User:Robert W King

Status

• Work is 60% complete on the Milling Machine(see flickr set here). The Z-Axis needs to be constructed.
• ContribBot is delayed, possibly indefinately. If you have any questions feel free to leave me a message at my talk page.
• I am currently a Cruft-Fighting Extraordinaire.

( Where Robert lives it is approximately: 02:47)

About me

Quack!

I am a young man working in the field of Information Assurance, and living somewhere in Northern Virginia. I hold an Associate's in Information Technology from NVCC and am working (infrequently) on my B.S. in Information Technology from George Mason University. My interests include data organization, networks, philosophy, critical thinking, and observation.

In the past I have contributed to U.S. Government articles within Wikipedia, and reported on the Wired-sponsored Assignment Zero. (Profile here, contributions here)

I would eventually like to pursue a career in global policy.

Books I have read or am currently reading:

• The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand (cmplt.)
• Status Anxiety - Alain De Botton (cmplt.)
• The Use and Abuse of Art - Jacques Barzun (un-r)
• The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell (mostly-r)
• Talk to the Hand - Lynne Truss (cmplt.)
• Stiff - Mary Roach (cmplt.)
• The World is Flat 3.0 -
• Supercapitalism -

Quick Links

http://yarchive.net/home.html http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/color-blend/

Tabella Nemorosus

Developing Articles Initial Author Status 4: bowling  wristwatch Status 3:  Assignment Zero  censorship  Color  Coffee  Crime Cyberpunk  Executive Schedule  Fire  Garbage  Light  Light bulb in progress  Mona Lisa  murder  Optical Disc  Socks (clothing)  stone  swimming  Team Fortress  tools  The Twilight Zone in progress  water Author / Contributor  Chernobyl Disaster Contributor  Champagne  Citizendium  Food photography  French fries  History of computing  Software bug Stubs Initial Author  belt_(clothing)  collage Crystal (geology)  Diamond  Drawing  Drinking_game  FTIR  Fun  Glass  Halloween  Hat  Island  K2  M._C._Escher  Marble (stone)  metaphor  Mohs' scale  necktie  painting  Romeo_and_Juliet  Saturday_Night_Live  sculpture  ship  shirt_(clothing)  Simile  Sword  symbolism  Taco  Tide  Toy  Triangle  Wind  Writing Neutrality (Currently in a void state) Author / Contributor  Larry_Sanger  Thanksgiving Contributor Apple  Frustration  Plural  vodka Templates Initial Author Template for the NFPA Safety Panel (Version 2.1, still not functional in Safari)) An infobox template for the chemistry workgroup (Currently Less WIP and looking more polished.) A table-based timeline template (Currently WIP) Template for building the header of "The Citizen". A template for new templates. See CZ:Templates/Guidelines. A template for making proposals. See CZ:Proposals/Guidelines. A template for responding to proposals. See CZ:Proposals/Guidelines. A left-hand side inline TOC, copied and modified from TOC-right. See Template:TOC-left and Template:TOC-right Author / Contributor To be completed... Contributor Table for catalog of Famous Tennis Players Subpage Index Template for the Subpage Project Upload Wizard for upload of media, mostly re-vamping Stephen's work.

Projects on CZ The Citizen! My Sandbox: Testing grounds. CZ:Proposals, a community portal created in order to enable citizens to make suggestions that impact the wiki CZ's Core Article Initiative: CZ:CORE CZ's recruiting initiative: CZ:Recruitment. I created a one-sheet black and white recruitment flyer to be distributed (primarly) on college campuses, community bulletin boards, and other open public posting areas. It can be found here. Instructions are enclosed. Hat article image request initiative: If you have one of many different types of hats, and have a picture of you wearing it, please submit it to the articlespace! This article would do greatly with a large number of hat images. --Robert W King 20:49, 18 October 2007 (CDT) A youtube channel for videos posted on or about Citizendium Newpage counter for, er, new pages. (Max is 2,000 it seems) To Do Finish converting these to {{subpages}} as opposed to subpages9 Practically finished minus a few issues that need to be cleaned up on some "list" pages, but other than that subpages9 should no longer be on any subpage (unless its in conversation). --Robert W King 13:31, 17 November 2007 (CST) Fix double redirects Review Orphaned Pages for speedydelete. (May that never have to be done again! Next time a bot better do it...) Image Category Party! Review uncategorized pages Play TF2 when burnt out on wikiediting. Convert existing checklists into subpage pages. (g'ah, didn't we do this already???) Move to Europe in 10 Months.  !!!What's happening in Europe?!!! Fix the dashboard. Close enough for government work! --Robert W King 20:47, 13 January 2008 (CST) Finish organizing templates used in CZ at CZ:Templates Part One complete; now need to organize base on use and category. --Robert W King 11:40, 22 December 2007 (CST) Win a Million Dollars. Create/Finish creating CZ:Technical_Team_Workgroup. Images modified Photograph of Mt. Vernon -Original vs. current Photograph of Ireland's Four Courts - Original vs. current Photograph for Prohibition - Original vs.current Photograph for Abraham Lincoln - Original vs optional replacement Photograph for Shirley Chisholm - Original vs current Image of King Louis XIV - Original vs current Image of Eamon de Valera - Original vs. current

I performed levels of relentless editing on these articles:

• TI:Unertan_Syndrome After vs. Before

I created the following images:

Cockroach   Picture of an Apple   Mocha and Donut   Flowers outside my office   More apples   Additive light model   Subtractive light model   Screenshot of the AZ desktop   Be bold test image   Regular exposure of flourescent lighting   Low level light exposure of flourescent lighting   Two insects in mating stance (possibly my best capture yet)   A stone and concrete walkway   Stone used in a retaining wall   Rust deposit on a sidewalk   A bowling alley   A bowling ball corral   A very old bowling scoring terminal   A group of bowlers on league night   Bowling ball return machine. Do not stick your hands inside!   Many people have worn these.   Modified image of an empty tennis court to include its dimensions

List of Wikipedia articles I have authored and/or contributed to:

• OMB Circular A-21
• OMB Circular A-16
• OMB Circular A-130
• OMB Circular A-126
• OMB Circular A-123
• Hatch Act of 1939
• Geographic Information System
• General Services Administration
• Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
• Executive Schedule

Philosophies

Humor

In contrast to the serious efforts of projects, I find that often ridiculous insignificancies amuse me greatly. Within the scope of CZ, here are a few that I enjoyed.

• (diff) (hist) . . m Kilt accessories‎; 11:15 . . James F. Perry (Talk | contribs) (typo corr4ection + rephrase) (oh, the irony)
• 12:23, 4 April 2007 Larry Sanger (Talk | contribs) unblocked Stephen Ewen (contribs) (Stephen, please don't block yourself. ROTFL)
• 12:20, 4 April 2007 Larry Sanger (Talk | contribs) unblocked Stephen Ewen (contribs) (It's too embarrassing to explain)
• 12:06, 4 April 2007 Robert Tito (Talk | contribs) blocked "Stephen Ewen (contribs)" * with an expiry time of 2 hours (he was having too much fun)
• 03:17, 4 April 2007 Stephen Ewen (Talk | contribs) blocked "Stephen Ewen (contribs)" with an expiry time of 2 hours
• 15:01, 16 February 2007 blocked "Larry M Sanger (contribs)" with an expiry time of infinite (evident: one LS is enough)
• 10:54, 14 February 2007 blocked "Mozilla Firefox (contribs)" with an expiry time of infinite (I wonder. :) )
• 10:41, 14 February 2007 blocked "Biff Soupbone (contribs)" with an expiry time of infinite (If you have to ask, I'll have to selll you on ebay. )
• 18:22, 10 February 2007 Larry Sanger (Talk | contribs) blocked "Jimbo WaIes (contribs)" with an expiry time of infinite (No doubt the vandal again. If that is you Jimbo then e-mail us at constables@citizendium.org)
• 17:37, 10 February 2007 blocked "Artemus (contribs)" with an expiry time of infinite (name not according to standards (full name needed), and neither two of the 4 musketeers)
• 08:40, 30 January 2007 blocked "Stanley matthews (contribs)" with an expiry time of infinite (Name of dead British footballer)
• 10:52, 26 January 2007 blocked "The Gambler (contribs)" with an expiry time of infinite (Las Vegas is somewhere else)
• Yes, we have a Biology of Living Persons Policy.
• Now that's funny :-)
• Hayford_The_Wikicomber
• Hayfords's Fine French Bar & Grill - don't miss this.
• The term "buttery" came to mean "panty" - Bad butler!
• Exploding Primates - what a mess!
• "I'll alter Larry to the matter". I think you meant 'sacrifice' :D My question is if we can suggest the necessary alterations:-)
• Careful of those corrupt fonts, they're a doozy!
• The new free content Chicken Head Copyright License - a.k.a. the "I don't care" license.
• "We'll figure out a way to sue those people whose image we use under fair use, I just know we will!".
• Wow. Rough night, eh?
• 00:05 (cur; last) . . Larry Sanger (Talk | contribs | block) (deleted "Here": Here today, gone tomorrow)
• These MUST be some ducks! (scroll down)
• Welcome to a new author, er, uh, rather a new bot!
• Illicit eliciting - yep, sounds about right.
• This new license may really catch on....
• WP:OR and a simple Pole in a complex plane
• Taken out of context (see http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/11/07/financial-times-on-citizendium/): Yes, I wake up every day fired by the thought, “This is how I’m going to get back at Jimbo!” -Larry Sanger
• Sexual dimorphism - Yes, this is in the Category:Hobbies Workgroup...but just exactly whose hobby is that?
• A powerfuk analyst of world affairs - boy, ya really gotta watch those fellows.

Neutrality

There are three properties that I believe should be adhered to in the context of this project when it comes to non-philosophical topics: fact, relevancy, and neutrality.

• Fact: Everything that pertains to a particular subject should not be made up or speculated on. There should be no lies and no conjecture. I believe in trails, audits, and observations. That which is shown to be absolutely provable.
• Relevancy: There will always be a percentage of information which points to a demonstratable conclusion. Only the upmost definitive evidence that shows A leads to B should be included.
• Neutrality: Every viewpoint should be shown, and substantiated with credible sources. Credibile does not mean "existing", "popular", or "notable"; but rather those sources that are known to exhibit only the observable and objective truth and not an agenda or bias. Documentation is a must.

It is the reponsibility for everyone who wishes to further the knowledge and education of the masses to provide the basis for others to make their own decisions. One should be "informative" and not "convincing" when it comes to the essential elements of knowledge.