User:Minesweeper
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NOTE: I've curtailed my editing recently (since mid-2004) for several reasons:
Having said that, the itch to contribute never quite abates, and my editing will continue on a limited basis. |
Greetings! I am a lifelong resident of California and an alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley.
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I stumbled upon and became a member of Wikipedia in January 2003 when the 'pedia made front page news on Slashdot. I was swept up in the ease with which anyone could contribute to articles. While editing this encyclopedia can be frustrating at times, it is a very worthwhile endeavor that someday (hopefully in my lifetime!) will be an invaluable repository of human knowledge. While the 'pedia is still in its infancy and has a lot of maturing to do, I see every day's worth of edits like a mathematical function approaching a limit. Every day, this project gets better, but it will always have room to improve, and as time goes to infinity, this encyclopedia will approach perfection.
Some observations:
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• A lesson in wording future events: remember when this was true? → better edit |
As of Wednesday, June 11, 2008 @ 02:51 UTC Wikipedia says that 2,407,904 articles have been created!
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