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Wikipedian as of February 18, 2006, with 290 contributions as of July 06 2006.

Goals

My goals as an editor of wikipedia are

To increase the amount of available knowledge

Knowledge is an important thing to people, and adding to it is a great task to accomplish.
Also it may help a person who needs certain information.
Wikipedia is a free source of knowledge and deserves to be as good a possible; I hope to make it better.

To contribute to the comunity

Wikipedia is a community effort, that needs everyones collaboration to succeed.
Also, it is more than just text; it is the effort of people from every part of the world.
Many people believe that Wikipedia is "no good", and I'll try to change their minds by writing higher quality articles.

and to learn in the process

As I progress and grow I will aquire more knowledge naturally.
And Perhapse, I will learn more about myself along the way.

Featured Article

Golding Bird (9 December 1814 – 27 October 1854) was a medical doctor who researched the chemistry of urine and kidney stones. From 1836, he lectured at Guy's Hospital and published Elements of Natural Philosophy, a textbook on science for medical students. Bird was innovative in the medical use of electricity, designing his own equipment and bringing medical electrotherapy into the mainstream. He invented a variant of the Daniell cell in 1837, making key discoveries in electrometallurgy. Bird also designed a flexible stethoscope, and in 1840 published the first description of one. In 1842, he was the first to describe oxaluria, a condition which leads to the formation of a particular kind of stone, and published a comprehensive paper on urinary deposits in 1844. A devout Christian, Bird believed that Bible study and prayer were just as important to medical students as their studies. He founded the Christian Medical Association, although it did not become active until after his death. (Full article...)

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The first round of the Romanian presidential election is annulled by the Constitutional Court following allegations of Russian electoral interference.
The French government, led by Michel Barnier, collapses following a vote of no confidence by the National Assembly.

Selected anniversaries

December 9: International Anti-Corruption Day

First computer mouse

1688 – In the only substantial military action in England during the Glorious Revolution, forces loyal to William of Orange were decisively victorious at the Battle of Reading.
1897 – French actress, journalist and leading suffragette Marguerite Durand founded the feminist newspaper La Fronde.
1968 – Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse (pictured), hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the computer system NLS.
2008 – Rod Blagojevich, the governor of Illinois, was arrested on corruption charges, including for attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by president-elect Barack Obama.

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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" — Albert Einstein
"Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes" — George Santayana
"There is only one good, which is knowledge, and one evil, which is ignorance" — Plato
"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance" — Socrates
"He who has overcome his fears will truly be free" — Aristotle
"Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the world" — Archimedes
"Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent, but the tests that have to be applied to them are not, of course, the same in all cases" — George Orwell
"Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things" — Isaac Newton
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind" — Gandhi