As of 2016, this was basically just a placeholder page. At the time the page was created (older yet), this notice appeared:
===== In general, this page should be created and edited by User:Oaklandguy =====
So for most of its existence, this page's only use was to exist, and to have a home for a sandbox. I lived (and still live) in Oakland, California, USA & do some editing. (now over 800)
- Oaklandguy
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In Aug 2021, I discovered that Wikipedia's coverage of the author Eyal Press has a problem. See exchange of comments between ColinFine and me. This started in Teahouse. --> I just solved another mystery about Wikipedia: How red links happen! When I tried to link the user ColinFine, I got a "page does not exist" error message, and the link is red. To make a link to a user, do it this way: {{U|ColinFine}} ColinFine it works! Oaklandguy (talk) 16:43, 20 August 2021 (UTC) (PS: the character after the U is a "pipe", rather than a letter I)
I was looking for an article on Eyal Press. All that Eyal Press has now, is a Redirect to the article on the Russell Sage Foundation. I just started a Talk page on Eyal Press, even though it's a Redirect page -- I got to the Redirect page by clicking the link at the top of the Foundation's page. The article will be pretty weak, but Press does deserve coverage. More on the Talk page on the existing Redirect page. Oaklandguy (talk) 16:59, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
}} Oaklandguy (talk) 16:59, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
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