User:Robert W King

Status

I have returned; Work is 30% complete on the Milling Machine(see flickr set here). Articles will continue tonight. --Robert W King 19:59, 14 October 2007 (CDT)

About me

Quack!

I am currently a young professional working as a Quality Assurance Analyst 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)

My Sandbox: Testing grounds.

CZ's Core Article Initiative: CZ:CORE

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

I am currently a contributor or author of the following articles on CZ:

Initial Author

•  Assignment_Zero
•  belt_(clothing)
• bowling
•  censorship
•  collage
•  Color
•  Coffee
•  Crime
•  Drawing
• Executive_Schedule_(U.S._government)
•  Fire
•  Frustrated_total_internal_reflection
•  Glass
•  Halloween
•  Hat
•  Island
•  Light
• MC_Escher
•  murder
•  necktie
•  painting
•  ship
•  shirt_(clothing)
•  Socks_(clothing)
•  sculpture
•  swimming
•  Sword
•  symbolism
•  Tide
•  tools
•  Toy
•  Triangle
•  Water
•  Wind
•  wristwatch
•  Writing
• Neutrality (Currently in a void state)

Author/Contributor:

•  Larry_Sanger
•  Citizendium
•  History_of_computing

Contributor:

• Apple
•  Chernobyl_Disaster
•  Food_photography
•  French_fries
•  Plural
•  Software_bug

I am responsible for the creation of these templates:

• 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)

Additionally, I contributed to these templates:

• Table for catalog of Famous Tennis Players
• Subpage Index Template for the Subpage Project

I performed levels of relentless editing on these articles:

• TI:Unertan_Syndrome After vs. Before

Additionally 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

I modified the following photos for article usage:

• Photograph of Mt. Vernon -Original vs. current
• Photograph of Ireland's Four Courts - Original vs. current
• Photograph for Prohibition - Original vs.current

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
• The term "buttery" did come to mean "panty"
• 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!".
• 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....

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.