User:Burklemore1

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28YThis Wikipedian was born on 29 August 1996 and is 28 years, 2 months, and 24 days old.

This user is left-handed.

This user can lick his/her own elbow.

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

This user comes from Australia.

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Australian Capital Territory.

This user is of Austrian ancestry.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Insects.

This user is a member of WikiProject Paleontology.

This editor won the Quarter Million Award for bringing Termite to Good Article status.

This user helped promote 2 featured articles on Wikipedia.

This user has helped promote 31 good articles on Wikipedia.

This user is of German ancestry.

This user is of Hungarian ancestry.

This user is of Roma ancestry.

This user is of Welsh descent.

Get 10% of ant genera to GA or higher

29.8% complete

Get 10% of all ant articles to GA or higher

11.3% complete

Currently studying about animal diversity and ecology at university, with the intention to study entomology next year. Before that, I tried to join the Australian Army, but a prominent health problem prevented me from actually joining. Another thing, I naturally speak English, but I am fluent in German and have some decent knowledge with Hungarian. I've been learning Romanian recently because of my partner, I don't think she wants me completely unaware of what people are saying while I'm with her family over there. Heh.

Just here to make articles on some ants or anything else which need to be made for some knowledge and better understanding. Not sure which other articles (preferably ones in a large list) to create. I'll do some sneaking around and expand the knowledge of whatever is needed to be done. :-) As of 2015 and beyond, this is the time for "the rise of the ants" on Wikipedia, where the ant section on this site shall no longer be neglected.

I am the original Burklemore that some of you guys may have seen. I permanently lost my password and so I edit here now, focusing on ants. Before Burklemore, I had another Wikipedia account which I forgot its name and password, and so my edits can be traced back to 2010. Of the 477 ant genera described (both living and fossil), only 2.5% of them are GA class (12 genera articles). The current goal for myself is to get 10% of all ant genera articles GA or higher, which represents 47 articles. Can it be achieved? Of course. All 12 genera articles have been promoted between June and November last year.

I also hate "Overview" sections. Too many redundancies!

• Stuff: User:Burklemore1/To-do

"Childhood ants"

I have a little personal goal on writing comprehensive articles at GA or FA for certain species of ants that I have always seen as a child. I call these "childhood ants", owing to my great interest of ants as a little child and I pretty much grew up seeing them. There are more, but I can't identify them. Here they are:

• Banded sugar ant
• Black-headed sugar ant
• Green-head ant
• Jack jumper ant
• Meat ant
• Myrmecia nigriceps
• Ochetellus glaber

"The big five" project

My bigger and broader project is to work on the "big five" ants that are among the top 100 worst invaders in the world according to the Global Invasive Species Database. They are listed in order of their rank and current class of quality they are, with the goal of promoting them all to GA or FA.

• Anoplolepis gracilipes - Rank 6th
• Linepithema humile - Rank 48th
• Pheidole megacephala - Rank 68th
• Solenopsis invicta - Rank 86th
• Wasmannia auropunctata - Rank 100th

Articles that I have contributed to

• Archimyrmex
• Avitomyrmex
• Banded sugar ant
• Black-headed sugar ant
• Brownimecia
• Cockroach (collab with Chiswick Chap & Cwmhiraeth)
• Green-head ant
• Iridomyrmex
• Jack jumper ant
• John S. Clark
• Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte
• Macabeemyrma
• Meat ant
• Myrmecia
• Myrmecia inquilina
• Myrmecia nigriceps
• Myrmecia nigrocincta
• Myrmecia regularis
• Myrmeciites
• Nothomyrmecia
• Novomessor ensifer
• Ochetellus
• Ochetellus glaber
• Prionomyrmecini
• Prionomyrmex
• Red imported fire ant (GA nominee)
• Sawfly (collab)
• Sphecomyrma
• St. John's Orphanage
• Tatuidris - 99% credit is due to Jonkerz for his tireless efforts
• Termite
• Yantaromyrmex (most credit to Kevmin for expansion)
• Ypresiomyrma
• Zigrasimecia

Planning to expand and GA nominate

• Bullet ant
• Camponotus
• Chronomyrmex
• Myrmecia brevinoda
• Myrmecia croslandi
• Myrmecia desertorum
• Myrmecia esuriens
• Myrmecia forficata
• Myrmecia gratiosa
• Myrmecia gulosa
• Myrmecia nigriscapa
• Myrmecia pavida
• Myrmecia pyriformis - eventually promote to FA
• Myrmecia tarsata
• Myrmecia urens
• Myrmecia vindex
• Oecophylla longinoda
• Oecophylla smaragdina
• Tapinoma melanocephalum
• Weaver ant

Barnstars & other awards

• First off, thank you to everyone has kindly awarded these barnstars and such. They do keep me motivated!

		The Ant Barnstar
		For your tireless hard work in creating tons of new ant-related articles, you are hereby awarded this Ant Barnstar. Well done! jonkerz ♠talk 14:53, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

		The Ant Barnstar
		Although I am not on the task force, and have a problem with recognising one myrmecia from another - well done for your tireless work on the list of Ants in Australia!!! satusuro 15:20, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

		The Good Article Barnstar
		To Burklemore, Ant Hero of Wikipedia, and writer of Good Articles, for writing Good Articles and for being pretty cool in general. As always, it's a pleasure to read you articles. Keep it up! jonkerz ♠talk 16:29, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

		The Quarter Million Award
		For your contributions to bring Termite (estimated annual readership: 304,750) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Quarter Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Khazar2 (talk) 13:27, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

ant diversity

Thank you for quality articles such as the Banded sugar ant, Brownimecia and Termite, based on scientific research of animal diversity and ecology, for personal touch such as "starting to feel better so I think your kitten healed me", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Hey, you seem to desperately need a pat on the back :D ! Especially after I noticed this and the progress you note on your userpage. It is great to see someone working so hard in a (previously neglected) field, as I wish to do something similar for mammals, a way larger field and rather a ghost town since years. Sainsf (talk · contribs) 06:47, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

	The 28 FAs/GAs Barnstar
	Title says it all, simply outstanding. It was supposed to be "25", but I could not keep up with you, heh ;) And congrats on Nothomyrmecia! jonkerz ♠talk 18:16, 18 June 2016 (UTC)