User:Afterwriting

As a professional educator and writer my principal editing roles are fixing grammar, punctuation and style problems in articles. I believe that articles should be written in a straightforward and modern English style (not in a convoluted and outdated 19th-century style as so many articles sadly are). I have a low tolerance for the many editors who frequently misuse articles for promoting their personal opinions or their uncritical or ideological following of belief systems, as well as any kinds of hype, advertising, slander and blatant bias. I do not make too many editing mistakes and I am always happy to have any mistakes corrected, especially when done with reference to the Manual of Style instead of merely personal preference.

Some people with Wikipedia pages I have known or met

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A. C. Grayling, Adam Phillips (psychologist), Alan Jones (priest), Ann Vriend, Ben Folds, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Blossom Dearie, Brian Cadd, Brother Roger, Bruce Kent, Bryan Dawe, Claudio Naranjo, David Farrer, David Silk (bishop), David Tacey, Derek Guille, Don Richard Riso, Donald Allchin, Eddie Maguire, Eddi Reader, Enya, Frank Little, Frank Woods (archbishop of Melbourne), Garry McDonald, Geoffrey Blainey, George Pell, Glenn Shorrock, Graham Leonard, Huston Smith, James Hillman, Janet Seidel, Janis Ian, John Farnham, John Gorton, John Hepworth, John Hazlewood, John Longmire, John Macquarrie, John A. Sanford, Jon Faine, Graham Leonard, Helen Garner, Jim Keays, Jimmy Webb, John Clarke (satirist), John Howard, Johnny O'Keefe, Jordan Peterson, Kenneth Leech, Kevin Andrews (politician), Les Murray (poet), Lior, Loudon Wainwright III, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Luka Bloom, Marcus Loane, Martin Thornton, Martha Wainwright, Matthew Fox (priest), Melanie Safka, Michael Brotherton (priest), Michael Leunig, Michael Palin, Michael Ramsey, Molly Ringwald, Nick Dal Santo, Paul Grabowsky Ralph McTell, Robert Dann, Robert A. Johnson (psychotherapist), Robert Runcie, Robin Ward (priest), Rosalind Runcie, Rosemary Clooney, Rowan Williams, Roy Higgins, Peter Carnley, Peter Hollingworth, Peter Sarstedt, Spike Milligan, Taj Mahal (musician), Thomas Moore (spiritual writer), Tiny Tim (musician), Tom Paxton, Trevor Barnard

This user resists the POV pushing of lunatic charlatans .

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This user comes from Australia .

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Beware! This user's talk page is patrolled by talk page stalkers .

abc Ths usre haz verry goode spelng.

~~(削除) Temporary accounts (削除ここまで)~~ This user opposes the use of temporary accounts and supports mandatory registration.

This user is a supporter of the
St Kilda Football Club
Oh how I want to be with St Kilda!

This user has visited 27 of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. 27

This user comes from Victoria .

This user is a member of
the Guild of Copy Editors .

",;:’ This user is a punctuation stickler.

This user has been the victim
of an unintentional block.

A,B,and
AandB This user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing.

ə This user is a Grammar Nazi .

~~(削除) linkspam (削除ここまで)~~ This user despises linkspam, and will terminate it on sight, as well as any other spam by the contributor.

This user despises vandalism and reverts it with extreme pride.

Today's motto...

→ Dis aliter visum
("It seemed otherwise to the gods")

Nominate one today!

This user reserves the right to completely screw up his own edits.

This user knows that his userboxes are disorganised but has decided that he doesn't really care.

This editor is an Experienced Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge.

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Five pillars
- Ignore all rules

Content(?)

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P	Civility Consensus Harassment Vandalism Ignore all rules No personal attacks Ownership of content Edit warring Dispute resolution Sockpuppetry No legal threats Child protection Paid-contribution disclosure
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Deletion(?)

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Editing(?)

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