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===[[Steven Summers]]===
:''Special note: '''edit this page''' if you see any spelling mistakes, broken links, section mismatches, or other things that just plain don't make sense. Discussions should go on the [[User talk:Dbenbenn|talk page]], though. '''Be bold'''—but '''vandalize''' only if it's really, really funny. :-)''
Subject of the page seems to be unremarkable [[User:Manikraina|Manik Raina]] 14:11, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' vanitycruft. [[User:Friday|Friday]] 14:33, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
[[Image:Go position, life and death, 1.png|right|thumb|225px|A [[life and death]] problem in [[Go (game)|Go]]. The stones are shaded according to the [[Lambertian diffuse lighting model]]. I'm inordinately proud of this image.]]
'''David Benbennick''', user name '''dbenbenn''', is a [[Human self-reflection#Classical antiquity|featherless biped]] located in [[Vail, Colorado]], [[United States|USA]]. For more information, see his personal home page, http://www.cam.cornell.edu/~dbenbenn/.
==Projects==
Expand [[geometric group theory]], [[amenable group|amenability]], and [[Thompson groups|Thompson's group]]. Add info about [[Bounded robot dance]]s, tree diagrams for <math>F</math>, and more.
Expand [[The Field]]. Info box, like [[Amelie]].
Check on [[:Template:Whatever-screenshot]] in a few days.
The topic of skiing could use a lot of expansion. See [[:Category:Ski resorts]].
Start [[Flower snark]]! See [[snark (graph theory)|snark]] and [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FlowerSnark.html].
Fix the ASCII-art graphs in [[:Category:Articles with ASCII art]]!
Start some of the red links at [[Petersen graph]]!
Clean up the treatment of [[hyperbolic geometry]]! Should have pictures for the disc model and upper half plane model.
Add info to [[Skyhook (structure)]]!
Having started [[Nagata-Smirnov metrization theorem]], I should add the proof.
Expand [[Milnor sphere]]. Start [[Hopf link]] and [[Dehn's lemma]], and in general a lot of pages from [[User:Charles Matthews/red links#Algebraic topology]]. See also [[Wikipedia:Requested articles/Mathematics]].
Living in [[Vail, Colorado]], I should expand that entry. Get a history of Vail from the library. Take some pictures from a nearby peak.
Perhaps [[The Mind's I]] could use a cover photo.
I find the [[list of mathematical proofs]] interesting. I'll be adding some entries to it when I finally add the topics listed above. Also, there's the [[list of mathematical topics]].
Maybe I could add something useful to [[line graph]].
I should add the statement and a proof of the [[stable marriage theorem]]. Maybe I'll add the proof of the [[marriage theorem]].
Sometimes when I'm feeling mindless I'll pick a [[Wikipedia:Links to disambiguating pages|disambiguation page]] and disambiguate links to it.
The pages on [[juggling]] could use a lot of work.
The [[bellows conjecture]] should have a page.
=== Photos to take ===
* cooked [[bacon]]
* [[spinach]]
* [[raisin bran]]
* [[scrambled egg]], [[omelet]]
* [[pipe wrench]]
* [[ski]]!!!!!!!!!!!
* better pic for [[Apollonian gasket]]
* [[aluminum foil]]
* Could clean [[:Image:Dodecahedron flat.png]] or [[:Image:Desargues Theorem.png]]
==Contributions==
===Images===
The images I've made myself (in at least some sense) are at [[/gallery]]. I've also uploaded some public ___domain images; see [[commons:User:Dbenbenn]] for those.
===Started pages===
* [[alternating knot]], 01:43, 3 Dec 2004
* [[Nagata-Smirnov metrization theorem]], 04:19, 3 Dec 2004
* [[Vail Resorts]], 22:08, 5 Nov 2004
* [[chloroma]], 03:07, 20 Dec 2004
* [[Denes König]], 01:23, 26 Dec 2004
* [[Eugene Borisovich Dynkin]], 20:04, 1 Jan 2005
* [[diagram chasing]], 01:31, 11 Jan 2005
* [[Følner sequence]], 23:25, 23 Jan 2005
* [[Tait]], 20:00, 28 Jan 2005
===Significant contributions===
'''[[Petersen graph]]''', [[Sollog]], [[Finno-Ugric languages]], [[Erdös-Ko-Rado theorem|Erdős-Ko-Rado theorem]], [[Mary Star of the Sea]], [[Larry Niven]], [[Dulles Toll Road]], [[Kent Middle School]], [[automorphic number]], '''[[The Integral Trees]]''', [[twi-]], [[graph homomorphism]]
===[[WP:VfD|VfD]]===
I'm a member of the [[meta:Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians|Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians]]. I feel that every "topic" should have its own article, regardless of notability. Of course, that begs the question, what is a topic? One important issue is that an article shouldn't fool the reader into thinking the topic is more notable than it really is. That's the problem with articles on non-notable people. But Star Trek episodes? '''Keep'''. Middle schools? '''Keep'''.
:"Encyclopedias synthesize and highlight; they tell the reader the importantance or significance of a subject, the most important background, concepts, or events that shaped that importance, and perhaps a few pieces of trivia or a few strange facts and then sends the reader somewhere else for the in-depth treatment. Even if notability is discarded and every verifiable object, fact, or event in the known universe and every fictional universe ever created is included, that only expands the breadth of coverage and does not change the way such objects should be presented, i.e. with an eye towards synthesizing previous research and sources and highlighting the essential facts contained therein." —[[User:Indrian|Indrian]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AVotes_for_deletion%2FAutobiography_promotion_and_publicity&diff=9221398&oldid=9220020]
Anyway, enough ranting. You can decide for yourself whether I'm an inclusionist. Here are my votes on [[WP:VfD|Votes for Deletion]].
====Delete votes====
{{/vote|Cayley-Newbirth operation matrix}},
{{/vote|Cat People (tribe)}},
{{/vote|Baptist Redemption}},
{{/vote|Douglas B. Jordan}},
{{/vote|About IU South Bend}},
{{/vote|Edward quelch}},
{{/vote|Albert Madejczyk}},
{{/vote|Tubias Smigt}},
{{/vote|Dog House Boxing}},
{{/vote|Lighan ses Lion}},
{{/vote|Basic words}},
{{/vote|Battle for The Nazereth Fortress}},
{{/vote|The Schluedenkopf Family}},
{{/vote|Farnham229}},
{{/vote|Roidiphidol}},
{{/vote|Qualculus}},
{{/vote|Kenesis}},
[[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion//echo|Votes for deletion//echo]],
{{/vote|Autobiography promotion and publicity}}
====Delete nominations====
{{/vote|Nippylegs}},
{{/vote|Dover Corporation}},
{{/vote|Dress-Up}},
{{/vote|Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe}},
{{/vote|Jaclyn Dowaliby}}
{{/vote|Homespring}}
====Keep votes====
[[Critique of Finno-Ugric and Uralic language groups]]<sup>[[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Critic of Finno Ugric and Uralic language Groups|*]]</sup>,
{{/vote|Light switch}},
{{/vote|I am that I am}},
{{/vote|Rodovia}},
{{/vote|Vyrium}},
{{/vote|Lloyd House}},
{{/vote|Kent Middle School}},
{{/vote|Blunsdon United}},
{{/vote|Pieces of Me}},
{{/vote|The Royale}},
{{/vote|We'll Always Have Paris}},
{{/vote|When the Bough Breaks}},
{{/vote|Datalore}},
{{/vote|Lonely Among Us}},
{{/vote|Where No One Has Gone Before}},
{{/vote|The Last Outpost}},
{{/vote|Code of Honor}},
{{/vote|The Naked Now}},
{{/vote|Conundrum (Star Trek)}},
{{/vote|Future Imperfect}},
{{/vote|Power Play}},
{{/vote|Meow Wars}}
==Other comments==
Maybe eventually I'll write about
* [[Tonight, Tonight]], a single by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] that won the MTV Video Music Award for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year|Best Video]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]], and [[MTV Video Music Award - Breakthrough Video|Breakthrough Video]] in [[1996]].
* [[1979 (song)|1979]], another single, that won the [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video]] in [[1996]].
* [[The End Is the Beginning Is the End]], another song, which won the [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance]] in [[1998]].
* [[Skindive]], a band. They published the [[:Category:Eponymous_albums|eponymous]] [[Skindive]] (2001).
* [[Madder Rose]], a band. They published [[Swim (Madder Rose album)|Swim]] (1993), [[Panic On]] (1994), [[The Love You Save]] (1995), [[Tragic Magic]] (1997), and [[Hello June Fool]] (1999)
* [[The Smalls]], a band from [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. They published [[To Each a Zone]] ([[1992]]), [[The Smalls]] ([[1993]]), [[Waste & Tragedy]] ([[1995]]), and [[My Dear Little Angle]] ([[1999]])
* [[Stephen Landsburg]], author of [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0029177766/002-8280894-1678457?v=glance The Armchair Economist] and the [http://slate.msn.com/?id=3944&QueryText=%22Everyday+Economics%22&SearchOn=Department Everyday Economics] column on Slate.
* [[Marilynne Robinson]], author of [[Housekeeping (novel)|Housekeeping]]
The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Music|WikiProject Music]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums|WikiProject Albums]] should be helpful for the music.
If I ever buy [[Earphoria]] I'll give it a cover photo.
Shouldn't geographic pages have average elevation and other statistics?
Don't you think that "the [[universe]]" should be in lowercase? I read an article some time ago on why "the [[internet]]" should be, and it's a similar case.
[[Bombardier beetle]]s are so cool: they're rocket propelled! Perhaps if I can get to a library I'll try to flesh out the article.
==Useful (to me) links==
*[[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags]], [[:Category:Images for cleanup]], [[:Category:Images with unknown copyright status]]
*[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links]]
*[[Wikipedia:Unusual articles]]
*[[/realwatch]], pages I have to remember to check for responses.
* [http://www.reed.edu/~weinstej/wikipediacatbrowse.html], [[Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list]], [[Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide]], [[Wikipedia:Database queries]]
* VfD extension: [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Log/{{CURRENTYEAR}}_{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}_{{CURRENTDAY}}|action=edit&wpTextbox1=%3D%3D{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}+%3D%3D&wpSummary=Prep+for+extension}} prep day], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion&action=edit edit WP:VFD], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Old&action=edit edit /Old].
I agree to multi-license ''all'' my contributions, text, images, body fluid, whatever, as follows:
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