User:Skyerise

Userboxes Kilroy was Here This editor is a Master Editor IV and is entitled to display this Orichalcum Editor Star. This user is ranked 755 on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits. 86,000+ This user has made 86,000+ edits to Wikipedia. This user has been on Wikipedia for 10 years, 6 months and 14 days. This user has been editing Wikipedia for over ten years. This user has written Good Articles on Wikipedia. This user has created 77 articles on Wikipedia. This user has been awarded 7 Barnstars on Wikipedia. This user has written or expanded 3 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. This user has pending changes reviewer rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user believes that we should do no harm on any biographical article. This user attended the University of Washington Hebr This user has an understanding of the Cursive form of the Hebrew alphabet. This user can read Sahidic Coptic. BA This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics. This user lives in the U.S. State of New Mexico UNM This user attends or has attended the University of New Mexico. This user is a participant in WikiProject New Mexico This user is a member of WikiProject Beer. This user is a member of the Gender Gap task force. This user is a female contributor. This user identifies as a lesbian. This user is of Native American ancestry. This editor is here at the behest of the Secret Chiefs. This user edited under a previous user name of Yworo. This user does not use socks. I fully realize that one of me is plenty to have to deal with! This user is a Marxist of the Groucho variety. This victory belongs to the farmers, not to this user.

Hi, my name is Skye. My interests are quite varied, and include Gnosticism, Linguistics, Native American languages, New Mexico culture (especially that of Santa Fe and Taos), Open-source software (especially Linux), Supercomputers, and Transgender issues.

“ The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat. ”

—Albert Einstein

I highly recommend that you don't pull my tail. Skyrise (talk) 21:29, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Notice

I occasionally accept payment to write Wikipedia articles on notable topics. The company or organization that hires me must agree in advance that the finished article will be neutral and non-promotional. I only accept jobs for subjects that are clearly notable. Paid articles will be disclosed in the first edit in user space and again when the finished article is moved into article space, but not on every user-space edit. I believe this satisfies the intent of Wikimedia's disclosure policy. Paid editing ends at article completion (movement into article space), any subsequent additions or maintenance edits will be unpaid and thus not subject to per-edit disclosure. I believe this satisfies the intent of Wikimedia's disclosure policy.

Please note: I have over 10 years of Wikipedia experience and I know Wikpedia's notability, verifiability, and neutral point of view policies. I am primarily writing articles for organizations that have unsuccessfully tried to write their own article only to have it deleted for violating one or more of our core policies (and then complain to me about it). I am not in a marketing, promotion, or publicity role; I am a writer. I believe my paid editing is a good faith effort that improves Wikipedia and I hope you will not think me a "black hat" simply because I accept an opportunity which presented itself during a time of tight pursestrings.

All that said, if you are also an experienced editor and wish to review my work before moving it into article space, by all means drop me a line on my talk page. The article currently under construction is at User:Skyerise/Tractor Brewing Company. Skyerise (talk) 00:21, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Articles I've started or improved

Good articles

Last Exit on Brooklyn

Astronomy

• Kaua‘i Educational Association for Science and Astronomy
• Robert H. Goddard Planetarium

Computers

• Chapel (programming language)

Gnosticism

• Gospel of Judas

Music

• Andy Kravitz
• Folk Den
• Jack Pleis
• Kristen Vigard (disclosure: I sometimes work with her, not paid for Wikipedia work)
• Leah Song
• Michael Ruppert
• Nahko and Medicine for the People
• Rick Boston
• Rising Appalachia

Native American topics

• American Indian Council of Architects and Engineers
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society
• Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures
• Native American Literature Symposium
• Studies in American Indian Literatures

New Mexico biographies

• Jack Aeby (could be expanded further)
• Oscar E. Berninghaus
• Ernest L. Blumenschein
• Stanley Crawford
• Stuart Kauffman
• Barbara Latham
• Evelina Zuni Lucero
• Thomas "Doc" Martin
• Bert Geer Phillips
• Joseph Rael
• Tracy Reiner
• Hib Sabin
• Joseph Henry Sharp
• Harold Joe Waldrum
• Frank Waters
• Fred Wendorf

New Mexico breweries

• List of breweries in New Mexico
• Albuquerque craft beer market
• Abbey Brewing Company

New Mexico categories

• Category:Actors from Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Category:Artists from Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Category:Artists from Taos, New Mexico
• Category:Buildings and structures in Taos, New Mexico
• Category:Companies based in Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Category:Drinking establishments in New Mexico
• Category:Education in Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Category:Organizations based in Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Category:Restaurants in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Category:Taos, New Mexico
• Category:Taos Pueblo
• Category:Taos Society of Artists
• Category:Visitor attractions in Taos, New Mexico
• Category:Wineries in New Mexico
• Category:Writers from Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Category:Writers from Taos, New Mexico

New Mexico temples

• List of Buddhist temples
• Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab
• Zuni Mountain Stupa

New Mexico tourism

• Albuquerque Museum of Art and History
• Dixon, New Mexico
• Dixon Studio Tour
• Eanger Irving Couse House and Studio—Joseph Henry Sharp Studios
• Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
• Monastery of Christ in the Desert
• New Mexico Historic Preservation Division
• New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
• New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties
• Nicolai Fechin House
• Roswell Museum and Art Center
• Taos Inn
• Taos Society of Artists

New Mexico wineries

• List of wineries in New Mexico
• Black Mesa Winery
• La Chiripada Winery
• La Viña Winery
• Luna Rossa Winery
• Noisy Water Winery
• Ponderosa Valley Vineyards & Winery
• St. Clair Winery

Seattle area topics

• Oren Etzioni
• Victor Hanzeli (disclosure: I did the number crunching for his 1977 paper on Cloze testing, using an HP-25C calculator)
• John Patric
• Seattle Japanese Garden
• Sylvan Grove Theater and Columns
• Washington Tilth Association

Tantra

• Twilight language

Articles to work on

• Alvarado Transportation Center
• Gruet Winery
• NextScribe
• Prediction Company (expand?)
• Tilth or Tilth (movement) (next time I am in Seattle?)
• Tractor Brewing Company (paid, currently in user space while undergoing development)
• Vivác Winery
• William J. Leverett House

People

• MaMuse
• Nahko Bear
• Karen Chandler (Eve Young) (disclosure: I have a very slight connection with the Pleis/Chandler family)
• Pablo Ferro
• Chloe Smith

Just keeping an eye on

• Kenneth Anger (disclosure: met him once)
• Buckminster Fuller (disclosure: met him once)
• Robby Garner (disclosure:I've met him)
• R. C. Gorman (disclosure: attended a party at his house once)
• Tenzin Gyatso (disclosure: met him once)
• Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (disclosure: an acquaintance in the '80s)
• Timothy Leary (disclosure: met him once)
• John C. Lilly (disclosure: met him once)
• Grady Louis McMurtry (disclosure: met him a couple of times)
• Paco Nathan (disclosure: I've known Paco since the late '90s)
• Nema (disclosure: met her once)
• Namkhai Norbu (disclosure: have received teachings from him)
• Neem Karoli Baba (disclosure: He's my Guru)
• Margaret Noodin (disclosure: I've met her)
• Ram Dass (disclosure: have met him several times)
• Yvette Rosser (disclosure: I've known her for quite a while)
• Yasser Seirawan (disclosure: an acquaintance in the '80s)
• Sogyal Rinpoche (disclosure: have received teachings from him)
• Phyllis Seckler (disclosure: an acquaintance in the '90s)
• Robert Svoboda (disclosure: have met him several times)
• Alan Turing (disclosure: Turing died before I was born)
• Gwen Westerman (disclosure: I've met her)
• Robert Anton Wilson (disclosure: had dinner with him once)

Photographs

I also contribute photographs I've taken to WikiMedia Commons. You can view them at my photos subpage.

Barnstars

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your constant efforts to resolve the disputes at Talk:Ubuntu. You deserve it. Cheers. PopMusicBuff talk 03:17, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

		The Socratic Barnstar
		For your calm, logical, and utterly sensible statements at WP:AN/I Jayjg (talk) 00:08, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		Thanks for offering such an elegant solution to the debate on Talk:Ubuntu (operating system). Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:58, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For bringing some NPOV sanity into a crazy left-right food fight! CarolMooreDC (talk) 02:39, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	For converting my bunch of amazon.com book URLs to ISBN / text view during the work on the article marked AfD. That's pure altruism and and excellent example of a team work. Thank you for your efforts! APS (Full Auto) (talk) 23:35, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Great work on Georges Yatridès Thanks Theroadislong (talk) 20:24, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your assistance.. Simbagraphix (talk) 12:20, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

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