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Hello to all visitors who may stumble upon this page. I'm Breed Zona, a member of the Wikipedia community who hopes to at least make a meaningful contribution to the quality of Wikipedia.
I am usually willing to tackle a lengthy edit on an interesting article I feel has potential, such as the article on stock characters, even if the said article is not prominent. In fact, I like working more on obscure articles than on "leading articles," if for no reason other than my fear that if I don't, these articles will remain untouched for eternity.
Whenever the spirit inspires me, I take a browsing trip on Wikipedia, clicking on any article links that look interesting, or type something random in the search box, using the good old "keep on searching until you find something worthwhile" method to make edits. Curiously, I tend to avoid the high-profile articles (you know, the ones that are usually the major targets of vandalism) and make a beeline towards the esoteric ones.
P.S. Lately I seem to be focused on the articles about Ray Bradbury's works. That's probably because he's the author I've read the most.
I am an eclectic fan of off-beat, whimsical books and movies. My favorite book is Something Wicked This Way Comes, and, in fact, I expanded the relatively short Wikipedia article on it, and my favorite movie is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, with Spirited Away running a close second. I enjoy listening to the Beatles and playing chess, although the articles on chess are too well-developed for me to tamper with them.
My favorite TV series is The Twilight Zone, a classic science fiction series. Nothing on TV today (IMHO) beats the stark black-and-white serial format, the perfection of Rod Serling as the narrator, and the poignancy of each story's moral. I even based my username upon this show's title, converting the "Zone" part into a feminine form, and "Twilight" to a more earthly form — hence Breed Zona. (And if you actually understood my mindset in selecting this username, I congratulate you.)
Perhaps not surprisingly, I enjoy writing in my spare time and am somewhat adept at math, although not good enough at it to brag about. I have a phobia of bugs and a love of creativity.
Current projects on Wikipedia
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I am working on getting Something Wicked This Way Comes up to featured-article quality. This article is undisputably the one I've contributed the most to; just compare this version of the article just before I made my first edit to it to the expanded article it is now, and I think you'll see what I mean. The article is now a Featured Article Candidate at WP:FAC. If you would like to provide support, objections, or criticism, please do so here!
- [Rant] Every single review that I've managed to find on the Internet on Something Wicked This Way Comes says that it's a classic, but NEVER on why it is a classic. Oh, it has lovely prose and believable characters, but come on, is that all I can get? Oh, and it influenced writers like Stephen King, but I'd be hard-pressed to come up with more than two definitive pieces of evidence of Something Wicked's influence over these authors. But NO EVIDENCE, which means that I can't include them in the article without violating WP:NOR. A classic that has few essays devoted to exhaustively analyzing it and even fewer examples of its lasting influence. (*sigh*) [/Rant]
Finished (...well, not quite): Expanding the Dandelion Wine article in a way similar to how I expanded the Something Wicked This Way Comes article, although I probably will come back later and add a Theme/Analysis and Critical Reception section to make it more complete (when I have the time, that is...).
On November 21, 2006, I joined WikiProject Novels as an active member. Below is a nifty little userbox to prove it:
