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Welcome!

HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE

Dear all, Welcome to my user page! I've been an official member of Wikipedia since 2009, although I have been frequenting the site for far longer. I am 21 year old college senior studying history and geography. Upon graduation, I plan to join the United States Air Force with hopes of attending OCS and earning a commission.

My primary reason for joining Wikipedia? I want to participate in what I believe is one of the greatest examples of humanity's ingenuity and cooperation. I admire each and every individual for taking time out of their personal lives to ensure unfettered access to the most consolidated body of knowledge on the internet. I am continually amazed at the quality and dedication of Wikipedia's contributors.

My editing philosophy is simple - stay away from the more dynamic topics, like recent history, contemporary politics, etc. These fields are constantly changing and, as such, occupy considerable interest throughout the Wikipedia community; I'm surely not needed here. I have no interest in engaging in any sort of edit war or other such nonsense. Instead, my goal is to fill in the gaps, to get rid of all that red text linking to those obscure and sadly forgotten topics. I will try to stay within my areas of interest.

I also seek out and correct grammar, syntax, and vandalism.

Subpages

User:Hhawks12/Sandbox

English Wikipedia picture of the day

Interests

I love almost all history - all eras, all places and most types. I am most interested in European history, with a focus on socio-cultural and political history. If I had to, sadly, choose only five specific areas to study for the rest of my life, they would be:

I'm also a geographer. We "study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena" - the relationship between people and space. Instead of asking what, we ask why, and we pull from culture, politics, the environment, etc. to explore questions of geopolitics, race relations, development of cultures and ideologies...the list goes on. I am most interested in the relationship between people (nations) and states. Do states always represent the nation? Generally, no...but how do states maintain power, control, and legitimacy despite this? Questions like these fascinate me. I particularly enjoy tracing these developments throughout history.

I also work extensively with GIS.

I'm not just a bookworm. I enjoy a lot of other things, including:

To-do List

Like the Voyager probes, I'm aimlessly drifting through the Wikipedia traverse. Basically I am just looking for something, anything, that is first, interesting, and second, in dire need of attention.

Contributions

Articles

I have created or contributed significantly to the following articles:

Templates

Template:Xanthus_class_repair_ship

Uploads

File:HMSDiligenceAR-18F-174.jpg File:USSAuburnAGC10.jpg File:USSBaxterAPA94.jpg File:LST209&LST332.jpg File:USSBergen.jpg File:USSBlueRidgeAGC2.jpg File:USSBowieAPA137.jpg

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