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There's one characteristic that sets writing apart from most of the other arts – its apparent democracy, by which I mean its availability to almost everyone as a medium of expression

— Margaret Atwood, On Writers and Writing

It’s a funny habit to write encyclopedia entries. It’s not a mass taste.

Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be – or to be indistinguishable from – self-righteous sixteen year olds possessing infinite amounts of free time

— Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

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To do list
I intend to work on these articles in the near future:

  1. Battle of Tarakan (1945)
  2. 1 May 1982 engagements (draft under development here, and suggestions for a better article name would be appreciated!)
  3. Proposed Japanese invasion of Australia during World War II
  4. Operation Title
  5. Operation Source

I also have plans to improve or start the following articles over the longer term: