I had found Wikipedia in several searches for various topics of interest without ever really knowing what it was. One day I noticed the "edit this page" tab and thought for sure that I had some how found a hacked site that was giving everyone access to edit the site. That's when I did a little more looking and discovered the wiki concept.

[edit] Areas I like to work on:

• Science updates - adding the latest science findings
• Protected areas - National, state and local parks, monuments, etc.
• United States Federal Government institutions (NOAA, NASA, etc.)
• Recent changes patrol

[edit] Currently working on

• Fact checking and referencing statistics for United States states and cities (e.g. populations, elevations, etc.)
• Alphabetizing categories for States of the United States. (e.g., items for Idaho that are listed as Idaho <insert type of category here> is alphabetized under <category type> instead of under I for Idaho.)
• Recategorizing stubs under Category:Company stubs as it has become very large and many companies are not specifically categorized under the most appropriate stubs.

[edit] Completed spoken Wikipedia projects

• Black
• Guido of Arezzo

[edit] Awards

I, FireFox hereby award you this Minor Barnstar for all your brilliant minor edits!

Thanks for illustrate biographies, your effort is appreciated. --Emijrp (talk) 18:04, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		I'd like to award this for tireless efforts in correcting mistakes and typos, amazing work! Gaius Cornelius 12:44, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Various items of interest

Languages
en This user is a native speaker of English.	css-2 This user is an intermediate Cascading Style Sheets user.	HTML-4 This user is an expert HTML user.
Editing
This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.
Wikipedia usage
This editor is a WikiGnome.	This user is a recent changes patroller.	15,000+ This user has made over 15,000 contributions to Wikipedia.
Wikiprojects
This user is a member of the Disaster Management WikiProject.	This user is a member of WikiProject Protected Areas.	Cat This user is part of WikiProject Categories, which aims to improve article categorization on Wikipedia.
This user repairs links to disambiguation pages.	This user is a member of the Stub sorting WikiProject.	This user is a member of WikiProject Photography.
This user is a member of WikiProject Fire Service
Wiki Societies
This user is a member of the Association of Categorist Wikipedians	This user is a member of the Association of Structurist Wikipedians.	incl This user is an inclusionist.
Grammar
A, B, and C This user prefers the serial comma.	.  The This user puts two spaces after a full stop.	its & it’s This user understands the difference between its and it’s. So should you.
their / there / they’re This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they’re worse than their own children at spelling!	to / too / two This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.	your/ you’re This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you’re in need of help.
’s Thi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.
Personal stuff
This user lives in or hails from the state of California.	X This user is a member of Generation X.	dad This user is a father.
41 This user is 41 years old.	This user supports public broadcasting.	Content contributed by this user is released into the public domain.
This user is a bibliophile	This user enjoys reading science fiction.	This user is interested in maps.
This user enjoys electronic music.	ENFJ This user's MBTI type is ENFJ.	This user is a nurse.
This user listens to KCRW.	This user is interested in Christianity.	This user's time zone is Pacific Standard Time.