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'''''Notice:''' I will less avctive over the next few days: not only do I have the [[flu]], but my [[academic]] responsibilities have picked up as well. I will return to my normal level of activity as soon as possible''
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== Me ==
A 29 year old former software developer hailing from [[Long Island]], [[New York]] in the [[United States]].

Having entirely burned out from the rigors of the [[Software engineering|software development]] field, I was (after some reflection) quite pleased to be [[Downsizing|laid off]].  Almost immediately I decided, with the support of my lovely wife Jennifer, to return to [[Stony Brook University]] where I am working on my [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[developmental genetics]].

I recently joined the [[welcoming committee]], and have been doing my best to make Wikipedia a better (and better informed) place. My particular interests are diverse: everything from local history, to music (especially [[Lo-Fi bands]] such as [[Neutral Milk Hotel]] other others of the [[Elephant Six]] Collective), to religion, to the sciences.

Any that wish to contact me may write on my [[User_talk:ClockworkTroll|talk page]], or email me at [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]].

== My Goal at Wikipedia ==
I've decided that I would like to create or vastly improve at least three articles per week. This is only a goal, however...  the life of a grad student is a taxing one.

At some point, I would like to do enough quality work to qualify for a [[barnstar]]. That space on my mantle is getting dusty, so I had best get to writing!

== Wikistatistics ==
This data is taken from the Excel spreadsheet on the [[most active Wikipedians]] page. Though it's supposed to be compiled weekly, there's no timestamp on it, so I can't be sure.

I've been told that this data is from the week of October 3:
*Main namespace edits (last 30 days): '''190 (145)'''
*Non-main namespace edits (last 30 days): '''311 (293)'''
*Total edits (last 30 days): '''501 (438)'''
*This week's ranking: '''2296 (<font color = "green">&#8593; 2446</font>)'''

== Significant Contributions ==
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==Things I can do if I get bored==
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Well, there's really not all that much here just yet.

That will change.
* [[Alkene]]
* [[Asian giant hornet]]
* [[Brazilian wandering spider]]
* [[Camp Upton]]
* [[Dire wolf]]
* [[Chinese fir]] ([[Cunninghamia lanceolata]])
* [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]]
* [[Gene doping]]
* [[Neutral Milk Hotel]]
* [[Mutant]]
* [[Plum Island, New York]]
* [[Primordial sandwich]]
* [[Saber-toothed cat]]
* [[Sarin]] 
* [[Smilodon]]
* [[Spinal cord injury]]
* [[Tantulocarida]]
* [[Trivial]]
* [[Upton, New York]]
* [[Zanzithophone]]

== In Progress ==
* [[Template:Human_Evolution]]
* [[User:ClockworkTroll/Alkene|Alkene (temporary)]]
* [[User:ClockworkTroll/Resource Depletion|Resource Depletion (temporary)]]

== To Do ==
* Think of a fair template scheme to link [[God]] and [[Deity]] in a common thread. 
* Complete merge for [[photosynthesis]]
* Clean up the article for [[buffer solution]]
* [[Synthetic gene]]
* [[Homo ergaster]]
* [[DNA ligase]]
* [[saliva]] is ugly - clean it up

== My references ==
* [[User:ClockworkTroll/welcome|Welcome!]]
* [[Wikipedia:Standard user greeting|Standard user greeting]]
* [[:Category:Science_stubs|Science stubs]]
* [[Wikipedia:Requested_articles/science#Biology.2C_Anatomy_and_Animals|Requested science articles]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Tree_of_Life/Taxobox_Usage|Taxobox Usage]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template_messages|Templates]]

=== The Text I Use For Welcome Pages ===
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