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I long ago left academia behind, so Misplaced Pages is my "research and academics fix." I don't have as much time as I would like, so my article production is not what it might be. Frankly, I would rather produce one feature-quality article, or help clean up ten articles, rather than write a hundred poor-quality ones. To be blunt, I wish more people felt that way. I long ago left academia behind, so Misplaced Pages is my "research and academics fix." I don't have as much time as I would like, so my article production is not what it might be. Frankly, I would rather produce one feature-quality article, or help clean up ten articles, rather than write a hundred poor-quality ones. To be blunt, I wish more people felt that way.


Misplaced Pages, like a tree, needs regular pruning if it is to grow healthy and strong. I am therefore a mild ]. I do, however, feel that before I propose an article for deletion, I should either attempt to clean it up, or tag it and encourage others to clean it up. To this end, I am starting to keep a ] that I marked them for cleanup. As far as I am concerned, if an article hangs around for a month or two and is not cleaned up, that is evidence that it will never be cleaned up and a reason to propose pruning it. Misplaced Pages, like a tree, needs regular pruning if it is to grow healthy and strong. I am therefore a mild ]. I do, however, feel that before I propose an article for deletion, I should either attempt to clean it up, or tag it and encourage others to clean it up. To this end, I am starting to keep a ] that I marked them for cleanup. As far as I am concerned, if an article hangs around for a month or two and is not cleaned up, that is evidence that it will never be cleaned up and a reason to propose pruning it.


Interests on Misplaced Pages include: Interests on Misplaced Pages include:

Revision as of 02:11, 6 June 2006

I long ago left academia behind, so Misplaced Pages is my "research and academics fix." I don't have as much time as I would like, so my article production is not what it might be. Frankly, I would rather produce one feature-quality article, or help clean up ten articles, rather than write a hundred poor-quality ones. To be blunt, I wish more people felt that way.

Misplaced Pages, like a tree, needs regular pruning if it is to grow healthy and strong. I am therefore a mild detergent. I do, however, feel that before I propose an article for deletion, I should either attempt to clean it up, or tag it and encourage others to clean it up. To this end, I am starting to keep a list of articles and dates that I marked them for cleanup. As far as I am concerned, if an article hangs around for a month or two and is not cleaned up, that is evidence that it will never be cleaned up and a reason to propose pruning it.

Interests on Misplaced Pages include:

  • U.S. History.
  • Any scientific subject.
  • Language and Usage.
  • Music
  • Christianity, especially liturgical subjects.
  • Cleanup and (where necessary) deletion.

Currently working on (slowly as time allows):

The West/De La Warr project is in honor of the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown Colony.

Robert A West 6 July 2005 19:18 (UTC)

For edit-count addicts: Kate's tool

Possible Vandals I am watching

  1. User:24.232.83.30 User talk:24.232.83.30
  2. User:199.79.222.119 User talk:199.79.222.119
  3. User:71.116.118.123 User talk:71.116.118.123