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Just got my MA in [[philosophy]] from [[Heythrop College]], [[University of London]] (also got a BA in philosophy, religion and ethics from the same college). In my spare time, I'm involved with developing software (mostly in [[Ruby programming language|Ruby]] and now [[Scala (programming language)|Scala]] - see [http://tommorris.org/wiki/Scala_for_Hackers Scala for Hackers]) to help make the [[Semantic Web]] a reality. My personal site is [http://tommorris.org/ tommorris.org].
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I'm a freelance and hobbyist programmer ([[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] and [[Scala (programming language)|Scala]]), have an MA in philosophy from [[Heythrop College]], [[University of London]], help run [[BarCamp]]s. I'm a [[vegetarian]], like [[soul music]], [[UNIX]], am an [[atheism|atheist]], like to think about [[metaphysics]] and [[epistemology]], am a recovering libertarian who has turned back to being a political lefty.


If you enjoy my contributions to Citizendium (or any other site), please feel free to [https://tipit.to/Citizendium_Tom_Morris leave me a tip].
My personal site is [http://tommorris.org/ tommorris.org]. I'm also on [http://twitter.com/tommorris Twitter] and put my code up on [http://github.com/tommorris Github]. I have a [http://blog.tommorris.org blog].


== Policy and Admin Stuff ==
== Policy and Admin Stuff ==
* I stood for election to both the Editorial and Management Councils in the autumn of 2010. I was elected to the Editorial Council. I have since [http://blog.tommorris.org/post/1629958884/citizendium-editorial-council-resignation-statement resigned].
* I think the most important thing for Citizendium is producing more pages. I have a page called [[User:Tom Morris/Getting to 100,000|Getting to 100,000]] to help us plan how to push to hit 100,000 articles.
* I run the [http://twitter.com/cz_newdrafts @cz_newdrafts] bot. If you are an active Twitter user and want your new drafts to be linked to your Twitter account (or want to ''stop'' doing so after having agreed to in the past), please leave a note on my [[User talk:Tom Morris|user talk page]]. [http://gist.github.com/524820 Source code]. [[User:Tom Morris/Newdrafts Consent|Newdrafts Consent]]
* I would like to organise Research Days - see [[User:Tom Morris/London Research Day]]
* I would like to organise Research Days - see [[User:Tom Morris/London Research Day]]
* I have been drafting a [[User:Tom Morris/Draft Style Guide]]
* I have been drafting a [[User:Tom Morris/Draft Style Guide]]
* Regarding [[CZ:Charter drafting]], I am reviewing it at [[User:Tom Morris/Charter Draft]]
* [[User:Tom Morris/Getting to 100,000]]
* I run the [http://twitter.com/cz_newdrafts @cz_newdrafts] bot. If you are an active Twitter user and want your new drafts to be linked to your Twitter account (or want to ''stop'' doing so after having agreed to in the past), please leave a note on my [[User talk:Tom Morris|user talk page]]. [http://gist.github.com/524820 Source code]. [[User:Tom Morris/Newdrafts Consent|Newdrafts Consent]]
* [[User:Tom Morris/Notes|Notes]]
* [[User:Tom Morris/Notes|Notes]]
* [[User:Tom Morris/Draft Article Guidelines|Draft Article Guidelines]]


== Current Page List ==
== Current Page List ==
See [[User:Tom Morris/Archive Page List]] for stuff I've worked on in the past.
See [[User:Tom Morris/Archive Page List]] for stuff I've worked on in the past.
{{r|Heathrow Airport}}
{{r|Timothy Geithner}}
{{r|Rick Warren}}
{{r|Elizabeth Alexander}}
{{r|Society of Christian Philosophers}}
{{r|William Alston}}
{{r|Redmine}}
{{r|Sense About Science}}
{{r|DBpedia}}
{{r|Russell's teapot}}
{{r|Forer effect}}
{{r|A Theory of Justice}}
{{r|Minarchism}}
{{r|American philosophy}}
{{r|Harry Browne}}
{{r|Educating Rita (movie)}}
{{r|Michael Caine}}
{{r|Valve Software}}
{{r|Examined Life}}
{{r|Animal Liberation}}
{{r|Monarchism}}
{{r|Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}
{{r|Southeastern Trains}}
{{r|American Idol}}
{{r|Pope Benedict XVI}}
{{r|Karen Armstrong}}
{{r|Inns of Court}}
{{r|Video game controversy}}
{{r|Positive and negative liberty}}
{{r|Epistemic injustice}}
{{r|Pascal's Wager}}


== To-Do ==
== To-Do ==
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=== Reference finding etc. ===
=== Reference finding etc. ===
* On [[National Secular Society]], add criticisms of the group from [[Alister McGrath]]'s book ''The Twilight of Atheism'' (in loft-library).
* On [[Minarchism]], the Robert Nozick quote from ''ASU'' needs page numbering.
* On [[Minarchism]], the Robert Nozick quote from ''ASU'' needs page numbering.


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{{rpr|European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms}}
{{rpr|Jack Kevorkian}}
{{rpr|Jack Kevorkian}}
{{rpr|Wife Swap}}
{{rpr|Smalltalk}}
{{rpr|Usenet}}
{{rpr|Usenet}}
{{rpr|J.J.C. Smart}}
{{rpr|J.J.C. Smart}}
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{{rpr|Internet Archive}}
{{rpr|Internet Archive}}
* Write about the Constitutional Reform Act, the decline of the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and the new UK Supreme Court
* Write about the Constitutional Reform Act, the decline of the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and the new UK Supreme Court
* [[Secular Coalition for America/Related Articles]]
* [[Ajax Framework]] is misguided and need significant rewriting.


=== Public to-do list ===
=== Public to-do list ===
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[[Category:Games Authors]]
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[[Category:Video Games Members]]
[[Category:Video Games Members]]
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Latest revision as of 15:37, 19 July 2024


The account of this former contributor was not re-activated after the server upgrade of March 2022.


I'm a freelance and hobbyist programmer (Ruby and Scala), have an MA in philosophy from Heythrop College, University of London, help run BarCamps. I'm a vegetarian, like soul music, UNIX, am an atheist, like to think about metaphysics and epistemology, am a recovering libertarian who has turned back to being a political lefty.

My personal site is tommorris.org. I'm also on Twitter and put my code up on Github. I have a blog.

Policy and Admin Stuff

Current Page List

See User:Tom Morris/Archive Page List for stuff I've worked on in the past.

To-Do

Reference finding etc.

Philosophy

Misc

Public to-do list

If there's something you'd like me to do on Citizendium, please put it in a list below and sign it. I may or may not do it. You may want to also put it on Requested Articles so someone else can do it.

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