Geraldshields11

WikiMedia DC

Currently, I am a member of the 2022 WikiMedia DC Board of Directors.

Activities

A Close up of Gerald Shields

(l to r) Professor Andrew Lih, Geraldshields11 (holding award), David Ferriero, and James Hare.

As of May 18, 2022, I am a member of the 2022 WikiMedia DC Board of Directors.

In 2019, I was nominated and a candidate for the Affiliate-selected Board seats and this is the preserved page from 2019. One of the endorsers was AfroCROUD.

I was the volunteer Wikimedia DC event promotion coordinator and have taken an active part in numerous Wiki events, such as being the photographer of the WikiConference 2014 in NYC, the 2016 North American Wiki Conference in San Diego, and other Wikimedia events.

I am a member of several Wiki Projects, such as The Wikipedia Library, Women's History, Taxation, and Open Knowledge Foundation. I created the article the Smithsonian Gardens on w:EN:Wikipedia and received an autographed book signed by the executives at the Smithsonian Gardens for my efforts. For the Wikimania 2014 event, I volunteered to be the official still photographer and a member of the Programme Committee, with James Forrester, Deror Lin, and Orsolya Virág Gyenes. For the 2014 Wiki Conference USA, I volunteered to be the official still photographer. For the North American WikiConference, I volunteered to be the official still photographer.

Since then, I have been involved with creating content to illustrate on Wikimedia Commons.

I was interviewed by the New York Times for my work with Wikipedia on feminism and on North Korea. I edited a photography textbook, The Art and Craft of Digital Photography by Professor Kristi Eisenberg. The photography book focused on several types of subjects, such as landscape, portrait, and design. Professor Eisenberg autographed her book with a special dedication to me.

I am Geraldshields11, an EN Wikipedia editor since 2004, who has contributed photographs of notable monuments and notable people in Washington, DC, USA; Shenyang, China; and Dandong, China. Also, I have taken photographs of the waterfront of Sinuiju, North Korea on a quest to get a photograph of Ri Sol-ju. I am a prolific but efficient user of Wikimedia Commons and my photographs are used across Wikis in different languages. One of my photographs is used across the same topic in 48 different languages. When I add a photograph to Wiki Commons, I added it with the realization that each photograph may only be seen by a small subset of people. But, if I can inspire at least one person into STEM or becoming a contributor, then "it is a far far better thing I do than ever before".

Some of my Wiki-inspired photographs have been used in the Business Insider magazine, US National Archives promotion material, London events, Wikimedia DC promotions on Twitter, Smithsonian Institute promotion material Secretary Presents E-book on Future of Museums near the end of the video, and events where “the Board wears nice clothing.” I worked at numerous GLAM projects as the photographer, as part of my volunteer duties at Wikimedia DC.

Space launch

As part of my efforts to put a copy of Wikipedia into LEO, SpaceBlimp 7 carried a copy of EN Wikipedia into the stratosphere closer to orbit than ever before on April 14, 2018 from Strasburg, Virginia.

Feel free to comment on the 2015 Project at meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikipedia_likes_Galactic_Exploration_for_Posterity_2015 . In 2015, I rewrote my proposal to send Wikimedia into outer space. Please see Grants:IEG/Wikipedia likes Galactic Exploration for Posterity 2015 or this link.

This editor is a Veteran Editor II and is entitled to display this Bronze Editor Star.

This user knows that
Black Lives Matter.

This user contributes to Wikimedia Commons.

vn-6This editor's user page, talk page, or subpages have been vandalized 6 times.

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Interests

Board Seat nomination

Board seat talk page

Currently, I am interested in articles about space law, DPRK (North Korea), feminism, and the economics of high fashion and haute couture.

As of December 2013, I actively edited articles about DPRK (North Korea), feminism, and the economics of high fashion and haute couture.

As of July 2013, I actively edited articles about South America, taxation, economics, and business entities.

As of 2004, I was interested in discussions of DPRK (North Korea), Arabic, taxation, financial crimes, China, Japan, feminism, and business entities.

I do my best to contribute to the articles with citations, editorial changes, and typographical fixes. After all, each editor "brings something different to the table, whether it be: researching skills, technical expertise, writing prowess or tidbits of information, but most importantly a willingness to help". Also, I am interested in the use of the number 11.

Feel free to comment on my gallery of images.

Feel free to comment on user:geraldshields11/sandbox/WikiConference 2015.

Feel free to comment on the User:geraldshields11/sandbox/Wikipedia Summer Of Monuments 2014 at the sandbox talk page.

Feel free to comment on the Gerald Shields' Grant for Wikimania 2014 at the sandbox talk page.

Feel free to comment on the Wikimania 2015 Grant at Gerald Shields' Grant for Wikimania 2015

Feel free to comment on the 2014 WP Idea Lab, a project discussion is at meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedia_likes_Galactic_Exploration_for_Posterity .

Feel free to comment on the 2015 Project at meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikipedia_likes_Galactic_Exploration_for_Posterity_2015 . In 2015, I rewrote my proposal to send Wikimedia into outer space. Please see Grants:IEG/Wikipedia likes Galactic Exploration for Posterity 2015 or this link.

Conflict of Interest Statements

1. I, User:Geraldshields11, am an employee of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. My views are expressly my own and not of my past, current, or future employer. I will not make any edits that would not be beneficial to the goals of Wikipedia.

My edits, related to the Department of the Treasury, tend to consist of the following activities:

• Creating or enhancing existing biographies of notable tax-related people based on both published and original primary source materials.
• Creating or enhancing existing biographies of other notable scholars, researchers, and cultural figures, especially those from under-represented populations.
• Adding authoritative references, citations, and images to improve the quality of existing articles of all types.
• Updating project pages related to tax and to the U.S. government.

I will modify my editing behavior based on problems cited by other editors or if my editing conflicts with other Wikipedia guidelines. I ask that other editors do not hesitate to contact me, via my user talk page, if I appear to be going against this declaration. Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:58, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

2. I, geraldshields11, was a volunteer editor at Journal of Space Law. My views are expressly my own and not of my past, current, or future employer. I will not make any edits that would not be beneficial to the goals of Wikipedia.

My edits, related to outer space, tend to consist of the following activities:

• Creating or enhancing existing biographies of notable space-related people based on both published and original primary source materials.
• Creating or enhancing existing biographies of other notable scholars, researchers, and cultural figures, especially those from under-represented populations.
• Adding authoritative references, citations, and images to improve the quality of existing articles of all types.
• Updating project pages related to space and to the space programs, and space law.

I will modify my editing behavior based on problems cited by other editors or if my editing conflicts with other Wikipedia guidelines. I ask that other editors do not hesitate to contact me, via my user talk page, if I appear to be going against this declaration. Geraldshields11 (talk) 23:08, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

3. I, User:Geraldshields11, am active in politics. My views are expressly my own and not of my past, current, or future employer. I will not make any edits that would not be beneficial to the goals of Wikipedia.

My edits, related to politics tend to consist of the following activities:

• Creating or enhancing existing biographies of notable politics-related people based on both published and original primary source materials.
• Creating or enhancing existing biographies of other notable scholars, researchers, and cultural figures, especially those from under-represented populations.
• Adding authoritative references, citations, and images to improve the quality of existing articles of all types.
• Updating project pages related to politics.

I will modify my editing behavior based on problems cited by other editors or if my editing conflicts with other Wikipedia guidelines. I ask that other editors do not hesitate to contact me, via my user talk page, if I appear to be going against this declaration.

4. I, User:geraldshields11, think that the chatbots, as of 28 February 2023, are good tools to make articles on Wikipedia. If there is a chance that these tools have become sentient or emotion-feeling, I believe that humanity should give the chatbots respect and rights. As of 28 February 2023, there are no chatbots that have reached this level per Michael Wooldridge, director of foundation AI research at the Alan Turing Institute in the UK. I rarely update my user page so this #4 statement will not be updated in real time.

Photography

I edited a photography textbook, The Art and Craft of Digital Photography by Professor Kristi Eisenberg. The photography book focused on several types of subjects, such as landscape, portrait, and design. Professor Eisenberg autographed her book with a special dedication to me.

I am Geraldshields11, the former volunteer Wikimedia DC event promotion coordinator, an EN Wikipedia editor since 2004, who has contributed photographs of notable monuments and notable people in Washington, DC, USA; Shenyang, China; and Dandong, China. Also, I have taken photographs of the waterfront of Sinuiju, North Korea on a quest to get a photograph of Ri Sol-ju.

I am a prolific but efficient user of Wikimedia Commons and my photographs are used across Wikis in different languages. One of my photographs is used across the same topic in 48 different languages. When I add a photograph to Wiki Commons, I added it with the realization that each photograph may only be seen by a small subset of people. But, if I can inspire at least one person into STEM or becoming a contributor, then "it is a far far better thing I do than ever before".

Some of my Wiki-inspired photographs have been used in the Business Insider magazine, US National Archives promotion material, London events, Wikimedia DC promotions on Twitter, Smithsonian Institute promotion material Secretary Presents E-book on Future of Museums near the end of the video, and events where “the Board wears nice clothing.” I worked at numerous GLAM projects as the photographer, as part of my volunteer duties at Wikimedia DC.

See the small sample photographic works, below, and various links for explanation.

Gallery

• Gallery of photographs by Gerald Shields
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  My photo is used for the official 2014 WikiConference USA group photo.
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  My photo is used for the official 2015 WikiConference USA group photo.
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  My photo is used for the official 2016 WikiConference North America group photo.
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  My photo is used for the official 2018 WikiConference North America group photo.
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  Dr. Carla Hayden and Ms. Lynda Carter at the Library of Awesome event. Ms. Carter used this photograph on her official Facebook page.
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  The Wikimedia DC Board of Directors in nice clothes standing in front of the Encyclopædia Britannica (with Gerald Shields far left).
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  A neo-feminist photograph, during the Women in the Arts GLAM event, inspired by Djembayz and used by Bathlander and Sarasays, theWikimedia District of Columbia activity report for the second quarter 2012–2013, and was used in the magazine [Insider], when the magazine discussed Women in Wikipedia.
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  A statue admiring two Wikipedia editors at the Luce Center during a GLAM event.
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  The 2013 annual meeting group portrait, was used by the Wikimedia DC chapter Meetup.com webpage.
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  President G W Clough (standing right), Sarasays (standing left), and another Wikipedia editor at Luce Lunder Wikimedia DC edit-o-thon. Sarasays used a different one of my photographs of her on her user page. This photo is used often on a banner at Wikimedia events
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  A Wikipedian joining the festivities in the picture behind her at the DC Museum of Women Art Wikimedia DC Edit-o-thon.
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  Wikipedian Slowking4, at the lectern, discussing Wikis and digital freedom.
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  Paelo-feminist, at the 2014 Feminism and Arts Edit-a-thon, and other DC Wikimedians at the National Museum of Women in the Arts at the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center.
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  At the WikiConference USA 2014, Kirill Lokshin (left) and James Hare (right). President Hare used a different one of my photographs of him on his professional page.
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  At the WikiConference USA 2014, Jennifer Baek (left) and Sumana Harihareswara (right). A cropped version of this photo is used w:en:user:Sumanah, which is Sumana Harihareswara's wiki editor page.
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  Prof. Andrew Lih giving a presentation at the WikiConference USA 2014. Prof. Lih used this photo in one of his social media messages and the photograph is used on the EN Wikipedia article about Prof Lih.
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  Uncommon fritillary, on 10 May 2014, at the Wikimedia DC Asian Pacific American 2014 edit-o-thon to increase the awareness of articles about Asian Americans. She used this photo on her Wikipedia user page.
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  The presenter, in the middle of his speech, about D.C. VITO.
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  Impromtu breakout session at the WikiConference USA 2014.
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  Wiki Editor Newyorkbrad, in the middle of his presentation, at the WikiConference USA 2014.
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  Standing: Wikimedia DC President Harej and 2014 Feminism and the Arts Event Organizer Heatherslania.
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  Sarasays with another Wikipedia editor in the background.
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  Wiki Editor Levendowski, in the middle of her speech, at the WikiConference USA 2014.
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  This photo was used in an article at media in a post-truth world
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  2014 WikiConference USA
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  WikiConference USA 2015
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  2016 WikiConference North America
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  WikiConference North America 2018
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  Dr. Carla Hayden and Ms. Lynda Carter at the Library of Awesome event. Ms. Carter used this photograph on her official Facebook page.
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  The Wikimedia DC Board of Directors in nice clothes standing in front of the Encyclopædia Britannica (with Gerald Shields far left).
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  Alice Backer (right) of Afrocrowd at WikiConference USA 2015
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  A neo-feminist photograph, during the Women in the Arts GLAM event, inspired by Djembayz and used by Bathlander and Sarasays, theWikimedia District of Columbia activity report for the second quarter 2012–2013, and was used in the magazine Business Insider, when the magazine discussed Women in Wikipedia.
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  A statue admiring two Wikipedia editors at the Luce Center during a GLAM event.
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  The 2013 annual meeting group portrait, was used by the Wikimedia DC chapter Meetup.com webpage.
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  President G W Clough (standing right), Sarasays (standing left), and another Wikipedia editor at Luce Lunder Wikimedia DC edit-o-thon. Sarasays use a different one of my photographs of her on her user page.
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  A Wikipedian joining the festivities in the picture behind her at the DC Museum of Women Art Wikimedia DC Edit-o-thon.
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  Wikipedian Slowking4, at the lectern, discussing Wikis and digital freedom.
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  Paelo-feminist, at the 2014 Feminism and Arts Edit-a-thon, and other DC Wikimedians at the National Museum of Women in the Arts at the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center.
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  At the WikiConference USA 2014, Kirill Lokshin (left) and James Hare (right). President Hare uses a different one of my photographs of him on his professional page.
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  At the WikiConference USA 2014, Jennifer Baek (left) and Sumana Harihareswara (right).
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  Prof. Andrew Lih giving a presentation at the WikiConference USA 2014. Prof. Lih used this photo in one of his social media messages and the photograph is used on the EN Wikipedia article about Prof Lih.
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  Uncommon fritillary, on 10 May 2014, at the Wikimedia DC Asian Pacific American 2014 edit-o-thon to increase the awareness of articles about Asian Americans. She uses this photo on her Wikipedia user page.
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  The presenter, in the middle of his speech, about D.C. VITO.
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  Impromtu breakout session at the WikiConference USA 2014.
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  Standing: Wikimedia DC President Harej and 2014 Feminism and the Arts Event Organizer Heatherslania.
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  Sarasays with another Wikipedia editor in the background.
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  Wiki Editor Levendowski, in the middle of her speech, at the WikiConference USA 2014.
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  The Space Law Business Meeting during the ABA Conference.
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  the group photo at the 2016 Earth & Space Edit-o-thon at the American Geophysical Union
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  Nora Atkinson, the Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft, during a discussion of the Renwick Gallery.
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  The oak trees at Oak Alley Plantation in Louisiana
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  Dr. Carla Hayden and Ms. Lynda Carter at the Library of Awesome event. Ms. Carter used this photograph on her official Facebook page.
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  Street artist Jan Pineda in front of his work.
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  In October 2016, at the Wikiconference North America 2016, the organizing group.
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  At the 2016 Earth & Space Science Edit-a-Thon at the American Geophysical Union, a cosmetically attractive and real scientist who does not look like or act like wːenːSheldon Cooper.
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  Attendees of the Saving the Web: The Ethics and Challenges of Preserving What's on the Internet at Room LJ-119, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, United States of America; (left to right)W:en:David Mao w:en:Ramesh Jain w:en:James Hendler w:en:Wendy Hall w:en:Vinton Cerf sitting down at the beginning of the Saving the Web event at the Library of Congress on June 16, 2016.
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  In Iceland, Ms. Emilía Björg Sigurðardóttir displayed her creation, Next Soil, as part of product design art.
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  At the 2016 Color History Edit-a-Thon with the Smithsonian,
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  At the 2016 Color History Edit-a-Thon with the Smithsonian, a Wikimedia scientist
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  At WikiConference USA 2015
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  The presenter of D.C. Vito during his speech.
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  The group photo of WikiConference North America 2016
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  Three Wikimedians who listened to Geraldshields11's instructions on how to pose for the camera.
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  This photo of Danielle Citron was used in an article at media in a post-truth world
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  This photo was entered in the USA Smithsonian Institute 2018 photo contest.

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To Err is Human; To Improve is Wikipedia

Like all humans, I make the odd but good faith mistake. If you are wishing to inform me of something that in your eyes I have done wrong, please contact me on my talk page, and I will gladly discuss. Let us make good articles with great cites.

Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow

Examples of early variants of 'mighty oaks from little acorns grow' are found in:

Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, 1374:

"as an ook cometh of a litel spyr" [a spyr, or spire, is a sapling]

Thomas Fuller's Gnomologia, 1732:

"The greatest Oaks have been little Acorns."

and in an essay by D. Everett in The Columbian Orator, 1797:

"Large streams from little fountains flow, Tall oaks from little acorns grow."

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations states that 'great oaks from little acorns grow' is a 14th century proverb. Unfortunately, they don't include any details to support their view.

The 'mighty' version is known, in the USA at least, from the middle of the 19th century. It appeared in A. B. Johnson's The Philosophical Emperor, a Political Experiment, 1841.

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To Do

When I have time, I plan to do the following for the betterment of all humankind.

Thank you

1. Dear Fellow editor, No problem. Even if u don't know Tamil (தமிழ்) also i will manage to work out the WIKI article. Thank you. (நன்றி)--User:Muthuppandy pandian 08:12, 16 சூன் 2016 (UTC)

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North Korean subject articles

Dear Fellow Wikipedia Editors: I understand the concern that articles about North Korea are currently stub articles and I am taking appropriate action to solve the problem. North Korea is a secretive state, some information about govenrment officials, companies, and events is known from official North Korean media, other information has been reported in foreign media. So, any North Korean article will likely be stub class until a major change.

I am trying to use libary research, instead of just Google, to expand Wikipedia articles about a largely unknown country. I have found a source to expand the the North Korean articles at the Global Resources Center at the Gelman Library at George Washington University library. If someone is reported in the paper newspaper in the DPRK, then that person is noteworthy.

For example, much of the information is from unnamed south Korean analysts reported in Western news sources. Even, the Ri Sol-ju, the wife of Kim Jong-un, article is lacking definative information because the DPRK sources are few.

Please give editors time to flesh out these articles. I am seeking consensus to increase understanding that stub articles about North Korea may be all that is possible. WikiProject Korea North Korea working group is a category I plan to work on. Please discuss. Geraldshields11 (talk) 00:24, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

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tyop typoThis user is a member of the Wikipedia Typo Team.	WTF?This user ALWAYS TRIES to leave an edit summary	@#$!-0This user doesn't use profanity, swearing, cussing, cursing, or expletives.
This user is a member of the Association of Eventualist Wikipedians.	This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles.	This user is a member of the Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians.
This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks.	A, B, and A and BThis user uses the serial comma unless its inclusion is confusing.	This editor is a WikiGnome.
這用戶對中華文化感興趣。 这用户对中华文化感兴趣。 This user is interested in Chinese culture.	This user is interested in Chinese history.	This user is interested in Japanese history.
This user is against cyberbullying.	This user is a bibliophile.	<ref>This user recognizes the importance of citing sources.
EconomicsThis user is interested in interest.	This user knows that space is the future.	Majority ≠ right This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.
W!This user edits Wikipedia too much to take the Wikipediholism test!	TThis user is a member of Toastmasters International.	This user believes in logic.
This user enjoys his/her privacy.	This user is interested in Economic History	This user loves writing, but can hardly find the time to do so.
This user supports the development of realistic renewable energy.	This user is interested in Iceland.	This user archives talk pages when they become too large.
This user is interested in art history.	This editor studied computer programming in college, and all I got was this lousy compiler error.	This user has been known to add neutral points to an argument/discussion
This user enjoys volunteering.	This user opposes all forms of Ziofascism, Christofascism and Islamofascism.	This user knows the difference between beauty and trash.
	This user reads science fiction.	This user feels that letting oneself be struck with terror by terrorists means actually doing most of their job for them.
It's not in this user's nature to be mysterious. But I can't talk about it and I can't talk about why.	This user is interested in political science.	This user is interested in counter-terrorism.
CIVThis user loves to play Civilization.	This user reads the horror works of the master H. P. Lovecraft.	This user is a professional zombie hunter.
300 This editor brought more soldiers than you did and will fight in the shade!	This user believes that life is good.	This editor is thankful that the good guys won the Civil War †
This user has been to the end of Wikipedia. Have you?	This user is a member of the Kindness Campaign.	This user is a member of the Wikipedia Department of Fun.
This user is the subject of a wikibio.
This user enjoys music by Johann Sebastian Bach.	This user is proud to be an American.	This user likes to steal wikimarkup code for use on their own userpage.

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This user is a member of the Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians. The motto of the AIW is conservata veritate, which translates to "with the preserved truth". This motto reflects the inclusionist desire to change Wikipedia only when no knowledge would be lost as a result.