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==About Me==
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==Resources==
* MW2:Mercs brought me into the BT universe, MW5:Mercs brought me back
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* En-dash –
* Grew up mostly in California, currently living in Taiwan as an English teacher
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:* Citation pages: ''Handbook: House Steiner'', pp. 26–27
* Hobbies growing up were music, martial arts, and gaming
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:* Dates and numbers: 2770–2775
* Have 2 masters and a doctorate
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:* Joined proper names: Republic–Commonwealth War, Davion–Liao border
* Was a professional musician for 15 years in my past life
 
* Copyrighted 2 short stories and working on a 3rd longer story, hope to publish the set together in a few years
 
* Getting married this summer, new life adventures to come
 
  
==Sarna items on my radar==
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* Em-dash —
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:* For emphasis: "The Republic would expand from a pirate kingdom into a well-educated and well-armed nation experienced in the art of guile and seduction—diplomacy, by another name."
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:* In place of commas to break up longer sentences for added clarity: "In truth—with the two companies of the Legion being effectively kidnapped at gunpoint by Hiritsu troops while the rest of their unit had surrendered back on Tigress—when tensions exploded between the loyal Secutors and the rebellious Legion, the Third took advantage of the situation and easily defeated both units."
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* Columns
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:* For 3 auto-breaking columns that divide the lines evenly ([[Apollo (system)#Political Affiliation|example]]):
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: Note: users with low-resolution monitors or those with SarnaAdSense may sometimes see only 2 columns
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: <nowiki>{{div col|colwidth=25em}}</nowiki>
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: <nowiki>{{div col end}}</nowiki>
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:* Creating 2–3 auto-breaking columns that divide the lines evenly, but to the side of a long infobox ([[Handbook: House Marik|example]]):
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: <nowiki><div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> OR <div style="-moz-column-count:3; column-count:3;"></nowiki>
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: <nowiki></div></nowiki>
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:* Creating 2–4 columns with breaks at specific places ([[Luthien#Military Deployment|example]]):
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: <nowiki>{{columns-start|num=2}}</nowiki> (or num=3 or num=4)
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: <nowiki>{{column}}</nowiki> (2x for num=3, 3x for num=4)
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: <nowiki>{{columns-end}}</nowiki>
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==Items on my radar==
 
* MechWarrior 5 maintenance
 
* MechWarrior 5 maintenance
 
:* A few DLC4 characters/units need articles
 
:* A few DLC4 characters/units need articles
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:* In-universe book authors of ''The Periphery'' 1E and ''Historical: Liberation of Terra 1 & 2''
 
:* In-universe book authors of ''The Periphery'' 1E and ''Historical: Liberation of Terra 1 & 2''
 
:* ''First Strike'' characters
 
:* ''First Strike'' characters
* Occasional Periphery/Pirate characters/units
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* Occasional Periphery characters/units
 
:* Maria Morgraine ?
 
:* Maria Morgraine ?
* Occasional System/Planet pages
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* Occasional System pages
 
:* Cleaning up citations
 
:* Cleaning up citations
 
:* Reducing history text where possible for succinctness
 
:* Reducing history text where possible for succinctness
 
==Other==
 
* Volunteer proofreading/testing the entire MW5 game for PGI, ~1000 errors documented and reported
 

Revision as of 09:42, 18 June 2023

Resources

  • En-dash –
  • Citation pages: Handbook: House Steiner, pp. 26–27
  • Dates and numbers: 2770–2775
  • Joined proper names: Republic–Commonwealth War, Davion–Liao border
  • Em-dash —
  • For emphasis: "The Republic would expand from a pirate kingdom into a well-educated and well-armed nation experienced in the art of guile and seduction—diplomacy, by another name."
  • In place of commas to break up longer sentences for added clarity: "In truth—with the two companies of the Legion being effectively kidnapped at gunpoint by Hiritsu troops while the rest of their unit had surrendered back on Tigress—when tensions exploded between the loyal Secutors and the rebellious Legion, the Third took advantage of the situation and easily defeated both units."
  • Columns
  • For 3 auto-breaking columns that divide the lines evenly (example):
Note: users with low-resolution monitors or those with SarnaAdSense may sometimes see only 2 columns
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
{{div col end}}
  • Creating 2–3 auto-breaking columns that divide the lines evenly, but to the side of a long infobox (example):
<div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> OR <div style="-moz-column-count:3; column-count:3;">
</div>
  • Creating 2–4 columns with breaks at specific places (example):
{{columns-start|num=2}} (or num=3 or num=4)
{{column}} (2x for num=3, 3x for num=4)
{{columns-end}}

Items on my radar

  • MechWarrior 5 maintenance
  • A few DLC4 characters/units need articles
  • Rim Worlds Republic
  • Amaris Reunification War CO's and units
  • Expand/tweak Rim Provisional Government
  • Amaris Empire CO's and units
  • Organize (divide?) Rim Worlds Army page(s)
  • RWR-related SLDF
  • Finish Joan Brandt article
  • Go through SLDF Army and Fleet pages, update CO and deployment locations
  • Data-mine:
  • Historical: Reunification War (all)
  • In-universe book authors of The Periphery 1E and Historical: Liberation of Terra 1 & 2
  • First Strike characters
  • Occasional Periphery characters/units
  • Maria Morgraine ?
  • Occasional System pages
  • Cleaning up citations
  • Reducing history text where possible for succinctness