The Green Star Collector
Self-portrait
Born	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	John C. Dore Elementary School (Valedictorian) Kennedy High School St. Laurence High School (IB) Elmhurst University
Occupations	College student Wikipedia editor Substack blogger
Known for	Creating, rewriting, and expanding articles on crime and politicians
Political party	Independent
Awards
Website	Green Star Haven

Hello?

Can anyone hear me?

What is this place?

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Oh, right. Wikipedia.

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Good morning, good evening, and good afternoon, everyone.

I'm trying to make the world a better place, one edit at a time.

Biography

Hello. I'm a Wikipedia editor from Chicago, Illinois. I'm greatly interested in politics and true crime; therefore, I tend to edit articles of these subjects most frequently, with contributions ranging from minor edits to rewriting and expanding entire articles. Occasionally, I write articles on these topics from scratch.

I also enjoy adding infoboxes to articles and fixing the formatting of pre-existing infoboxes. Projects of mine have also included fixing bare URLs and adding citations.

I graduated from John C. Dore Elementary School as valedictorian, then graduated from St. Laurence High School with a standard degree, as well as an IB diploma. I'm currently pursuing an education at Elmhurst University, majoring in computer science with a minor in multimedia journalism.

If you're wondering where my username comes from, look no further than the Super Mario Galaxy duology. Collecting the 120 Green Stars in Super Mario Galaxy 2 was my favorite part of the game. I also have a newsletter on Substack named after a location from Paper Mario; I'm fond of that series as well. I also named my sandbox "Green Star Haven", mainly because I couldn't think of another creative name.

In addition to video games, I'm also interested in (and passionate about) writing, typing, coding, etc.

Here's two of my favorite rap verses, for some reason. Coincidentally, they both involve burgers and fries.

"Who am I? I'm that guy. I'm the burger with the fries."

— Chris Webby

"We ordered two Big Macs and two large fries with Cokes."

— Parents Just Don't Understand

Over 93% of my edits are mainspace edits, and over 99% of all my edits are live edits. For more information about my Wikipedia contributions and activity, see here.

For a complete list of the articles I've published on Substack, see here. For a list of all articles I've written for Elmhurst University's student paper, see here.

Suggestions

If you're looking for something to do on Wikipedia, I have a few suggestions.

• If you have the ability to do so, create articles in need of creation.
• Rewrite and expand articles in need of rewritting and expansion, otherwise known as stubs.
• Update articles in need of updating.
• Skim articles for grammatical errors and typos. Copyediting is important too!
• Add infoboxes to biographical articles, or correct the formatting of pre-existing infoboxes. Check here for suggestions.
• Go to the list of new pages and check the most recently created articles for spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. A good number of these articles will lack references, a DEFAULTSORT value, and/or categories. You can add some yourself, or add a template or two to alert other editors if you're not sure what to do.
• Welcome new users, providing them with information about the basics of editing Wikipedia.
• Give barnstars to users in recognition of major or even minor contributions.
• Check the recent changes page and thank users for their contributions. It's nice to feel appreciated!
• If you're able to, create your own user page. Add on to your user page as desired. Create a userbox tower and award yourself a ribbon.
• Create your own sandbox.
• Customize your signature.
• Fix bare URLs and other reference formatting errors. For a list of articles that contain at least one bare URL, see here.
• Add italics to the titles of books, newspapers, magazines, etc.
• Work on this page.
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Did you know?

Some interesting tidbits, courtesy of Wikipedia.

• The plural of attorney general is attorneys general, not attorney generals. (↗)
• Referring to Democrats as Democrats is offensive. (↗)
• The world's smallest park measures just 452 square inches. (↗)
• A man on death row escaped from prison, only to become the victim of an unsolved murder later that night. (↗)
• A U.S. senator lost re-election to someone who had been deceased for three weeks. (↗)
• Wikipedia was red pilled. (↗)
• There's a miniature version of Wikipedia. (↗)
• The DK Rap has its own Wikipedia article, for some reason. (↗)
• The inventor of the saxophone had numerous near-death experiences as a child. (↗)
• Greta Thunberg and Kyle Rittenhouse were born on the exact same day. (↗)
• A debate over whether to capitalize the "I" in Star Trek Into Darkness required over 40,000 words on the article's talk page before a consensus was reached. (↗)
• You can combine a fork, a knife, and a spoon into one eating utensil. (↗)
• Frosty Boss Ribs is the name of a politician from Montana, not a dish. (↗)

Personal BJAODN

• "Eventually, Mabel eventually pulls out two tacos, and Pacifica eventually accepts a taco." — The Golf War
• "The film was released in U.S. theaters August 3, 2012." — Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film) (This sentence, which was added in May 2022, did not include a period until October 2023.)

Userboxes

Userboxes This user is a Wikipedian. Editing Wikipedia is something this user does as a hobby. This user has been on Wikipedia for 2 years, 4 months and 28 days. This editor is an Experienced Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge. This user has autoconfirmed rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user has extended confirmed rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user has made over 16,000 edits to Wikipedia. This user believes that a user's edit count does not necessarily reflect on the value of their contributions to Wikipedia. This user has created 11 articles on the English-language Wikipedia. This user has created/significantly contributed to 119 stub-class articles. This user helped promote Mario Party DS to good article status. This user has been awarded 3 barnstars. This editor has been thanked by these Wikipedians. tyop typo This user is a member of the Wikipedia Typo Team. , This user supports the use of the Oxford comma. . The This user does not put two spaces after a full stop. This user participates in WikiProject US State Legislatures vn-1 This user's talk page has been vandalized 1 time. en This user is a native speaker of the English language. ♂ This contributor to Wikipedia is male. 18+ This user is an adult. Z This user is a member of Generation Z. This user is a Gemini. This user is Catholic. sex This user is asexual. This user lives in or hails from Chicago. This user believes in civility and assuming good faith. This user is interested in politics. This user is interested in the History of the presidents of the United States. This user is interested in religion. This user is interested in Criminology. This user supports preferential voting as opposed to first-past-the-post. This user does not smoke. This user supports recycling. This user plays on Chess.com as TheGreenStarCollector . # This user chats on the Wikimedia Community Discord server as The Green Star Collector.

Notable contributions

• All Minnesota State Auditors now have articles!
• Cleaned up my high school's Wikipedia page. (I don't consider this to be a conflict of interest, since I've graduated and have no other reason to edit the article than simply trying to help out my alma mater.)
• Promoted Mario Party DS to good article status.
• Added information about a deadly 2017 prison escape attempt to the Pasquotank Correctional Institution article.

Barnstars and other recognition

	The Writer's Barnstar
	For expanding James Nolan (politician). ​​​​​​​𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝟕𝟐𝟖🧙‍♂️Let's Talk ! 17:58, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		Just to thank you for your observations and efforts regarding myself and others. Your integrity and motivations are appreciated . Any efforts I can make to return the time and devotion, feel free to let me know. All the best. Kieronoldham (talk) 04:39, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		Just letting you know your benign diligence has not gone unnoticed by myself and, most likely, many others. Kieronoldham (talk) 01:15, 1 September 2023 (UTC)