Xan
Playing on my site
About me
I've made a few contributions.
I answer messages on my talk page.
I'm exceptional at procrastinating
Userboxes
My name's Xan ✨ and I'm on the en wikipedia and wikimedia commons.
About
editAvid internet user and probable Wikipedia contributor. Has a website that's kept up to date with the latest and greatest information about them. Likes adding more info to articles about interests like software and making adjustments to sentences grammar & punctuation (this sentence probably messed up both of those).
Notes
edit- Curious as to why there seems to be no userboxes about liking indie pop or alternative rock music genres or artists. I might figure out how to make some or another contributor could.
- I really like how Wikipedia is so customizable, enjoyed reading some Wikipedia Essays, and understand why it makes it harder for Tor users to contribute in some scenarios.
- Messed around in the settings to enable the Vector '22 theme and HotCat + dark mode toggle + Justify paragraphs + Twinkle gadgets; all of which are pretty cool.
- My last user page was deleted because of U5. A non-contributor's misuse of Wikipedia as a web host. Hopefully this iteration closely relates to Wikipedia's goals more so than previously.
- I once got to Tinnitus from Looksmaxxing through Mewing (orthotropics)
Favorite contribs
edit- A few edits to Scratch (programming language)
- This user page 🧐
Speed dial
edit- Editing must-haves: User:XanSurnamehere/sandbox, Template:Reply_to, Wikimedia Commons Upload Wizard
- Wholesome wiki things: (especially essays) Wikipedia:What "Ignore all rules" means, Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits, Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors, Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion
- More humorous: Wikipedia:April Fools, Wikipedia:The end of Wikipedia, Help:Buying Wikipedia, Wikipedia:Don't delete the main page, User:Example2, User_talk:Example, Wikipedia:Wikipediholism test, User:Jimbo Wales/WikiProject Wikipedians for Jimbo's beard
- Interesting articles: Larry (cat), Procrastination, Social conservatism in the United States, Five Nights at Freddy's (soundtrack), GEN Z, Birds Aren't Real
- Simply saving for later: 🗿
User page inspiration
editPages: Wikipedia:User_page_design_guide/User_page_Hall_of_Fame, Category:User_top_icon_templates, Category:Userboxes
User pages: AxG, Levi_OP, Taltos, Materialscientist, Xeroctic, BEEFITRON, Bishzilla, East718, JRPG, The_prophet_wizard_of_the_crayon_cake, xaosflux, Jimbo_Wales, BDD, JoeNMLC, Theooolone & ThatOneWolf.
Finding userboxes: The_Young_Skeptic ☑️, Therealelizacat, NyanKatGrrrl, Whoop_whoop_pull_up, CamiTheWitch, Mgreason, I_dream_of_horses & AFirefoxUser
Draft pages
edit- In progress: ROUNDS ➡️ User:XanSurnamehere/ROUNDS_(video_game)
- Not started: West Hunt, CoCo, Firefish, Pleroma, microblog.pub
Improve articles
edit- Bitwarden
- Third-party Firefox forks
- Fediverse software (add soapbox & others)
Make user templates
edit- A userbox for each WikiProject about Jimbo's beard (for, against, uncaring) .
- A top icon for WikiProject Cats. (There's one for WikiCat but not this?)
- A top icon for WikiKitten.
- A userbox for users who Prefer Firefox for Android.
Miscellaneous
edit- Setup ClueBot_III on user talk.
More things
edit2% completed
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