User:Kierzek

I am an attorney and Certified Civil Circuit Court Mediator. I was an English major in college, so I am well versed in writing. My father served in the US Navy in World War II on the USS Saranac (AO-74) in the Pacific War. I have been studying World War II history for 40 years and writing about it for 30 years. History is consensus of fact and probability. It is important to present it objectively, accurately and follow the Wikipedia:Golden rule. One should further remember that just because text may be "sourced", that does not automatically equal notability. Too many editors do not practice discernment when editing. Just adding walls of text or an excessive amount of intricate detail does not lead to a better article; see WP:NOTEVERYTHING and especially the sub-section WP:INDISCRIMINATE. "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information." And policy states, "Wikipedia articles usually rely on material from reliable secondary sources." See also WP:RS.

It is worth noting that Wikipedia:Article size calls for articles to be no more than 10,000 words. Also, grammar footnotes: German language nouns, even common nouns, are always capitalized; use italics for phrases in other languages and for isolated foreign words that are not currently used in English, per WP:MOS and MOS:TEXT; that does not include acronyms or abbreviations. Lastly, due to real life matters, I have no choice but to be less active on Wikipedia. I will reply to messages, et cetera when I can. Thank you.

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JD

This user has a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree.

This user is a lawyer.

This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than 15 years.

This user has created 25 articles on Wikipedia.

This user has helped promote 19 good articles on Wikipedia.

This user helped promote the article Hermann Fegelein to A-Class article status.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Adolf Hitler to Good Article status.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Nazi Germany to Good Article status.

This editor won the Half Million Award for bringing Death of Adolf Hitler to Good Article status.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Joseph Goebbels to Good Article status.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Schutzstaffel to Good Article status.

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53,000+

This user has made over 53,000 contributions to Wikipedia

This user has been on Wikipedia for 15 years, 8 months and 29 days.

This user is interested in
World War II

This user is interested in the history of the United States.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Military history.

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German military history task force of WikiProject Military history.

This user is a member of the
Japanese military history task force of WikiProject Military history.

This user is a member of the
World War II task force
of WikiProject Military history.

This user is a member of the
Military land vehicles task force
of WikiProject Military history.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Germany.

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the Guild of Copy Editors.

This user participates in
WikiProject Biography.

WP:RS

This user believes in using
Reliable Sources.

25

This user has visited 25 of the 205 countries in the world.

This user likes The Twilight Zone - original series.

This user likes The Beatles.

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