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I have a university degree in philosophy and I have been particularly interested in theology and religious studies, especially pertaining to East Asian religions and European esotericism and new religious movements. I am also interested in demographics of religious (and non-religious) populations.

I think that Wikipedia is a wonderful project, which, however, has many weaknesses: It tends to entropy, as it is mistaken by many non-scrupulous contributors as a repository of anything one may find in the Internet; articles are constantly vandalised, and vandalism often remains unchecked; well-written articles are rare, and most articles are instead filled with poorly written content, either without sources or sourced with chaotic webs of links which ultimately do not support the content itself. The Wikimedia organisation seems to be more concerned with changing the interface for improving "users' experience" than with establishing better methods aimed at improving the quality of the encyclopaedic contents.

I do not edit or otherwise contribute to any Wikimedia article or project on behalf of any employer, client, or affiliated person, organization, or other entity; nor do I receive or solicit any compensation for any edits or other contributions.

^ ^a ^b ^c Topic-dedicated accounts: Beginning in 2015, I created some alternative accounts alongside my earliest one, Aethelwolf Emsworth, because I wanted to experiment with other nicknames and especially because I discovered that using different accounts to treat different topics ameliorated my capacity to focus on such topics. I restricted the use of Aethelwolf Emsworth to editing about Eastern religions and thought, while I used Eckhardt Etheling for Western religions and thought, Wddan for religion demographics, and Amorphophallus Titanum for other, minor topics. They were undisclosed alternative accounts, and the practice of using them came to an end in late 2018 when I made the mistake of continuing my editing activities while through one of them, Wddan, I had received a brief block; for such mistake, I was banned for one year from Wikipedia. Since 2019, I no longer use separate accounts for different topics, and I have restricted my editing activity to my earliest account, continued under the new nickname Æo.
^ I created the account Arcane Square one day when I had to use a public Internet connection, and I edited through it only on that occasion.

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[topic_accounts-1] Topic-dedicated accounts: Beginning in 2015, I created some alternative accounts alongside my earliest one, Aethelwolf Emsworth, because I wanted to experiment with other nicknames and especially because I discovered that using different accounts to treat different topics ameliorated my capacity to focus on such topics. I restricted the use of Aethelwolf Emsworth to editing about Eastern religions and thought, while I used Eckhardt Etheling for Western religions and thought, Wddan for religion demographics, and Amorphophallus Titanum for other, minor topics. They were undisclosed alternative accounts, and the practice of using them came to an end in late 2018 when I made the mistake of continuing my editing activities while through one of them, Wddan, I had received a brief block; for such mistake, I was banned for one year from Wikipedia. Since 2019, I no longer use separate accounts for different topics, and I have restricted my editing activity to my earliest account, continued under the new nickname Æo.

[2] I created the account Arcane Square one day when I had to use a public Internet connection, and I edited through it only on that occasion.

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-[[File:Spiral of black and white squares 10 till repetition spiraling in.gif|thumb|center|500px|Active since 19:50, 13 January 2013.<br/>Former usernames (and alternative accounts):<br/>–''Aethelwolf Emsworth'' (2013–2020), continuing as ''Æo'' (2020–);<br/>–''Eckhardt Etheling'' (2015–2018), [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec/en.wikipedia.org/Eckhardt_Etheling 4,154 edits];{{efn-lr|name=topic_accounts|Topic-dedicated accounts: Beginning in 2015, I created some alternative accounts alongside my earliest one, ''Aethelwolf Emsworth'', because I wanted to experiment with other nicknames and especially because I discovered that using different accounts to treat different topics ameliorated my capacity to focus on such topics. I restricted the use of ''Aethelwolf Emsworth'' to editing about Eastern religions and thought, while I used ''Eckhardt Etheling'' for Western religions and thought, ''Wddan'' for religion demographics, and ''Amorphophallus Titanum'' for other, minor topics. They were undisclosed alternative accounts, and the practice of using them came to an end in late 2018 when I made the mistake of continuing my editing activities while through one of them, ''Wddan'', I had received a brief block; for such mistake, I was banned for one year from Wikipedia. Since 2019, I no longer use separate accounts for different topics, and I have restricted my editing activity to my earliest account, continued under the new nickname ''Æo''.}}<br/>–''Wddan'' (2017–2018), [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec/en.wikipedia.org/Wddan 1,979 edits];{{efn-lr|name=topic_accounts}}<br/>–''Amorphophallus Titanum'' (2018), few edits;{{efn-lr|name=topic_accounts}}<br/>–''Arcane Square'' (2017), few edits.{{efn-lr|I created the account ''Arcane Square'' one day when I had to use a public Internet connection, and I edited through it only on that occasion.}}]]
+[[File:Spiral of black and white squares 10 till repetition spiraling in.gif|thumb|center|500px|Active since 19:50, 13 January 2013.<br/>Former usernames (and alternative accounts):<br/>–''Aethelwolf Emsworth'' (2013–2020, continuing as ''Æo'');<br/>–''Eckhardt Etheling'' (2015–2018), [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec/en.wikipedia.org/Eckhardt_Etheling 4,154 edits];{{efn-lr|name=topic_accounts|Topic-dedicated accounts: Beginning in 2015, I created some alternative accounts alongside my earliest one, ''Aethelwolf Emsworth'', because I wanted to experiment with other nicknames and especially because I discovered that using different accounts to treat different topics ameliorated my capacity to focus on such topics. I restricted the use of ''Aethelwolf Emsworth'' to editing about Eastern religions and thought, while I used ''Eckhardt Etheling'' for Western religions and thought, ''Wddan'' for religion demographics, and ''Amorphophallus Titanum'' for other, minor topics. They were undisclosed alternative accounts, and the practice of using them came to an end in late 2018 when I made the mistake of continuing my editing activities while through one of them, ''Wddan'', I had received a brief block; for such mistake, I was banned for one year from Wikipedia. Since 2019, I no longer use separate accounts for different topics, and I have restricted my editing activity to my earliest account, continued under the new nickname ''Æo''.}}<br/>–''Wddan'' (2017–2018), [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec/en.wikipedia.org/Wddan 1,979 edits];{{efn-lr|name=topic_accounts}}<br/>–''Amorphophallus Titanum'' (2018), few edits;{{efn-lr|name=topic_accounts}}<br/>–''Arcane Square'' (2017), few edits.{{efn-lr|I created the account ''Arcane Square'' one day when I had to use a public Internet connection, and I edited through it only on that occasion.}}]]
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