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Rich_Farmbrough (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) has been a Wikipedian for about 242 months

A good screen arrangement for more complex AWB diffs.

Some statistics[edit]

See /statistics Also:

Redirects[edit]

At RfD one of the perennial reasons given for deleting redirects is "maintenance". In fact most redirects require minimal manual maintenance, and as we get better at it, less still.

For example Hacoversine. This redirect sat there, requiring no maintenance for 9 years. I just received a message to say the page was patrolled today (2015-10-15). The only reason it was edited was to allow the concept to be added to Wikidata - which would not apply to most of the redirects at RfD.

Projects I am currently interested in[edit]

WP:Tea House
Covering pseudonym/real-name redirects - currently working on "S" from the first of a list of resources.
Translating bird articles to Swahili
Improving Wiktionary coverage of Gaelic languages
Improving Wiktionary coverage of obsolete English terms
Generating demographic and geographic images for Commons
Reviewing and revising the Arbitration Committee processes and policy
Filling in gaps in previous projects
Assisting smaller language wikis with technical issues

A few of the pages I've started[edit]

and... List of Ace Double Novels Thelin Clofarabine Myeloblast William H Nation 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment Spaghetti House siege Category:Royal residences in the United Kingdom Fundamental theorem of projective geometry Charles Fambrough Muckle Flugga Vernon Kell (and other MI5 DGs) Kemal Monteno Category:Lost BBC episodes List of Goon Show episodes - well it was part of The Goon Show when I created it. Peter Glaze Ohio House of Representatives Projective frame.

Interesting things[edit]

Most websites have the wrong dates for some episodes of Doomwatch. We don't.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4648659

Barnstars et al.[edit]

Vanguard Editor

This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than 15 years.

I have some and I like getting them. I have also given some out.

(incomplete)

Things that stayed too long[edit]

Note, this is a random sampling of errors, vandalism and hoaxes, some spotted by me, some by others. The point is to remind us that Wikipedia vandalism is not "all corrected within a few minutes" as we sometimes seem to think.

complete misunderstanding of the formation of one of the largest companies in the UK
A non-vegetarian god for three months.
SE 194W
Who has the real diamond? [1] 6 weeks.
Mañana Será Otro Dia 5 months
Street racer ski 9 weeks.
Hardin County, Ohio was a country for nearly six months.
Rautavaara wrote "ASDF" Etudes for nearly six months.
Parts of this edit took a month to fix.
The (imaginary) Belgian Bun Companion guide [2]. Over eight months.
The lower-case professor [3], about six months.
Irina Simagina was a man [4] for 10 months.
This female politician was a man for eight months. My mistake, I thought her name was a spelling variation of men's name Olav.
Gé van Aelst, mix-up entry, 1 month.
Parts of this edit stayed for over eight months.
Link to non existent congressman [5] over nine months.
Zach Hansen born in 1736. Three weeks.
- Saying Zach Hansen when the vandalism said "Zach Dillon, Jarek Petras, and Austin Hansen". December 2007 to July 2009.
Prince Albert Day, six days.
Ever heard of "Aka Amir khosro Ahmadi"? [6] Probably not. Stayed for 17 months.[7] And what's this about?
Accidental page blanking stood for a year.
Islamic flags were "pink blue and rainbow" for nearly 2 months. Which was nice.
Married to a wanker from September 2008 to June 2009.
A chef worked at "Noob's" for 19 months, from November 2006 to July 2008
Possibly Kosvinsky Mountain
There was excrement on a talk page for 38 months, from November 2006 to January 2010
Wrong date of death for three years, until he actually died!
34 children for two years - then they all left at the same time.
The Protestant Cruse family was made Jewish for two-and-a-half years, from the article's creation in April 2009 to October 2011. Based on the false information on Wikipedia, family members were listed on an antisemitic website.
These clumsy acts of vandalism. Just under three years.

Database dumps[edit]

Latest dump.

Disambiguation[edit]

I have also disambiguated "British" (several times), please correct any mistakes you come across. See User:Rich Farmbrough/Disambig scripts for a tool I used to help with disambiguation.

WP errors[edit]

There are so many ways WP can fail.

Useful style guides etc.[edit]

Edits[edit]

Generalist.

I would like to be writing great articles, but actually I'm an inveterate "fixer" of anything that I see that looks wrong - mainly links and copyedits. I have spent some time on GFDLing about 3000 images, and on some specific articles, for example Spaghetti House siege and Pedro Lopez. I also migrated a fair few biographies from DNB.

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+<!-- [[File:Rich.svg|thumb|200px|Arms of Rich: ''Gules, a chevron between three crosses botonée or'']] -->
 ==Some statistics==
 See [[/statistics]]
+Also:
+{{Annual readership |expanded=true}}
 ==Redirects==
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 ==Projects I am currently interested in==
 * [[WP:Tea House]]
-* Covering pseudonym/real-name redirects - currently working on "C" from the first of a list of resources.
+* Covering pseudonym/real-name redirects - currently working on "S" from the first of a list of resources.
 * Translating bird articles to Swahili
 * Improving Wiktionary coverage of Gaelic languages
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 * [[Echiniscoides sigismundi]]
 * [[List of cattle herd books]]
+* [[The Industrial Christian Home for Polygamous Wives]]
+* [[Olympic oaks]]
+* [[Whist scorer]]
 and... [[List of Ace Double Novels]]  [[Thelin]] [[Clofarabine]]  [[Myeloblast]]  [[William H Nation]]  [[508th Parachute Infantry Regiment]]  [[Spaghetti House siege]]  [[:Category:Royal residences in the United Kingdom]]  [[Fundamental theorem of projective geometry]]  [[Charles Fambrough]]  [[Muckle Flugga]]  [[Vernon Kell]] (and other MI5 DGs) [[Kemal Monteno]]  [[:Category:Lost BBC episodes]]  [[List of Goon Show episodes]] - well it was part of [[The Goon Show]] when I created it.  [[Peter Glaze]]  [[Ohio House of Representatives]]  [[Projective frame]].
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 ==Barnstars ''et al''.==
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+|{{Vanguard Editor Ribbon}}
+|-
+|{{User Fifteen Year Society}}
+|}
 I have some and I like getting them.  I have also given some out.
-{{detail|/Barnstars}} (incomplete)
+{{detail|User:Rich Farmbrough/Barnstars}} (incomplete)
 ==Things that stayed too long==
-;''Note, these a random sampling of errors, vandalism and hoaxes, some spotted by me, some by others.  The point is to remind us that Wikipedia vandalism is not "all corrected within a few minutes" as we sometimes seem to think.''
+;''Note, this is a random sampling of errors, vandalism and hoaxes, some spotted by me, some by others.  The point is to remind us that Wikipedia vandalism is not "all corrected within a few minutes" as we sometimes seem to think.''
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AstraZeneca&diff=prev&oldid=985081661 complete misunderstanding of the formation of one of the largest companies in the UK]
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K._Muraleedharan&diff=656409818&oldid=656409561 A non-vegetarian god] for [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K._Muraleedharan&oldid=646658659 three months].
 *[[SE 194W]]
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 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laza_Lazarevi%C4%87&diff=prev&oldid=443172180 34 children] for two years - then they all left at the same time.
 *The Protestant [[Cruse family]] was made Jewish for two-and-a-half years, from the article's creation in {{diff2|285914101|April 2009}} to {{diff2|457757573|October 2011}}. Based on the false information on Wikipedia, family members were listed on [http://radioislam.org/islam/english/jewishp/france/list_of_french_jews.htm an antisemitic website].
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/124.83.37.140 These] clumsy acts of vandalism.  Just under three years.
 ==Database dumps==
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 I would like to be writing great articles, but actually I'm an inveterate "fixer" of anything that I see that looks wrong - mainly links and copyedits.  I have spent some time on [[GNU Free Documentation License|GFDL]]ing about 3000 images, and on some specific articles, for example [[Spaghetti House siege]] and [[Pedro López (serial killer)|Pedro Lopez]].  I also migrated a fair few biographies from [[Dictionary of National Biography|DNB]].
-Interesting articles:
-* [[Whittington's Longhouse]]
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicol%C3%A1s_Fasolino&diff=prev&oldid=383322850] was edit 750,000.
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Collins_(psychologist)&oldid=913539548] was edit 1,500,000.
 ==All my pages==
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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&oldid=292422 Here]'s a nice stub.
-{{Authority control|ORCID=0000-0003-4939-6387}}
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 {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}
-<center>This excludes my user pages.</center>
+{{center|This excludes my user pages.}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Farmbrough, Rich}}
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 [[Category:Wikipedians in Lincolnshire]]
 [[Category:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles participants]]
-[[Category:Wikipedia bot owners]]
+[[Category:Wikipedia bot operators]]
 [[Category:Wikipedians who understand ParserFunctions]] <!-- on a good day -->
 [[Category:Wikipedia Teahouse hosts]]
-[[Category:Wikipedians with over 1 million edits]]
 [[aa:User:Rich Farmbrough]]
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 [[tr:User:Rich Farmbrough]]
 [[uk:User:Rich Farmbrough]]
-[[Category:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup members|{{PAGENAME}}]]
+[[Category:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup participants|{{PAGENAME}}]]

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Latest revision as of 16:05, 20 October 2023

Some statistics[edit]

Redirects[edit]

Projects I am currently interested in[edit]

A few of the pages I've started[edit]

Interesting things[edit]

Barnstars et al.[edit]

Things that stayed too long[edit]

Database dumps[edit]

Disambiguation[edit]

WP errors[edit]

Useful style guides etc.[edit]

Edits[edit]

All my pages[edit]

In User[edit]

In User talk[edit]

Todo[edit]

Redirect template categories contents?[edit]

Bits and bobs[edit]

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