At last! You have found Avgusztyn on Wikipedia! And unless I become notable for some unforseen reason (Such as People Mauled by Circus Elephants) this is probably the only place you will find me on Wikipedia, but I can't complain about that!

Basics

Who?

I'm Avgusztyn!

What?

I edit Wikipedia. While interested in virtually everything, I am primarily an expert on Asia, especially China. Other major interests include the Pacific Northwest, Ecology, Anthropology, History, Philosophy, Religions, Music, Literature, Art, Fishing, Hunting and Mountaineering. I'm also a photographer, and can probably contribute more in pictures than text.

When?

Whenever I have time. I spend a lot of time in the real world, so my internet persona may lie feral for many months at a time.

Where?

Born in Everett, raised in Mukilteo, and after 10 years living in Beijing, I'm back in Seattle. I will soon be relocating to the University of Chicago.

Why?

I believe in quality writing and objectivity; I hate poor verbiage and myopic bickering: hence I edit Wikipedia!

Languages

I'm fluent in English, Chinese, French and Chinook Jargon. I also have a competent familiarity with many other languages. Just how competent, you can judge bellow.

The Wikipedia Language Game!

Let's all play the Wikipedia language game! This is how I stay sharp on my language skills, and even expand. It's not hard to read a lot of foreign languages, and it's a great skill to have.

How to Play

Start out at the list of different Wikipedias. Go ahead and pick a language you can speak, have studied, or perhaps didn't know existed.
Go to that language's main page. Try to find the "random article" button. If you can't find that, this isn't going to go very well, so pick another language.
Look at the first random article, and try to figure out the gist of what it is talking about. If it is a language you know well, you might want to set a higher standard for yourself.
If you are satisfied you can understand the article, give yourself a point. If you can't, don't. Either way, move on to the next random article. Try out 20, 50 or 100 articles. (Be a sport and don't count disambiguation pages!)
Score yourself by the number of articles you could understand out of the total number of articles you viewed. If you get a perfect score on a lower number (say 20/20) then consider trying a larger sample.
If you speak one language, look for some related languages and see how well you do. You might be surprised that learning one language can actually go a long way towards learning another!
Go back and try again to see if you can push your scores even higher. The more you do it, the better you get and the more you learn.
Post your scores on your User page!

My Latest Scores

Primary Languages (100%)

English .......... Native Speaker
French ............ 100/100
Chinese .......... 100/100

Secondary Languages (80-99%)

Spanish .......... 93/100
Italian .............. 41/50
German ............ 41/50

Tertiary Languages (60-79%)
Rudimentary Languages (40-59%)