I'm a user in Oakland, CA. I'm here for several reasons: 1) A colleague told me it would be a good idea (I have no idea why he thought so), 2) I clicked on a broken link on the page about the languages of Africa and intend to fix it, 3) I read an article that said that almost 90% of Wikipedia users are male and that there is a need for greater diversity, 4) I read another article about the death of Adrianne Wadewitz which inspired me to want to be a "prolific Wikipedian" like she was, and 5) I remember when Microsoft decided that Encarta Online didn't need to be free anymore (late '90s?).
My Goal here is to fix broken links, edit grammar and spelling, and work with the writing style and flow of some articles. Eventually, I would like to contribute some new articles.

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enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
fr-1Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français.
es-0Este usuario no entiende español (o lo entiende muy difícilmente).
cmn-0該用户完全不懂官話
该用户完全不懂官话
tl-0Ang tagagamit na ito ay hindi nakakaunawa ng Tagalog.
xh-0Umsebenzisi uyasithetha isiXhosa kwizinga iqanda.
sw-0Mtumiaji huyu hasemi Kiswahili.







This user is a woman.
This user claims no Denominational affiliation. This user is a Christian.





ubx-1This user is a userbox novice.
This user is interested in
art history.
This user is interested in the
History of Africa.
This user is interested in Native American history and culture.






Gutenberg Bible owned by the US Library of CongressThis user is a Bible reader.
This user is interested in sociology.
This user is interested in Genealogy and has started plotting their family tree.
This user likes to crochet.
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This user enjoys salsa dancing.
This user enjoys photography.
PH-2This user is able to take good-quality photographs.
This user enjoys films.
This user loves documentaries.
This user makes short movies in their free time.
This user is interested in drama and acting.
3 This user has a

Bacon Number of three. What's yours?







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This user has visited Alaska.
This user has visited Georgia.
This user has visited Hawaii.
This user has visited Illinois.
This user has visited Missouri.
This user has visited Nevada.
This user has visited New York.
This user has visited Tennessee.
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