I will be gone from June 27-29. If you need to reach me, try e-mail. I apologize to those with whom I was having a discussion, but I am eager to return to all of them as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
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Biography and Contact Information
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I am Justin Anthony Knapp (KoAVF), a Wikipedian from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. I'm a life-long Hoosier, and attended ; upon graduating, I worked there as a tutor and teachers' assistant for two years. I joined Wikipedia on March 6, 2005, after anonymously editing for weeks. I work for Indiana University at IUPUI, where I earned a political science degree, and am finishing a philosophy degre. I also do some web design on the side. (If you're interested in having me work on your site, e-mail me.) I hope to possibly become a social studies teacher, teach English in Taiwan (ROC), and/or be a humanitarian worker.
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Communication
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3431 Beeler Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46224-1919, USA |
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+1 (317) 299-5670 |
E-mail/AIM |
justinkoavf@gmail.com/koavf |
Alternately, you could shout really loud...
What else?
Needless to say, the things most interesting to me about my life probably won't be that interesting to you. You may see my family tree, from , or my hometown at Wikitravel. Other wikis on which I might work (but probably not much) include OrthodoxWiki, and Wikia (specifically, the Peanuts Wikia, where I am a sysop.) Feel free to e-mail me if there's something that you desperately need to tell or ask me. That's the best way to get in contact with me. Also, feel free to call me at work, if I have a job.
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Wikipedia Contributions
Thanks, apologies to Angela:
These are my 21,500+ contributions (breakdown); I'm a fairly active Wikipedian. I think that Wikipedia is one of the few Internet communities worth joining, and the anarchistic approach to editing is its strongest feature. You may find me on the Spanish Wikipedia on occasion, or possibly on the Simple English Wikipedia. I generally edit articles concerned with politics, philosophy, religion, or popular culture, and I try to particularly represent the interests of truth and the Sahrawis of Western Sahara (SADR). To that end, I created the Western Sahara Portal, , Category:Western Sahara stubs, Template:Western sahara to-do, and the Western Sahara Project. My watchlist has ballooned to over 1,300 articles, so I see a lot more than I do sometimes. I spent way too long on this userpage, and I recommend that everyone else learn from my mistakes. You probably won't ever find me doing peripheral Wikipedia stuff (Wikifun, stress tests, etc.), becuase I prefer to simply add information to pages and make new ones. Occasionally, I'll thrown in my two cents on a vote, and sometimes get into heated discussions on the talk pages for articles that interest me. Every now and again, I'll sort stubs, categorize pages, or click on the random page link, fix double redirects, and do what I can.
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- Created: 2006 Korean flood, Abdelkader Taleb Oumar, Adam Kowalczyk, Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization, Brian Henneman, Buren Fowler, Category:Dolores O'Riordan albums, Category:Hootie & the Blowfish songs, Category:Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation songs, Category:Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation albums, Category:Robert Plant songs, , Category:Snow Patrol songs, Category:Western Sahara stubs, , Centaur (band), Coat of arms of Iran, Coat of arms of Vietnam, Coat of arms of West Papua, Coat of arms of Western Sahara, Djema'a, Don Gehman, Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall, Emblem of the African Union, Enlargement of the African Union, Estonian Orthodox Church, Flag of Indianapolis, Indiana, Flag of the African Union, Flag of West Papua, Frans Tutuhatunewa, Free Zone (region), Gangstress, Get in the Van, Glifted, Greater Morocco, How We Are Hungry: Stories, Hum (band), Human rights in Western Sahara, Image:AConversationwithRobertPlant.jpg, Image:African Union member states by corruption index.png, Image:African Union member states by form of government.png, Image:African Union member states by freedom.png, Image:African Union member states by head of state.png, Image:African Union member states by internal structure.png, Image:African Union member states by number of houses.png, Image:Asian Europe.png, Image:Australia.png, Image:Central Europe.png, Image:Eastern Europe.png, Image:Freedom House electoral democracies in the African Union 2006.png, Image:Melanesia.png, Image:Micronesia.png, Image:Middle East.png, Image:Mighty_ReArranger_Special.jpg, Image:Mindifwemakelovetoyou.jpg, Image:Page and Plant No Quarter DVD.jpg, Image:Page and Plant No Quarter Re-release.jpg, Image:Polynesia.png, Image:Shine It All Around.jpg, Image:SoundstageRobertPlantandtheStrangeSensation.jpg, Image:South America.png, Image:South Asia.png, Image:Southeast Asia.png, Image:Southern Europe.png, Image:The First Letter.jpg, Image:Western Europe.png, Image:Wikimania2006-logo.png, Image:Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone.jpg, Image:Yabaniy es-sahara western sahara anthem.mid, IndyGo, International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Jefferson Holt, Jim James, Johan Manusama, Ken Stringfellow, King Solomon Hill, , Last Man Standing (album), Lez Zeppelin, List of African Union member states by political system, , Marganitha, Mind If We Make Love to You, Mohamed Abdelaziz, National Skyline, Netscape Mercury, Ngethe Njoroge, Western Sahara Portal, President of East Timor, President of Western Sahara, Río de Oro, Ruthie Morris, Saguia el-Hamra, Sahara Press Service, Sahrauis: The Music of the Western Sahara, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Salam Fayyad, Seal of Indiana, Scott Sundquist, Shine It All Around, Snakedrill, Soundstage: Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation, Southern Provinces, Starry Nights in Western Sahara, SuperGroup, , , Template:Actress-stub, , , , Template:CIS, , Template:CSI, , , , , , , Template:MTA, , , Template:SSR, , , , , Template:UNO, , , , , , Template:Western sahara to-do, , , Template:WesternSahara-stub, The First Letter, The Great Destroyer, United Nations General Assembly observers, United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1720, Viram Jasani, Western Sahara Authority, and subpages, Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Sahara and subpages, Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone, several redirect pages
- Revised: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Christian denomination, Consistent Life Ethic, Ecumenical council, Eastern Christianity, Flag of Western Sahara, Foreign relations of Western Sahara several times, History of Western Sahara, Hum (band), Illinois (album) Judaism, Knights Hospitaller, List of Beatles songs by singer, List of Chinese flags, List of cities in Western Sahara, List of countries by immigrant population List of state leaders, Mighty Rearranger, Monarchy, No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded, Orthodox Church of Constantinople, The Avalanche, Template:Africa, Template:LedZeppelin, Template:Monarchy, Template:R.E.M., United Nations member states, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation, You Shall Know Our Velocity
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- To create: , , , ,
- Expand/Fix/Update: Act of Free Choice, Assyrian Church of the East and related articles, Books of the Bible and related articles, Centaur (band), Christian philosophy and related articles, Christian symbolism, Eastern Christianity and related articles, Eels and related articles, Free Papua Movement, Hum (band) and related articles, Human rights in western New Guinea, , Magnapop, Mark Oliver Everett, National Skyline, New York Agreement, R.E.M. (band) and related articles, Republic of West Papua, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and related articles, Ted Hawkins and related articles, Theys Eluay, United Nations General Assembly observers, Western Sahara and related articles,
- Projects: Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Sahara, Wikipedia:WikiProject Eastern Orthodoxy, Wikipedia:WikiProject Indiana, Wikipedia:WikiProject United Nations, Wikipedia:WikiProject Unrecognized countries
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Interests
What I Like |
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This user is drug-free. |
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- Music: 10,000 Maniacs, Beastie Boys, the Beatles, Big Star, Centaur, Counting Crows, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Eels, Peter Gabriel, Glifted, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Ted Hawkins, Hum, INXS, Led Zeppelin, Jens Lekman, Low, Aimee Mann, National Skyline, Pink Floyd, the Police , the Polyphonic Spree, R.E.M., the Smashing Pumpkins, Sufjan Stevens, Sting, Talking Heads, Tuatara, U2, and the Who
- Films: Paul Thomas Anderson, Charlie Kaufman, Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 21 Grams, 3-Iron, A Beautiful Mind, A.I., Adaptation., Almost Famous, American Beauty, Being John Malkovich, Best in Show, The Big Lebowski, Brazil, Brick, The Breakfast Club, A Christmas Story, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Forrest Gump, Good Will Hunting, Happiness, Harvey, I ♥ Huckabees, Kill Bill, Magnolia, A Mighty Wind, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Mystic River, Punch-Drunk Love, Raising Arizona, Requiem for a Dream, Reservoir Dogs, Sin City, The Goonies, The Truman Show, This Is Spinal Tap, Three Amigos
- Television: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Arrested Development, Batman: The Animated Series, Buzzkill, The Critic, Family Guy, Freaks and Geeks, Futurama, Jackass, The Kids in the Hall, The Larry Sanders Show, Looney Tunes, MADtv, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Office (UK), The Ren and Stimpy Show, Reno 911!, Saturday Night Live, Scrubs, The Simpsons, South Park, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Stella, Strangers with Candy, Superman: The Animated Series, The Tom Green Show, Twin Peaks, Upright Citizens Brigade, The West Wing
- Books: Dave Eggers, George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut, A Confederacy of Dunces, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, the Bible, Breakfast of Champions, Closing of the American Mind, Essays by George Orwell, Fahrenheit 451, Nineteen Eighty-Four, , You Shall Know Our Velocity, and reference books (particularly atlases and almanacs)
- Miscellaneous: web design and Superman.
Convictions
Who I Am |
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This user believes it is every citizen's duty to vote. |
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My entire world view is based on the assertion that God exists, and created humanity in His image.
Since this is the case, all persons are the things in the universe most like God, and have immeasurable dignity and worth. This dignity is expressed in rights, the primary of which is the right to life. Humans have been given a rational will to make moral decisions, and the most fulfilling way of life is one characterized by love and genuine reciprocity between persons; the greatest love being charity. Persons are the only things which can be said to truly exist, and humans are unique among animals in our capacity to reason, use language, make choices, create art, have projects, create meaningful relationships, and we have souls. Since humans do nothing to merit personhood, there is also nothing they can do to lose it; their rights are immutable, equal, and non-transferable. Even if we have disagreements with others, we must respect their moral and rational autonomy.
Some of the rights that persons have are positive and others negative, and the primary purpose of the state is to allow flourishing and excellence among its citizenry. Domestically, this is accomplished by creating genuine democracy in a stable republic. In international relations, this is best accomplished by peaceful cooperation, sometimes fostered by intergovernmental organizations. Governments must provide for the entire well-being of the citizen - including education, health care, safety, and, above all, the rule of law. The wealth and affluency of some states is only the case because of a reciprocal relationship with other states (sometimes, this relationship is explotative.) Consequently, it is imperative to give back to those other societies to help them develop themselves and to show appreciation for their worth as persons.
In terms of interpersonal relations, persons should always respect the rights of other persons, never treating them as a means only, and always as an end. Manipulation is always wrong. All persons have an intuitive understanding of good and evil, a conscience. This conscience is not perfect, though, and must be transformed by habit and reason. Compassion, kindness, and mindfulness are a few of the virtues that all persons should acquire, and since they can only be acquired by habit, we must practice care for the environment and fellow animals; not because they deserve it in and of themselves, but because we can better respect other humans if we demonstrate respect to other creatures.
This respect is also a moral imperative, since by demonstrating love toward God's creations, we demonstrate love to Him also. God has entered into history at various times to guide the course of human affairs, but He typically acts through persons on an individual level. To all who ask for wisdom, or truth, He gives in abundance, and gives perseverance to those who need it in times of trial. The greatest guide that He has given to humanity to help them understand the universe and their place in it is the Bible, and the greatest instance of His intervention in human affairs is the incarnation of Jesus Christ. It is because of His sacrifice that we can acheive salvation. This is open to all persons, including those who have never known His name. Ultimately, it is impossible for any human to know who will be saved, as it is an intensely personal matter and relies on God's unknowable economy. We can only control our words, actions, and beliefs in this life. It is imperative that persons of the faith unite under the essentials of Christianity.
Ultimately, there are several philosophies that contain some truth, but not all of them share it in equal measure. A philosophy can only be ultimatley useful if it is holistic, that is, it takes into acocunt all of the kinds of experiences that people have. Humans are made up of five overlapping dimensions, none of which is most important or real, and all of which are dependent on the others for their fullest expression: the spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, and social. Our spritual life is constituted by our relationship to God, beliefs about other persons, intentions toward others, priorities and affections, and love. The mental component of our lives includes memory, personality and temperment, imagination, logical reasoning, creativity, and volitional will. We have a wide range of emotions: happiness, anger, sadness, and more. None of them is invalid, and all of them should be exercised at some time. Our bodies are our most important possessions, and we should take care that they operate in the best condition; if our brains are lazy, so then will our minds be. Lastly, humans are social creatures, and in creating relationships with others, we learn invaluable truths about ourselves and the world around us.
We are all pilgrims, though, and the search for truth is rich because of reciprocity between persons - so feel free to let me know what you think. Above all else: love, beware false prophets, and don't panic.
Important Information and Final Thoughts
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An informative site about the struggle for Saharawi independence
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The government of the Republic of China on Taiwan
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An informative site about West Papua
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The government-in-exile of Tibet
The last words of Leonardo da Vinci:
- "I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have."
The epitaph of Paul Erdős:
- "Finally I am becoming stupider no more."
The last words of Ludwig Wittgenstein:
- "Tell them I've had a wonderful life."
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