I love language, and proofing English-language documents I read is something my brain does automatically. I've been an admiring user of Wikipedia since the early 2000s, and finally, after making a small donation, decided to "make it official" by henceforth conducting my occasional minor edits via a single identity.
Participating in the Wikipedia project, helping to maintain such a valuable public resource, gives me a sense of purpose. And the very active community of editors makes me feel I'm part of something intelligent, meaningful, and living.
I consider myself a moderately "aware" person, and I feel that we, the people (i.e., all the people there are), must act energetically to guide our course. I'm an individualist and I believe that liberty must be actively defended as hard-won territory against the erosion of encroaching armies led by Them.[a] Every "grassroots" movement through which people can express themselves freely, interact peaceably, and share information organically is a treasure, and, in this era, a triumph of nature over the great multitudinous artifice.
Words! They mean something to me, but do they convey the same, losslessly, to you? This concept -- the mind's striving for efficient expression and communication of ideas -- is one of the primary senses driving my editorial efforts here.
- ^ (Not a conspiracist generally; I use the term as a placeholder in order to keep this sentiment brief.)
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