Davidcannon
- On 12 November 2005, I compiled my 50th quote page.
It is easier to find me on Wikipedia, where I spend most of my time. As much of my work on Wikipedia consists of writing and editing biographies, I decided to create some parallel pages here with quotations from some of the people I have written about. There are a small number of quotes from persons whose biographies do not (yet) exist on Wikipedia. These will follow in due course.
I made my first edit on Wikiquote on 20 April 2004. After a year of virtually no activity, I returned in April 2005. I made my 100th edit on 19 May, my 200th on 11 June, my 300th on 30 July, my 400th on 1 October, and my 500th on 18 December. As of 2 November 2024, there are a total of 53,947 compilations of quotes in English, of which I have created 55 and contributed to 5 others. Altogether, I have made a total of 529 edits to 74 unique pages. 423 of these edits are to actual quotes.
Persons whose quotes I compiled or added to
editMost of the quotes that I have compiled are from Fijian people, as their biographies comprise the largest component of my work on Wikipedia. There are a few others. The quotes I've compiled are mostly, though not exclusively, from people I admire greatly. In a few cases, my admiration is for the words rather than the person: I am not a supporter of John Kerry, for example, but his concession speech after the 2000 election was one of the finest speeches I have ever heard. I'm sure that defeated candidates of the future will quote from it, or at least allude to it.
Quotes I have compiled
edit- Ah Koy, James
- Akinola, Peter
- Ali, Ahmed
- Baba, Tupeni
- Bainimarama, Frank
- Bavadra, Timoci
- Beddoes, Mick
- Bokini, Ratu Ovini
- Bune, Poseci
- Caucau, Adi Asenaca
- Chaudhry, Mahendra
- Fatiaki, Daniel
- Foster, Sir Robert Sidney
- Ganilau, Adi Ateca
- Ganilau, Ratu Epeli
- Ganilau, Ratu Sir Penaia
- Geagea, Samir
- Gemayel, Solange
- Khan, Hafiz
- Iloilo, Ratu Josefa
- Kepa, Ro Teimumu
- Koya, Sidiq
- Lalabalavu, Ratu Naiqama
- Leung, Graeme
- Madraiwiwi, Ratu Joni
- Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese
- Mataca, Petero
- Men, Alexander
- Moawad, Nayla
- Moawad, René
- Momoedonu, Ratu Tevita
- Naidu, Richard
- Nailatikau, Ratu Epeli Qaraninamu
- Nailatikau, Adi Koila Mara
- Navakasuasua, Maciu
- Niranjan, Sangeeta
- Punja, Hari
- Qarase, Laisenia
- Rabuka, Sitiveni
- Rae, Pramod
- Ravuvu, Asesela
- Rovabokola, Ratu Viliame
- Simpson, Jack
- Singh, Raman Pratap
- Singh, Sir Vijay
- Soong May-ling
- Sukuna, Ratu Sir Lala
- Tavola, Kaliopate
- Tora, Apisai
- Tugia, Manasa
- Tuibua, Esala
- Vosanibola, Josefa Bole
- Waqabaca, Josaia
- Waradi, Taito
- Zinck, Kenneth