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My name is Alex Thompson and I edit Misplaced Pages, and multiple other projects, as a hobby. I live in ], in the ] and I am 26 years old. I am passionate about ], and I travel a lot. I've recently finished studying photography at college, and work as a sales advisor. I changed my username from '''Rubbish computer''' to just be as transparent as possible. I don't like the idea that Misplaced Pages is secret or a closed system. I don't think that describes Misplaced Pages anyway, but I want to just be completely open with what I do under my real name and face. Let's make the internet not suck!


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==Misplaced Pages editing==
==Editing==
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It creates ] and improves mainly the grammmar,{{what?}} wording and tone of articles. Much of its work on wording consists of removing ] and ] (it has said that while these words are simply ''']''' and ''']''', they don't belong on Misplaced Pages). Some believe its removal of promotional''']''' content'''AD HERE $1''' may eventually lead to it ] deleting ]. It also occasionally works on '''Vote Waldo''' ], and fights vandalism for lulz.
I began editing on the day I created my account, November 5, 2014, but had previously contributed as an ]. I edit Wikimedia projects as a hobby in my spare time. My editing is varied: I'm not sure how I would sum it up. I patrol ] and ] frequently; I help revert vandalism, but also welcome new users and help copyedit and categorise articles. I frequently use the semi-automated tools ], ] and ], to assist with this. I've been a ] for several years and patrol ] for similar reasons (I am also a ]). Additionally, I contribute to discussions by the Misplaced Pages community, such as ] and ]. I have created several hundred articles and have the ] right as a result. I'm trying to create articles more often. I also use ] sometimes, mostly to help fix typos, especially using the New Pages feed. Although I use several other wikis fairly regularly (see ]), I am most active on this site.

==Extent of Wikipediholism==
===Edit count===
It was attempting to reach 5,000 edits on or before May 5, 2015, and did so on April 15, in order to reach 10,000 edits by November 5, 2015, which it reached on June 3. Awkwardly, it topped first 20,000, then 30,000 edits; however, it does not think that an edit count necessarily reflects the scale of a user's contributions.


===In real life=== ===In real life===
*Meetups attended:1 *IRL meetups attended: 5
*Virtual meetups attended: 3
*Wikipedians met: {{User|Andreasmperu}} {{User|Dcfmyers}} {{User|Maproom}} {{User|Redrose64}} {{User|RexxS}}
*Total meetups attended: 8
*Virtual meetups hosted: 1
*Wikipedians{{who?}} met: {{User|Andreasmperu}} {{User|Dcfmyers}} {{user|Mainly mazza}} {{User|Maproom}} {{User|Pintoch}} {{User|Redrose64}} {{User|RexxS}} {{User|Thryduulf}} {{user|Victuallers}} {{User|Widefox}} {{user|Yaris678}}
*Wikipedians hoping never to meet: {{U|Bfpage}}{{Awkward}}] hoping to run into you one day. I am working on an article "Intelligent Gerbils" they are an imaginary alien race supported by a number of refs. I hope to get it to FA very soon. {{U|Barbara (WVS)}}


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;Vanity: an awards page for tokens of appreciation for my editing, which I greatly appreciate
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==Personal beliefs==
Rubbish computer supports ] and ]. He rejects ] in general but believed it is necessary in circumstances such as warfare, self defence and protecting others (for the last one, e.g. shooting someone dead to stop them from murdering others.) From the same values of violence only being used when necessary, it can be deduced that ] is inherently evil as this can never help anyone, whereas shooting someone could prevent casualties. Having said that, Rubbish computer believes that violence such as shooting can never be ''good''.
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===Concerning Misplaced Pages===
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Rubbish computer has signed the ]. He states that advertisements'''AD HERE $1''' should not be allowed on Misplaced Pages in order to protect its'''AD HERE $1''' independence and that using ] for IP users should be as easy as thanking users with registered accounts. He stresses that while there are no disadvantages, and significant advantages, to creating an account it is natural for editors to start as IPs. He also thinks Misplaced Pages is far too lenient on vandals and trolls, and that it functions as a tiresome bureaucracy at times.


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Rubbish computer believes that the first step towards impartiality is admitting one's own beliefs, which he makes publically available to ] on his user page.


=====Posting messages on user pages on Misplaced Pages=====
It's an easy mistake to make as a newbie, but make sure Hiiii <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>you post messages to users on their talk pages and not their user page<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>s.


Thanks and happy editing.
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Latest revision as of 18:31, 10 December 2023

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Me

My name is Alex Thompson and I edit Misplaced Pages, and multiple other projects, as a hobby. I live in Nuneaton, in the UK and I am 26 years old. I am passionate about photography, and I travel a lot. I've recently finished studying photography at college, and work as a sales advisor. I changed my username from Rubbish computer to just be as transparent as possible. I don't like the idea that Misplaced Pages is secret or a closed system. I don't think that describes Misplaced Pages anyway, but I want to just be completely open with what I do under my real name and face. Let's make the internet not suck!

One of my favourite uploads to Wikimedia Commons

Misplaced Pages editing

I began editing on the day I created my account, November 5, 2014, but had previously contributed as an IP. I edit Wikimedia projects as a hobby in my spare time. My editing is varied: I'm not sure how I would sum it up. I patrol recent changes and new pages frequently; I help revert vandalism, but also welcome new users and help copyedit and categorise articles. I frequently use the semi-automated tools HotCat, Twinkle and Huggle, to assist with this. I've been a pending changes reviewer for several years and patrol pending changes for similar reasons (I am also a new page reviewer). Additionally, I contribute to discussions by the Misplaced Pages community, such as Articles for deletion and Redirects for discussion. I have created several hundred articles and have the autopatrolled right as a result. I'm trying to create articles more often. I also use AutoWikiBrowser sometimes, mostly to help fix typos, especially using the New Pages feed. Although I use several other wikis fairly regularly (see below), I am most active on this site.

In real life

Subpages

Red links
A list of potential articles, which I will try to keep up to date. I will try to create them, but anyone else is most welcome to contribute.
Saved articles
articles I have prevented from being deleted through improvement
Vanity
an awards page for tokens of appreciation for my editing, which I greatly appreciate
Sandbox
a page for experimentation and notes
CSD and PROD logs
I previously had these deleted but later asked that they be restored. I disliked having a record of so many pages I had asked to be deleted: however, I restored these for the purpose of keeping an accurate record which would otherwise be much more difficult to track.
Todo
a to-do list, usually of more complex tasks

Useful Misplaced Pages pages

Fundamental

Writing articles

References


Other Wikistuff

Simple English Misplaced Pages Wikibooks Wikinews Wikivoyage Wikisource Wikiquote Wikiversity Commons Wikidata Wiktionary Wikispecies MediaWiki Meta Outreach

Additional: Special:CentralAuth/Rubbish computer - My edits to all Wikimedia Foundation projects


Thanks and happy editing.

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