User:DDeLange

My full name is Darrin J. DeLange, and I am a wiki enthusiast who believes that the primary advantage of wiki projects in general is that they are free to read and research. Unfortunately sometimes the primary obstacle to outstanding scholarship is that it is also free to edit. While most editors do an excellent job and work hard to contribute to unparalleled breadth of knowledge in wikibooks and the other wiki projects, some allow objective academic or journalistic standards to fall by the wayside in favor of personal or political bias. I feel that instead of casting stones at wiki projects for such over-advertised shortcomings, it is the responsibility for objective contributors to continually work at improving the content and the sourcing of articles and books. As for my background, I studied History and English at Brigham Young University. I then went to law school and got my J.D. at the ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. I have since taken an extended leave from law practice as I was unable to satisfy the desires I have always had to teach, research, and write on a variety of subjects. I am currently a lowly freelance writer, but enjoying it immensely. Please contact me with any questions about my background or any edits I may have made to wikibooks.