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| Country | United States |
| Current location | New Jersey |
| Languages | English (US) |
| Time zone | Eastern Time Zone |
| Education and employment | |
| Occupation | High school student |
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| Joined | June 24, 2017 |
| Extended confirmed | July 1, 2021 |
| Edit count | 2000+ |
| Active | March 8, 2021 – present (10 months and 8 days) |
Just editing pages when I feel it's missing something.
If I accidentally break a Wikipedia policy, please inform me on my talk page and revert the page if needed.
If there's a content dispute, I prefer to follow the bold, revert, discuss cycle. If you revert my changes and refuse to engage with me when I reach out to discuss and explain my reasoning, I may assume tacit agreement. At the same time, I recognize that life gets in the way, so I try to be as patient as possible! I might ping you again if I think you may have missed my message (I tend to stalk contribution pages to check user activity). In return, I only ask that you please be patient with me as well. Since I'm a student, I can't check Wikipedia 24/7, as much as I may want to.
I treat editors like adults: I don't sugarcoat or lie about my opinions regarding edits. I always try to be polite (I'm never unpolite) but sometimes I forget to include some of the pleasantries that assure others I believe in their good faith. If I believe you're acting in bad faith, I will explicitly say so! I generally assume that if you're spending (wasting) your free time to edit this encyclopedia, you agree that it's something worth improving and protecting.
Contributions[edit]
Only pages to which I've made significant contributions (as well as edits that bring me pride) are listed, as opposed to a full list of my contributions.[note 1][note 2] The pages are listed in (roughly) chronological order of when I worked on them.
- Maddie Poppe → addition of recent activity + formatting
- Homework → rewording + reorganization
- Political views of Albert Einstein → reorganization
- Articles in the Advanced Placement series → reorganization
- Template:COVID-19 pandemic sidebar → separation of Economic impact and recession from Impacts
- Template:Generation → major overhaul through merging from Template:Generations of Western society
- Stonewall riots → added lead image and corresponding caption
- Dream (YouTuber) → lots of wording changes + addition of birthday and age
- Cavetown → added new lead image + moved it from Cavetown (musician)
- LGBT symbols & Pride flag → major reorganization + standardized naming of pride flag articles
- Template:Antimatter → addition of more articles and new image + reorganization
- Raining cats and dogs → organization + creation of table rather than bullet list
Articles created[edit]
Pages where I was the primary editor (especially during early development) are also listed; redirects are not listed. The articles are listed in chronological order of when I worked on them.
- Political views of Generation Z
- Great Resignation
- Schoology (translation from Spanish)
Current long-term projects[edit]
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Conflicts of interest[edit]
I have the upmost respect for Wikipedia's principle of maintaining a neutral point of view. This requires that editors with conflicts of interest (COIs) avoid editing in a manner that is disruptive. However, improving the encyclopedia necessarily requires those who are passionate about subjects to work to improve said subjects' articles. If editors with conflicts of interest, often among the most passionate, are excluded from articles without cause (i.e. disruptive editing is absent), then the quality of the encyclopedia will suffer.
When I edit an article whose subject I have a conflict of interest with, I attempt to stick to non-substantial changes (adding images, improving formatting). When making substantial edits, I always stick to sources, never my personal knowledge. I encourage editors to call me out if I deviate from this principle or if any other bias emerges. I maintain that, despite these conflicts of interest, I act in good faith; I also recognize that an editor's good faith is often irrelevant in COI discussions.
To maintain the integrity of Wikipedia, and to ensure I am editing ethically, I will disclose all of my conflicts of interest to the best of my ability.[note 1]
- I am a student at Bergen County Academies, part of the Bergen County Technical Schools.
- I am a resident of Glen Rock, New Jersey, and have previously attended public schools in the school district.
- I am an unpaid intern of New Jersey's 38th legislative district, working for Joseph Lagana, Lisa Swain, and Chris Tully.
Favorite policies, guidelines, and essays[edit]
I have to remind some people of some policies and guidelines all the time. So I'm starting a collection of them right here on my user page! I also cite some essays that seem like common sense to me, so I'm including some here. I greatly recommend you read these. Also, if I'm ever a hypocrite by breaking the principles in these pages, please point it out!
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Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Please do not try to connect my real-life identity to this account. I voluntarily release certain information or encourage the viewing of publicly available information for transparency and to aid the editing process. If you are a Wikipedia user, see WP:PRIVACY. Regardless of Wikipedia status, please empathize with me, it is just common decency to respect my privacy.
- ^ My contributions are not indications of interest in any subjects, only indications of awareness of said subjects' existence.