User:Quercusrobur
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[edit] Graham & wikipedia
Graham from Essex, England here- I know a bits of stuff about all sorts of things like organic gardening, permaculture, punk rock, veganism and anarchism, plus no doubt, like most people, bucket-loads of stuff that I don't even know that I know loads about, and I'm happy to share the knowledge I have, and to learn more... I love the idea of wikipedia- I'm a self declared enemy of the concept of the 'expert' and the 'specialist'- everybody has a part of the picture, nobody can see the whole, and wiki is about being open, accountable and free... Cor, it's a bit like anarchy, innit???
All hail holism!!!
[edit] Websites and stuff
I do the websites for some local groups like South East Essex Organic Gardeners [1], South east essex LETS [2], as well as self published books about veganism, permaculture and stuff which you can find out about at my own website, http://www.spiralseed.co.uk
And here's my newly started Forest Gardening blog spot http://forestgarden.blogspot.com/
I've just relaunched the seemingly rather moribund Permaculture wiki http://permaculture.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page at Wikia which I'm hoping will become a useful permaculture resource. Here's my article (as opposed to user) page there http://permaculture.wikicities.com/wiki/Graham_Burnett
[edit] my POV
My own POV's arn't 'nuetral' on many things, not sure if it's possible in fact, but I'll do me best... On the whole I tend to avoid editing controversial wikipedia subjects I feel too passionately about, that way lies edit wars and disharmony- when pages get too embroiled in convoluted POV chess games that pay little attention to 'encyclopedic' values and end up looking like a Frankensteinist version of the worst excesses of a particularly lairy newsgroup I think the general punter and info-seeking surfer will look elsewhere anyway...
[edit] Wikipedia and where I stand
Regarding wikipedia- I've got 'admin' status on wiki, but took a wiki-holiday early 2005 (or was it 2004?? The years are getting shorter as I move into my mid-forties)) when I realised I was getting to develop some wikiholic tendencies, at the expense of 'real' creative work I needed to be doing (wikipedia is a good place for creative procrastination...), during my break loads of 'rules' seem to have changed (I find all the deleting processes over-convoluted when in the 'old days' it was a simple measure to get rid of obvious garbage... parallels with my 'real life' job with a local authority where the values of political correctness over-rule common sense), so has the technology, so forgive me if my habits still seem somewhat wiki-archaic. At the end of the day, all my edits will be in good faith, often about things I care about (or just happen to know something about, however obscure..), you might get the odd grumpy edit or retort from me, but I passionately believe in the whole comcept of an 'open source', 'free' and non-hierarchical information source, so, yeah, I'm on side for wikipedia, innit...
[edit] Subpages- long term projects I'll develop one day
Much needed wiki sub-projects are development of the Organic gardening and permaculture areas.. watch this space.... Yeah Right...
[edit] Workspaces
[edit] Awards
 You've been presented a Barnstar of Life for the article you created on Organic lawn managementDragix 09:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC) |
 This Barnstar is for your hard work.Dragix 09:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC) |
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