YourNickname

Yournickname is an American user of Wikipedia from New Mexico interested in Politics and History.

Since it is in fact the user of Yournickname writing this, he wont go into egotistical details, because to talk about your self in vain, and Yournickname is not vain...

Info-Data/Ego Rant

My actual name is Jonathan. I hail from the City Different in the Land of Enchantment (Santa Fe, New Mexico) and I am now officially in-between High School and college. I turned 18 in july 12 2005 (YAY!)! You can read all about me at my MySpace blog

Contributions/Self inflicted ego-boost

I am mostly interested in Politics and History, and particularly Political History... very specifically, Political History about New Mexico! I am, as far as I know, the #1 editor for New Mexico's political articles, and perhaps #1 for New Mexico in general. I have created 90% of the articles concerning New Mexico's politics and politicians.

Aside from the obsession with my home state, I also have studied the French Third Republic in too much detail, I have a good deal of knowledge about the French Navy, I am interested in Southeast Asian history, and know a lot of useless obscure facts about Colonial Africa.

Though, on those topics, I rarely contribute. My attention has been spent on New Mexico. And my star contributions are the former Senators of New Mexico. When I first looked them up, only three (THREE!) Senators of New Mexico had real biographies, two more had stubs. I was disgusted. Not just disgusted, horrified! Many of New Mexico's Senators have had a part in shaping policy during the 20th century. Carl Hatch (who I have yet to create a biography on) was one of the most improtant Civil Service reformers during the early half of the Century! Clinton P. Anderson was responsible for preventing a food crisis after World War II! Bronson M. Cutting and Dennis Chavez were instrumental in gaining equal opportunities for Hispanics! Holm O. Bursum was the epitomy of the early western Conservative that spawned Barry Goldwater! Albert Fall was one of the most corrupt individuals in the history of the United States... well, perhaps he isn't the best one to mention. But you get my point. New Mexico's Senators were an important part of history. Thanks to me, I have brought that history to Wikipedia.

But behold, beyond the Senators, I am a total Wikiholic:

Editing/My brag list

Key: Bolded are things I feel I cannot add anything more to. Italized are things I am still working on expanding. Neither bold nor italized are things I neglect, and will most likely add nothing to in the near future.

New Mexico Articles

Projects

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Expanding, maintaining, working on bios for all Archbishops)
• New Mexico House of Representatives (Created, wrote, maintaining, working on bio info for reps)
• New Mexico Senate (Created, wrote, maintaining, working on bio info for senators)

Major Edits

• New Mexico State Capitol (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• Crescit eundo (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• Asi Es Nuevo Méjico (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• A Nuevo México (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• Seal of New Mexico (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• Bizcochito (Created, wrote, maintaining)

Minor Edits

• Flag of New Mexico (Added thing about unofficial first flag)

Political Articles

Projects

• U.S. Congressional Delegations from New Mexico (Working on biographical information for ALL people listed there!)
• United States House of Representatives, New Mexico District 1, United States House of Representatives, New Mexico District 2, United States House of Representatives, New Mexico District 3 (Created, wrote, maintaining all three, working on election info for all races!)
• List of United States Senators from New Mexico (Redisigned, maintaining)
• Governors of New Mexico, Governors of New Mexico Territory (Redisigning, working on all Governor Bios)
• U.S. Congressional Delegations from New Hampshire, U.S. Congressional Delegations from Rhode Island, U.S. Congressional Delegations from Mississippi, U.S. Congressional Delegations from Iowa, U.S. Congressional Delegations from American Samoa, (Expanded, filled in gaps before 1933); United States congressional delegations from Puerto Rico, U.S. Congressional Delegations from U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. Congressional Delegations from Guam (Created, wrote, maintaining)

Major Edits

• Teapot Dome scandal (Significantly expanded)
• Hatch Act of 1939 (Significantly expanded)

Minor Edits

• List of people who died in aviation-related incidents (added more to politicians sub-category)
• U.S. Senate election, 2006 (Added Bingaman's race)
• List of U.S. Presidents by date of death (added causes of death)

Biographical Articles

Major Edits

• Albert B. Fall, Senator (Significantly expanded from stub, maintaining)
• Holm O. Bursum, Senator (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• Clinton P. Anderson, Senator (Significantly expanded from stub, maintaining)
• Bronson M. Cutting, Senator (Created, wrote, trying to re-work it, maintaining)
• Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, Senator (Cleaned-up, significantly expanded from stub, maintaining)
• Dennis Chavez, Senator (Expanded from stub)
• Joseph Montoya, Senator (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• Thomas B. Catron, Senator (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• Benigno C. Hernández, Representative (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• Georgia Lee Lusk, Representative (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• E. S. Johnny Walker, Representatives (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• Samuel Beach Axtell, Governor (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• Toney Anaya, Governor (Expanded, wrote, maintaining)
• Clyde Tingley, Governor (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• John E. Miles, Governor (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• Miguel Otero, Delegate (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• William Henry Andrews, Delegate (Created Biography)

Minor Edits

• Arthur T. Hannett, Governor (Created stub biography)
• Andrew. W. Hockenhull, Governor (Created stub biography)
• Charles Bent, Governor (Created stub biography)
• Arthur Seligman, Governor (Created stub biography)
• Edwin L. Mechem, Governor (In the process of expanding from stub)

Historical Articles

• French battleship Paris (Expanded from stub, maintaining)
• French battleship France (Created, wrote, maintaining)
• Kapuzinergruft (Added some things)
• Zhuang (Added a detailed history of the Zhuang people)
• List of Foreign Ministers of Austria-Hungary (Added von Berchtold)