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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by ArielGold (talk | contribs) at 06:11, 23 July 2007 (Reverted to revision 146469738 by ArielGold; reverted mistakes. using TW). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

About me:

I've worked in a variety of areas, mostly in medicine, from ICUs and ERs to outpatient clinics or offices, (many years in Nephrology/Acute Dialysis needs, and also Ophthalmology/Refractive Surgery) but like many in medicine, I got burned out and frustrated. I've "retired" from medicine, and now I spend my time working on my Master's degree, writing for a variety of web sites, and contributing to sites such as Wikipedia. As for my personal interests, I have a deep interest in space travel/astronomy, and NASA is my browser's home page.

I was a +sysop (System Operator/Admin) for the Microsoft Gaming Zone for many years, so I'm pretty familiar with how to handle vandals :) For the last 3 years I've written articles and columns for IGN.

If I could get a job going around the web correcting spelling and grammar, I would. I personally feel the single most important gift we can give our children is that of education and literacy.

If you get bored, you can always let fate guide your reading.

For the most part, I dedicate my submissions to finding and correcting these errors, correcting blatant vandalism, and doing minor edits to articles for clarification.

Most days I'm lonely, so I'd love to have someone to talk to, so head on over to my Talk Page and say hello!

  • Wikipedian since July 24, 2005.

ArielGold

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