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Marúaweka! (Greetings!)

Phaedriel, born Sharon K., will be your hostess while you visit this excuse of a user page. Please make yourself comfortable, and while you look around, allow me to quote the memorable words of Dr. Hannibal Lecter as reminder of the conduct I expect my visitors to observe: Discourtesy is - unspeakably ugly to me. Like my beloved grandpa once told me, a grain of kindness is all it takes to turn thorns into flowers.

I was born somewhere in the late 1970s, with a mixed descent composing of a quarter Finnish, a quarter Irish and half Comanche. After a quiet and lovely childhood spent at a sleepy, yet beautiful town where my folks still live, I moved to the most wonderful city in the United States, where I currently live and work.

Before you ask me, like many people do every now and then - yes, I do have a Comanche name. But please, even if you're curious, I'd prefer not to be requested to say it. Some things, especially very intimate ones, are better left unsaid. Thank you so much for understanding, my friends!

Wikipedia and my interests

I am a Wikipedia Administrator, which basically means I'm here to help you in any possible way I can. So, if you came here looking for assistance, you're not going to get shy on me now, are you? Please, give me a call and I'll do my very best, I promise.

In September '07, I also became an administrator at Simple English Wikipedia. If you haven't yet, I encourage you to visit the place, and make a contribution or two if you have some time to spare. It's a beautiful project with plenty of future, and a small, hard working community. Your help would be most appreciated. Thank you!

I discovered Wikipedia by accident when searching for information about Quanah Parker back in September '05, but although I kept coming every now and then, it wasn't until December that I got caught in the Wiki-web. I registered on Wednesday 7th, and made my first edit here. At first, my intention was simply to write an article about the Peoria War; but then I felt like writing another, and then another, and then... At this point, I experienced the evolution most of us here go through at some point of our wiki-career, and Wikipedia became a part of me for good.

Languages and History play a very important role in my life, and if I could pass my time learning every language known to men, I certainly would. My ancestry also compels me to research and write about the Comanche and other Native American tribes and the Indian Wars, along with many other related topics. I founded the WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America and created the Indigenous peoples of North America Portal, which became Featured in August '06. There's so much information to upkeep and update, so many great pictures to classify and upload, so many beautiful cultural manifestations to write about, that I've engaged myself in a life-time task... and I love it!

A few short facts about yours truly

  • Sometimes it may take me long to reply to you, but I invariably will try. If a few days pass without reply, please forgive me - I'll get back to you as soon as I possibly can, I swear!
  • If I can, I'll do my best to help you, and all messages and emails requesting my help, no matter what, have my absolute priority when replying.
  • I have always believed in Wikilove, and in the fact that just a drop of kindness can make a difference. Times may change, people may come and go, policies may evolve, but the one absolute truth that remains is that making a fellow editor feel appreciated can and will help our project. That's a belief I will defend as long as my heart beats, with every fiber of my wiki-being.

In need of a new userpage design?

Hey! Even Jimbo uses my design now! :)

I take great pleasure in helping other users in need, and I simply love to design Wiki pages. So please, if you want me to lend you a hand with your own user page, just give me a call and I'll see what I can do. Results not guaranteed!
It will typically take me a few days to fulfill your request, in strict "first ask, first serve" order. Just let me know if you really, really want me to stick my hands into yours!

Some of the userpages I've designed

Status: NOT taking up requests until I clear the following (if I've agreed to make yours and haven't added it here for a couple of days, please remind me!)

Current active requests: Anecdote, Laleena, Jonathan, PrestonH, Skeeker, SarekOfVulcan, Angel David, Freechild

Spot #1 on my favorite vandal list

I have lost count of the times this page has been vandalized, but there's always some vandal who, rather than offending, manages to make me smile. So here it is: the ever coveted first place goes to this gentleman *applause*. Brief list of devoted impersonators and the like: [1] [2] [3] [4]. And the ultimate tribute! :)

Today is Newyorkbrad's day!

O weep not, love! each tear that springs
In those dear eyes of thine,
To me a keener suffering brings
Than if they flowed from mine.
And do not droop! however drear
The fate awaiting thee.
For my sake, combat pain and care,
And cherish life for me!

I do not fear thy love will fail,
Thy faith is true I know;
But O! my love! thy strength is frail
For such a life of woe.

Were't not for this, I well could trace
(Though banished long from thee)
Life's rugged path, and boldly face
The storms that threaten me.

Fear not for me -­ I've steeled my mind
Sorrow and strife to greet,
Joy with my love I leave behind,
Care with my friends I meet.

Anne Brontë

Happy Day, Brad!

Purge this page

See previous Today's Wikipedians

Do you wish to suggest someone?
Please do it here - thank you!

Walk tall as the trees,
live strong as the mountains,
be gentle as the spring winds,
keep the warmth of
the summer sun in your heart,
and the Great Spirit will always be with you.

Native American saying

The purpose of this Soundtrack of Wikipedians is to try and provide a collection of those songs that you, the people with whom I spend big part of my time, listen and enjoy. I believe that one learns a great deal about a person, and can also understand his/her character and ideas better, if one gets to know "their" music.

It'd be very nice if as many Wikipedians as possible could find this space and gift us all their all-time favorites, those songs that define their mood and character, those that make them daydream or feel better, those that bring them dear memories... or simply that music that they really like! And of course, anyone can change their selection at any time since we all evolve from day to day, and our music with us.

Aaron Brenneman - Last edit on February 27, 2007. Vanished after that. Emailed him, but no reply yet. Bright like few others and always quick with a sharp joke, Aaron is truly unique. I'd give anything to hear him call me "chika" again.

Sango123 - Last edit on October 1, 2006. Has not replied the tons of emails we've sent her. The perfect wikipedian, the perfect friend. We all miss her deeply, and all of us remain concerned about her.

The Halo - Retired on May 1, 2007 for reasons he shared with me, and I don't blame him. I have no words to express how much I miss him here, but I know he'll always be there for me.

Sergeant Snopake - Retired on September 29, 2006, and made a few edits on December. Left for reasons that are known too well. A wonderful editor and one the shiniest souls I've met.

Banes - Barely active during the later months of 2006, no edits since November 17. Retired from the project. One of my first wiki friends ever, always cheerful, helpful and kind.

Francs2000 - Last edit on July 15, 2006. Decided to move on. Graham is one those persons you can't help but to admire and respect wholeheartedly, even when you disagree with him.

Jaxl - Disappeared on December 2006, in disgrunt, for reasons I still don't know. I should have been there to try and help him with whatever was tormenting him.

Latinus - Vanished on March 2006. Until today, I have no clue what happened, nor what made him choose to move on. One of the first people to ever notice I existed, and I may well say he turned me into a Wikipedian.

Elaragirl - Last edit on April 11, 2007. In her own way, she worked hard to improve Wikipedia. A series of tragedies and other personal hardships, combined with mounting online frustrations, led to her departure. Her presence is sorely missed by many.

  • It is being called "Pocahontas" by patronizing non-Indians.
  • It is living on borrowed time after your 44th birthday.
  • It is feeding anyone and everyone who comes to your door with whatever you have.
  • It is feeling the stares of all the whites in any public place you walk into.
  • It is knowing the Great Spirit.
  • It is having a Christian missionary tell you it is wrong to believe in more than one Divine Being, then listen to him tell you about God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, St. Patrick, St. Christopher, St. Francis, etc.
  • It is feeling that Little Bear, Prays-for-All, Big Heart are more beautiful names than Jones, Smith or Brown.
  • It is observing children of your tribe watching a western movie and cheer for the cowboys.
  • It is graduating from a government Bureau of Indian Affairs school and not being able to read a 6th grade English book from your white friend's urban school.
  • It is never making quick evaluations of people, but reserving judgment until their actions show what kind of people they really are.
  • It is never giving up the struggle for survival.
  • It is not only being proud of who you were born from, but mindful of how you conduct yourself in the world.
  • It is having your friends and relatives accuse you of being a traitoress if you seek an education, earn more than $7,000 a year, wear a nice dress, buy yourself a perfume, drive a car less than three years old, and live in a three bedroom home.
  • It is listening to your well-intentioned white brother try to tell you about your native spirituality.
  • It is hearing from non-Indians how rotten the government has treated Indians, but still voting them back into office.
  • It is listening to people tell you about their grandmother or great grandmother that was a real Cherokee Indian Princess.
  • It is being greeted by non-Indians with pseudo names from real ancestors of your tribe.
  • It is being told that Columbus discovered America from his ship, when we were watching him from the shore.
  • It is watching your elders boast of Indian pride and leadership, between swigs of liquor from a half-empty bottle.
  • It is seeing others forget the true meaning of Thanksgiving.
  • It is living in two worlds.
  • It is being human, with human thoughts and feelings like your non-Indian brothers and sisters.
  • It is holding on to a piece of paper treaty that was signed, but never honored.
  • It is seeing elders die and the language & customs with them.
  • It is seeing Mother Earth destroyed by those who don't know Her.
  • It is having the government treat you like a prisoner of war.
  • It is sad,
  • It is hard,
  • It is crying,
  • It is laughing,
  •   Forever!


    An excerpt, slightly modified by myself, of Rick Kerchee Powelson's excellent website. I hope you read this, Rick - you're wonderful!

    Since I joined Wikipedia a couple of months ago, I must tell that never, ever, I've felt diminished nor discriminated in any way by another user; yet I know that it is in my personality to choose dialogue and a friendly approach, and that's simply not the way we're all made - it's in our human nature to be different from each other, and that makes none of us any better than the other. However, I did see, and continue to witness almost everyday, the misjudgments, the unfairness, the elitism, the hurting irony that comes from the mouths of brilliant people towards their peers - or worse, against the newcomers who try in good faith to be heard. I have no intention to judge any members of our community - reprehensible as it is, fighting fire with fire is a natural human instinct, and nobody's free of sin. And that's where we all have the chance to make a small, yet decisive difference: Love - or in our case, Wikilove. Just a little bit of it can make a valuable contributor, a great person, a knowledgeable editor reconsider his/her decision of leaving for good after an edit war or a failed RfA. Just 30 seconds of translating that smile and that hug that you wish you could give in person into a simple edit, can make a big change... in the quality of our encyclopedia.

    Just an hour ago, I received an email from somebody who basically told me to shove my attempt of cheering him up in a dark and moist place of my anatomy... on St. Valentine's day... the irony! I feel discouraged - how could I possibly feel otherwise? Wouldn't you? Wouldn't you simply want to dismiss any future attempts of sending a kind word, or a smile to someone who's obviously down? That's exactly how I feel now - but I won't do such a thing. I may be down, but I'm not dead - and my heart's alive and well, and I won't let it bleed for long. I do not take the Internet so seriously as to make me cry, so whatever this gentleman's intentions were, I'm sorry - he failed. But as long as I'm a member of Wikipedia, I will believe in Wikilove; and as long as my heart beats, I will continue to believe in Love. Now that, I do take seriously. And no member of our community, no matter how respected he is, will ever dissuade me... because I want to believe that Wikipedia can be a place for happy people. Sharon - Feb. 14, 2006

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