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'''[[United Kingdom general election, 2024|General election 2024]] declaration of interest:''' 
I am a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|UK Labour party]]. I am nonetheless dedicated to making an [[Wikipedia:RS|accurate]] and [[WP:NPOV|unbiased]] encyclopedia for all, and aim to act in line with this.

==About me==
I am a graduate with a degree in [[Martial arts|Martial Arts]] and Strength and Conditioning, working as a software developer specialising in troubleshooting and product support, and with a background in logistical telematics and electrical telemetry. Until a few years ago, my main interest was reviewing and improving "[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles|sub-GA-class]]" articles, especially if there is a batch of articles that I can quickly and easily improve, but I have gradually worked more with templates, especially where they can be integrated with [[Wikidata]] to automate population of data fields. The first such template was {{tl|Infobox U.S. Presidential Document}} 

===Reviewing===
I believe that it is important for WikiProjects to have even brief reviews of existing articles in order that workload can be prioritised (especially if 'importance' fields are made available). To this end, I will occasionally work through the backlogs of unreviewed articles at WikiProjects such as WPs [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages|Languages]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Linguistics|Linguistics]], but am also given to stumble across WikiProjects randomly and contribute to clearing backlogs wherever I find them. To also contribute to even higher quality articles, I was also [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Recruitment Centre/Recruiter Central/Archives/Sasuke Sarutobi|being mentored]] by [[User:Khazar2|Khazar2]] for Good Articles reviewing until his sudden retirement. I now rarely get involved with Good Article amendments and reviews, but use the experience to help focus lower-quality articles towards GA-class status.

===Wikipedia===
When it comes to editing Wikipedia, I take a relativist standpoint; I believe that Wikipedia is a dynamic and organic entity, such that actions may not only be ends in themselves, but means to ends as well (like [[Wittgenstein's ladder]]). For this reason, I consider acceptable any edit or addition/subtraction of content made with the intention of making Wikipedia of higher quality, broader scope, and improved informativity. I also believe that Wikipedia is not just an self-contained encyclopaedia, but that [[Order of the British Empire|Sir]] [[Tim Berners-Lee]]'s [[World Wide Web]] should be exploited to its utmost to produce a navigable knowledge resource that also acts as a portal to relevant information throughout the World Wide Web. An article does not need to be directly citable to be useful, as it can still lead readers to further specific information on the topic, such as the sources of books and articles.

For this reason, I am a strong advocate of [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|good referencing]]. For Wikipedia, I tend to prefer in-line numbering over Harvard & APA styles, with hyperlinking allowing information to be made directly navigable rather than requiring cross-referencing.

===My writing style===
I am a [[British English]] user of the [[serial comma]], and justify use of the [[singular they]] by analogy to [[quantum superposition]] (i.e. given an indeterminate gender, both and neither gender is therefore correct). Likewise, although I do not use the [[Double negative#Two or more negatives resolving to a negative|emphatic double negative]], and generally avoid the [[Double negative#Two negatives resolving to a positive|deletive double negative]] for the sake of unambiguity, I describe both as correct by analogy to the operations of [[Negative number#Subtraction|subtraction]] and [[Negative number#Multiplication|multiplication]] respectively performed on [[negative number]]s. Having studied the [[German language]] to an intermediate level (which has now sadly waned), my English grammar is occasionally also influenced by [[German grammar]] in terms of syntax (I learned whom through the German ''wem'', and maintain that it is part of a deprecated [[dative case]] in English now mostly restricted to [[pronoun]] [[declension]], though am becoming more convinced that the English dative case is a form of [[lative case]]). I try to avoid use of 'however', as I feel it dilutes juxtaposition by marking it too obviously (and because I consider it a trope from what I believe to be its original synonymy to 'regardless'). But I do not object to opening conjunctions. (I also tend to abuse parenthesis.)

===Languages===
You may notice that I have more than a passing interest is languages (or at least, regularly passing, like a postman in my mind); I speak halting German, and understand bits of French. I also know a few bits of other languages here and there, but they're far too insignificant to mention. 

I have a long-term goal to eventually improve my languages by translating articles (notably in my chosen WikiProjects, especially on things like [[Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain|Polish RAF squadrons]]). I am open to any suggestions for translations, but my translation in a number of languages is currently greatly facilitated by machine translation tools, so after manual proofing, my writing is at a very basic level.

Me in other languages:
*[[:de:Benutzer:Sasuke Sarutobi|'Mich' auf Deutsch]]
*[[:fr:Utilisateur:Sasuke Sarutobi|'Moi' en Français]]
*[[:it:Utente:Sasuke Sarutobi|'Me' a Italiano]]
*[[:pl:Wikipedysta:Sasuke Sarutobi|'Ja' w Polskim]]

===Martial arts===
I don't currently study any styles, but have a background in both [[Japanese martial arts|Japanese]] and [[Chinese martial arts]], such as [[Karate]], [[Bujinkan|Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu]], [[Tai Chi]], and [[Wing Chun]], as well as having dabbled in [[kung fu]] and [[Wushu (sport)|modern wushu]].

Along the lines of martial arts, my user name comes from '''[[Sarutobi Sasuke]]''', a ninja from late 19th-century Japanese literature.

Besides martial arts, my interests also extend to theoretical physics, systems dynamics and mathematics, especially quantum physics, biomathematics, and epidemiology. I will however read anything with the slightest piece of jargon and any unusual symbols.

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