User:Gene Poole
I'm a 30-something male resident of Sydney who discovered Wikipedia late in 2002.
I happily admit to being an eccentric and a polymath; I hold a design degree, work in the telecommunications industry, and spend a lot of my time pursuing professional interests in alternative politics, radio broadcasting, music production, calendar reform, architectural photography, business management, philately, numismatics, vexillology and 20th century heritage conservation. And occasionally, Wikipedia.
All of this means that I have a need to be efficient with my time, and as a result I have a very low tolerance for fools, the wilfully stupid, pedants, dogmatists and sophists.
When it comes to Wikipedia I am an unashamed egalitarian inclusionist, and support the creation and retention of articles on any subject that can be verified by two or more documentary third-party offline sources and which is also unique and/or interesting enough to be a subject that someone, somewhere, sometime is likely to research on Wikipedia.
Articles that I have created:
- 2MBS - Australia's oldest and largest public radio FM station.
- 4 o'clock wave - An interesting piece of local Australian lore.
- ANZAC War Memorial - Australia's finest Art Deco public building.
- Araucania and Patagonia - A doomed 19th Century South American kingdom.
- Aurora Islands - Mysterious phantom islands in the south Atlantic.
- Avram - A full-blown Tasmanian eccentric.
- Bent Pyramid - The most unusual pyramid in Egypt.
- Dashur - An important pyramid site near Cairo.
- Egyptian pyramids - An overview of the pyramid-building phenomenon.
- Empire of Atlantium - The political lobby group I co-founded.
- Floating islands - An unusual but common phenomenon.
- Freak wave - A fascinating, terrifying natural phenomenon.
- Garden Palace - Site of the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879.
- Independent State of Aramoana - New Zealand environmental secessionist state.
- Independent State of Rainbow Creek - Another rural Australian secessionist state.
- Nan Tien temple - The largest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere.
- Nation of Celestial Space - The biggest micronation ever!
- Nubian pyramids - The little-known pyramids of Sudan.
- Padstow, New South Wales -
- Panania, New South Wales - Where I lived as a child.
- Panania railway station, Sydney - Where I caught trains as a child.
- Province of Bumbunga - Outback Australian eccentric British monarchist.
- Potts Point, New South Wales - The suburb of inner-Sydney in which I live.
- Red Pyramid - The world's first true pyramid.
- Riverwood, New South Wales
- Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina - The country that banned blue icecream.
Articles that I have substantially re-written:
- Artistamp - Unique and interesting artform.
- Australian legislative election, 2007 - Vote early and vote often!
- Beverly Hills, New South Wales - Where I spent much of my adolescence.
- Bludger - Common Australian colloquialism.
- Caduceus - Not to be confused with Rod of Asclepius.
- Coin collecting - Very expensive obsession.
- Darling Harbour - Sydney harbourside precinct.
- Drop bear - Imaginary Australian fauna.
- Great Sphinx of Giza - Famous big Egyptian statue.
- King street wharf - Another Sydney harbourside precinct.
- Kings Cross, New South Wales - Sydney's red light district
- Krakatoa - Famous Indonesian volcano.
- Micronation - Countries that are not quite countries.
- Powerhouse Museum - Sydney's museum of Science and Technology.
- Rod of Asclepius - Not to be confused with Caduceus.
- Rose Island - 1960s artificial island country.
- Sealand - Artificial island principality in the English Channel.
- Sedang - Ephemeral 19th Century southeast Asian kingdom.
- Taufa'ahau Tupou IV - Current King of Tonga.
- The Story of Sinuhe - World's oldest novel.
- True Cross - Relic of the Crusades.
Articles that I have contributed to:
- Alexandria - My mother's birthplace.
- Ambient music - Is there some other sort?
- Aphrodite's Child - 60s Greek rock group.
- Banknote - Worth more than the paper they are printed on.
- Decimal calendar - 37 days hath January...
- Hub and Die Errors - Things that numismatists get excited about.
- Hutt River Province - Australian secessionist state.
- List of island nations - Yes, Australia is one.
- List of people who were cremated - A burning passion.
- Lost city - The reward of carelessness?
- Megatsunami - Not to be confused with Freak Wave.
- Metric time - A good idea.
- Napoleon I - Famous dead French guy.
- Noah's Ark - Nothing to do with Indiana Jones.
- Numismatics - Great way to spend a salary.
- Principality of Marlborough - Mortgage-induced secession.
- Ramses III - Last great Egyptian pharaoh.
- Republic of Minerva - Failed libertarian experiment.
- Sedlec ossuary - Extreme recycling.
- Siwa Oasis - Wonderful travel destination.
- Spanish Inquisition - Oh those querelous Spaniards!
- Sphinx - Early attempt at genetic engineering.
- Thule (myth) - Beyond the realms of the known world.
- Vangelis - Greek electro-symphonic musical wizard.
- Vidna Obmana - Belgian ambient music composer.
Articles I intend to create or contribute to at some point include:
- Art Deco
- Assisted suicide
- Atlantis Project
- Calendar reform
- Freedom of movement
- Poyais
- State of Rainbow Creek
- Republic of Texas (group)
- Republic of Cascadia
- State of Jefferson
I can be contacted by email at: [1]