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Today is Sunday, November 10, 2024 / Wikipedia now has 6,908,379 articles

This editor is a
Veteran Editor IV
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this
Gold Editor Star.

My first edit: 30 August 2006.

My philosophy

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If an article topic has no reliable, third-party sources, Wikipedia should not have an article on it.

"I can NOT emphasize this enough. There seems to be a terrible bias among some editors that some sort of random speculative 'I heard it somewhere' pseudo information is to be tagged with a 'needs a cite' tag. Wrong. It should be removed, aggressively, unless it can be sourced."

"People have to drop the idea that every little tidbit is precious. Crap is crap. Yank it."

The burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds or restores material. All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged should be attributed to a reliable, published source using an inline citation.

"I think a fair number of people need to be kicked out of the project just for being lousy writers."

"It is an overly optimistic and perhaps naive notion to believe that a body of disorganized editors will produce high quality articles on their own."

The unreliability of Wikipedia will in the end kill it. . . . Wikipedia is not an encyclopaedia, it is a restricted collection of verifiable but at times highly incorrect information.

An encyclopedia where one in ten sentences, fact-checked by at least four editors, is wrong, should not be called an encyclopedia.

Wikipedia is not the sum of human knowledge. It is a severely abridged summary, and sometimes, a very flawed one. Away from high-profile articles that receive diligent scrutiny, it is no better than the last thing said about a topic by a stranger in the pub.

Trophy Room

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The 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)
<An illustration goes here,
but you'll have to click
for it, because it's not
approved for userpages!>
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)


Updated DYK query On 31 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Seaboard Air Line Railroad, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On August 6, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article LGBT rights in Colombia, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On August 2, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Adult interdependent relationship in Alberta, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On 6 January, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.
Updated DYK query On January 3, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Randy Shilts, which you created or substantially expanded. 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

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It is easier to get a sincere "thank you" for reverting "you're a faggot" from someone's userpage, than it is for writing a researched, thorough, and referenced encyclopedia article on an encyclopedic topic.

Articles I created (34 so far) or made significant edits to (36):

  1. Fairlawne - significant additions, increase of 400%, June 2021
  2. Emmett Till Antilynching Act - created 4 June 2020
  3. Frances Robinson-Duff - created 26 September 2018.
  4. Clive Alderton - created 29 June 2016.
  5. Allen Irvin Bernstein - created 27 November 2014.
  6. Dixie Flyer (train) - created 15 August 2014.
  7. Louis Crompton - significant additions to this stub, increase of 409%, 16 February 2014.
  8. James "Wally" Brewster, Jr. - created 29 November 2013 - short article with refs and wikilinks
  9. Nationality Act of 1940 - created 1 April 2013 - short article with refs and wikilinks
  10. Larry L. King - created 23 December 2012 - stub, with references others can use to expand it
  11. Florida School for Boys - major rewriting and expansion, increase of 640%, 15 June 2012
  12. Lullingstone Roman Villa - substantial edits, increase of 38%, 15 June 2012
  13. Imperial State Crown - significant addition (History section), increase of 45%, 28 May 2012
  14. Samuel Butler (novelist) - significant addition (Sexuality section), increase of 34%, 8 May 2012
  15. John Hathorn Hall - created 6 February 2012 - stub, not much to find on this guy
  16. William Nye (courtier) - created 15 November 2011 - stub, not much to find on this guy
  17. Environmental protocol - created 30 October 2011 - a section moved from Protocol (diplomacy)
  18. Franklin v. State - created 14 July 2011
  19. Forgotten Coast - significant additions, July 2011
  20. Florida Panhandle - significant additions, increase of 45%, July 2011
  21. In re: Gill - significant edits and additions, increased over 120%, July 2011
  22. International Gay Rodeo Association - significant rewriting and additions, increased over 180%, July 2011
  23. Kit house - created 28 June 2011
  24. Roger Simon (journalist) - created 28 June 2011 (per request found at the Help Desk)
  25. Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway - created 5 April 2011
  26. Benjamin Franklin Yoakum - significant additions, 4 April 2011
  27. Gulf Coast Lines - created 2 April 2011
  28. Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway - significant addition, 1 April 2011
  29. C.F. Theodore Steinway - created, but actually a copyedit of article translated from de.wp, 13 Sept. 2010, per help request
  30. Florida Panhandle - significant addition and rewriting lede, 8 Sept. 2010
  31. Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad - created 31 August 2010
  32. Same-sex_marriage in Wyoming - substantial revision
  33. Tender (railroad car) - substantial revision
  34. Sunbeam (passenger train) - near-total rewriting
  35. Sam Houston Zephyr - created 8/16/08
  36. Neil McLennan - created 8/16/08
  37. Same-sex marriage in New Mexico - near-total rewriting
  38. Same-sex marriage in Maryland‎ - significant addition
  39. Anglican devotions - significant revision
  40. Silver Comet (train) - created 5/23/08
  41. Gulf Wind - created 5/23/08
  42. Seaboard Air Line Railroad - substantial expansion
  43. Fort Worth and Denver Railway - substantial expansion
  44. Rex Wockner - created 5/20/08
  45. Texas Zephyr - created 2/1/08
  46. Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu - substantial additions
  47. Civil unions in Colombia - significant addition
  48. LGBT rights in Colombia--substantial additions
  49. Daddy & Papa--created 7/28/07
  50. M. v. H.--significant addition
  51. Ontario Family Law Act--created 7/28/07
  52. Adult interdependent relationship in Alberta--created 7/28/07
  53. Jacques Vallee, Sieur Des Barreaux--substantial addition
  54. Domestic partnership in Nova Scotia--created 7/27/07
  55. Common-law relationships in Manitoba--created 7/24/07
  56. Civil unions in New Jersey--significant addition, July 2007
  57. Khnumhotep & Niankhkhnum--substantial addition
  58. Domestic partnership--substantial editing
  59. Civil union--significant additions
  60. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee--created 12/30/06
  61. Randy Shilts--extensive rewriting and additions, 12/29/06
  62. Elliott Blackstone--created 12/28/06
  63. Compton's cafeteria riot--extensive reworking
  64. Barbara Gittings--significant additions
  65. Executive Order 13087--created 12/23/06
  66. Executive Order 11478--created 12/23/06
  67. Domestic partnership in District of Columbia--significant additions
  68. Domestic partnership in Hawaii--substantial additions
  69. Domestic partnership in Tasmania--created 12/18/06
  70. Domestic partnership in Maine--created 12/15/06

The secret of Wikihappiness

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  • 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,

In a good way, of course.  :-)

Why the Internet still sucks

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Strange but True

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Writing for a massively multi-moron encyclopedia is a lot more fun than writing for a very quiet professional one. While I prefer the latter in theory, I prefer the former in practice.

Wikipedia Statistics

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See Wikipedia article traffic statistics at Wikimedia Commons

To-do edits

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ADD 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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Stuff to remember

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Go-to Admin

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  • Hidden comment: <!-- Comment -->
  • {additional citation needed|date=December 2017|reason=Felzenberg confirms that Buckley married Aloise Steiner of New Orleans in 1917 and that she was of Swiss-German ancestry but doesn't include other details}
  • {Says who|date} = According to whom?

just {cns|text= |date= }

  • for multi-paragraph quotes, try using colons instead of any blockquotes
  • {Increation|time=17:07, 14 July 2011 (UTC)|duration=2 hours}
  • History at a glance infobox, see Huston–Tillotson University
  • {Clarify|pre-text=What system?|date=January 2010}
  • {Cite quote|date=January 2011}
  • Unreferenced|date=July 2007 (use double brackets); or use refimprove
  • Unreferencedsection / incoherent / intro length|date=April 2010
  • Morefootnotes / Not verified|date=July 2007
  • Citations missing|article|date=March 2011
  • templates (double brackets): {Main} {See also} {Details} {Further}
  • {about|the region|the school|University of West Florida}
  • spot tags: {By whom|date=May 2010}
  • WP:GAY / LGBT-footer|rights=yes|culture=yes|history=yes
  • citation needed: use {cn|date=} (double brackets)
  • {done} and {resolved} - double brackets for each
  • TrainsWikiProject - in double brackets, to go on talk pages
  • [1] - for stats on individual article page views
  • for inline note: ref group=note in angle brackets followed at the end by /ref, likewise
  • {section link|Tom Winsor#Rail Regulator 1999-2004}

User FAw|2 User FL|2 User GAw|2 User DYK|2 - swiped from Blnguyen

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