User:Robert Clausen

Welcome to my user page!

My main editorial goal is to help with cleaning up, history, geography and stub articles.

Hi, maybe I won't spend hours a day on Wikipedia. As I don't have huge amounts of time to contribute, I won't spend a lot of time adding content. My interest is in improving articles which already exist and guarding against vandalism and tendentious editing.

SEE YOU!

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Wikipedia

This user is proud
to be a Wikipedian.

This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks.

This user assumes good faith.

This user knows the difference between beauty and trash.

Because of real life, this user will be editing on and off.

This user believes that a user's edit count does not necessarily reflect on the value of their contributions to Wikipedia.

This user uses Wikipedia as a primary point of reference.

About me

Name

This user's name is Robert Clausen.

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

This user uses Google as a primary search engine.

This user uses Gmail as a primary email service.

This user is interested in their local history.

This user remembers using
a rotary dial telephone.

This user is old enough to remember what a typewriter is, and that's all you need to know.

Grammar

,

This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying.

. The

This user puts two spaces after a period.

A, B and C

This user prefers not to use the serial comma.

which & that

This user knows how to use which and that correctly.

whom

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

Tip of the day...

Lead Section Size

The lead section of a Wikipedia article is the section before the first heading. The table of contents, if displayed, generally appears between the lead section and the first subheading.

Rule of thumb: If a topic deserves a heading or subheading, then it deserves short mention in the lead.

The lead section should contain up to four paragraphs, depending on the length of the article, and should provide a preview of the main points the article will make, summarizing the primary reasons the subject matter is interesting or notable. The lead should be capable of standing alone as a concise overview of the article, should be written in a clear and accessible style, should be carefully sourced like the rest of the text, and should encourage the reader to want to read more. The following table has some general guidelines for the length of the lead section:

< 15,000 characters	medium size	> 30,000 characters
one or two paragraphs	two or three paragraphs	three or four paragraphs

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