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The former '''Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences (SUMS)''' (中山医科大学) was located in [[Guangzhou]], [[Guangdong]], [[China]]. It is government run university which originated from Boji Medical College (博济医学院), which was established in 1886. The [[Kung Yee Medical School and Hospital]] was merged into it in 1925. Dr. [[Sun Yat-sen]] once studied and worked in Boji.
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==About me==
This university is a national key medical university. In 2001, the university merged with [[Sun Yat-sen University]] and became one of the divisions in [[Sun Yat-sen University]].


I'm Richard Wilde, an undergraduate student from [[New Zealand]] doing a [[Bachelor of Science]] in [[environmental science]] and [[biology]] at the [[University of Auckland]]. I'm here to help fight in the War on Ignorance (including, of course, my own) and to make the internet not suck, or at least to suck somewhat less.
[[Category:Schools of medicine in China]]
[[Category:Universities in Guangdong]]
[[Category:Defunct universities and colleges in China]]


I'm interested in many subjects, including but not limited to [[philosophy]] and [[science]]. I'm currently working on a range of [[ecology]], [[ethology]] and [[evolutionary biology]] related topics in my spare time, and my editing activities involve [[WP:ASSESS|assessing]] articles (we now have 1.6 out of 2.4 million assessed), adding [[WP:To do list|to do list]]s (I feel articles are a bit like a [[headless chicken]] without one), and [[WP:RA|requesting]], creating or expanding articles themselves. As a Wikipedian I feel I can never, never do enough.
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Parallel to Wikipedia, I'm also interested in making old public domain materials available online, as well helping to build a free audio/visual media library (i.e. [[Wikimedia Commons]]).
[[zh:中山医科大学]]

If anyone needs me to look up a journal article or something similar, I have access to a range of databases through the university library system.

Recently I emailed a few academics/experts to see if they'll write something for Wikipedia. I have had some interest, and will be interested to see where I can take this.

==Common mistakes==
There are some frequent mistakes I constantly fix, which I'll list here as I come across or think of them. Hopefully someone reading this will learn from them.

===See also sections===
{{Further|[[WP:SEEALSO]]}}
These sections should seldom contain links already in the article, especially those linked in the first sentence. The see also section is a place to link related topics that wouldn't be out of place linked in the text of the article, but which currently are not present. Listing half the article's internal links again is of no help. Also, please keep lists alphabetical. I often leave the same message in brief as a hidden comment simply because this happens so often.

===Headings Should Not Be Capitalized===
The above heading should of course read 'Headings should not be capitalized'. The same goes for article names. A common mistake among new users, though I seldom see experienced users fixing it.

===Lead sections===
Too often I see articles with a tiny introduction or [[WP:LEAD|lead section]]. An article's lead should be a concise [[WP:SS|summary]] of the whole article. There are some articles with overly large leads, but more often they are too short. The length should be proportional to the length of the full article, so while a brief article can get away with only a one paragraph lead, a detailed one should have a lead of 3, 4 or even 5 paragraphs. Unfortunately even some GA or 'A' class articles suffer from this issue.

===The tragedy of the Commons===
Please upload to [[Wikimedia Commons]]. The number of free images that could be moved there is staggering, and seems to be growing larger by the day. The template [[Template:un-c|<nowiki>{{un:c}}</nowiki>]] is useful for new users.

Also, please ''link'' to Commons whenever possible (use {{tl|commons}} or {{tl|commonscat}}. You don't have to look far to find an article that is screaming out for a link to a useful Commons gallery or category to be added.

===Citations===
Citations come after punctuation,<ref>1</ref> not before.<ref>2</ref> The previous sentence is a good example.

===Talk pages===
[[WP:TALK|Talk pages]] are only for discussion of improving the article. This means that off topic material should be ''removed'' from talk pages. If you see off-topic fluff floating around, please, [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Environmental_law&diff=prev&oldid=191946494 do as I do] and remove it.

===Reverting vandalism===
There is little point reverting vandalism if you are reverting to a revision that itself contains vandalism. Often I see someone revert one IPs vandalism by merely rolling back to a vandalized version by another IP. And guess what usually happens next? Yup, people assume everything has been fixed and the vandalism stays put. If you see this happening, please find the reverter and explain what has happened. Bots do it too; there's not much we can do about this besides closely watching articles. Often, this doesn't happen though (see below).

==Thoughts about Wikipedia==
I think the internet would be a lot better if it was more like Wikipedia. Many sites would be much neater if they were wikis or took on some of the characteristics of a wiki (wiki hybrids, if you like). I am both impressed with the progress of Wiki(p/m)edia but at the same time disappointed at the slow development of some important things given the large number of people in the world who could contribute here and at our sister projects.

===Ideas to improve Wikipedia===
====The need for organized page maintenance====
See '''[[User:Richard001/Maintenance]]''' for an essay about the need for organized maintenance of Wikipedia pages.

====Article requests====
The Wikipedia assessment scheme describes how articles can be placed in certain classes - stub, B-class etc. But what about articles that don't exist? I'm not suggesting that we assess the ''quality'' of such articles, but rather I think we should pay more attention to [[WP:RA|article requests]]. I think WikiProjects are the best way to handle requests. More WikiProjects need to get involved with requests, and in a bigger way. Requests pages need to be refined and improved, sorted etc. Requests should also be ''assessed'' in the sense of "yes, this is a good request, we should have an article on it" or "no, there is already an article on this topic/it isn't notable etc" (i.e. there would be three classes of non-existent article: non-requested, new requests and ''approved requests''. Of course, some non-requested articles may still be article worthy, even urgently needed!) Request lists should include assessment of how important it is to any relevant project(s) (and thus how urgent a request it is) and, if possible, reliable sources which could be used to create such an article. It is important for projects to look not only at what articles they have and how good they are, but what articles they ''should'' have, how many there are, and how important they are.

==Want a dictionary definition?==
Wikipedia is [[WP:NOTDICT|not a dictionary]], but if you want a definition just type "wikt:" before the word, e.g. "wikt:candor", and you'll be taken to the [[Wiktionary]] entry.

==Current work and to do==
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===Focus article===
*'''[[Mimicry]]''' and subarticles

===WikiProjects===
I am listed as a member of the following WikiProjects. I work on a range of articles and assess almost anything, but these are the ones I'm most involved with:
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Biology|WikiProject Biology]]
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Ecology|WikiProject Ecology]]
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Evolutionary biology|WikiProject Evolutionary biology]]
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Animals|WikiProject Animals]]
***[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Animals|WikiProject Birds]] (not especially knowledgeable on birds, but work with bird images a bit)
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Genetics|WikiProject Genetics]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons]]

===Most recent articles===
I plan to work more on making stubs into non-stubs in future, maybe including some of my own.
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Full list: [[User:Richard001/Articles I have created]]
*[[Caminalcules]]
*''[[Dawkins vs. Gould]]''
*''[[Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems]]''
*[[Predator satiation]]
*[[Survivorship curve]]

===Some articles to create===
Feel free to beat me to creating these!
*[[Exploitation (ecology)]]
*[[Condition (ecology)]]
*[[Resource (ecology)]] - three highly important ecology articles
*[[Religion and morality]]
*[[Mineral resource]]s

===Notes/to do===
*Read [[WP:NPOV]] again.
*[[R/K selection theory]] within a species
*Expand on [[argument by analogy]] (or [[analogical reasoning]])
*Empty [[:Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of mammals]]
*Obtain a photo for [[Francis Darwin]]
*Possible AfDs: [[Evolutionary Biology (textbook)]]
*Categorization - hidden items and better navigation?
*Uploading images of dead people - should be an option when uploading, rather than making it a pain
*Can I get a bot to find images that aren't at Commons?
*Article popularity for WikiProjects
*A category [[:Category:People who married their cousins]], or something like that?
*The 'list-class' is a category error.
*Rather than simply classifying WikiProjects as active/inactive, they should have an activity level scale.
*'Articles that cite this source' (similar to '[[Help:What links here|what links here]]', but for articles that cite the source that is the subject of the article (e.g. a newspaper, a famous scientific paper etc.)
*What, if anything, should we do about people who contribute nothing besides a self-promoting user page? (e.g. [[User:Dancecritic]], [[User:Tourist Sound]])
*[[:Image:Jim Bolger.jpg]] - fair use of living person with another one now available.
*Do something about [[WP:LS]]
*Can Popups show the number of pages/files etc in a category, and the quality of an article?

==Other projects I contribute to==
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My other work at WMF projects almost entirely at Commons, with occasional editing at quote and other projects (though I may become more involved with others in the future). Check out [[m:Help:Unified login]] to merge your accounts!

*[[commons:User:Richard001|Commons]]
*[[q:User:Richard001|Quote]]
*[[m:User:Richard001|Meta]]
*[[s:User:Richard001|Source]]
*[[b:User:Richard001|Books]]

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[[Category:Wikipedians in Auckland|Richard001]]
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Myself
Myself

It is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. - Charles Darwin

About me

I'm Richard Wilde, an undergraduate student from New Zealand doing a Bachelor of Science in environmental science and biology at the University of Auckland. I'm here to help fight in the War on Ignorance (including, of course, my own) and to make the internet not suck, or at least to suck somewhat less.

I'm interested in many subjects, including but not limited to philosophy and science. I'm currently working on a range of ecology, ethology and evolutionary biology related topics in my spare time, and my editing activities involve assessing articles (we now have 1.6 out of 2.4 million assessed), adding to do lists (I feel articles are a bit like a headless chicken without one), and requesting, creating or expanding articles themselves. As a Wikipedian I feel I can never, never do enough.

Parallel to Wikipedia, I'm also interested in making old public domain materials available online, as well helping to build a free audio/visual media library (i.e. Wikimedia Commons).

If anyone needs me to look up a journal article or something similar, I have access to a range of databases through the university library system.

Recently I emailed a few academics/experts to see if they'll write something for Wikipedia. I have had some interest, and will be interested to see where I can take this.

Common mistakes

There are some frequent mistakes I constantly fix, which I'll list here as I come across or think of them. Hopefully someone reading this will learn from them.

See also sections

Further information: [[:WP:SEEALSO]]

These sections should seldom contain links already in the article, especially those linked in the first sentence. The see also section is a place to link related topics that wouldn't be out of place linked in the text of the article, but which currently are not present. Listing half the article's internal links again is of no help. Also, please keep lists alphabetical. I often leave the same message in brief as a hidden comment simply because this happens so often.

Headings Should Not Be Capitalized

The above heading should of course read 'Headings should not be capitalized'. The same goes for article names. A common mistake among new users, though I seldom see experienced users fixing it.

Lead sections

Too often I see articles with a tiny introduction or lead section. An article's lead should be a concise summary of the whole article. There are some articles with overly large leads, but more often they are too short. The length should be proportional to the length of the full article, so while a brief article can get away with only a one paragraph lead, a detailed one should have a lead of 3, 4 or even 5 paragraphs. Unfortunately even some GA or 'A' class articles suffer from this issue.

The tragedy of the Commons

Please upload to Wikimedia Commons. The number of free images that could be moved there is staggering, and seems to be growing larger by the day. The template {{un:c}} is useful for new users.

Also, please link to Commons whenever possible (use {{commons}} or {{commonscat}}. You don't have to look far to find an article that is screaming out for a link to a useful Commons gallery or category to be added.

Citations

Citations come after punctuation,[1] not before.[2] The previous sentence is a good example.

Talk pages

Talk pages are only for discussion of improving the article. This means that off topic material should be removed from talk pages. If you see off-topic fluff floating around, please, do as I do and remove it.

Reverting vandalism

There is little point reverting vandalism if you are reverting to a revision that itself contains vandalism. Often I see someone revert one IPs vandalism by merely rolling back to a vandalized version by another IP. And guess what usually happens next? Yup, people assume everything has been fixed and the vandalism stays put. If you see this happening, please find the reverter and explain what has happened. Bots do it too; there's not much we can do about this besides closely watching articles. Often, this doesn't happen though (see below).

Thoughts about Wikipedia

I think the internet would be a lot better if it was more like Wikipedia. Many sites would be much neater if they were wikis or took on some of the characteristics of a wiki (wiki hybrids, if you like). I am both impressed with the progress of Wiki(p/m)edia but at the same time disappointed at the slow development of some important things given the large number of people in the world who could contribute here and at our sister projects.

Ideas to improve Wikipedia

The need for organized page maintenance

See User:Richard001/Maintenance for an essay about the need for organized maintenance of Wikipedia pages.

Article requests

The Wikipedia assessment scheme describes how articles can be placed in certain classes - stub, B-class etc. But what about articles that don't exist? I'm not suggesting that we assess the quality of such articles, but rather I think we should pay more attention to article requests. I think WikiProjects are the best way to handle requests. More WikiProjects need to get involved with requests, and in a bigger way. Requests pages need to be refined and improved, sorted etc. Requests should also be assessed in the sense of "yes, this is a good request, we should have an article on it" or "no, there is already an article on this topic/it isn't notable etc" (i.e. there would be three classes of non-existent article: non-requested, new requests and approved requests. Of course, some non-requested articles may still be article worthy, even urgently needed!) Request lists should include assessment of how important it is to any relevant project(s) (and thus how urgent a request it is) and, if possible, reliable sources which could be used to create such an article. It is important for projects to look not only at what articles they have and how good they are, but what articles they should have, how many there are, and how important they are.

Want a dictionary definition?

Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but if you want a definition just type "wikt:" before the word, e.g. "wikt:candor", and you'll be taken to the Wiktionary entry.

Current work and to do

48 This user is a Level 48 Wikipedian.

Focus article

WikiProjects

I am listed as a member of the following WikiProjects. I work on a range of articles and assess almost anything, but these are the ones I'm most involved with:

Most recent articles

I plan to work more on making stubs into non-stubs in future, maybe including some of my own.

X This user does not believe in the existence of species, except as a human construct. X

Full list: User:Richard001/Articles I have created

Some articles to create

Feel free to beat me to creating these!

Notes/to do

Other projects I contribute to

This user is a strong atheist, but respects the beliefs of other atheists and realises not all non-believers wish to follow the same path.

My other work at WMF projects almost entirely at Commons, with occasional editing at quote and other projects (though I may become more involved with others in the future). Check out m:Help:Unified login to merge your accounts!

  1. ^ 1
  2. ^ 2
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