Kaischwartz has been a part of the Wikipedian community since 2006.03.05.17:10. After I understood what Wikipedia is and what it strives for, I was an instant and enthusiastic, but rather passive 'user', i.e. I looked stuff up. Then I became interested in Wikipedia, as a 'translator/editor', for its potential as a tool/medium in teaching translation and opened this account. Since then both my interest and involvement here have grown beyond this: I look stuff up, translate in several directions, (copy-) edit articles, clean up grammar, vocabulary, vandalism, etc. This is my account in the German language Wikipedia.

Background

Now living in Southern Germany. Originally from Southern USA.

Completely and natively/near-natively fluent in English and German. Moderately, but somewhat rustily, fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. Some major dabbling with other languages such as Russian, Japanese, French, and Dutch. Some minor dabbling with still others like Czech, Vietnamese, Swahili, ASL, Esparanto, Greek, Hebrew, and Latin. Years of experience learning, teaching, translating and coordinating languages. And, of course, years of struggling with, living in, and loving multicultural contexts. Countries I've lived in: USA, Spain, Germany, and Taiwan. Some countries or places I've been to a few times or for more than just a few weeks AND have liked and/or have learned something important from: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam, 'Czechoslovakia' (Prague, Czech Republic), 'GDR', Italy, Switzerland, France, England. I was just recently (June 2007) in Istanbul, Turkey. Before I die I would love to go to India and parts of Africa. If there's still time left, I'd also like to see New Zealand, parts of South America, and return to Southeast and East Asia.

Some interests, some experience, some knowledge, some curiosity - (This list is by no means exhaustive. If you know me, feel free to add to it. I know I will as I go along) ::: Heart Sutra, Elfriede Jelinek, Queer studies, Kabbalah, 中国, RAF, QAF, Absolutely Fabulous, Utopia, Diamanda Galas, Mars Express, Southern Baptist Convention, Star Trek, Marxism, Quantum mechanics, Linguistics, Sumer, Majiang, Vipassana, Red Tory, Stevia, Zen, Yoga, Science fiction, Yamnaya, Hebrew.

List of links

German-English dictionary ::: http://dict.leo.org/

English dictionaries ::: http://dictionary.reference.com/

Languages of the world ::: http://www.free-dictionary-translation.com/

Gutenberg Project ::: http://www.gutenberg.org/

English Etymology ::: http://www.etymonline.com/

German Etymology ::: http://www.etymologie.info/

Chinese Language ::: http://www.zhongwen.com/

World Wide Words ::: http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm

U.S. Congress ::: http://www.congresslink.org/index.htm

University of Freiburg ::: http://www.uni-freiburg.de/

Bible Gateway ::: http://www.biblegateway.com/

World Pantheism ::: http://www.pantheism.net/index.htm

Marxist Archive ::: http://www.marxists.org/index.htm

Village Voice ::: http://www.villagevoice.com/

Ad Busters ::: http://www.adbusters.org/home/

die tageszeitung ::: http://www.taz.de/

Neue Zürcher ::: http://www.nzz.ch/index.html

Deutsche Grammatik ::: http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar.html

Steunpunt Nederlands ::: http://www.snvt.org/

Unicode ::: http://www.unicode.org/

Hatemi 1 ::: http://www.koprudergisi.com/index.asp?Bolum=Editorial

Zenith ::: http://www.zenithonline.de/zenith/index2.html

World Maps ::: http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/

Music ::: http://www.epitonic.com/radio.jsp

ICC 1 ::: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/interculture/deliver8.htm

eLearning 1 ::: http://www.petersheim.de/node/22

eLearning 2 ::: http://www.dokeos.com/

German Texans ::: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Settlement

Fahrenheit to Celsius converter ::: http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm

Idea for NZ wikis ::: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumboot_Day

Edit counter ::: http://toolserver.org/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate

Greek & Latin roots ::: Greek and Latin roots in English

German Dictionary ::: woerterbuch-uebersetzung.de

Wikipedia Reference Desk ::: Wikipedia:Reference_desk

Projects - past and present

• Public-Professional

Some ideas for the next event:

Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Yeniche (people), Karl Herxheimer (Dt), Otto Krayer (Dt) - both taken from "Notable alumni" of Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, ...

See also: Wikipedia:Most wanted articles

• Private-Personal

"phatic communion" - Malinovski

LAVER, J. (1975) "Communicative functions of phatic communion", en Organization of behavior in face-to-face interaction, Mouton, La Haya, pp. 215-238.

MALINOVSKI, Bronislav (1964): "El problema del significado en las lenguas primitivas", en C.K. Ogden e I.A. Richards (eds.), El significado del significado, Paidós, Buenos Aires, pp. 312-360 (2š edic.).

(Source: http://www.wikilearning.com/bibliografia-wkccp-17078-8.htm)

Userboxes

Userboxes are a bit silly but also a bit fun. I include a few here mostly as a way of learning how to use them - or rather how to use code to make them do what I want them to do.

Here's where I read up on them: Wikipedia:Userboxes

My Userboxes This user is a Citizen of the World ( Terra, ⊕). This user is interested in issues related to religious pluralism. STAR TREK Kaischwartz is a fan of Star Trek: The Original Series. TOS TEFL This user is or was a teacher of English as a foreign language. This user is an academic. This user has never left the Northern Hemisphere. This user has been a member of Wikipedia since 2006.03.05. This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 1 month and 26 days. This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox. This user supports Amnesty International. incl This user is an inclusionist. This user likes "Trivia" and "In popular culture" information, and supports their inclusion. no ads This user is against advertisements on Wikipedia. This user lives in the European Union.

All around the world

I am still in the process of updating this table and adapting it to my particular circumstances! For copyright, see below.