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My first edit: 30 August 2006.
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My philosophy
edit"People have to drop the idea that every little tidbit is precious. Crap is crap. Yank it."
"I think a fair number of people need to be kicked out of the project just for being lousy writers."
Trophy Room
editThe LGBT Barnstar | ||
I, User:Chuchunezumi award this barnstar to User:Textorus for incredible contributions to the area of LGBT scholarship Chuchunezumi 08:29, 21 December 2006 (UTC) |
The Original Barnstar | ||
For cleaning up the translation of Zenú and allowing us to finally remove it from WP:PNT Jac16888Talk 20:36, 29 March 2011 (UTC) |
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You've been awarded the Caspar Milquetoast Prize | |
You've been awarded the Caspar Milquetoast or "Say What You Mean" Prize in recognition of your removal of a milquetoast euphemism here. Sorry it's not a really goodlooking trophy, but the perfect image was unfortunately only fair use. Anyway, keep it up and happy editing! Bishonen | talk 15:29, 16 May 2013 (UTC). |
The Civility Barnstar | ||
For outstanding patience and professionalism when faced with patently bad behavior at The Vineyard Beverly Hills-- Work permit (talk) 15:31, 24 August 2019 (UTC) |
On 17 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gulf Coast Lines, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 1903, Benjamin Franklin Yoakum began building the Gulf Coast Lines in southern Texas as a link in a projected transcontinental railroad system stretching from Chicago to Mexico? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
On 10 September 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Vanitas vanitatem, omnia vanitas
editArticles I created (34 so far) or made significant edits to (36):
- Fairlawne - significant additions, increase of 400%, June 2021
- Emmett Till Antilynching Act - created 4 June 2020
- Frances Robinson-Duff - created 26 September 2018.
- Clive Alderton - created 29 June 2016.
- Allen Irvin Bernstein - created 27 November 2014.
- Dixie Flyer (train) - created 15 August 2014.
- Louis Crompton - significant additions to this stub, increase of 409%, 16 February 2014.
- James "Wally" Brewster, Jr. - created 29 November 2013 - short article with refs and wikilinks
- Nationality Act of 1940 - created 1 April 2013 - short article with refs and wikilinks
- Larry L. King - created 23 December 2012 - stub, with references others can use to expand it
- Florida School for Boys - major rewriting and expansion, increase of 640%, 15 June 2012
- Lullingstone Roman Villa - substantial edits, increase of 38%, 15 June 2012
- Imperial State Crown - significant addition (History section), increase of 45%, 28 May 2012
- Samuel Butler (novelist) - significant addition (Sexuality section), increase of 34%, 8 May 2012
- John Hathorn Hall - created 6 February 2012 - stub, not much to find on this guy
- William Nye (courtier) - created 15 November 2011 - stub, not much to find on this guy
- Environmental protocol - created 30 October 2011 - a section moved from Protocol (diplomacy)
- Franklin v. State - created 14 July 2011
- Forgotten Coast - significant additions, July 2011
- Florida Panhandle - significant additions, increase of 45%, July 2011
- In re: Gill - significant edits and additions, increased over 120%, July 2011
- International Gay Rodeo Association - significant rewriting and additions, increased over 180%, July 2011
- Kit house - created 28 June 2011
- Roger Simon (journalist) - created 28 June 2011 (per request found at the Help Desk)
- Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway - created 5 April 2011
- Benjamin Franklin Yoakum - significant additions, 4 April 2011
- Gulf Coast Lines - created 2 April 2011
- Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway - significant addition, 1 April 2011
- C.F. Theodore Steinway - created, but actually a copyedit of article translated from de.wp, 13 Sept. 2010, per help request
- Florida Panhandle - significant addition and rewriting lede, 8 Sept. 2010
- Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad - created 31 August 2010
- Same-sex_marriage in Wyoming - substantial revision
- Tender (railroad car) - substantial revision
- Sunbeam (passenger train) - near-total rewriting
- Sam Houston Zephyr - created 8/16/08
- Neil McLennan - created 8/16/08
- Same-sex marriage in New Mexico - near-total rewriting
- Same-sex marriage in Maryland - significant addition
- Anglican devotions - significant revision
- Silver Comet (train) - created 5/23/08
- Gulf Wind - created 5/23/08
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad - substantial expansion
- Fort Worth and Denver Railway - substantial expansion
- Rex Wockner - created 5/20/08
- Texas Zephyr - created 2/1/08
- Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu - substantial additions
- Civil unions in Colombia - significant addition
- LGBT rights in Colombia--substantial additions
- Daddy & Papa--created 7/28/07
- M. v. H.--significant addition
- Ontario Family Law Act--created 7/28/07
- Adult interdependent relationship in Alberta--created 7/28/07
- Jacques Vallee, Sieur Des Barreaux--substantial addition
- Domestic partnership in Nova Scotia--created 7/27/07
- Common-law relationships in Manitoba--created 7/24/07
- Civil unions in New Jersey--significant addition, July 2007
- Khnumhotep & Niankhkhnum--substantial addition
- Domestic partnership--substantial editing
- Civil union--significant additions
- Florida Legislative Investigation Committee--created 12/30/06
- Randy Shilts--extensive rewriting and additions, 12/29/06
- Elliott Blackstone--created 12/28/06
- Compton's cafeteria riot--extensive reworking
- Barbara Gittings--significant additions
- Executive Order 13087--created 12/23/06
- Executive Order 11478--created 12/23/06
- Domestic partnership in District of Columbia--significant additions
- Domestic partnership in Hawaii--substantial additions
- Domestic partnership in Tasmania--created 12/18/06
- Domestic partnership in Maine--created 12/15/06
The secret of Wikihappiness
edit- This user makes good edits.
- This user creates above-average articles.
- This user writes for Wikipedia as if it were a real encyclopedia.
- This user enjoys the fun of good writing and authoritative sourcing.
- This user likes to think that somebody, somewhere may be helped by some reliable fact this user posts.
- This user admits that this may be a slightly egotistic delusion.
- This user realizes there is more to life than an encyclopedia, even a free one, can ever provide.
- This user believes if more were going on in our lives, there would be fewer Wikipedians.
- This user confesses that despite a certain fond feeling, Wikipedia is no substitute for chocolate, friendship, love, or sex, and is just barely on a par with masturbation.
- This user tries not to be a dick, though sometimes sorely tempted, and sometimes failing.
- This user would like to be a class act, but that would probably mean having to go study Zen or something like that, and who's got the time?
- This user is learning not to be pissed off by rudeness, arrogance, and general ignorance.
- This user accepts that one day the sun will explode and so will the merry anarchy that is Wikipedia.
- While the party lasts, THEREFORE,
DGAF | This user does not give a fuck. |
In a good way, of course. :-)
Why the Internet still sucks
edit- The world is unfair, blind, and unmerciful. It runs on prejudice and cruelty.
- Any time I edit at more than a correct-the-syntax level, I discover again the wisdom that Wikipedia's original name was "Unemployed Ph.D. Death Match."
- As Freud observed, we are most courageous when we feel most loved. Conversely, the lonely are often the most craven, and their anger is the most vindictive. Wikipedia is filled with the lonely.
Strange but True
editWikipedia Statistics
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To-do edits
editADD to History of Homosexuality article: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/823813
See also comment by Helena Schrader: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-homosexuality-with-the-Ancient-Greeks-so-overexaggerated-For-example-Spartans-forbade-physical-pederastic-relationships-while-many-say-they-were-gay-Is-this-historical-revisionism-to-fit-the-current-politics
041324: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/One-page_draft
Stuff to Remember
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