User:Jgm

Enjoying my time here.

Wiki sophomore philosophy

The appeal of the Wikipedia is a reflection of man's innate desire to create order from chaos.

On inclusion

A good reference puts as much work into defining what it doesn't include as what it does. This is a primary challenge of the Wikipedia, where deletion of others' work is considered bad form.

Wiki Sophomore Philosophy, II

As the Wikipedia effort grows, there exists a personality litmus test: some people -- those whose primary instinct is to create order from chaos -- continue to focus on the end product, while others -- those whose primary instinct is to build relationships, power, and influence -- focus on the community aspects. The result is a model for the organic growth of a bureaucracy.

A quote by me

Anyone who isn't an inclusionist after three days on Wikipedia has no heart; anyone who isn't a deletionist after three years on Wikipedia has no head.

Selected pages I started

Police Story - The Rockford Files - Peter Straub - "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - "Sultans of Swing" - Leo Kottke - Second City comedy troupe - The Groundlings - Sheb Wooley - Jack White (musician) - Dan Neil - Joseph Wambaugh - After the Gold Rush - Electric Mud - Murry Wilson - Ted Hawkins - Old Town School of Folk Music - Merlin (game) - Terri Hemmert

Selected pages I've contributed to

Pinball - 1970s in film - Smashing Pumpkins - Horror film - Led Zeppelin - IMAX - Rock and roll - Warren Zevon - Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - Wings (band) - Chicago (band) - Smile - "Hotel California" - "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" - Heavy metal music - Pat Metheny Group - "Sympathy for the Devil" - "Good Vibrations" - "A Day in the Life" - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Girl group - Muzak Holdings = Woodstock 1999 - Twister