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I recognize that this user page belongs to the Knowledge project and not to me personally. As such, I recognize that I am expected to respectfully abide by community standards as to the presentation and content of this page, and that if I do not like these guidelines, I am welcome either to engage in
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asked for sonnets, which was a stroke of genius; alas, I am not so brazen as to steal the idea.) I don't own this page. (As it happens, there are pages elsewhere I do own, and I leave them dormant to work on Knowledge instead.) I will exercise final judgment on which changes I keep, of course...
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Most of the stuff on this page has been here for about a decade and I'd probably put different things on it if I were starting over, but I've gotten kind of attached to my old userpage, so it stays.
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This page is not protected: you can edit it. Particularly if you want to fix typos and links, or if you feel inclined to exercise your mad layout skills, or maybe even give a testimonial. (
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as a guide to almost any sticky situation. And I'm a strong believer in consensus and the supremacy and necessity of good judgment, over all.
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Greetings! You've reached the user page of Kat Walsh, otherwise known as "mindspillage". I am a copyright/technology attorney, a classical
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Here's a little poem (Sung, more or less, to the tune of '"The Shadow of Your Smile"), my holiday gift to you.
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that come in to Wikimedia. But not in a long time. You might still get template responses I wrote, though.
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reasonable discussion about it, to publish my material elsewhere, or to leave the project.
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Occasionally I like to blather on about Knowledge rather than do anything constructive...
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And may I share the bounty of my wisdom to slake the thirst of curiosity among the people
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are never solved by escalating them: a few paragraphs I thought were nice until I reread
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Another haiku, poles apart from David's above (at least it's at the opposite end of the
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Facebook: nope. I deleted my account and anyone who claims to be me there isn't.
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A bit of improvisation to demonstrate the sound of the instrument in ensemble.
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I am currently on the Advisory Board, where occasionally I even give advice.
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here; I don't tend to use the tools much, but sometimes they come in handy.
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We are Wikipedians. May the mind of Knowledge spill forth with bounty.
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Ink spilt for a spilled mind... they pondered the possibilities. --
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May our minds spring forth with our most cherished knowledge
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to write something better than the sad stub that was there.
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Welcome to Knowledge. May you spring forth and prosper!
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had already said most of what I wanted to say already.
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sometimes you have to resort to St. Benedict's Rule
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Knowledge:Babel
en
native speaker
English language
es
básico
español
Search user languages
bassoonist
violist
my significant other
Free Culture
Supporting the definition Free Cultural Works.
Learn about the Free Software Foundation.
Member #4786
here
Board of Trustees
administrator
Arbitration Committee
handle emails
Track II diplomacy
It's really pretty simple
mind NPOV
don't be a dick
ignore all rules
Use common sense
meta:Don't be a dick
Knowledge:Ignore all rules
On the use of admin rights
The value of mergism

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