User:Epingchris

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I am Shihchuan (石川 in

Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, France, after graduating from National Taiwan University in Taipei, majoring in biology
.

I seldom make major contribution, however I try my best to continue improving Wikipedia. Be welcome to leave any comments, suggestions and criticisms that you wish to let me know on my talk page!

Attitudes

I try to pick out and correct spelling, punctuation or grammar errors whenever I spot them. I am not yet completely familiar with the methods of citing sources, but I'm learning, and I so please forgive me for any mistakes I make along the way and don't hesitate to put up all those little "citation needed" tag if my edits seem dubious. I myself will also help maintaining the quality of the articles by adding various tags.

I prefer

SI
) to other ways of transcription systems and measuring quantities.

I support

conspiracy theories
.

Particular Fields of Interest

Science

My main interest in science is in the field of biology, an interest that started in high school. I continued my study in biology in university. I am especially interested in the fields of ecology and evolutionary biology. I hold certain interests in other fields of science as well, such as astronomy, chemistry, physics, geology and cognitive science.

Language and Linguistics

I have a keen interest in various fields of linguistics: I have primarily edited articles about phonology, but syntax, writing systems, etymology, semantics, applied linguistics, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics are also my interest.

I also enjoy learning foreign languages. In addition to the languages that I've already started studying as indicated by the Userbox, I would next like to learn

Cantonese, Polish|, [[Czech language|Czech]...the list goes on. I am deeply interested in constructed languages
as well.

Prescriptivism?

I'm not necessarily overly critical of "mistakes" one make in their native language. It's something everyone, including me, does at times, and I'm also of the belief that language is constantly

dangling preposition, conjunctions that start a sentence, non-nominative who, should be tolerated and even accepted instead of being condemned by archaic, artificial "rules". If any, these mostly have to do with style
rather than "accuracy", "logical", "clarity". Nevertheless, I maintain a clear distinction between than and then, its and it's, etc.: I do not think it is unimportant to be careful about grammar, punctuation and such, it's just that I believe we should lend more respect to common, conventional language usages.

Hobbies

Music

I am an music aficionado - more precisely, a music

dancing
in my own style, not claiming at all to be a professional.

Reading and Writing

I like reading a lot, including fiction and non-fiction. I enjoy contemporary literature, French literature and some ancient Chinese literature: I enjoy especially poetry and fictions. My favorite writers include Jostein Gaarder, Haruki Murakami (村上春樹), Patrick Süskind, Milan Kundera, Octavio Paz, Walt Whitman, Rabindranath Tagore, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Xi Murong (席慕蓉).

Traveling

I have lived in the United States for one year, residing in Bloomington, Indiana, and during that year I have traveled to some major cities such as Chicago, Atlanta, New York City, Washington, D.C., St. Louis, and states such as Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona, with my family.

I have lived in

the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland
.

I have participated in an international competition in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and afterwards I visited several national parks in the Canadian Rockies, as well as Victoria, British Columbia. I have also traveled to Bali, Singapore, and Japan. (Kansai region and Kyushu)

I love to travel, encounter different people, and experience different ways of living and culture. I have yet to make any significant edits on subjects of world geography, but I am inclined to edit pages related to Taiwan, because as a Taiwan native, I have a lot of hands-on experience on this topic and access to many necessary information. Of course, I will try to obey the NPOV rules as much as possible when editing some sensitive subjects.

Others

My favorite sports include table tennis, hiking, badminton, cycling and swimming. I am interested in trying triathlon or scuba diving in the future.

I enjoy card games such as

Big Two, Bridge, and Uno. I also enjoy photography
.

Copy and Paste

Stub-sorting. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|You can help!]]

Templates
:

  • {{unreferenced}} - for unreferenced pages
  • {{refimprove}} - for pages that have citations but not sufficient or adequate enough
  • {{disputed}} - for factually disputed pages
  • {{disputed-section}} - for factually disputed sections
  • {{POV}} - for neutrality disputed pages
  • {{cleanup}} - for articles that are somewhat messy
  • {{Expand}} - for articles that are too short
  • {{Expand-section}} - for sections that are too short
  • {{fact}} {{citation needed}}- for statements that need citations

Special characters in hanyu pinyin:

  • Ǖ ǖ Ǘ ǘ Ǚ ǚ Ǜ ǜ

IPA vowels and tone symbols:

  • ɑ ɒ / a ɶ
  • ɐ / æ
  • ʌ ɔ / ɜ ɞ / ɝ / ɛ œ
  • ə / ɚ
  • ɤ o / ɘ ɵ / e ø
  • ʊ / ɪ ʏ
  • ɯ u / ɨ ʉ / i y
  • ː / ˈ
  • ˥ / ˧˥ / ˨˩˦ / ˥˩

IPA consonants:

  • Bilabials: p b / φ β / ʙ / ʍ w
  • Labiodentals: f v / ɱ / ʋ
  • Dentals: t d / θ ð / ʃ ʒ / ɕ / ɾ / ɹ / ɬ ɮ / ɺ / l ɫ
  • Retroflexes: ʈ ɖ / ʂ ʐ / ɳ / ɽ / ɻ / ɬ̢ / ɭ
  • Palatals: c ɟ / ç ʝ / ɲ / j / ʎ
  • Velars: k g / x ɣ / ŋ / ɰ / ʟ
  • Uvulars: q ɢ / χ ʁ / ɴ / ʀ
  • Laryngeals / pharyngeals: ħ ʕ / ʡ / ʜ ʢ / ʔ / h ɦ

To Do List

Pages I Started

Interesting Pages

Interesting Projects

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