User:Jacob1207

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Jacob1207 has been a Wikipedian since February of 2004, but made anonymous contributions prior to that. He mainly contributes to history and government related articles, especially those concerning his home state of Maryland. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Salisbury University in his hometown of Salisbury, Maryland, where he also minored in Political Science. And he will now stop writing in the third person.

Below you'll find a little bit about me along with the contributions that I am most proud of, a small but growing body of work.

This user lives in or hails from the state of Maryland.

This user is a historian.

INTJ

This user has an INTJ personality
per the Myers-Briggs typing system.

1 Hobbies and interests
2 About my contributions
3 My most notable contributions

[edit] Hobbies and interests

This user is a bibliophile.

This user enjoys playing chess.

This user enjoys skygazing and astronomy.

This user plays table football, or "foosball".

R	This user is a Ravenclaw.

This user agrees with Pluto's reclassification as as a dwarf planet.

In addition to being a Wikipedian, I am an amateur vexillologist and backyard astronomer. I am also an avid reader. Among non-fictional works, I enjoy biograpies, histories, and works on politics, philosophy, and theology. I have enjoyed works by Niccolò Machiavelli, Edward Gibbon, and John Stuart Mill.

Fantasy and Science fiction are my favorite fictional genres and I am fond of many books by Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and Orson Scott Card. Additionally, I am fond of the Harry Potter books.

I am a football fan and a lifelong supporter of the Washington Redskins, who I anticipate will win the Super Bowl again soon.

These and a few of my other interests are indicated in the Wikiboxes to the right. Naturally, questions and comments left on my talk page will be well received.

[edit] About my contributions

A, B, and C

This user prefers the serial comma.

I have found that I most enjoy working on small- to mid-sized articles, especially biographical ones. A considerable number of my contributions are to articles concerning my home state of Maryland and other items of local interest.

Though most of my work on Wikipedia involves starting articles or adding content to existing ones, I also spend some time contributing to Wikipedia by voting and commenting on deletions, featured article candidates, creating requested articles and the like. I never create stubs.

[edit] My most notable contributions

The articles below are those which I have contributed very significantly to and/or started.

* denotes an article which I began
** denotes an article which I began that was featured in "Did you know..." on Wikipedia's main page
† denotes an article I shepherded through the good article process
†† denotes an article I shepherded through the featured article process

[edit] Miscellaneous articles

Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice of 8 July 1996* - Afghan Supreme Court* - Alabama Constitution** - André Maginot** - Cytherean - Eton Wall Game - Daniel Webster - Deneb - Executive agreement - Fanny Crosby** - Foundation - History of the Peloponnesian War - Hunter Scott - Jonah Goldberg* - Missouri Plan - Owen Gingerich - Paul R. Ehrlich - Reference re Secession of Quebec* - Robert Goddard - Ryan Leaf - Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary* - Thomas Dewey - University of Dallas

[edit] Articles concerning Maryland

This user is a participant in WikiProject Maryland.

I have begun and contributed to many articles concerning my native state, Maryland, and other items of local interest to me. The most notable are as follows.

Fatti maschii, parole femine* - Flag of Maryland – Government of Maryland†† – Governor of Maryland - History of Maryland* - List of people from Maryland* - Lt. Governor of Maryland - Maryland Constitution* - Maryland Constitution of 1776* - Maryland Constitution of 1864** - Maryland Court of Appeals** - Maryland, My Maryland* - Maryland state house* - Michael S. Steele* - Morgan State University – Robert L. Ehrlich – Roger Taney - Salisbury University* - Seal of Maryland - Washington College* -

[edit] United States Supreme Court Case Articles

I am also part of the United States Supreme Court Case Article Improvement Project, pursuant to which I have contributed significantly to the following articles: