User:Wassupwestcoast

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Hi, this is the user page of Wassupwestcoast (talk • contribs • count).

I am a WikiSloth. I contribute to Wikipedia because I find it to be a fun hobby.

I am an admin. I can help with silly messes. Vandals may be irritating but are not harmful to Wikipedia's credibility. Silliness is always easy to identify and repair.


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3 years, 3 months, and 20 days.
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2 years and 11 days.
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[edit] About me

I live in southern British Columbia. I received a B.Sc.(Agr) in Plant Protection from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. I once wrote an essay that came in second place in a contest of the Weed Science Society of America.

[edit] Wikipedia helpful pages

I have two pages of helpful links that make editing Wikipedia easier: see here and here.

And, this banner links to other helpful Wikipedia pages.

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[edit] Autographs

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If you wish, sign here by editing this sub-section:



  1. Thanks for signing mine! Bmg916Speak 13:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
  2. All the best from a different west coast! ... dave souza, talk
  3. I wanted to thank you for your interest in the Long poem article. We're newbies, but cool cats like you make it both exciting and more accessible. So thanks again for all your help so early on! Jgroom (talk)
  4. Thanks for all your help on William Wilberforce and cheers from near the east coast! – Bruce Agendum (talk) 10:14, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
  5. OH-DAY-UM! Not number 5!--(NGG)
  6. Thanks for reviewing The Lightning Thief. Pmlinediter  Talk 08:19, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
  7. I wuz here '09 =) Ϫ



[edit] Projects in which I'm an active participant

I participate in the following projects:

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[edit] Page I'm working on

I'm a participant at Wikipedia:One featured article per quarter.

Article Goal Class Sandbox Watchlist / Editing
North American River Otter. FA. none. will do once book arrives.


[edit] Books

The books I've read in 2009 in the order I most liked them.

[edit] fiction

  1. Hughes, Thomas; Hughes, Arthur (1999 (1857)). Tom Brown's schooldays. Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-283535-1.  Finished 9 Oct 2009.
  2. Clark, Walter van Tilburg (2001 (1940)). The Ox-Bow Incident. New York: Modern Library. ISBN 0-375-75702-3.  Finished 19 September 2009.
  3. Farrant, M.A.C. (2009). The Secret Lives of Litterbugs: and other (true) stories. Toronto: Key Porter Books. ISBN 978-1-55470-159-9.  Finished 14 July 2009.
  4. Farrant, M.A.C. (1999). Girls Around the House. Polestar Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1-896095-93-6.  Finished 16 July 2009
  5. Eggers, Dave (2009). The Wild Things. McSweeney's. ISBN 978-1-934781-61-6.  Finished 14 Oct 2009
  6. Schlink, Bernhard; Janeway, Carol Brown (1997). The Reader. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-44279-0.  Finished 02 March 2009.
  7. Chevallier, Gabriel (1934). Clochemerle. Vintage. ISBN 0-09-945388-6.  Finished 18 February 2009.
  8. Barbey, Muriel; Anderson, Alison (2006). The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Europa Editions. ISBN 978-1-933372-60-0.  Finished 5 March 2009.
  9. Riordan, Rick (2005). The Lightning Thief. New York: Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children. ISBN 0786856297.  Finished 22 May 2009.
  10. Riordan, Rick (2008). Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth. Hyperion Book CH. ISBN 978-1-4231-0149-9.  Finished 29 July 2009.
  11. Riordan, Rick (2009). Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Book 5: The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians). Disney Hyperion Books for Children. ISBN 978-1-4231-0147-5.  Finished 06 August 2009
  12. Yates, Richard. Revolutionary Road (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Contemporaries). Vintage. ISBN 978-0-307-45478-2.  Finished 25 February 2009.
  13. Eggers, Dave. What Is the What. McSweeney's. ISBN 1-932416-64-1.  Finished 20 March 2009.
  14. Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft; Hindle, Maurice (2003 (1818)). Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-143947-5.  Finished 6 Nov 2009.
  15. O'Neill, Joseph P.. Netherland (Vintage Contemporaries). Vintage. ISBN 978-0-307-38877-3.  Finished 04 July 2009.
  16. Riordan, Rick (2006). Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters - Book Two (Percy Jackson and the Olympians). Miramax. ISBN 0786856866.  Finished 29 May 2009.
  17. Riordan, Rick (2007). Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Titan's Curse - Book 3 (Percy Jackson and the Olympians). Miramax. ISBN 1423101456.  Finished 13 June 2009.
  18. Stewart, Ian. The Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01123-0.  Finished 23 January 2009.
  19. Sisman, Robyn (2008). Hollywood Ending. Penguin Canada. ISBN 0143051245.  Finished 30 June 2009
  20. Kerr, P.B. (2008). One Small Step. McElderry. ISBN 978-1-4169-4214-6.  Finished 6 July 2009.
  21. Brand, Christianna (1944). Green for Danger. New York: Perennial Library. ISBN 006080551x.  Finished 19 May 2009.
  22. Arkell, Reginald (2003). Old herbaceous: a novel of the garden. New York: Modern Library. ISBN 0-8129-6738-0.  Finished 24 March 2009
  23. James, M.R. (2008). The Haunted Dolls' House (Read Red). Penguin Books. ISBN 9780141038773.  Finished 18 August
  24. Sara Dowse, ed (2003). Reading the Peninsula: Stories of the Saanich Peninsula. A&E Print. ISBN 0-9733471-0-4.  Finished 7 July 2009.
  25. Green, Roger Lancelyn; Riordan, Rick (1958). Tales of the Greek Heroes (Puffin Classics). Puffin. ISBN 9780141325286.  Finished 19 August
  26. Keats, John (2007). Selected poems. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-042447-8.  Finished 23 Sept 2009
  27. Ajvide Lindqvist, John; Segerberg, Ebba. Let the Right One In: A Novel. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-35529-7.  Finished 09 March 2009.
  28. Dunthorne, Joe (2008). Submarine. ISBN 0-14-305639-5.  Finished 9 September 2009.
  29. Brand, Max (2008 (1931)). Treasure Well (Max Brand Western). Leisure Books. ISBN 0-8439-6082-5.  Finished 4 Sept 2009
  30. Farrant, M.A.C. (2003). Darwin alone in the universe. Vancouver: Talonbooks. ISBN 978-0-88922-471-1.  Finished 14 July 2009.
  31. Dunn, Katherine (1989). Geek love. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-375-71334-4.  Finished 02 July 2009
  32. Camus, Albert (1993). The stranger. New York : A.A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-42026-6.  Finished 1 April 2009.
  33. Kennedy, Des (2009). Climbing Patrick's Mountain: A Novel. Brindle Glass. ISBN 1-897142-39-0.  Finished 01 Oct 2009
  34. Hill, Lawrence (2007). The Book of Negroes. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. ISBN 1-554-68156-1.  Finished 30 March 2009.
  35. Brand, Christianna (1955). Tour De Force. Harpercollins. ISBN 0060805722.  Finished 27 May 2009.
  36. Swarup, Vikas. Slumdog Millionaire: A Novel. Scribner. ISBN 978-1-4391-3665-2.  Finished 28 February 2009.
  37. Szanto, George H.; Duncan, Sandy Frances (2009). Never Sleep with a Suspect on Gabriola Island. TouchWood Editions. ISBN 1-894898-89-3.  Finished 28 August 2009.

[edit] non-fiction

  1. Paine, Albert Bigelow (1993 (1908)). The Tent Dwellers (Nimbus Classics). Nimbus Publishing (CN). ISBN 1-55109-047-3.  Finished 16 Sept 2009.
  2. McWilliams, James L. (2009). Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-03374-X.  Finished 2 September 2009.
  3. Ehrman, Bart D. (2005). Misquoting Jesus: the story behind who changed the Bible and why. New York: HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 0-06-073817-0.  Finished 13 November 2009
  4. Carpenter, Novella (2009). Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer. Penguin Press HC, The. ISBN 978-1-59420-221-6.  Finished 13 August 2009.
  5. Ollestad, Norman (2009). Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival. Harpercollins Canada. ISBN 978-1-55468-485-4.  Finished 27 July 2009.
  6. Eggers, Dave (2009). Zeitoun. McSweeney's. ISBN 978-1-934781-63-0.  Finished 29 Oct 2009
  7. Miller, Logan; Miller, Noah (2009). Either You're in or You're in the Way: Two Brothers, Twelve Months, and One Filmmaking Hell-Ride to Keep a Promise to Their Father. Harper. ISBN 0-06-176314-4.  Finished 17 Oct 2009.
  8. P. Johnson, Johnson. The Armchair Naturalist. Icon Books Ltd. ISBN 1-84046-845-9.  Finished 14 January 2009.
  9. Gupta, Suman (2009). Re-Reading Harry Potter. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-230-21958-6.  Finished 23 Oct 2009.
  10. Anatol, Giselle Liza (2009). Reading Harry Potter again : new critical essay. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger. ISBN 978-0-313-36197-5.  Finished 19 Nov 2009.
  11. Carter, W. Hodding (2008). Off the Deep End: The probably insane idea that I could swim my way through a midlife crisis - and qualify for the Olympics. Algonquin Books. ISBN 9781565125643.  Finished 4 May 2009.
  12. Johnson, George B.. The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments. Knopf. ISBN 978-1-4000-4101-5.  Finished 27 January 2009.
  13. Marchant, Jo (2009). Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer--and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets. Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306817427.  Finished 7 May 2009.
  14. Isacoff, Stuart (2001). Temperament: the idea that solved music's greatest riddle. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0375403558.  Finished 10 June 2009.
  15. Callan, Kevin (2005). The Happy Camper: An Essential Guide to Life Outdoors. Boston Mills Press. ISBN 1-55046-450-7.  Finished 10 September 2009.
  16. Fortey, Richard A. (2008). Dry Storeroom No 1 (Paperback). HarperCollins Canada. ISBN 978-0-00-720989-7.  Finished 10 April 2009.
  17. Potter, Jennifer (2006). Strange Blooms: The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants. Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1-84354-335-0.  Finished 28 April 2009.
  18. Manguel, Alberto. The Library at Night. Vintage Canada. ISBN 978-0-676-97589-5.  Finished 01 February 2009.
  19. Weisman, Alan. The World Without Us. Picador. ISBN 0-312-42790-5.  Finished 06 January 2009.
  20. Smith, Alisa; MacKinnon, J.B. (2007). The 100 mile diet: a year of local eating. Toronto: Vintage Canada. ISBN 978-0-679-31483-7.  Finished 4 November 2009.
  21. Smith, Rick; Lourie, Bruce; Dopp, Sarah (2009). Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health. Knopf Canada. ISBN 978-0-307-39712-6.  Finished 11 August 2009.
  22. Wharton, Peter; Hine, Brent; Justice, Douglas (2005). The jade garden: new & notable plants from Asia. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 0881927058.  Finished 16 May 2009.
  23. Frye, Northrop. Words With Power: Being a Second Study of the Bible and Literature. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-305662-X.  Finished 13 February 2009.

[edit] Movies

The films we've seen in 2009: ranked by how much I enjoyed the film.

Rank Title Date seen
1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) July 18
2 Where the Wild Things Are (film) 16 Oct
3 Bright Star (film) 20 September
4 (500) Days of Summer July 26
5 The Boys Are Back (film) Oct 3
6 Bandslam August 16
7 Is Anybody There? May 18
8 Wendy and Lucy Feb 21
9 Moon (film) July 24
10 Stone of Destiny (film) Feb 15
11 Revolutionary Road (film) Jan 10
12 Inkheart (film) Jan 24
13 Shorts (film) Sept 12
14 Doubt (2008 film) Jan 2
15 Vicky Cristina Barcelona Jan 3
16 The Reader (film) Jan 2
17 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Oct 24
18 A Christmas Carol (2009 film) Nov 6
19 The Class (2008 film) March 8
20 Adventureland (film) April 10
20 Lymelife May 9
21 The Men Who Stare at Goats (film) Nov 8
22 Appaloosa (film) Jan 3
23 Hannah Montana: The Movie April 13
24 The Boat That Rocked Nov 15
25 Whip It (film) Oct 3
26 Public Enemies (2009 film) July 5
27 Race to Witch Mountain March 22
28 Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis Feb 7
29 Julie & Julia August 9
30 Paper Heart August 30
31 Defiance (2008 film) Jan 17
32 Fifty Dead Men Walking August 02
33 Duplicity (film) March 21
34 G-Force (film) July 24
35 Knowing (film) March 28
36 The Hangover (film) June 27
37 New Moon (2009 film) Nov 20
38 Nightwatching April 5
39 Slumdog Millionaire Feb 14
40 Gran Torino (film) Jan 10
41 Angels & Demons (film) May 17
42 Land of the Lost (film) June 13
43 New in Town Jan 31
44 The Wrestler (2008 film) Jan 17
Plus
Michael Jackson's This Is It 30 Oct
Sharkwater 20 June
Disneynature's Earth 25 April
Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae August 05
Food, Inc. 12 July


[edit] My worthwhile contributions

Class Icon Article Class Contribution
Good article Invasive species
Symbol support vote.svg This user helped promote the article Invasive species to good article status.
Collaborative to GA. Listed on August 2, 2007.
Good article Dunstan
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Collaborative to GA. Listed on August 20, 2007
Good article Harry and the Potters
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Major or sole contributor of content to GA. Listed on September 6, 2007.
Good article Gene Robinson
Symbol support vote.svg This user helped promote the article Gene Robinson to good article status.
Major or sole contributor of content to GA. Listed on December 10, 2007.
Featured article Introduction to evolution
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Collaborative to FA. Listed on January 29, 2008


[edit] Barnstar yard

CopyeditorStar7.PNG The Copyeditor's Barnstar
I, Hpfan9374, hereby award you with for The Copyeditor's Barnstar for excellence in Copyediting, specifically Harry and the Potters. Hpfan9374 (talk) 23:47, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Barney the Bishapod.png The Evolution Award
Thanks for all the fish, Wassupwestcoast, and for working to dispel the yapping terriers of ignorance, using the simplest of language. dave souza, talk 11:14, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Facundo quiroga.jpg Barnstar of Murder, Madness, and Mayhem
On behalf of Murder, Madness, and Mayhem, this barnstar is to thank you for your hard work and patience in motivating, mentoring, and moulding the work of student editors, and helping them to achieve excellence in research and writing. For your enthusiasm and encouragement, helping us believe that the project's goals were a possibility. Thank you so much!
On behalf of the entire class of UBC's SPAN312. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 00:46, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
SpecialBarnstar.png The Special Barnstar
to Wassupwestcoast who embodies the true spirit of Wikipedia with his efforts at Wikipedia:WikiProject AP Biology 2008! JimmyButler (talk) 16:11, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
SpecialBarnstar.png The Special Barnstar
Presented to Wassupwestcoast, who embodies the true spirit of Wikipedia with his efforts at Wikipedia:WikiProject AP Biology 2008! Wikitrevor (talk)
Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar.png The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
I am extremely grateful for your help. Without you checking behind (to see if it was submitted properly) it may have been a long time before it made GA. Eulemur2008 (talk) 18:16, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Invisible Barnstar.png The Invisible Barnstar
For all the unseen work you dedicated to the project: you were key in achieving the success our class enjoyed this year, and your efforts certianly were the moral boost that I, as well as other students, needed during the rough beginning. A personal "thank you" as well, for you have truly made my wikipedia experience a pleasurable one; I hope I can take the friendly nature you have shown me and apply it to strangers in my own life. Cheers! FoodPuma 21:12, 14 May 2009 (UTC)



[edit] The inevitable userboxes

For what it is worth...the collection.
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HDM This user loves His Dark Materials. And is Dusty too, by the way..
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[edit] Sandbox

For my sandbox see here

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