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paul2520
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Current locationMinneapolis, MN
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JoinedJuly 5, 2013 (my first edit came before that)

Hi, I'm Paul! My pronouns are he/him.[a]

I joined Wikipedia in 2013 after having experience with an internal MediaWiki site for an organization I worked for (it's worth noting that I'm happy to discuss why your organization or company might use a wiki as their intranet site/for internal documentation).

I enjoy starting new articles across a variety of topics, uploading images[b] and audio files (here and on English Wiktionary), doing WikiGnome tasks (often reference-related[c] fixes), and helping new editors. I really like submitting new/improved articles to Did you know.... Let me know if you are interested in collaborating!

My editing preference is to use the source editor (Wiki Markup). I know it well & sometimes use software like Sublime Text, vim, and Notepad++ for more tedious tasks like finding & replacing text throughout a page's source.[d] I occasionally use Python and other command-line tools for my edits.[e]

N.b.: I try and save a copy of references that I add or edit when they are not/cannot be archived in the Wayback Machine, archive.is, Megalodon.jp (a.k.a. gyo.tc), and/or ghostarchive.org.[f] If you are in search of such a reference that I've cited/updated/etc. and cannot find it in one of these fantastic archival resources, let me know. I am an amateur archivist and recommend you check out Archive Team if you are interested to learn more.

My bookmarks/current tasks

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Bigger initiatives
  • adding photos; see [1]
Bookmarks/easy access
symbol/diacritic command examples
accent ⌥ Option+e (+ letter) Á/á, É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó, Ú/ú
degree symbol ⌥ Option+⇧ Shift+8 °
tilde ⌥ Option+n (+ letter) Ñ/ñ
umlauts ⌥ Option+u (+ letter) Ä/ä, Ë/ë, Ï/ï, Ö/ö, Ü/ü
section sign ⌥ Option+6 §

Contributions

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See articles I've created, etc. @ User:Paul2520/contributions

Awards and other WikiLove

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See User:Paul2520/awards

Meetup participation

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I have participated in 16 meetups.

  1. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/African American Artists/Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)
  2. Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2017/Minnesota
  3. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/To Wikipedia, With Love/Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)
  4. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/Quatrefoil/Wiki Loves Pride 2018
  5. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/WikipediaDay
  6. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon/Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)
  7. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Native American Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon/Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)
  8. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minnesota/Wikipedia Editathon for Pride and Black Lives Matter/Zoom
  9. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/Walker Art Center Virtual Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
  10. Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCROWD/BlackWikiHistoryMonth21
  11. Wikipedia:Meetup/OregonStateUniversity/BlackHistoryPNW2021
  12. Wikipedia:Meetup/OregonStateUniversity/WS2021
  13. Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada Lovelace Day (Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/211, to be specific!)
  14. Wikipedia:Meetup/OregonStateUniversity/BlackHistoryPNW2022
  15. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minnesota/Chisholm/Northland Minnesota History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
  16. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minnesota/November 2024 Minnesota User Group Meeting

Contest participation

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Things that make me happy [about Wikipedia]

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Opinion

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I tend to empathize with User:Geo Swan/opinions/If you are considering initiating an xfd on material I started.

Other projects

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In addition to Wikimedia projects, I also contribute to Common Voice, and occasionally other projects such as the Esolangs wiki, Fandom, and Google Crowdsource. While I typically use this username, I have seen cases of other people using this name on other websites.[g]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Why pronouns matter
  2. ^ this one is my proudest contribution
  3. ^ Earning my master's degree influenced my strong value for referencing
  4. ^ For example, see these edits.
  5. ^ * I tested the change in this edit
    * I made this edit with the help of this Stack Overflow thread.
  6. ^ WebCite used to be on this list.
  7. ^ ...including the site formerly known as Twitter.

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