Hello, and welcome to my user page! I contribute to many different areas of Wikipedia where I see unmet needs. I strive to improve the world's information ecosystem, in pursuit of Wikipedia's mission to make the sum of human knowledge accessible to every person. – {{u|Sdkb}} talk
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Userboxes[edit]
My Wikipedia-relevant biographical facts[edit]
 | This user is a mammal. |
| en-5 | This user can contribute with a professional level of English. |
 | This user is a professional journalist. |
 | This user is an editor on Wikivoyage. |
 | This user has a userpage on Wikimedia Commons. |
My Wikipedia-relevant beliefs[edit]
| A, B, and C | This user prefers the Oxford comma. |
 | This user supports the use of transclusion for consolidation. |
| This user supports the use of gender-neutral language. |
 | This editor puts the reader first. |
| This user knows that Facts Matter |
 | This user believes that the press is not the enemy. |
 | This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know. |
My Wikipedia activity[edit]
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 | This user enjoys reading The Signpost. |
| # | This user chats on the Wikimedia Community Discord server. |
 | This user has template editor rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) |
 | This user has new page reviewer rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) |
 | This user has pending changes reviewer rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) |
 | This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) |
 | This user runs a bot, SdkbBot (contribs). It performs tasks that are extremely tedious to do manually. |
 | This user has identified to the Wikimedia Foundation. (verify) |
My WikiProjects[edit]
 | This user is a member of WikiProject Articles for improvement. |
 | This user is a member of WikiProject COVID-19. |
 | This user is a member of WikiProject District of Columbia. |
 | This user is a member of WikiProject Higher education. |
 | This user is a member of WikiProject Newspapers. |
 | This user is interested in sociology. |
 | This user assists new editors at the Teahouse. |
 | This user is a member of WikiProject Transport. |
 | This user is a participant in WikiProject Usability. |
 | This user is a member of WikiProject Vital Articles. |
Barnstars and other awards[edit]
Note: may include mild refactoring. Unrefactored versions can be found at my talk page.
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The Editor's Barnstar |
| For starting the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) § Proposal to streamline the welcome template. Yes, that is a very helpful resource. RIT RAJARSHI (talk) 09:51, 1 April 2020 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Good Humor |
| For lightening the mood. Nice one. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:50, 1 April 2020 (UTC) |
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The Brilliant Idea Barnstar |
| Thanks for all you do to Wikipedia, especially redesigning the header for the Teahouse and setting up the RFC for redoing the sidebar. Interstellarity (talk) 14:42, 11 April 2020 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| Thanks for starting the RfC on the sidebar. It's well written and clearly laid out. Hopefully it will make some long needed improvements! Happy editing, Dreamy Jazz � talk to me | my contributions 23:03, 26 April 2020 (UTC) |
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The Instructor's Barnstar | |
| This Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who have performed stellar work in the area of instruction & help for other editors. I've loved seeing the energy you've brought to advocating improvements in our onboarding of newcomers, especially your invaluable help with the introductory tutorials. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)talk 12:25, 6 May 2020 (UTC) |
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The Civility Barnstar |
| Thank you for the level-headed and reasonable discussions over at COVID-related articles — it's refreshing. :) Acalycine (talk) 14:22, 11 May 2020 (UTC) |
 | This user has been awarded a userbox barnstar for adding documentation to two of my userboxes; thanks again!  Patrick. |
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The Original Barnstar | |
| For your work on the 2020 left sidebar update RFC. Well done! Yair rand (talk) 17:32, 4 June 2020 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| I made my first successful edit on the article you created, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment. Thank you for helping me on my repetitive errors on minor updates. You were kind enough during the whole process. Thanks again.
Anshublogger (talk) 20:35, 24 June 2020 (UTC) |
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar |
| Belated thanks for your constructive contributions and perceptive suggestions to portray different aspects of pandemics. Your work embodies the collaborative spirit that is supposed to guide our efforts. —RCraig09 (talk) 17:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC) |
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COVID-19 Barnstar | |
| Thank you for your work on trimming down COVID-19 pandemic, and all your COVID-related work in general! Ovinus (talk) 23:35, 14 October 2020 (UTC) |
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What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar | |
| Thank you for starting the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates § Expired nominations. You were encouraged to take a passing comment on Wikipedia Discord and start a full discussion on Wikipedia. I'm impressed! Keep up the good work. :) MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 05:27, 20 November 2020 (UTC) |
Pomona College people
Thank you for quality articles about people who move things, such as Martina Vandenberg and David S. Breslow, for the list of Pomona College people and filling it, for contributing where you see unmet needs, for read before commenting – professional journalist, you are an awesome Wikipedian!
You are recipient no. 2558 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:32, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
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WikiYanny |
| For writing Wikipedia's notability policies. Please keep up the good work. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 01:08, 1 April 2021 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Good Humor |
| Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2021! I hope you have a good rest of the year. Nrco0e (talk · contribs) 00:44, 2 April 2021 (UTC) |
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar |
| Random act of giving you this barnstar for doing so much for the COVID-19 project. Sitaphul (talk) 19:57, 16 April 2021 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| My attention was stolen... Clever! Thanks for all you do around here. It makes a difference. Eddie891 Talk Work 22:48, 21 August 2021 (UTC) |
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The Sociology Barnstar |
| Thank you for your contributions to sociology topics. ����������� ℣ 08:21, 13 October 2021 (UTC) |
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A.C.'s Book Stack of Unreadability |
| Thank you for trying to move things along in the recent ANI thread. I'm sad your close was reverted as the thread has basically multiplied in size and has become near unreadable. Your attempt at trying to move discussion to appropriate channels and reducing the threshold for new voices to get in has been noted by me and probably others as well. A. C. Santacruz ⁂ Talk 22:15, 1 November 2021 (UTC) |
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The University Barnstar | |
| For the time and effort you have put in to elevate Pomona College, List of Pomona College people, and Jean Walton, amongst others, to a higher level. Like the topics, places and people you have written about, you have also improved the learning experience for many and that is admirable. — The Most Comfortable Chair 18:02, 20 November 2021 (UTC) |
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The Philosophy Barnstar | |
You're a very wise and experienced Wikipedia editor, and I always value your unique input. Thank you for everything you bring to the project. ––FormalDude  talk 09:39, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
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The Featured Article Medal | |
| By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken an article to Featured status". Gog the Mild (talk) 13:03, 21 December 2021 (UTC) |
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The Signpost Barnstar | |
| Thank you very much for a very nice job this issue. Smallbones(smalltalk) 02:27, 30 December 2021 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| Thank you for your contribution at State Public Libraries (Spain). Keep up the good work. Cheers! - Hatchens (talk) 00:28, 15 January 2022 (UTC) |
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
| For making {{uw-ewsoft}} (permanent link) the perfect information template, in teamwork with Generalrelative. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 14:57, 21 January 2022 (UTC) |
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COVID-19 Barnstar | |
| Awarded for efforts in expanding and verifying articles related to COVID-19. Cdjp1 (talk) 8 March 2022 (UTC) |
Miscellany[edit]
Committed identity: 6350117743035842c49708ca8084938e20ebd2f549689406a2cccd5da5b17555f644c25892fa8dcc50f45a13543f72b401e467612f5175a25aef1bb17af8da66 is a SHA-512 commitment to this user's real-life identity.