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Greetings,

My name is Mike.  Currently, I'm from metropolitan [[Cleveland, Ohio]]; but I've lived in many places in the United States: [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]] where I went to [[Northwestern_University|university]]; [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], where I went to high school; I grew up in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]; and was born in [[Reno, Nevada]] to expatriate [[California|Californians]].

==Perspective on Wikipedia==
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:''See the main articles: [[Criticism of Wikipedia]], and [[Wikipedia:General disclaimer]] for additional details.''

Out of the blocks: If you are using this as a reliable source then ''[[caveat emptor]]''!

You should be aware that: "[[WP:V|The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is '''verifiability, not truth.''']]" <nowiki>[Emphasis is Wikipedia's!]</nowiki>

Seriously. There are editors here who are not at all interested in [[WP:NOTTRUTH#Doesn.27t_Wikipedia_care_about_truth.3F|truth]]. If they can find a citation, in it goes; even if demonstrably false, [[Fallingwater#Popular_Culture|banal]], or represents a perspective shared by [[WP:Undue Weight|0.1% of the population]]. Call them [[WP:WL|Wikisith]] because they are using the rules to defeat the rules' purpose.

Larry Sanger makes several cogent observations of the project, especially with respect to anything remotely controversial,[http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/12/30/142458/25] which are well worth considering.

Pop culture articles are generally good. (Who knew there were seven forms of [[lightsaber combat]]?) Militaria, math, science, history, and classical studies are not bad — but be careful in obscure places. And the math and science can be almost impossibly opaque — and that's from an ''engineer''. But [[pseudoscience]], and people grinding axes on even remotely controversial topics, run amok here. Beware of obscure topics.

I have found a consistent anti-expertise, "don't bother me with silly facts", and "how ''dare'' you ask me to produce my sources" bias among several editors I've run across. (Take a look at {{pagelinks|{{ucfirst:Chiropractic}}}} for a really in-depth example.) The damage that only a few editors can do is astounding, and is totally unseen by the casual reader.

And despite the belief, taken as [[m:Eventualism|axiomatic]] by some, that these contributions will all wash out in the end, I haven't really seen evidence of that. The best I've seen is that one can try to bury these with reliable and verifiable sources. The trouble is, is that I've seen many editors confuse a [[WP:V|verifiable source]] for a [[WP:RS|reliable]] one. Some do so deliberately. And that difference means all the world to the veracity of what you'll find here. So don't take a "sourced" statement here as necessarily reliable. Remember, "attributable, not the truth" is the motto. 

If you're going to be editing here for any length of time, bear in mind that we are all volunteers and this from [[Henry Kissinger]]: "University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small."[http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/1477]

Therefore, despite my having edited here since September of 2005, made what I think are good contributions, and seen quite a bit of yeoman's work of others, I would never consider Wikipedia an acceptable source for academic work. (I'm not [http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070213/D8N8RMTO1.html alone].) In a lot of ways wikipedia is tantamount to a readable Google search. If you are going to use wikipedia for research, try the article's sources and start from there. Better yet, go to the libes and ask your librarian.

These articles on evaluating [[primary source|primary]] and [[secondary source|secondary]] sources are well worth your time.
*[http://academic.bowdoin.edu/WritingGuides/primaries.htm How to Read a Primary Source], ''Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students'', Patrick Rael, 2004.
*[http://academic.bowdoin.edu/WritingGuides/secondary.htm How to Read a Secondary Source], ''Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students'', Patrick Rael, 2004.

So dear reader, like ''everything'' you find on the internet, if you don't know the source to be trustworthy, don't trust what you're reading — even if I wrote it.

==Background==

If you're here you're probably looking to see if you can pick out my point-of-view.  In the interest of full-disclosure, and recognizing that the first way to overcome bias is to name it:
*I am a [[Bahá'í]], and have been one since birth.  I seem to be following these articles with interest
:*I have an [[User:MARussellPESE/Treatment of Bahá'í subjects in related articles|inflexible attitude]] that Bahá'í articles must adhere strictly to WP's policies.
*I am an Anglo-American, male, middle-aged, family man; and a masters-degreed, licensed [[civil_engineering|civil]] and  [[structural_engineering|structural]] engineer.  My specialties are [[project management]] and [[bridges|bridge]] design, particularly [[moveable bridge|movable bridges]].
*Academics run ''very'' deep in my family. Both grandfathers, my father and my only aunt hold [[doctorates]]. (I have no uncles.) My mother, one grandmother, sister, wife, and I all are underachievers and only hold [[master's degree]]s.
*Military service ran in my family. Both Grandfathers were career officers.
:*Dad's Dad retired a [[Captain#Naval|Captain]] from the [[United States Navy]] [[Navy Medical Corps|Medical Corps]]. He was also the youngest [[Petty Officer]] in the Navy for a time.
:*Mom's Dad retired a [[Lieutenant Colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] from the [[United States Army]] [[Field Artillery]].
:*My late Father-in-Law was an [[infantryman]] during [[WWII]] and saw extensive action in the [[Pacific War|South Pacific Theatre]]. (With '''five''' [[Service star|campaign stars]] to show for it.) He rests at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].
:*[[Taps]] makes me cry ''every'' time.
:*I consider the [[Combat Infantryman Badge|CIB]], [[Combat Medical Badge|CMB]], and the [[Combat Action Badge|CAB]] to be valorous [[Awards and decorations of the United States military|decorations]], especially when they have stars around them. (I do respect the [[Military badges of the United States|badges]] of all the services, and the [[Eagle, Globe, and Anchor]] of the [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]]; but you do have to get shot at to earn ''those'' three of the [[United States Army|Army's]].)
:*I feel that the [[Purple Heart]] should be granted for [[PTSD]] — if the victim faced hostile fire.
:*I think we should [http://www.iceboxman.com/carlin/pael.php#track15 call] it [[shell shock]].
:*Military honors are ''not'' trite.
:*The [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/anc-lady.htm Arlington Ladies] is one of the most touching institutions in the country, although you've probably never heard of it.
:*However, the [[Flag of the United States|flag]] is not sacred — the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] is.
*I may have grown up in the American South, but I'm a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] man, and think [[Robert E. Lee]] etc. betrayed their country.
:*My office overlooks Cleveland's [[Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Cleveland)|Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument]] and I do enjoy the view.
*I watch U.S. [http://www.pbs.org PBS] almost exclusively, particularly: [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ Nova], [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ Frontline], [http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/ Frontline World], [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/index.html Mystery!], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/ BBC World News] and [http://www.redgreen.com/ The Red Green Show].
*I am a voracious reader.
:*An open dictionary can cost me half-an-hour.
:*An open encyclopedia can cost me an entire afternoon.
:*I arange visits to the mall to ''avoid'' Borders if I'm (or [[Rumpole_Of_The_Bailey|She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed]] is) in a hurry.
*My family and I are members of:
:*[[Cleveland Metroparks Zoo]] [http://www.clemetzoo.com/]
:*[[Cleveland Museum of Art]] [http://www.cma.org]
:*[[Cleveland Museum of Natural History]] [http://www.cmnh.org/]
:*[[Cleveland Public Library]] [http://www.cpl.org]
*Sloppy logic, fuzzy journalism, and [[innumeracy]] make my teeth itch.
:*This is ''not'' a [[syllogism]]:
::"I exist,"
::"God exists,"
::"Therefore I am God."
:::… it's nonsense.
:*If inflation this past quarter rose from 1.0% to 2.0%, this is ''not'' a 1% increase — it's a ''100%'' increase, or one percentage ''point'' increase.
*On the other hand, elegant logic, clear and well-documented journalism, and precision are things of beauty.
:*I understand [[significance arithmetic]] and use it;
:*which means that I understand [[uncertainty]].
*I claim no expertise other than what I've earned and is recognized by my peers. I generally do not recognize others claims unless they can demonstrate likewise. That doesn't mean I won't listen to a well-researched and cogent argument — in fact I rely on that when I'm outside of my areas of expertise. But please don't stand alone on a claim of expertise. That's [[argument from authority]].
*I have formally, and informally, studied logic and rhetoric; ''ergo'' I have a nose for [[logical fallacies]], and have no problem noting them in a discussion.
*I consider [[Chocolate#Chocolate_as_a_drug|chocolate]] to be a food-group — and the darker the better. [[Satan|White chocolate]], on the other hand, is evidence of the existence of ''evil''.
*I am eagerly waiting for [[Tim Horton's]] to finally come to northeast Ohio — and wondering why it's taking so long.

==Idiosyncracies==

Everybody's got them. It's the ''variety'' that makes life interesting.
*There are two sports seasons: [[American_football|Football Season]] and waiting for Football Season.  (I am refering to the armored American variety; preferably that played by [http://stanford.scout.com/2/827873.html genuine college students].)
:*Thanks to [[Western Reserve Public Media]] I've developed a real appreciation for the [[Australian rules football|Aussie version]] of the game. (Now I know where [[Quidditch]] comes from.)
*I have a soft spot for [[Canada]] and [[Canadian_identity|Canadians]] (See the [http://www.redgreen.com/ The Red Green Show].) but America must begin [[Talking_To_Americans|bombing Saskatchewan]] immediately.  [[Dr._Strangelove|Our precious bodily fluids]] are at stake!
::(Personal Notes: My paternal grandmother was born in [[Saskatoon%2C_Saskatchewan|Saskatoon]]; and I spent my high-school years in Detroit — where the prettiest places were in [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] — that is until the casinos came and ruined both downtowns.)
:*I would love to convince the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] to install a high-power transmitter in [[Chatham, Ontario]]. (We could use the "[[Royal Canadian Air Farce|Voice of Canada]]" here in Cleveland.)
*[[Santiago Calatrava]] is indisputably a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hemispheric_-_Valencia%2C_Spain_-_Jan_2007.jpg master]; but [[Frank Gehry]] is [[Stata_Center#Lawsuit|over-rated]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wfm_stata_center.jpg ridiculous], and [[Daniel Libeskind]]'s works look like they're [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Royal_Ontario_Museum.jpg collapsing]. (I consider [[Deconstructivism]] an unmitigated disaster.)
*[[Frank Lloyd Wright]] was good; but [[Greene and Greene]] were [http://www.usc.edu/dept/architecture/greeneandgreene/ better].
*I generally find [http://www.tonybrown.com/ Tony Brown's Journal] informative, challenging and thought-provoking; but I find [http://www.tavistalks.com/TTcom/TSradio/ Tavis Smiley] shallow and annoying.
*I prefer the [[Chicago Manual of Style]] and [[Turabian]] to [[Harvard referencing]] and the [[APA style|APA]]. (I've not used [[MLA_Style_Manual|MLA]], so I'm witholding judgement.) Harvard (and APA) don't require page numbers in [[parenthetical citation|parenthetical citations]], where Chicago does. What's the use in an APA-style citation like: "Jesus said: 'Be nice to people.' (Jesus 30)"? How're you supposed to back-check ''that''? Chicago is more flexible and allows for footnotes/endnotes where Harvard/APA discourage them. Bluntly, unless you are citing an academic paper I consider Harvard/APA worse than useless as their appearance of thoroughness may belie the opposite. (Personally, I think some editors here use this to obfuscate their edits, despite the Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:Harvard referencing|guideline]] ''not'' to do so.)
:*I still have my copies of [[Strunk & White]] (3<sup>rd</sup>. ed., 1979) and [[Turabian]] (13<sup>th</sup> ed., 1982) from college.
*My sense of humor runs to the [http://www.theonion.com/content/index sarcastic], [[Beyond_The_Fringe|bizarre]] and [http://www.improbable.com/ thoughtful]. (Check out any of the [[Are_You_Being_Served|surprise]] [http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/textbookdisclaimers/ links] [http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume10/v10i1/how-interest-girls.pdf here] for a taste.)
*I hit the [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Astronomy Picture of the Day] page almost daily.  (Home of some of the best desktop wallpapers on the planet ... or rather across the heavens, but you know what I mean.)
*I'm a reasonably skilled [[Engineering drawing|draftsman]]. If engineering is my profession, drafting is my craft.
:*I am fond of [[Compass and straightedge constructions|compass and straight edge constructions]]. I can [[Pentagon#Construction|construct a pentagon]] and a [[pentagram]] two different ways.
*I scored 27.81065% on this [http://www.innergeek.us/geek-test.html test].
*[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=MARussellPESE&dbname=enwiki Current edit count]
*[http://www.math.ucla.edu/~aoleg/wp/rfa/edit_summary.html Edit summary usage]
*[http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=23320 World view quiz] I'm "Cultural Creative"

==Quotes and Maxims==

I'll leave it to you to figure out what I think are words to live by — or words to laugh by.

*"The unexamined life is not worth living." — [[Socrates]] [http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/2d.htm] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=plat.+apol.+38a]
*"I must not fear.  Fear is the mind-killer.  Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.  I will face my fear.  ..." — Frank Herbert's [[Bene_Gesserit#The_litany_against_fear|Bene Gesserit littany against fear]] in ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]''
*"Your pretty brave in cyberspace, flameboy!" - [[Wally (Dilbert)|Wally]]
*"To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it."[http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/1476] — [[Henry Kissinger]]
*"Morning team. My name is Edmund [[Blackadder]], and I'm the new minister for religious genocide." — [[Rowan Atkinson]] as [[Lord Blackadder|Edmund, Lord Blackadder]] in ''[[Blackadder#Series_2:_Blackadder_II|Black Adder II]]''
*"I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character!"[http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/2569] — [[Theodore Roosevelt]]
*"I have a ''cunning'' plan that can get you out of your problem." — [[Baldrick]] in various ''[[Blackadder]]'' episodes.
*"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."[http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/1098] — Mark Twain 
*"''Quando omni flunkus moritati''" — [http://www.redgreen.com/ Possum Lodge] motto.
*"The problem is not that we have too many fools, it's that the lightning isn't distributed right."[http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/1693] — [[Mark Twain]]
*"Live, live, live! Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death." — Mame Dennis in ''[[Auntie Mame]]''
*"I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center."[http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/412] — [[Dwight Eisenhower]]
*"I want you to lay down your life, Perkins. We need a futile gesture at this stage. It will raise the whole tone of the war." — British Army Major to soldier in [[Beyond_The_Fringe|''Beyond the Fringe'']]
*"Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest."[http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/120] — Mark Twain
*"I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts."[http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/2227] — Dwight Eisenhower 
*'''The Man's Prayer:''' "I'm a man. But I can change. If I have to. I guess." The [[Possum Lodge]] Benediction.
*'''The [[Boy Scouts|Scout's]] Prayer:''' "I'm a scout. But I can lighten up. If I have to. I guess." The Possum Lodge Scout's Benediction.
*'''The Woman's Prayer:''' "I'm a woman. Hear me roar. I'm in charge. Get over it." The Possum Lodge Women's Auxiliary Benediction.
*"Good evening godless sodomites. … It ([[reality television]]) warps the minds of our children and weakens the resolve of our allies. … Kneel before your god, Babylon! … I lost to [[Barry Manilow]]!" — [[Stephen Colbert]] at the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQDnXpSJQtA 2006 Emmys].

==Favorite Wikipedia Articles==
To get one thinking:
*[[Reductio ad Hitlerum]]
*[[Chewbacca defense]]
*[[Ignoratio elenchi]]
*[[Non sequitur (logic)]]
*[[Proof by assertion]]
*[[Wikiality]]
*[[Truthiness]]

To make one laugh:
*[[In Living Color]] & [[Homey D. Clown]]
*[[The Red Green Show]]
*[[This Hour Has 22 Minutes]]
*[[Talking to Americans]] - Hit the links and download some clips. They are howlingly funny.

Ones that I've made major contributions to, and to which I'm probably ego bound:
*[[Azali]]
*[[Bahá'í/Bábí split]]
*[[Bahá'í divisions]]
*[[Bahá'í literature]] - From scratch
*[[Engineering ethics]] - Complete rewrite
*[[Fallingwater]] - Structural problems
*[[Subh-i-Azal]]
*[[Zeta Phi Rho]] - Helped save it from extinction

==[[WP:SOCK|Sockpuppets]] and [[WP:MEAT|Meatpuppets]] I've known and loved==
"You're pretty brave in cyberspace, flameboy!"
*[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Thamarih]]
*[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/SecretChiefs3]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_SecretChiefs3 Wikipedia sockpuppets of SecretChiefs3]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_SecretChiefs3 Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of SecretChiefs3]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Ahwa85 Wikipedia sockpuppets of Ahwa85]
<nowiki>{{ Sockpuppet|SecretChiefs3  }}</nowiki>

===I Make a Usenet Discussions for This===
[http://groups.google.co.uk/group/talk.religion.bahai/search?q=mike+russell&start=0&scoring=d&] "The new phone books are here! The new phone books are here! I'm a real person!" - [[Steve Martin]] as Navin Johnson in ''[[The Jerk (film)|The Jerk]]''

==North American travels==
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|align="left"|<small>''Idea and layout taken from [[User:jpgordon]], who borrowed it from [[User:Calton]], who appropriated it from [[User:Salsb]], who stole it from ''[[User:Guettarda]] ''who borrowed it from ''[[User:White Cat/ref|User:White Cat]]</small>
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== Awards ==
{{award2|image=9point-barnstar.png|topic=9-Pointed Barnstar|text=I award this [[Wikipedia:Barnstars on Wikipedia|9-Pointed Barnstar]] to MARussellPESE for his tireless efforts creating and maintaining high-quality Bahá'í articles. --[[User:Managerpants|Managerpants]] ([[User talk:Managerpants|talk]]) 03:51, 28 December 2007 (UTC)}}
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