair.com/ Alaska Airlines]
:*[http://www.alaska.org/ Alaska Channel] - available in hotel rooms; site offers good, solid travel tips from locals and they produce a great free guidebook. I use its restaurant reviews and I live here.
:*[http://www.akrr.com/ Alaska Railroad]
:*[http://www.anchorage.net/ Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau]
:*[http://www.adn.com/ Anchorage Daily News]
:*[http://www.muni.org/ Municipality of Anchorage]
:*[http://www.themilepost.com/ The Milepost] - the best book for traveling by road in Alaska (hint: it's half as expensive if you buy it at one of the Anchorage [[Costco]]s)
:*[http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/ National Weather Service Anchorage Forecast Office] (It's not as cold in Anchorage as people think!)
:*[http://www.thriftyak.com/ Thrifty Car Rental of Anchorage], cheap, brand new cars and the ultimate in customer service :-)
:*[http://www.gi.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/predict.cgi University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute's Aurora Forecast]
*Other travel links
:*[http://www.letsgo.com/ Let's Go] - travel guides for travelers on the cheap (that is, poor college students like me)
:*[http://www.lonelyplanet.com/ Lonely Planet] - travel guides for adventurous, budget-oriented travelers
:*[http://www.ricksteves.com/ Rick Steves] - travel guides for budget-oriented travelers who want one step above a youth hostel
*Other links
:*[http://www.costco.com/ Costco], the best store in the world
:*[http://www.danubealaska.net My Web site]. More links there (eventually).
:*And last but not least: [http://thejackalscackle.blogspot.com/ My new blog] of random musings!

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