I'm an intermediate (I hope) Wikipedian who's eager to continue learning, and also in getting more involved with the community. I'm an overachiever with the time-management skills of a caffeinated ferret, so please bear with me as I disappear for months at a time, then return with spurts of prodicitivty.
Topics I like to write about and contribute to:
- Fantasy/science fiction lore
- Geekery/gaming community
- The aquarium hobby
- Places I've visited and stuff from them
- Companies and industry niches
- Feminism and political causes
- Stuff about cats
- My curiosity flavor of the week
That being said, I've been here for some time (see below), but this whole thing is still fairly mystifying for me. I would love to have a teacher/mentor, but I don't know if that's a thing here.
Stuff for me edit
Useful editing links:
- Editor's Index - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor%27s_index_to_Wikipedia
- Editor Assistance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor_assistance
- Ask for help - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Help_me
- List of Wikitext - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext
- Manual of Style - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style
Places to socialize:
- Village Pump - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump
- Tea House - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse
Places to contribute:
- Welcoming Committee - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Welcoming_committee
- Articles For Deletion - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion\
- Idea Lab: Inspire - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire
Related, I'd like to learn more about helping approve/review drafts someday:
- This looks like an OK starting point - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Drafts
- Once I've hit 500 edits (someday) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/New_page_reviewer
Other references:
- List of policies - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies
- Deletion policy etiquette - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion#Wikietiquette
- Template messages - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages
- User-talk templates - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace
- Unusual Wikipedia Pages - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles
- I'd like to teach myself how to have a live edit counter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:UBX/LiveEditCounter
Pages I'd like to help build out more edit
- I have pictures, a special place to me - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Matunuck_State_Beach
- This one would be interesting to flesh out - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glypheoidea
- I own some of these - can learn as I build a page for them - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limnopilos_naiyanetri&action=edit&redlink=1
- This looks like a fun page to help out with - found it will looking up the etymology of the name - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Milwaukee
- I feel like this page could use tons of improvement - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Far_Side
- I did a lot of research on this guy about seven years ago - could contribute a lot if I dig it up - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Bristol
- This looks like fun to work on - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Allegiance
- This seems like it'd be fun to work on too - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
- I'd be so sad if this one was deleted - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loituma_Girl
- The info here is super old - it'd be fun to update it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCBY
- This book is sentimental to me - I'd like to improve what I see here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_of_the_Mary_Kay_Commandos
Pages I've Created edit
Pieces of Flair edit
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