User:Abd

Thought

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." -- Theodore Roosevelt

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Commitments

This Wikiversity editor in their contributing to scholarly works, agrees to strong scholarly ethics. In particular this Wikiversity editor:

• Is committed to presenting a balanced, objective, accurate, and informative account of all relevant scholarly evidence, facts, analysis, and ideas within all scholarly topics of study in the interest of full disclosure and honesty.
• Does not condone illegal, deceptive, or otherwise unethical practices in their own contributions or in others'.
• May for research purposes contribute outside of the restrictions of NPOV.
• Will respond to all questions about the ethical caliber of their contributions on their talk page.

Disclosures

I have been topic-banned on en.wikipedia, on the topic of Cold fusion, due to alleged tendentious editing. As this matter was before ArbComm, I realized that there was a business opportunity in the field, providing materials and designs for wide replication of a widely-publicized experiment (original paper) that showed the production of energetic neutrons at very low levels from cold fusion cells of a certain type, and so I began to develop an inexpensive experimental design, and am already offering the raw materials for sale at lomaxdesign.com/coldfusion. While I am committed to neutrality, this activity obviously creates a conflict of interest, which should be noted.

Probationary custodianship

I was a probationary custodian on Wikiversity.

You may see my logs from the Toolbox. However, that includes moves, which don't require admin tools. Here are some other logs and a history for review:

• block log
• deletion log
• protection log
• edits under protection, spam blacklist (3 most recent edits to the blacklist)