Those who understand
binary, but not ternary
Those who understand
ternary, but not binary
Those who understand both
And those who doesn’t understand either.
Although this user acknowledges the logical fallacy
ad populum, they do not think that it applies to human language, and recognise that the majority determines grammatical "right" and "wrong".
couldn't've
This user believes that couldn't've would make a perfectly fine word.
Thi's user know's that not every word that end's with
s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.
This user knows that "there's" with a plural subject is a pervasive grammatical error. There'sThere are too many people making this mistake. Don't be one of them.
Hi! I'm HydroLance and I'm trying to become more involved in Wikipedia! I made this account only recently, but I've been on this site as a reader for as long as I can remember. I've always loved the Free Encyclopedia's scope and purpose, and while I've mostly made minor,
gnomish edits, I plan to contribute in other ways once I'm more experienced.
I live in
Wisconsin (in the
United States), my interests include history, science, and language, and I often come to Wikipedia to get lost in a
rabbit hole, improving things along the way.
My name
Peppermint is the best! Both the plant and the candy are some of my favorite things, so I often go by "Pepperminty" on more casual sites, like online browser games. I switched up the mint type when it fit the theme (such as "Spearminty" for war games) and decided to do the same for less casual sites by obfuscating it slightly. Peppermint is a hybrid, a cross between
watermint and
spearmint; thus, "
water-
spear". Change them to synonyms, and you come up with "HydroLance".
Interests
under construction]
I enjoy reading and editing articles about subjects across Wikipedia, but I have a few particular interests. They're also in the userboxes, if you prefer.
Copyediting
I'm pretty new at editing here, so this is most of what I do anyway, but I do quite like fixing things like comma splices and unwieldy sentences. I joined the
Guild of Copyeditors on the 13th of September.
History
=== I love learning about the past, and how events decades, centuries, and even millennia ago affect us today. I enjoy all history, but here are some events I like reading about most:
The
Napoleonic Era.
Napoleon was the greatest tactical general of all time, and his spreading of
nationalism and
liberalism, combined with the
Concert of Europe that followed, truly brought the continent into its modern era. Its aftermath included...
World War II. Every part of it, from new technology to the rise of fascism, made the war the deadliest in human history, without compare. It saw the coming together of the vast majority of the world in total war to stop some of the greates evil it had ever seen. Its aftermath included...
The
Cold War. The first great war waged without direct conflict (since
MAD ensured everyone involved would regret it) between 2
superpowers willing to do anything to stop the other and protect and expand its own ideology and influence. Its aftermath included...