Shannon Garcia

Minutiae

Babel

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. en-5This user can contribute with a professional level of English. es-3Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel avanzado de español. ja-2この利用者は中級の日本語ができます。 la-2Hic usor media latinitate contribuere potest. grc-2Ὅδε ὁ χρήστης δύναται συμβάλλεσθαι μετρίᾳ γνώσει τῆς ἀρχαίας ἑλληνικῆς. fr-1Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français. ru-1Этот участник владеет русским языком на начальном уровне. ...This user would like to know all existing languages. HTML-3This user is an advanced HTML user. PHP-1This user is a beginning PHP programmer. -3This user has an advanced understanding of Medical Latin. LipsumLorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Editing Philosophy

This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues. Everyone has points of view with inherent cultural biases - recognition is the first step to achieving NPOV. <ref>This user recognizes the importance of citing sources. inclThis user is an inclusionist. #RThis user thinks redirection is preferable to deletion. mankindThis user supports the use of gender-neutral language. User:Jeffro77/userboxes/Singular they:LessEvil byThe passive voice may be used by this user. to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives. “,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler. ,This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying. A, B, and CThis user prefers the serial comma. "…"! US vs. UKThis user uses "logical quotation marks". Forcing internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a nationalistic style issue! USage declineThis user uses American English, but is appalled at its rapid and continuing deterioration. This user believes that articles are boring without images. Mind the GapThis editor wants to close Wikipedia's gender gap. This user has signed the Neurotypical / Autism spectrum interaction pact.

WikiProjects

This user is a member of the Guild of Copy Editors. tyop typoThis user is a member of the Wikipedia Typo Team. This user has adopted the typo "ettiquette" to nurture. This user is a member of WikiProject Women scientists. This user is a member of WikiProject Psychology. This user is a participant in WikiProject Autism. This user is a participant in WikiProject Writing systems. This user participates in WikiProject Seattle. This user is a participant in WikiProject Michigan. This user is a participant in WikiProject Astrology.

Interests

This user is interested in maps. This user is interested in urban history. This user is interested in Late Antiquity. This user is interested in the industrial revolution. This user is interested in the space age. This user is interested in the ancient Georgian kingdoms of Colchis and Iberia This user is interested in Hellenistic Greece This user is interested in the Ancient American civilizations. This user is interested in the Sasanian Dynastic Empire. This user is interested in the History of the Balkans. This user is interested in the history of the Cold War. This user is interested in the Falklands War. This user is interested in religion as a sociological and historical phenomenon. nothThis user is interested in nontheism. Rel-4This user is an expert in Religious and/or Spiritual studies. This person may very well have a job in one of the said fields. This user is always fascinated as they search their family history and build a family tree to see what black sheep will turn up next.

Writing Systems

Hrkt-5 あThis user has full understanding of the Katakana or Hiragana. Cyrl-5 ДThis user has full understanding of the Cyrillic script. Grek-4 ΩThis user has a near-complete understanding of the Greek alphabet. Ogam-3 ᚍThis user has an advanced understanding of the Ogham. Hebr-3 ש‎This user has an advanced understanding of the Hebrew alphabet. Jpan-2 書This user has an intermediate understanding of the Japanese writing system. Geor-2 ღThis user has an intermediate understanding of the Mkhedruli (Georgian) script. Cyrs-2 ѬThis user has an intermediate understanding of the Early Cyrillic alphabet. Brai-2 ⠿This user has an intermediate understanding of the Braille. Tibt-1 ༀThis user has a basic understanding of the Tibetan script. Maya-1 This user has a basic understanding of the Maya script. Glag-1 ⰏThis user has a basic understanding of the Glagolitic script. Mymr-1 အThis user has a basic understanding of the Mon–Burmese script. This user prefers to read sacred texts in their original language whenever possible.

Trivia

This user is autodidactic. INFJThis user has an INFJ Myers–Briggs Type Indicator This skookum tillicum is a native speaker of Cascadian English. This user has been genotyped. This user has absolute pitch. 尺八This user plays the Shakuhachi This user plays the flute. This user plays the clarinet. GHBThis user plays the Great Highland Bagpipe. This user is a countertenor. This user is a percussionist. This user can tune a piano. This user arranges existing music for other instruments. This user is a Vexillologist. FLThis user enjoys creating Fictional Lands DNThis user's alignment is Druidic True Neutral. This user supports public transit. This user advocates pacifism. This user is an effective altruist. NANOThis user has spent every November writing away for NaNoWriMo since 2011. This user has been on Wikipedia for 13 years, 7 months and 20 days. This user subscribes to eternalism and argues against an objective flow of time. This user is pretty sure that they are an outlier compared to everybody else.

I am a Wikipedia user originally from Seattle, Washington and Flint, Michigan. I study neurophenomenology at the University of Washington.

Some interests

• Bioethics
• Communication, graphic, and industrial design; typography
• Comparative religion
• Disability rights, self-advocacy, and the psychiatric survivors movement
• Disruptive innovation, medical technology, and personalized medicine
• Edge and corner cases, Black Swan events, and statistical outliers
• Epidemiology of neurological conditions, autism, ADHD, HIV/AIDS
• Geography (cartography, political geography, *claves, and international border disputes)
• Health equity, inequality in disease, Yentl Syndrome
• History and philosophy of science
• Human introspection, reflective practice, and continuous improvement
• Latin paleography
• Knowledge transfer and visualization
• Linguistics, language acquisition, written alphabets, and symbology
• Medical ethics, the doctor-patient relationship, and case study development
• Neurodiversity
• Pacific Rim history, geography, and geology
• Psychiatric genetics and psychoneuroimmunology
• Qualia, phenomenography, appreciative inquiry, and narrative analysis
• Science journalism, medical writing, and physician-authors
• Stoicism and other Hellenistic philosophy
• Stargazing, telescope building, and astronomy
• Systems thinking, translational science, and interdisciplinary approaches to research
• Urban development and renewal