erik.polyak can describe himself here.
Comments
2010-06-24 19:09:32 Erik, thanks for all the great political updates, and a warm welcome to the wiki! —TomGarberson
2010-06-26 12:32:17 Great updates and images, Erik! —ScottMeehleib
2010-06-28 11:59:30 Thanks for making pages here!
A note: copying / pasting text from other websites, like the city website, is a bad idea. It's fine to use material from Davis Wiki. It's potentially a copyright violation in the city website case, though (though I haven't checked!)
In general, though, copying large blocks of text doesn't help — you could just as easily link to the page. It also hurts search rankings of wiki pages — if the search engine detects material as having been copied, it's ranked poorly.
I'd definitely recommend linking to pages rather than copying / pasting, and spending a few minutes writing re-written summaries of individuals — even if they are more incomplete. —PhilipNeustrom
