User:Akatari

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This user was a member of the inactive League of Copyeditors.

I'm hesitant to start articles of my own, but I want to help improve what's already here. My wiki-goal is to in some way contribute to a featured article, sometime. :)

Currently editing: nothing

Articles I have copyedited:

Charan

This user is far too interested in userboxes.

Userbox Collection

Linguistics and Grammar

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

they…

This user considers singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so avoids it on Wikipedia.

amn't

This user considers amn't a perfectly logical alternative to aren’t in the first person singular.

whom

This user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever they see.

Thou/Ye

This user wants to resurrect the T–V distinction in English.

Latin Plurals: "Data is are..."

This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum".

Majority ≠ right

This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.

“,;:’

This user is a punctuation stickler.

. The

This user puts two spaces after a period.

A, B, and
A and B

This user uses the serial comma unless its inclusion is confusing.

its & it's

This user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you.

’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.

“...”!
~~US vs. UK~~

This user uses logical quotation marks. Internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a style issue!

;

This user is addicted to semicolons; they use them frequently.

USage decline

This user uses American English, but is appalled at its rapid and continuing deterioration.

AIM-Able

This user understands AIM talk perfectly well, but does not seriously use it. Ever.

zh-1

該用戶能以基本的中文進行交流。
该用户能以基本的中文进行交流。

Literature and Writing

This user is a bibliophile.

This user enjoys reading mysteries.

This user enjoys reading romance novels.

This user enjoys reading Fantasy.

This user reads science fiction.

This user believes that "all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players".

This user enjoys reading poetry.

This user enjoys the works of
Jane Austen.

This user enjoys heavy reading, such as Shakespeare and other dead guys.

TKAM

This user knows it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.

D	This user loves the Discworld series. But wouldn't want to visit Ankh-Morpork. Ever.

This user's homeworld likes to think that it is mostly harmless, but it is, in practice, devastatingly dangerous.

This user enjoys writing.

This user writes poetry.

This user writes short stories.

This user writes novelettes.

This user writes novels.

NANO

This user has spent every November writing away for NaNoWriMo since 2005.

BOOK

This user is working on publishing a book.

Politics and Issues

This user wants to stop
global warming.

This user believes that the Hawaiian Kingdom was illegally overthrown. Long live Queen Liliʻuokalani!

This user is against involuntary military service.

This user finds censorship offensive.

This user supports the legalization of same-sex marriage.

This user is straight but not narrow.

This user thinks President George W. Bush should have been impeached.

This user thinks Vice President Dick Cheney should have been impeached.

This user is trying to leave the United States of America.

This user knows that there are
654,965 reasons why the
2003 invasion of Iraq was wrong.^†

History and Culture

This user is interested in history.

This user is interested in
ancient civilizations.

This user is interested in the
Middle Ages

This user is interested in the Renaissance period.

This user enjoys classical music.

This user enjoys folk music.

60s

This user is a fan of Sixties music.

This user fancies Celtic music.

O.G.

This user is past the point of no return.

This user is an a cappella singer.

This user may be a teenager, but they love vinyl records.

This user is a Sudoku addict.

This user is an incorrigible cruciverbalist.

This user settled Catan.

This user thinks polar coordinates are pretty.

met?

This user prefers metric units, but, having grown up in the United States, cannot relate to them.

This user knows 18 digits of pi.

This user knows the Ultimate Answer.

This user's favorite color is green.

This user likes foggy days.

Internet and Technology

Add

This user is addicted to virtual communities.

LJ

This user maintains a LiveJournal.

This user uses Google as a primary search engine.

This user contributes using a laptop.

This user thinks Apple Inc. products are cool.

This user owns a nice palegreen iPod

This user contributes while using iTunes.

This user uses free software wherever and whenever possible.

This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.

js	This user browses with JavaScript disabled. Everyone should.

This user uses Microsoft Windows under duress.

This user has no cell phone.