 :It's no problem at all to make those changes. Don't take this the wrong way, but I have no interest whatsoever in you, your work or your personal life - I merely happened upon a biographical article on Wikipedia that needed improvement, and attempted to improve it.  :The reference to the PhD in Library Science has been deleted, although the Common Review article has been left as an example of your work. I've removed the commentary on your style/subjects of writing (that would generally need to be cited or blindingly obvious anyway). I was not able to verify your birth date anywhere online - is it February 19 1960, February 19 1965 (which was an alternate that it was changed to at one point in the article's history) or neither? Would you be willing to confirm your real birth date for the article? The reference to Wayne, Illinois has been removed - and by your lack of mention of it I assume that the assertion you were born/raised in or near Chicago is correct. The New Atlantis piece has also been removed. The article has been moved to Thomas Washington (writer), as though Verne may be part of your real name, none of the sources I have found have ever included it in your name in the byline. Biographical articles in Wikipedia are usually named according to that which the person concerned is more generally known as, not their full or birth name (such as Elton John, not Reginald Kenneth Dwight; Barbra Streisand, not Barbra Joan Streisand). If you wish, it can simply be added to the first line as in those two articles. —∴ ξ 