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A Wikimedia blog post about my work on Wikipedia [1] [2]

I am interested in contemporary music and cinema. I contribute mostly to lists for FL and occasionally write film/music biographies. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line.

My work[edit]

21,000+

This user has made more than 21,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

This user has helped to promote 5 Featured topics on Wikipedia.

This user has written or significantly contributed to 10 Featured articles on Wikipedia.

This user has written or significantly contributed to 34 featured lists on Wikipedia.

9 of this user's featured articles have appeared on Today's featured article.

9 of this user's featured lists have appeared on Today's featured list.

This user has helped promote 10 good articles on Wikipedia.

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Featured topics

Overview of Leonardo DiCaprio Overview of Katy Perry Overview of Lady Gaga Bradley Cooper Emma Stone

Featured articles

Sonam Kapoor Emma Stone Taylor Swift Bradley Cooper Jennifer Lawrence Hrithik Roshan Scarlett Johansson Lady Gaga Anne Hathaway Katrina Kaif

Featured lists

Other articles

Leonardo DiCaprio

Lists I saved at FLRC
Taylor Swift albums discography

Good articles (reviewed)

Sexxx Dreams A Very Gaga Thanksgiving Anushka Sharma Manoj Bajpai Kalki Koechlin Teeth (song) Til It Happens to You The Fame Monster

Acknowledgement from peers

The Anti-Vandalism + STiki Barnstar. Congratulations, FrB.TG! You're receiving this barnstar because you recently crossed the 1,000 classification threshold using STiki. We thank you both for your contributions to Wikipedia at-large and your use of the tool. We hope you continue your ascent up the leaderboard and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! West.andrew.g (developer) and Widr (talk) 05:56, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar. Many congratulations on getting List of accolades received by Kahaani to FL status! KRIMUK90 ✉ 10:25, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
Preity Zinta filmography. To Frankboy, for taking Preity Zinta filmography to FL status.
— Ssven2 ^{speak 2 me} 05:03, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar. A long-overdue barnstar to one of the hard-working editors on Wikipedia. And, for your amazing work on film articles. —Prashant 07:06, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy. Just want to let you know you have done absolutely nothing that needs to be hidden (archived) we use that just to show what the issues were and what's changed. You acted in what you thought was the best for wiki while still trying to assist others. Good Job, don't be ashamed pat yourself on the back as a job well done. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 18:35, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
A token of appreciation!. For bringing the filmography of the prominent Indian actress Madhuri Dixit (in the picture) to featured list status. Keep it up! Yours friendly, Pavanjandhyala (talk) 10:44, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
The Purple Barnstar. Hi Frankboy! You've done so much editing in the List of awards and nominations received by Taylor Swift page and now it's a featured list candidate, thanks to you! You were persistent even though there were a lot of vandalism and edit wars (which includes me). Keep up the good work! Mat 1997 (talk) 10:22, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar. Congratulations on Salman Khan filmography being featured on the main page. Krimuk|90 (talk) 03:37, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar. Thank you for reviewing "Sexxx Dreams", which I believe was your first GA review, and for working with me on the Adele list. We've made a good team the past week or so! --Another Believer _(Talk) 14:32, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar. Thanks to your help, Katy Perry videography is now a featured list :D! Snuggums (talk / edits) 00:55, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
The Modest Barnstar. For making Katy Perry videography a Featured List. Thanks, and keep up the good work. (Give someone else a pat on the back today). — Calvin999 09:26, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar. For taking Dabangg to GA! Well done, Frankie! — Ssven2 ^{Speak 2 me} 01:39, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar. For bringing Dabangg to GA status which also happens to be your first. Congratulations! Pavanjandhyala (talk) 02:57, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
The featured barnstar. That's for achieving a featured topic with DiCaprio's articles. Congratulations! — Ssven2 ^{Speak 2 me} 06:51, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar. Thanks for all the help on getting Lady Gaga videography to featured list status! Snuggums (talk / edits) 02:30, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar. After many things we've been through, is amazing to say we have a FL together. Thank you so much for your contributions. GagaNutella^talk 03:15, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
The Million Award. For your contributions to bring Friends with Benefits (film) (estimated annual readership: 271,772) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Quarter Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! — Cirt (talk) 18:41, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
The Million Award. For your contributions to bring Jacqueline Fernandez (estimated annual readership: 602,868) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Half Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! — Cirt (talk) 09:38, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence. This award is presented to you for your hard work, cooperativeness, and diligence is improving articles to featured status throughout Wikipedia while handling controversy with grace and class. Your efforts are tremendously appreciated! Birdienest81 (talk) 21:35, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar. I came here to give you this barnstar for our second FL together! That's amazing and I always like to work with you. GagaNutella^talk 22:58, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal. Congratulations on, and thank you for, your contribution of 26 (and counting) articles to DYK. GRAPPLE ^X 19:58, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar. We finally made it. Thank you for one more FLC together! It took a while but now the List of awards and nominations received by Lady Gaga is FL :) GagaNutella^talk 02:57, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar. Thank you for your GA review on Kalki Koechlin! You sure did go the extra mile to be nice throughout the review!- Numerounovedant _Talk 18:39, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar. For getting two articles (List of awards and nominations received by Katy Perry and List of songs recorded by Taylor Swift promoted to FL on the same day! Nobody I know of has ever accomplished such a feat before!! Snuggums (talk / edits) 22:49, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar. For helping me get KP's accolades to FL (as noted above) :D. Snuggums (talk / edits) 22:49, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
The Civility Barnstar. You seem to be getting no end of these lately! Just a thanks for withdrawing your TFL request to appease another user, and prevent any escalation. Harrias ^talk 18:37, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar. I only worked on one in the Overview of Katy Perry but it is my first FT :). Yay us. — Calvin999 09:27, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
The Writer's Barnstar. For your recent promotion of Sonam Kapoor, she is underestimated as an actress, but she finally got a bronze star. —IB ^{[ Poke ]} 15:33, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
Featured Article Sonam Kapoor. To Frankie, for taking Sonam Kapoor to FA status.
Kailash29792 (talk) 10:28, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar. For bringing Sonam Kapoor to FA status. Commendable job! Pavanjandhyala (talk) 12:02, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar. For your amazing work on featured content. Congratulations! Krish! 09:12, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar. For being nice enough to revisit the second Padma Vibhushan FLC nomination on your own without being asked. - Vivvt (Talk) 07:29, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar. Came to know recently that you brought Emma Stone to GA status. Congratulations! Pavanjandhyala (talk) 04:32, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
The West Virginia Barnstar for reviewing Literary Hall ... Thank you for elevating an important West Virginia historic landmark article to Featured Article status, which will allow a larger audience to learn about West Virginia's history, its people, and its culture. -- West Virginian (talk) 18:05, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
Precious Indian actress. for quality articles on Indian film such as Sonam Kapoor, for lists such as Kareena Kapoor filmography and Awards and nominations received by Vidya Balan, for GA reviewing and encouraging, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:18, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
The Indian Film Heroine Barnstar. Many congratulations on the Sonam Kapoor TFA! She's the eighth Indian actress to feature on the main page. Krimuk|90 (talk) 08:35, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar. Came to know today that your FLC List of accolades received by Spotlight (film) was promoted two days ago., Hearty congratulations! :) Pavanjandhyala (talk) 16:58, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar. For you efforts to help improve Kalki Koechlin's article from start till end. Thank you seeing it through. NumerounovedantTalk 14:44, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar. For bringing the filmography of one of the best filmmakers of modern cinema, Quentin Tarantino to FL status. Well done! Pavanjandhyala (talk) 02:52, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
The Writer's Barnstar. Two words. Bradley Cooper. Another two words. Simply amazing! :) Pavanjandhyala (talk) 16:00, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
The Emma Stone Barnster. I log onto Wiki to find that one of my favourite actresses is now a featured article. Thank you and well done �?� AB01║TALK 11:41, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar. I hate to see you leave, but this barnstar is for all of your work and the many articles you've drastically improved. Thanks for all the service. Best wishes for the future. Snuggums (talk / edits) 21:08, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar. FrB.TG, I'm sincerely sad to hear you're leaving. Thanks again for all your support with that article I was working on for so long. And many congratulations for Emma Stone and now Taylor Swift. Great work on those (and I see you've had a very long list of other successes over the last two years)! Wikipedia will be a little bit lonelier without you to swap encouragement with. Good luck in all your future endeavors in real life, and take care. Moisejp (talk) 04:48, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
The featured barnstar. For Taylor Swift. Good! Pavanjandhyala (talk) 13:29, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
The Indian Cinema Barnstar. Good job on making Hrithik Roshan a GA! You don't act like someone who is semi-retired. Bollyjeff | talk 22:18, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar. For getting Roshan up to GA status! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:38, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar. Words IMHO are inexplicably marvelous agents of letting things work, especially when one has made proper choices at the proper place within the proper time. So, despite being unable to be poetic enough, i often marvel at my ability to twist words to let them sound good at least. So... For Hrithik Roshan's GA success. Pavanjandhyala 15:29, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
The golden eagle of resurgence. For Hrithik Roshan's FA success. Surely brilliant! Pavanjandhyala 16:41, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar. For promoting Hrithik Roshan to FA status! Well done! — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 13:15, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar. Great work on Hrithik Roshan's article. Congratulations on getting it to FA. NumerounovedantTalk 15:40, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
The Writer's Barnstar. Thank you for your high-quality work bringing List of accolades received by Spotlight (film) to Featured List. Sagecandor (talk) 22:40, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar. It's always great to edit and review your great articles. Keep up the good work. John (talk) 20:05, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
Featured article Scarlett Johansson. From Ssven2 to FrB.TG, for taking Scarlett Johansson to FA, congratulations on your achievement! Keep it up!
— Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 16:57, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar. Another FA for us and IndianBio! Thank you both for helping me get Stefani to where she is now!! Snuggums (talk / edits) 16:44, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
The featured barnstar. Congratulations to you, IndianBio and SNUGGUMS for promoting Lady Gaga to FA! A remarkable feat indeed! — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 13:12, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
The fire and smoke award. For successfully making the article of Anne Hathaway a featured one. Let the fire keep burning and take you onto more ambitious projects. Regards, Pavanjandhyala 15:02, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
The Reviewer Barnstar. FAC can't function without people like you contributing reviews. Thank you for the five FAC reviews you did during February. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:01, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence. Frankie, your contributions are amazing and you are a gem. I wanted you to know your contributions are appreciated. Keep up the good work! Saqib (talk) 16:50, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar. Nice review for The Favourite. It's a feather in the cap for Emma Stone's articles. CodexJustin (talk) 14:45, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar. For your outstanding contributions to Wikipedia. Mazewaxie (talk • contribs) 18:42, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar. For your edits on the Leonardo DiCaprio article. Thanks. Mazewaxie (talk • contribs) 19:26, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Did you know...[edit]

... that Preity Zinta essayed the role of a prostitute hired as a surrogate mother in the 2001 film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke? (2174 views)
... that Kajol became first woman to win the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role for her performance in Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997)? (1517 views)
... that Madhuri Dixit holds the record for the most nominations (14) for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress? (2284 views)
... that that the British magazine Eastern Eye named Katrina Kaif the "Sexiest Asian Woman" from 2008 to 2010 and again in 2013? (15131 views)
... that ETC Bollywood Business Awards are the only awards in India that judge films based on their box-office performance? (482 views)
... that as a child, Indian actress Sargun Mehta (pictured) and her brother auditioned for the dance reality show Boogie Woogie, but were rejected? (8216 views)
... that President Barack Obama awarded Meryl Streep the 2010 National Medal of Arts and in 2014 the Presidential Medal of Freedom? (4605 views)
... that Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for five Academy Awards, including three as Best Actor? (3648 views)
... that on a track of the album 1000 Fires, Traci Lords confesses her experience with rape when she was 10 years old? (2758 views)
... that Lady Gaga was inspired to write "Sexxx Dreams" from her "mucky" fantasies? (3883 views)
... that in 2010, a song lyric from the album Bookends began appearing spray-painted on vacant buildings and abandoned factories in Saginaw? (2817 views)
... that with S/O Satyamurthy, Allu Arjun became the first Telugu actor with two consecutive films earning more than ₹500 million worldwide? (3197 views)
... that to star in a film, Brad Pitt had to learn boxing, taekwondo, and grappling? (3546 views)
... that the Los Angeles Times Magazine named Claudia Cardinale (pictured) among the 50 most beautiful women in film history in February 2011? (22853 views)
... that "Drag Me Down" marks the first single released by One Direction without Zayn Malik? (2569 views)
... that The Allman Brothers Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995? (5638 views)
... that Jessica Goodman of Entertainment Weekly deemed "High by the Beach" to be Lana Del Rey's catchiest single yet? (2154 views)
... that Franz Ferdinand's fourth album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action was recorded in studios in Glasgow, London, and Stockholm?
... that Dabangg is the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2010? (2389 views)
... that Jacqueline Fernandez (pictured) was named in The Times of India's "Most Desirable Woman" list for five consecutive years? (25113 views)
... that the YouTube trailer of Friends with Benefits attracted over a million views in 48 hours, becoming the most viewed video in the film category? (3952 views)
... that Oklahoma!, a film starring Rod Steiger, had a crew of 325 people and some 70 trucks?
... that in 2015, Anushka Sharma (pictured) appeared on The Huffington Post's list of "100 most influential women on Twitter"?
... that Sonam Kapoor is the first Indian actress to star in a film produced by Walt Disney Pictures?
... that at the 85th Academy Awards, Silver Linings Playbook became the first film in 31 years to be nominated in all four acting categories?
... that Pink Floyd's Richard Wright was a keen collector of Persian rugs?
... that Appian Way Productions has produced The Aviator (2004) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture?
... that Lady Gaga's "Til It Happens to You", which highlights sexual assault, was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and Academy Award for Best Original Song?
... that Lady Gaga's "Teeth" has been described as a "perverse march" and a "gospel ode" to sadomasochism?
... that Lady Gaga's performance at the 87th Academy Awards triggered 214,000 interactions per minute on Facebook?
... that Juhi Chaturvedi won two National Film Awards for writing the screenplay and dialogues of Piku?
... that early in her career, Emma Stone won the Young Hollywood Award for Exciting New Face?
... that in order to move to Los Angeles to be an actress, Emma Stone prepared a PowerPoint presentation to convince her parents?
... that Quentin Tarantino (pictured) wrote and directed the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs, which Empire named the "greatest independent film of all time"?
... that Emma Stone (pictured) had her breakthrough in the 2010 teen comedy Easy A, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Rising Star Award and a Golden Globe Award?
... that Taylor Swift (pictured) is the first act to have three albums with opening week sales of one million copies in the US?
... that Bradley Cooper (pictured) is the tenth man to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in three consecutive years?
... that in 2015, Taylor Swift's (pictured) video for the single "Blank Space" became the fastest to reach one billion views on Vevo?
... that Jennifer Lawrence was reported to be the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016?
... that Hrithik Roshan (pictured) topped Eastern Eye's listing of the "50 Sexiest Asian Men" in 2011, 2012, and 2014?

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