
Hello. I'm James W. Rosenzweig from Washington State, and have long been an admirer/user of Wikipedia...finally decided in June of 2003 to become a contributor. I'm enjoying myself immensely and hope to be of some service. My background is a bachelor's in History and English Lit, plenty of graduate education in history (especially 16th Century religious) and most recently a Master's in Education (emphasis on Social Studies and English), but basically I like reading anything I can get my hands on, so much of my knowledge is eclectic. If anyone's working on stuff having to do with European history (especially pre-1600 England), or most things in English literature, I'd love to be involved--if I don't know it, I like learning it. Thanks for dropping by.
I am a Christian; that is, I believe in the faith established in the New Testament and described in the Apostles' Creed and Nicene Creed. To those who may have had negative experiences with Christians in the past, I say this: my faith involves an all-encompassing personal commitment to treat all humanity with love, to deal honorably and charitably with all I come into contact with, and to reserve judgment for God, the one true judge. I take that commitment seriously. If you ever see me saying something here that you believe perpetuates the stereotype of intolerant, hostile, or judgmental Christianity, please tell me so that I can remedy the fault, and grow personally. My faith does require me to believe certain truths about the universe, but that doesn't mean I'm here to impose them upon you or to interact with you based on my limited human perception of how well your life aligns with those truths. Questions about my faith are always welcome -- thanks for being interested.
I doubt it matters much, but in the interests of full disclosure, I am an administrator, and have been since September of 2003. If that means I can help you, please let me know here. I was once a member of the Arbitration Committee (8/04-12/04) -- if you need advice about arbitration, I can offer a former insider's perspective. Since February 2005, I have been a member of the Mediation Committee (and served, somewhat ineptly, as its chair from February until April of that year) -- please, though, leave all but the most urgent mediation-related messages at Wikipedia talk:Mediation Committee or Wikipedia:Requests for mediation and that page's talk page.
Reminder to self, Useful text, Current project, /AC candidacy, /Web of trust, /Milestone edits
Pages I've Created
(or essentially rewritten)
People
- Brockman Adams, Victor Allis, Maya Angelou, Arthur Ashe, Nnamdi Azikiwe
- Jacques Barzun, Cool Papa Bell, Chief Bender, Katherine Bond, Jon Bridgman, Red Buttons
- Caleb, Clare of Assisi, Kevin Constantine, Yvan Cournoyer
- Iris Dement, Dick Van Dyke
- Geoff Moore and the Distance, Godric of Finchale, John Gunther, Johnny Gunther
- Winfield Scott Hancock, James Van Heusen, Celeste Holm, Rogers Hornsby, Waite Hoyt, Cordell Hull
- Edward Sturgis Ingraham
- Henry M. Jackson, Jim Jeffords, Jethro, George Jewsbury
- Madeline Kahn, Margery Kempe, Stanley Kunitz
- Warren Lewis, Quintus Ligarius, Jack Lord
- Ignaz Maybaum, Carl Mays, Mechtild of Magdeburg, Walter Mildmay
- Nabal, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, Nicholas of Cusa
- Frank Peretti, Ruth Pitter
- Juan Ruiz
- Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, Scottish Colourists, Bob Seger, Morris Stegosaurus
- Julie Taymor (the director, not the 19th Century artist)
- Trotula of Salerno
- Honus Wagner, Gideon Welles
Places
- Azusa Pacific University
- Beloit College, Bennett College
- Canisius College
- Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- First Hill, Seattle, Washington
- Hagley Park
- Idar-Oberstein, University of Ingolstadt
- Lincoln University
- Mount Nebo
- Portland Gallery
- Royal College of Art
- Siena College, Southern Methodist University, State University of New York at New Paltz
- Washington State History Museum
Other Articles
- A Mighty Wind, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Aftermath, Agnes Grey, Alice in Wonderland (1985 movie), American Philosophical Society
- Balance of terror, Ballard, Beast of Exmoor, Breslov
- Chicken Run, Christian Heritage Party of Canada
- Death Be Not Proud
- Early Modern Britain, English Renaissance, Everett Silvertips, Everyman's Library
- Godric (novel)
- Icelandic horse
- Kenezites
- List of American poets, List of asteroids in our Solar System, Love's Labour's Lost (2000 movie), Ludus de Antichristo
- Medieval literature, Monstrous Regiment, Morning
- Night (book), Nihilartikel, Nordic Games
- Peace of Augsburg, Peter Pan (2003 movie), Phi Alpha Theta, Poetry reading, Proslogium
- Red-necked Pademelon, Running Start
- Seafair, Sunday School
- Tinker v. Des Moines, Tool steel, Treaty of New Echota
- YMCA Youth and Government
Images
Image:Beowulf.firstpage.jpeg, Image:Kelljohn.jpg, Image:Buechner.jpeg, Image:Chagall.jpeg, Image:Dali.jpeg, Image:Laurenceolivier.jpeg, Image:Gielgud.jpeg, Image:Evelynwaugh.jpeg
Pages I've Modified
(more than just copyedit)
People
- Shaun Alexander
- Geoffrey Chaucer, Arthur Chesterton, Clare, Ben Curtis
- Tony Esposito
- Gilbert Gottfried
- Jesus
- William R. King, W. P. Kinsella
- C. S. Lewis, Robert Todd Lincoln
- Dave Niehaus
- Tom Paulin, John Prine, Priscilla
- Bob Sapp, Alasdair Smith, Heinrich von Stephan, Mena Suvari
- Dylan Thomas, David Thompson (explorer)
- Edmund Wilson
- Steve Yzerman
- Ravi Zacharias
Other Articles
- 335 BC
- 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1277
- 1932 in sports, 2004 in literature
- A Canticle for Leibowitz, Academia, Aesop's Fables, Apostles Creed
- Beekeeping, Book of Kells
- Church of God (Anderson), Curse of the Bambino
- Euchre, Evil, Extra-sensory perception
- Fiddler's Green, The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Glinda of Oz, Gospel of Thomas
- History of literature
- The Knight in the Panther Skin
- Lindenwood University, List of airlines, List of fictional monkeys, List of fictional people who were cremated
- The Man Who Was Thursday, Maranatha Baptist Bible College, Motif of harmful sensation
- Never Cry Wolf
- Oakham, Oklahoma State University
- Presuppositional apologetics, Primum non nocere
- September 28, Sestina
- Translations
- United Artists, University of Nigeria, University of Washington
- Warg, Washington State, Watertown, Dodge County, Wisconsin
Current Wikipediholic level of 79 according to The Test.
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