Baltarstar

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Baltarstar is a Novice Editor captivated by human responses to crises of all kinds. Those high-stakes critical junctures, where decision-makers must act with limited time and information, often in competition with each other, represent the climactic moments of the human drama. Baltarstar's contributions aim to deepen our understanding of these crisis moments, hoping that our collective knowledge will one day enable us to build a global society capable of enduring the challenges of our time to thrive in a long age of light and life.

Baltarstar served five years in the United States Marine Corps and graduated summa cum laude from Oregon State University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, focusing on Policy Analysis, and a minor in Political science, focusing on International relations. Now, he works part-time tending his partner's farm animals, practices the Wu wei, and contributes to Wikipedia.

Topics of focus include climate change adaptation, current events, disasters, forecasting, geopolitics, hegemonic instability (e.g.; Wars of the Diadochi, Peloponnesian War, or Sengoku period), and societal collapse.

Current Projects

Target Articles

Convert List of assassinations into a timeline
Convert Lists of disasters into a timeline
Create Timeline of assassination attempts

Ongoing Tasks

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Vital articles

Timeline References

WikiProject Renovations

Create userbox for Wikipedia:WikiProject Current events
Discuss Assessment Table for Wikipedia:WikiProject Current events
Create Assessment Table for Wikipedia:WikiProject Disaster management
Update Content Box for Wikipedia:WikiProject Disaster management
Create Assessment Table for Wikipedia:WikiProject Terrorism

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