Full-size vehicle • Wealth in the United States • Prestige vehicles The above represent my most notable contributions, omitting minor stubs and edits. ^Articles of which I only authored 75% or more; ^^Articles which I authored to more than 95%
This user agrees with most economists that income inequality in the U.S. has grown excessive and must be addressed through increased redistribution efforts.
Subjects pertaining to the social sciences, especially those with particular relations to the fields of economics, sociology, and political science. As a multi-national person I also take an especially great intrest in world affairs. A perhaps less scholarly pursuit of mine are luxury automobiles.
While I do my best to stay objective and neutral, I like all other human beings am prone to exhibiting my personal bias at one point or another. My personal viewpoint tends to be that of a Globalist, European-American, Secular, Upper middle class, Liberal, Pluralist. I do, however, accomodate all facets of the subject matter I discuss in my articles and provide Wikipedia's readers with the factually most correct and up-to-date information. Thus, I sincerely believe that I am helping to provide the world with what is, now more than ever before, the world's most precious commodity: knowledge.
My personal opinion in the form of web-entries is largely limited to my political blog and perhaps a newspaper op-ed. Original research is best left to academic papers. I suggest that editors who desire to use the internet as an outlet for their creative energy in expressing their personal viewpoints use a blog or local newspaper instead of Wikipedia.
As I have hinted above, I am a cosmopolitansocial liberal and progressive with my beliefs being based on rational thought and analysis. I am centrist/center-left (Third Way one might say) on economic issues and a staunch progressive on social issues.
[The state's repsonsiblities are]... that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent socities... that of protecting, as far as possible, every member of the society from the injustice or oppression from every other member of it... that of erecting and maintaining those publick institutions which, though they may be in the highest degree advantageous to a great society, are of such a nature, that the profit could never repay the expence to any individual or small number of individuals.
-Adam Smith, 1776
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Necessitous men are not free men.’ Liberty requires opportunity to make a living – a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for."
I joined Wikipedia for a simple reason. I believe in spreading free knowledge. Ignorance and misunderstanding are, in my humble opinion, the greatest sources for the difficulties and struggles mankind faces in this day and age. I strongly believe in the idea of people sharing their knowledge in an easily accessible, neutral, fact-based medium such as Wikipedia. The internet has presented us with a new tool to make this world a better place. Wikipedia presents an essential step in using this great global resource to improve the human condition. I, like many people, not only have a craving for knowledge but also a perhaps equally strong desire to share at least part of the knowledge which I have acquired. I strive to add useful and wholesome information to Wikipedia. For me, Wikipedia is a place where the internet has full-filled a part of its promise, to provide a place where people can come together and share their expertise.
These statistics are available from SJ's tool for any user here: [2] All of the statistics below pertain to my account on the English-language Wikipedia and do not include contributions from my German Wikipedia account. Also see my gallery on the commons: [3]
Distribution of my edits with yellow dots marking the creation of significant texts.
Distribution of my edits with yellow dots marking the creation of significant texts. As of Feburary I had the 848th highet number of edits on Wikipedia; 845th as of May 2007.[1]
My edits from November 2005 to July 2007.
My Wikiholic score is 1,951 which puts me in the "optimal and most productive range" - who would have thought!
The following is a roughly 70%-80% complete list of the graphs currently in use on various Wikipedia article, many are used in my "Flagship" articles. The images to the right serve as examples of my graphis' apperance.
Created Volvo model line-up template Added template into each article of the vehicles originally mentioned in the template
Created several userboxes
Created the Lincoln template table and posted it at the bottom of every Lincoln article. User Sfoskett then helped by making my makeshift template into a real template so I don't have to post the entire table every time.
Created Engine Specification Listing Box, "Blue box." lightblue box for U.S., lightgreen box for Europe, orange box for Asia, and lightgrey box for Autralia
Created Techninical Specification Lisitng table, replacing the Blue Box
Full-Size Car article; Added "Decline and Renaissance" section, revised list of full-size vehicles.
Lincoln Town Car; Added sections (History, Trim Levels, Lincoln template, 1995, Timeline, tables) & photographs (all 1998 through 2002 model photographs) and extensively revised existing article.
Lincoln LS Added sections, and categories as well as expanded content significantly.
Lincoln Added model timeline, and Lincoln model table. Revised list of Lincoln vehicles by dividing it into three sections: Current vehicles, Recent vehicles, and Historical vehicles.
Mercury Grand Marquis Divided article into sections and added descriptions of redesignes.
I, zzuuzz, award you this barnstar for your considerable efforts on improving articles related to socio-economics with particular reference to the United States. -- zzuuzz(talk) 03:20, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your tireless contributions to social science articles, such as Income inequality in the United States and many others, I award you with the Tireless Contributor Barnstar. · jersykotalk 20:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of National Merit
Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, especially American related subjects. Shahram9 15:21, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For your work on making and maintaining the Lincoln Town Car article at A class! Karrmann 23:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
I, OMEN, hereby award you this barnstar for you attempts to clean out POV at United States article. Keep up the good work.
I hearby award Gerdbrendel the The Technology Barnstar for his hard work and dedication to car transport articles (especially luxury and prestige cars) and the Automobiles Wikiproject! Thank you for your awesome work! - Bobo is soft 00:10, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Apple Pie Award
Brendel, I would like to award you this Apple Pie for your tireless creating, expanding, enhancing, illustrating and digging out references for an massive number of important articles pertaining to the United States of America.
Bravada 12:32, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
For your efforts on improving the quality of the Superpower article and ressolving issues in a professional and non-biased way User:Daniel Chiswick 4 June, 2007.
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Brendel, for your great addition of the colourful flags for the article First World, I award you this, the Brilliant Idea Barnstar! --Seong0980 03:51, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
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