Hello! I'm
Deyyaz, otherwise known as
Tom Vickery. I made my first Wikipedia contribution on
May 7,
2005 and have been active on and off ever since. It must be noted that the vast majority of my first 1,500 edits can be considered questionable at best. Originally I was enthusiastic about contributing and evidently thought WP policies were suggestions and not rules. So, after an extended hiatus, I am back in a more modest and rule-conscious form. My interests have evolved extensively since my initial edits and now encompass the
History and
Philosophy of Science,
political science in all of its' incarnations (
Public policy to
Political Theory),
Intellectual history, and
linguistics. I still have an active interest in the
American Civil War (especially
Joshua Chamberlain and the
20th Maine Regiment),
Speculative literature, and the history of
academia. I find the interplay between unrecognized fields such as
cryptozoology and
parapsychology and the established scientific community fascinating, and therefore I am also interested in fringe academics and scholars. I am a member of the
Science and Academia Work Group, and am focusing on contributing biographies of scholars both deceased and living. I can personally vouch for the identity of
Shardsofmetal.