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==About me==
Hi. I'm just getting back (4/2012) from a loooong wikibreak (a couple of years, really).

I have been contributing to the Wikipedia since May 30, 2004.  Original contributions were anonymous as [[Special:Contributions/67.100.49.26|67.100.49.26]],  [[Special:Contributions/67.101.24.96|67.101.24.96]] and [[Special:Contributions/216.165.4.213|216.165.4.213]].  As of May 2012, I'm up to around my 11,000th edit under this user name. 

I work mainly on articles concerning Medieval and Early-Modern European literature, history and culture (particularly French literature and culture) and articles on contemporary art.  I tend to work on the wikipedia when I have a little free time as a kind of hobby or when I'm reading/studying a particular subject area and find a lack or problem on the wiki.

==Wiki outlook==
I am a strong believer in the Wikipedia, and while there are problems (especially vandalism) that make me have doubts, I find the goal of working collaboratively on a resource based on NPOV and truth to be a worthy ideal.  

I find the quality of information in major Wiki articles (those with many editors and constant vigilance) on (especially anglosphere) historical and cultural topics to be good.

I don't get a lot of traffic, edit wars or complaints in my corner of the wikipedia, which is just fine by me, but there is a downside: since there are very few wikipedians working actively in my areas, there are very few people around to revert vandalism, fill in gaps, and correct errors (including mine).  '''I am often amazed and depressed to see articles I wrote seven, eight, nine or more years ago with almost no changes or improvements''', and policing vandalism on sleepy pages is a wearisome task.  I have a lot of academic and professor friends who check out the Wikipedia all the time, and constantly complain about this or that, but who never sit down and spend a few hours on a weekend doing some much needed expansion, correction and writing, sources on hand, of articles that are in their academic speciality.  Why is that?  A quality article is not created by a dozen minor edits of commas and spelling; it's made by spending hours with books and sources and synthesizing readings.

I tend to be an [[M:Inclusionism|inclusionist]] and I generally leave the AfD's on [[WP:Notability|notability]] guidelines and [[WP:Fancruft|fancruft]] for others.

I do not want to be an administrator.  I do not want to spend my time on community tasks; I prefer working on articles.

[[WP:5P|Wikiethics]]: '''[[WP:NPOV|Neutral Point of View]]''', '''[[WP:FAITH|Act in Good Faith]]''', [[WP:BIAS|Counter Systemic Bias]], [[WP:IAR|Ignore All Rules]], '''[[WP:CIVIL|Be Civil]]''' and [[WP:EQ|Discuss and Work Toward Agreement]].

I try to assume that other editors (even unregistered users, provided they give edit summaries) are acting in good faith, this '''even when the tone of edit summaries or talk page comments can sometimes appear shrill or uncivil''' (HINT: work on your "online tone"; try to avoid sounding pompous, angry, dismissive, prickly, etc.).  I hope other editors will assume the same of me.  If I make a factual, spelling, logical, grammar, or stylistic mistake, just let me know on my talk page.

Note: Working toward consensus with reasonable people can sometimes be a time-consuming process... but trying to reach a consensus with unreasonable people is an impossible task.  When discussion fails, avoid becoming one of the [[WP:LAME|lamest edit wars ever]]... take a break, cool down, and (if applicable) ask for mediation or arbitration.

Also: I [[Internet troll|Do Not Feed the Trolls]].

Some things make me laugh... the "encyclopedia style" is hopelessly inadequate for describing the mudane, ephemeral and sentimental, and shouldn't be used for such.  For example, this was on the article [[Beach]] : "A walk along the beach is also popular, including a long walk in the case of a long beach, for example from one seaside resort to the next. People usually walk the beach with bare feet. It is typically done near the shore line, where the sand is wet and therefore more convenient to walk on. One may or may not walk with the feet in the water, and this may also alternate with the waves."

== French/France related wikiprojects==
I've been responsible for and/or active on a number of French/France-related projects:

*{{{icon|[[Image:Featured article star.svg|25px]] }}}[[Portal:France]] - I used to maintain the French wikiportal (which became a [[Wikipedia:Featured portals|Featured portal]] in December 2007), but I've slacked off.
** People and article of the month are chosen by the following criteria:
*** The article must be well written, free of wiki conflicts (POV, clean-up tags, etc.) and have a picture.  Featured articles or articles that have gone through peer review are prefered, but this is not always possible for less famous (at least from the English wiki point of view) individuals.
*** The person of the month alternates between women and men.
*** Each person of the month should show different aspects of the French experience: historical figures, politicians, writers, artists, sports figures, scientists, etc.

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject France]]
*[[Wikipedia:France-related topics notice board]] (created, now dormant/superseded by WikiProject France) 
*[[Wikipedia:French Collaboration Project]] (now dormant)
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject French communes]]
*[[Template:France_tasks]] (created)

== Contributions ==
These are some of the articles I started, wrote, translated or significantly contributed to.  I also do lots of category work and clean-up.  I don't always keep this up to date, but it shows some of my interests.

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'''Early Modern language and literature'''
* [[French language]]
** [[History of French]]
** [[Middle French]]
** [[Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts]]
* [[French literature]]
** [[Template:French literature]]
** [[Template:French literature (small)]] (including the dissemination of this...)
** [[List of French language authors]] (major rewrite from French wiki) - excellent source of articles needing to be written
** [[Medieval French literature]]
** [[French Renaissance literature]]
** [[French literature of the 17th century]]
** [[French literature of the 19th century]]
** [[French literature of the 20th century]]
* [[Jerusalem Delivered]]
* [[Remy Belleau]]
* [[Noël du Fail]]
* [[Pernette Du Guillet]]
* [[Georges de Brébeuf]]
* [[Jean de Sponde]]
* [[Joë Bousquet]]
* [[Geneva School]]
** [[Jean-Pierre Richard]]
** [[Marcel Raymond]]
** [[Jean Rousset]]
** [[Albert Thibaudet]]
** [[Jean Starobinski]]
* [[Amadis of Gaul]]
* [[La Comédie humaine]]
* [[Hélisenne de Crenne]]
* [[Jacques Peletier du Mans]] (bio)
* a lot of work on [[La Pléiade]], [[Alexandrian Pleiad]]
* [[François de Belleforest]]
* [[Catherine Des Roches]]
* [[Madeleine Des Roches]]
* [[Grands Rhétoriqueurs]]
* [[Sperone Speroni]]
* [[Théophile de Viau]]
* [[Racan]]
* [[Jacques Pradon]]
* [[Antoine de Montchrestien]]
* [[Alexandre Hardy]]
* [[Bénigne Poissenot‎]]
* [[Étienne Tabourot‎]]
* [[Jacques Yver]]
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*  a lot of work on [[Achilles Tatius]] and [[Chariton]]
* [[Béroalde de Verville]]
* [[Nicolas de Montreux]]
* [[Gian Giorgio Trissino]]
* [[Guillaume de Machaut]] (poetry section)
* [[Nicolas Rapin]]
* [[François du Souhait]]
* [[Pierre Matthieu]]
* [[Odet de Turnèbe]]
* [[Guillaume Le Breton]]
* [[François d'Amboise]]
* [[Satire Ménippée]]
* [[Nicolas des Escuteaux]]
* [[Antoine de Nervèze]]
* [[Letters of a Portuguese Nun]] - revision of authorship
* [[Francis Jammes]]
* [[Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras]]
* [[Hégésippe Moreau]]
* [[Mercure de France]]
* [[Mercure du XIXe siècle]]
* [[Jean Donneau de Visé]]
* [[Marie-Catherine de Villedieu]]
* [[Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Ségur]]
* [[Guy Patin]]
* [[Charlotte-Rose de Caumont La Force]]
* [[Conon de Béthune]]
* [[Joseph Fiévée]]
* [[Veillantif]]
* [[Aspremont (chanson de geste)]]
* [[Agolant]]
* [[Andrea da Barberino]]
* [[Charroi de Nîmes‎]]
* [[Prise d'Orange‎]]
* [[Chanson de Guillaume‎]]
* [[Basin (chanson de geste)]]
* [[Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube]]
* [[Girart de Vienne]]
* [[Aymeri de Narbonne]]
* [[Gormond et Isembart]]
* [[Galiens li Restorés]]
* [[The Four Sons of Aymon]]
* [[Fierabras]]
* [[Ferragut]]
* [[Juan de Flores]]
* [[Jean Bagnyon]]
* [[ La Spagna‎]]
* [[Entrée d'Espagne]]
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'''French art, artists and culture'''
* [[French art]]
** [[List of French artists]] - excellent source of articles needing to be written
** [[List of French artistic movements]]
** [[French Renaissance]]
** [[French Baroque and Classicism]]
** [[French Rococo and Neoclassicism]]
** [[French art of the 19th century]]
** [[French art of the 20th century]])
** [[Template:French art history]]
** [[List of French architects]]
* [[Georges Rousse]] (needs work)
* [[Christian Boltanski]] (still just a stub)
* [[Sophie Calle]] (needs a picture and her books)
* [[Raymond Hains]]
* [[Lucien Hervé]]
* [[Jacques Henri Lartigue]]
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* [[School of Fontainebleau]]
* [[Grotesque]]
* [[Jean Goujon]]
* [[Germain Pilon]]
* [[Strapwork]]
* [[Toussaint Dubreuil]]
* [[Auteur theory]]
* [[André Bazin]]
* [[François Morellet]]
* [[Jacques Villeglé]]
* [[Simon Hantaï]]
* [[Bram van Velde]]
* [[Abel-François Poisson, marquis de Marigny]]
* [[Bouillon de culture]]
* [[Apostrophes (talk show)]]
* [[7 d'Or]]
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'''French history'''
* [[History of France]]
** [[Template:History of France]]
* [[Ancien Régime in France]]
* [[French nobility]]
* [[Taille]]
* [[Prehistoric France]]
* [[France in the Middle Ages]]
* [[Early Modern France]]
* [[Crown lands of France]]
* [[Livre tournois]], [[Écu (coin)]], [[Louis (coin)]], [[French franc]]
* [[French Wars of Religion]] - '''expanding and cleaning this up'''
* [[Battle of Vimory]]
* [[Battle of La Roche-l'Abeille]]
* [[Battle of Fontaine-Française]]
* [[Battle of Arques]]
* [[Maison du Roi]]
* [[Conseil du Roi]]
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* [[Controller-General of Finances]]
* [[Superintendent of Finances]]
* [[Maître des requêtes]]
* [[Intendant]]
* [[Conseiller d'État]]
* [[Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi]]
* [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (France)]]
* [[Secretary of State of the Navy (France)]]
* [[Secretary of State for War (France)]]
* [[Secretary of State (Ancien Régime)]]
* [[Secretary of State for Protestant Affairs]]
* [[Grand Master of France]]
* [[Grand Falconer of France]]
* [[Grand Squire of France]]
* [[Grand Master of Artillery]]
* [[Grand Chamberlain of France]]
* [[Grand Chamberman of France]]
* [[Siege of La Rochelle (1572-1573)]]
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'''Modern France'''
* [[Culture of France]]
* [[France in modern times]]
* [[France in the nineteenth century]]
* [[Template:French Government]]
* [[French government ministers]]
* [[Minister of Culture (France)]]
* [[Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (France)]]
* [[Minister of Transportation (France)]]
* [[Minister of Overseas France]]
* [[Minister of the Environment (France)]]
* [[Minister of Agriculture (France)]]
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* [[Minister of Health (France)]]
* [[Minister of Social Affairs (France)]]
* [[Minister of Public Works (France)]]
* [[Minister of the Sea (France)]]
* [[Minister of Tourism (France)]]
* [[Minister of Territorial Development (France)]]
* [[Minister of Commerce and Industry (France)]]
* [[Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones (France)]]
* [[Minister of Air (France)]]
* [[Minister of Worship (France)]]
* [[Minister of Information (France)]]
* some work on [[Francophobia]]
*French communes - too many to list
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'''Other artists'''
* [[Christopher Janney]]
* [[Eiko & Koma]]
* [[Daisy Youngblood]]
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* [[Nicolas de Staël]]
* [[Shahzia Sikander]]
* [[Josiah McElheny]]
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==Barnstars==
[[Image:BoNM_-_France.png|frame|left|I hereby award this French Barnstar of National Merit to [[User:NYArtsnWords|NYArtsnWords]] for his interest (and patience) in the promotion of fact in all things Paris. [[User:ThePromenader|<span style="font-family:Futura, Helvetica, _sans;color:#ddd7a3;font-size:95%;">THE<span style="color:#aba67e;">PROMENADER</span></span>]] 23:08, 8 October 2006 (UTC)]]

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Here's your first Barnstar. More to follow if you keep it up.   <br> <span style="color: #008080">'''Averross'''</span> ([[User:Averross|u]]♠[[User talk:Averross|t]]♠[[Special:Contributions/Averross|c]]) 17:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
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[[Image:BoNM_-_France.png|frame|left|In recognition of your contributions to [[Portal:France|the French Portal]], I give you this French Barnstar of National Merit. [[User:ChrisDHDR|<span style="font-variant: small-caps">Chris</span>]][[Special:Contributions/ChrisDHDR|DHDR]] 17:53, 8 December 2007 (UTC)]]
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