This is my user page. There are many like it, but this one is mine.


My name is Dmitriy, and I go by RidG on Wikipedia. I joined Wikipedia under a different name in 2002, but did not become active under my current name until 2004-2005.


I contribute mainly to United States Supreme Court cases. I am a member of Wikipedia SCOTUS Cases project, which is always looking for new members. On any given day, I typically try to participate in cleaning up Wikipedia, primarily via copyediting and voting in the VfD category. I subscribe to the notion that Wikipedia is somewhat bloated as it currently stands (a necessary evil of its open nature), and thus tend to vote in a reductionist manner (really, a euphemism for "delete everything"). Below is a list of my stubs and articles that I have either created or participated heavily in. I am a big fan of peer review and peer editing, so feel free to mercilessly tear my articles apart. Cheers.


Quick To-Do

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Cases Status Everything Else
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld At least Thomas' dissent; more if there is time. Today's VfD
U.S. v. Morrison Need to add "Critical Response" Consider majorly expanding Checkers speech
Garcetti v. Ceballos Probably good for now Vote on this week's Project Collaboration Article
Kansas v. Marsh Expand stub New Wiki Pages
Randall v. Sorrell Expand stub All Prod Articles
Dixon v. United States New article
LULAC v. Perry Interesting & significant case; expand

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My articles

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My stubs etc.

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Articles I want to write at some point

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These are some (IMO) interesting Supreme Court cases, mostly relating to free speech and the incorporation of the Bill of Rights, that I want to write about at some point. If you have a specific case in mind that you think should be added as an article to Wikipedia, please feel free to suggest it on my talk page.

  1. Stromberg v. California (1931)
  2. Gitlow v. People (1925)
  3. Prize Cases (1863)
  4. Boyd v. United States (1886)
  5. Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten (1917)
  6. Gilbert V. Minnesota (1920)
  7. Prudential Insurance Co. v. Cheek (1923)
  8. Olmstead v. United States (1928)
  9. United States v. One Book Called "Ulysses" (1933)

Tasks to consider

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Resources for maintenance and collaboration
Cleanup General - By topic - Move to Wiktionary - Wiki syntax - English grammar - Spam - Cleanup Taskforce - Wikify an article
Categories Orphaned - General cleanup - Articles to be categorized - Underpopulated - More...
Create an article Most wanted - Requests 1 year+ - Requested articles - Blank pages - Missing encyclopedic topics
Stubs Advice - Stubs by topic - Most wanted - Short pages - Incomplete lists - Collaboration of the week
Deletion Speedy - Articles - Categories - Redirects - Templates - Misc. pages - Jokes - Log - Discussion archives - Review
Polishing Expand an article - Peer review - Featured candidates - Fill a topic list - This week's improvement drive
Translation into English From foreign Wikipedias - Existing pages - Spanish Translation of the Week - Interwiki link checker
Images Requested pictures - Pictures needing attention - Images for cleanup - Image recreation requests - Caption review - Images with missing articles
Controversy Neutrality - Article accuracy - Statement accuracy
To-do lists Articles - Projects - Books
More Cleaning department - Active Wiki Fixup Projects - Open tasks - Articles to merge - Articles to split - Copyright violations - Requests - Backlogs - Expert Request Sorting


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