User:Chriswaterguy

I'm an active Wikipedian and you can find more about me at my Wikipedia profile.

Wikimania
I would love to go to Wikimania, August 2006, but can't make it to Boston. I'll be in S.E. Asia (maybe Thailand or Indonesia, but I can adjust my plans), so if something's happening there, I'm keen to join in. Indonesia is my preferred option, as I speak the language and can also get involved with discussion on the Indonesian Wikipedia.

I'm also considering going to the Asian Social Forum in September 2006, since I'll be in the region, and would be sure to meet some interesting people, be exposed to new ideas... and maybe even learn something. Some left-wingers do have informed opinions. A minority, sadly. It's a pity, since they do generally have the values of justice and humanitarianism that I share, but often don't understand the system they criticism, and don't articulate coherent and plausible alternatives.

On Wikia
Main focus: Development and Sustainability Wikia

Also:
 * PermaWiki
 * Other green/social stuff - see the Development and Sustainability WikiNode
 * Renewable Energy Design Wikia
 * Personals Wikia
 * A wiki-based blog. Notes:
 * See Blog:Home & Blog:How do I add a new blog entry? for some ideas on how it can work).
 * Blogging isn't about personal blogs, so do we need a new Wikia to look at this topic? (Someone gave me a good answer on this, to the effect that each Wikia has its own guidelines and some may allow blogs. Can't find where that answer was, though... or did I dream it?)
 * Brettz9 & and Nyarlathotep are also interested in a wikiblog.
 * Interesting blog sites (from my perspective) to take note of are: Kuro5hin, Not Even Wrong & LiveJournal.
 * Wikiversity at Wikibooks. My main contribution, though, will be by developing articles at Wikipedia which can then be used as source material for Wikiversity.

And keeping a curious eye on:
 * Ideas
 * Wikocracy (what happens when everyone can write and revise the law?)
 * Wikitecture

I'm very interested in free networking sites that help to link people with common interests. See my Networking page.

Subpages

 * My blog - coming... eventually. For now it's at Bloggy thing and rather out of date.
 * Podcasts & online news sources
 * Search and research tools
 * Networking - accomodation sharing for travellers; work; volunteering; dating & social networking.
 * Software - my favorite open source software.

What I'm keeping track of...

 * Blog comment:Home
 * Personals - Community portal
 * Posting a thesis: Converting doc files to wiki?
 * Talk:Interwiki map
 * RenewableEnergy:Talk:Main Page

Useful links

 * Interwiki map