To see what things I think I want to work on (which rarely overlaps with what I actually wind up working on), check my to do list.
I am either interested in nothing, or interested in everything. That sort of depends what you think. My current goal is simply this: as 'payment' for every use of a Wikipedia article, I try to clear up at least one 'citation needed' within that article (I might do more if I have the time, but it takes about five minutes for me to find a cite for 90% of these 'citation needed' flags, and I think that's a fair trade considering I usually read a page on a complete whim). Oddly, I have not contributed anything to articles on subjects that I know a fair bit about, though I wrote a decent one on Peg Bracken that got deleted by accident before posting.
Currently, things that bother me:
I don't, very often, but for the last 2-3 weeks, I've been reverting and undoing an insane amount of articles, repeatedly, because of self-promotion. Oddly, if you contribute something to an article, even if you're treading on original research, I'm unlikely to delete your additions. I think that people who are involved the subjects they're contributing to often have things to add that are of interest and use. However, if I've deleted something of yours, before you complain about me/to me, please make ensure you weren't just directing people at your own self. Please check WP:NOT#SOAP (Wikipedia is Not a Soapboax), and WP:COI (Conflict of Interest) to brush up on things before saying my edits were improper or incorrect.
Certain of you might also want to check up on the parts of WP:ATT (Attribution) that discuss self-published books, and recognize that even if your page is a 200-page e-book, with "lots of information!", that would still count as self-publication.
I keep an eye on Administrators Noticeboard/Incidents as a quick way of keeping up to date on problems. Really, I'm a janitor; I don't do a lot of creation, but instead, I go and I read articles and copyedit them. It's slower work, since it involves really reading the article, noticing contradictions, syntactical messes, inconsistant uses (ie, 4th Brigade in one part and Fourth Brigade in another), and of course, spelling, spelling, spelling.
Also see: Thespian's To Do List
I noticed this week that, except for Traci Des Jardins none of the rather notable chefs on The Next Iron Chef had Wikipedia pages. So in an Iron Editor challenge to myself on my food blog, I spent the past few days researching and creating the following seven pages.
On May 28th, the national CBC-3 show, R3-30 read a 'long-range request' from me to Bearcat, a shout out to him for working to save The Western Investor from a request for deletion. It also went out to all the editors who voted 'keep', and maaaaaaybe had a little fun with the guy who nommed it. You can download the podcast version of it here. My letter and the Western Investor stuff starts just after 12:30.
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Wikignoming You may indeed be a Wikignome, and there's nothing wrong with that, but you also took the time-out to help a new editor find their way. Well done! - Alison ☺ |
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On20 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Orange Whip, which you created or substantially expanded.
Did you know: ...that John Candy improvised the famous "Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips." line from The Blues Brothers, after a set designer's father asked for the mention? |
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On28 October, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chris Cosentino, which you created or substantially expanded.
Did you know: ...that Chris Cosentino, a contestant on The Next Iron Chef famous for cooking offal, hated his grandmother's tripe as a child? |
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On31 October, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gavin Kaysen, which you created or substantially expanded.
Did you know:...that chef Gavin Kaysen was undone at the Bocuse d'Or cooking competition because a dishwasher ate part of his entry? |
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OnNovember 3, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Morou Ouattara, which you created or substantially expanded.
Did you know:...that Chef Morou Ouattara opened his own restaurant after he lost his job as Signatures Restaurant's executive chef, in the fallout of the Jack Abramoff scandals? |
This is Corinna Fugate. You have helped me in the past. I have legally changed my name to Rose Mercury and am trying to update and transfer the information from the Corinna Fugate Wikipedia page to a Rose Mercury page but it's up for deletion. I am so overwhelmed and don't know what I am doing. Please intercede on my behalf. I have a blog on my myspace page http://www.myspace.com/rosemercurymusic to prove it's me. I need your help, assisitance. Please help me clean up the article so it can stay. I need it. Thank you, and I am greatful for your time and energy. Rose Mercury (formerly Corinna Fugate)
