User:Andrewlp1991

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I enjoy editing Wikipedia, especially adding sources to the unsourced articles and cleaning up. Also, I add stuff I hear/read from the news onto Wikipedia if it's not on yet. Check out my contributions for more.

1 My experience on Wikipedia
- 1.1 Articles I have Created
- 1.2 Articles that I have significantly cleaned up, contributed to, or sourced
2 Things to do
3 Traits
4 Standing as an editor

[edit] My experience on Wikipedia

I've been using Wikipedia since late 2004, when I was doing research on a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence for my American history project at school. Since then, I've been exploring Wikipedia frequently, discovering the infinite mass of information that's available on it. When I noticed that it could be edited, I immediately began editing. That's why many articles look "cleaner" nowadays than in the past...in addition, I've been learning Wikipedia code as I went along.

Normally, I edited articles through whatever IP address it was from the computer I was editing from. However, around late 2006/early 2007, I noticed that more articles were getting "semi protected", meaning that I needed an account just to edit them. Since most "semi-protected" articles were articles that had lots of editorial oversight and cited lots of sources, including George W. Bush or creation-evolution controversy, I opted not to get an account. However, as I began discovering some "semi-protected" articles that lacked good structure or sources, I got an account, and since then have used my privileges of editing protected pages in good accounts. In addition, I have so far created two articles on notable subjects related to the politics of television broadcasting. I have enjoyed reading and editing Wikipedia over the years and would like to see it flourish as a groundbreaking, open-source encyclopedia.

[edit] Articles I have Created

July 3, 2007 - Television Watch
July 5, 2007 - Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007
May 16, 2008 - Ozzfest lineups by year (actually a list)
May 19, 2008 - Andre Nickatina (rewrite of an improperly written/eventually deleted article, see AFD) - and now has been given (as of May 28) another one.
many redirects

[edit] Articles that I have significantly cleaned up, contributed to, or sourced

Just look at the variety of articles I have helped maintain frequently here. It represents my diverse interests.

2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike; 4Kids Entertainment; 8 Diagrams; Alfred R. Kahn; AMC (TV network); Anime News Network; Atlantic Records; Atreyu (band); Baby Bash; Beijing; Blackout (broadcasting); Bow Wow; Brooklyn's Don Diva; C. Delores Tucker; Censorship on MTV; Chamillionaire; The Colbert Report; Comedy Central; Conservapedia; Criticism of Family Guy; Cyclone (Baby Bash album); Death Cab for Cutie; Detox (Dr. Dre album); Dr. Dre**; E-40; Eazy-E; Eminem; Evergreen Valley High School; Every Time I Die; Fabolous; Family Viewing Hour; Fat Joe; The Federation (band); Flo Rida; Foxy Brown (rapper); Frankie J; Godsmack*; Greatest Hits (Nas album); Headbangers Ball; History of China; History of the Philippines*; History of the United States; Hurricane Chris (rapper); Ice Cube; Jay-Z; The Jerry Springer Show; Juvenile (rapper); Kanye West; L. Brent Bozell III; Laura Bozzo; Leighton Meester; Lil Wayne; Michael Jackson; Michael Richards; Moral Majority; MTV (but now the article needs more sources and is crumbling in quality); MTV Tr3́s; My Ghetto Report Card; MySpace; N.W.A.; Nas; Nas' ninth studio album; Natalie (singer); Nelly; Ozzfest; Parents Television Council; Pastor Troy; Paul Wall; Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act; PetitionOnline; Progressive Era; Rick Ross (rapper); Rick Santorum; Santorum controversy; Snoop Dogg; Soulja Boy; Spike (TV channel); Stages (Nick Cannon album); Steve Wilkos; Sublime (band); Sucker Free; Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy; T-Pain; Terror Squad; Tila Tequila; Timbaland**; Total Request Live; V-Chip; VH1; Webbie; White Dawg; World War II; Wu-Tang Clan; various articles related to the show Family Guy

*Featured article
**Good article

[edit] Things to do

[edit] General

Clean up most articles about living people - especially due to libel issues
Clean up most articles about fictional TV shows of fancruft and trivia, etc. - such articles need real-world significance
Just edit Wikipedia helpfully and constructively

[edit] Specific articles to deal with

[edit] Wikibreaks

I consider it a Wikibreak when I can go at least 3 days without extensive editing of Wikipedia; if I ever do, it's usually to revert vandalism or to do minor corrections. Already taken: