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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.
If you wish to contact me, feel free to make a note on my [[User_talk:ClockworkTroll|talk page]].
== 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. Right now, I seem to have ended up concentrating on cleaning up the various [[chemical weapon agent]] pages, such as [[sarin]], [[cyclosarin]], [[VX]], [[nerve agent]], etc.. I even created a template: [[Template:WMD/Chemical]].
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 24:
*Main namespace edits (last 30 days): '''441 (283)'''
*Non-main namespace edits (last 30 days): '''816 (666)'''
*Total edits (last 30 days): '''1257 (949)'''
*This week's ranking: '''1513 (<font color = "green">↑ 2533</font>)'''
== User Page Vandalism ==
I, like some others, see a moderate amount of vandalism of my user and talk pages as a good thing: it means that I am establishing a WikiPresence (to coin a term).
As [[Winston Churchill]] said, "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."
People that apparently hate me:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User%3AClockworkTroll&diff=6691991&oldid=6685835 18:57, 18 Oct 2004] by [[User:172.152.235.164|172.152.235.164]] (AC98EBA4.ipt.aol.com - My first vandalism!)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User%3AClockworkTroll&diff=0&oldid=7205949 22:08, 7 Nov 2004] by [[User:69.197.204.214|69.197.204.214]] (CPE00080dcd85d1-CM000e5ce6ca90.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com)
== Significant Contributions ==
My general tendency is to edit a relatively small number of articles, making large and often exhaustively researched edits. My latest project started when I noticed that the article for [[sarin]] was short and ugly. I am now deeply entrenched in rewring nearly all articles relating in any way with [[chemical warfare]].
I have no idea what I will do if I ever finish that project.
=== Templates ===
* [[Template:WMD/Chemical|Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction Series]]
* [[Template:Human Evolution|Human Evolution Series]] (in progress)
=== Articles ===
[[Alkene]] | [[Asian giant hornet]] | [[Biotoxin]] | [[Blood agent]] | [[Brazilian wandering spider]] | [[Camp Upton]] | [[Chemical warfare]] | [[Chinese fir]] ([[Cunninghamia lanceolata]]), [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]] | [[Cyanogen agent]] | [[Cyanogen chloride]] | [[Cyclosarin]] | [[Dinosaur]] | [[Dire wolf]] | [[Gene doping]] | [[Gerhard Schrader]] | [[Mustard gas]] | [[Mutant]] | [[Nerve agent]] | [[Neutral Milk Hotel]] | [[Photosynthesis]] | [[Plum Island, New York]] | [[Pulmonary agent]] | [[Primordial sandwich]] | [[Saber-toothed cat]] | [[Sarin]] | [[Smilodon]] | [[Soman]] | [[Spinal cord injury]] | [[Tabun]] | [[Tantulocarida]] | [[Trivial]] | [[Upton, New York]] | [[U.S. Electoral College]] | [[Vesicant]] | [[VE (nerve agent)]] | [[VG (nerve agent)]] | [[VM (nerve agent)]] | [[VX]] | (and REDIRECT [[Blister agent]]), [[Zanzithophone]]
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==Things I can do if I get bored==
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== In Progress ==
* [[Template:Human_Evolution]]
* [[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]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Science|WikiProject Science]]
* [[: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]]
* [[Wikipedia:Cite sources|Cite sources]]
* [http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/checklist.pdf Purdue University fair use checklist]
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=== The Text I Use For Welcome Pages ===
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== Awards and Notices (however bizarre) ==
[[Image:mouldy_bread.jpg|thumb|left|I, maestrosync, award you a Mouldy Sandwich in recognition of your efforts on wikipedia. maestro 11:12, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)<br /><hr />'''(I don't know what I did to get this one, but thanks!)''']]
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