Hi, Wikipedia! I've been around for a while, but still have a lot to learn. Advice, chiding, trout whacks, and pastry recipes are always welcome.
I'm interested in dance, math, classical music, philosophy, biology, languages, and climbing trees. I chose my username because I was writing a quartet for four violas when I signed up.
I'm comforted to know that an open platform like Wikipedia can become a public good, rather than the kind of vitriol-spattered shambles that is so much of the user-generated Internet. And I'm endlessly impressed by how well the policies have been hashed out.
Evaluations of me and my work
Feel free to add your own! I give you permission to insult me if you need to vent, but please refrain from making threats. If you don't like the way I quoted you, you're welcome to edit or remove your evaluation.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.—Othello, 2, III
Love it! Awesome work! [12] —Peas345 (talk· contribs), 12 April 2015
"Take a bloody good read of WP:AGF before you start insulting the approach of other editors again." [13] —SchroCat (talk· contribs), 24 June 2015
"You have a real natural gift for this manner of editing and the intellectual and social demands of the project."[14]—Snow Rise (talk· contribs), 13 July 2015
"It's becoming hard to assume good faith."[15]—SlimVirgin (talk· contribs), 12 August 2015
"I have read your Draft:Psychology of eating meat. I am impressed....It does not push a PoV (and is therefore more effective at getting its message across to confirmed meat-eaters like me)." [16] —Maproom (talk· contribs), 26 December 2015
"[Draft:Psychology of eating meat] is a cherry-picked nightmare of vegan-chauvinism opinions, proffered as fact."[17] —Softlavender (talk· contribs), 29 December 2015
"Unfortunately I think FourViolas, as usual, is exceptionally patient."[18] —Sammy1339 (talk· contribs), 14 January 2016
(Of an article I'd heavily revised for WP:NPOV) "The wiki struck me as being evenhanded & fair."[19] (offwiki) —"newzjunqie", 15 June 2016
"It’s people like you that make Wikipedia worthwhile."[20] (offwiki) —John S. Walters, political blogger, 5 July 2016
"Kid's got a good heart and is wise beyond his years."[21]—EEng (talk· contribs), 15 July 2016
"I'd like to thank you for conducting yourself in this matter in a manner that I find commendable."[22] —Tim riley (talk· contribs), 29 August 2016
"People like you, FourViolas, breed incivility and thrive on the drama it creates. You and your pals should feel disgusted with yourselves."[23] —Cassianto (talk· contribs), 16 September 2016
In honor of Teenly, I will strive to show every Wikipedia user the kindness and assumption of good faith I would show a terminally ill 6-year-old. Please let me know on my talk page if I've slipped up.