User:Modemx

A former professor of history and literature, especially topics Post WWII through the Cold War, and expert on the works of William S. Burroughs.

I care about seeing accurate and scholarly information about figures of importance to the history of literature. I avoid editing pages where I feel I am an expert, because not only do I know I would turn it into a part-time job, but I do not wish to become known as the troll of any author's wiki-existence. I hate Wikipedia contributors who document their claims with quotes out of non-existent academic journals. That being said, I can forgive those who don't understand that some journals are so poorly respected, it would have been better to just have made something up.

"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway" (Vint Cerf, Computer Networks, 4th ed., p. 91).

"Just as one should not overestimate the value of information on the Internet, one should not underestimate the value of an inter-library loan." (Me)