User:Estarriol

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[edit] About me

I'm a 30-something English IT consultant living in a leafy suburb of London, although I have a degree in Genetics and a wide variety of interests. I have a fairly low attention span, which means I haven't got close to taking one article to Good or Featured standard, but makes me quite effective as a roving cleaning/anti-vandal/minor article improvement janitor. This roving around Wikipedia has, much like the Marauders of Harry Potter fame, led to my understanding of most of the less-travelled pathways of Wikipedia, and I like to help out on the Helpdesk and New contributors' help page. Other than that, I keep an eye on my watchlist, fix and improve where I can, get frustrated with vandals and try to help with the wikify mountain.

If there's any way I can help you, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page.

Oh, as for the user name, it comes from a supporting character in A Wizard of Earthsea, one of the very best books I read as a child, and one of the more influential on my life.

Incidentally, I am mentoring my girlfriend on Wikipedia, she is User:Lynnathon; should our areas of editing overlap, that is why. Neither of us is a sockpuppet of the other, and we don't always agree of Wikipedia issues! :-)

[edit] Interests

A small cross-section of some the subjects I'm interested in:-

Thanks to everyone who contributes to this great encyclopedia - something that pulled the web out of its first Dark Age, and is likely the greatest collaborative learning experience in human history. 2,411,875 pinpricks of light in the darkness of human ignorance...

That's all for now.


[edit] To do

[edit] Articles I promised myself I'd work on at some point

- http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizworld/floo_network.html
- http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizworld/transportation.html
- http://www.hp-lexicon.org/ministry/ministry-transportation.html

[edit] General open task template

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Here are some tasks you can do:


[edit] Departments and Wikiprojects I (occasionally) do work for

[edit] Wikipedia:Welcoming committee

I found myself constantly welcoming new users, so thought I may as well sign up here. Lots of useful links on the department page.

[edit] WP:WIKIFY

This is, at the time of writing, the biggest backlog of work in the wiki. Please help out if you can!

[edit] Wikipedia:Typo

This is a list of the typo correction actions I've taken as part of the typo correction team.

  • "noteriety" (23), "fourty" (5), "valueable" (3) — 15:23, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
  • "immitate" (6) --16:40, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
  • "satrical" (5) --23:21, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
  • "Scandanavia" (3) --23:24, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Mixed martial arts

[edit] Tip of the day

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Hello there (totd announcements and task list)...

  • The tip set needs to be updated for 2008. New tips are needed, and existing tips need to be updated.
  • The tip archive for 2007 has been completed.
  • Help sort. The tip library has a section at the end with tips that need to be placed in the appropriate section on the page.

Tomorrow's tip of the day...

Section edit button

At the top of each section of an article (if it has sections, that is), located on the far right of the screen, is an [edit] button. The button is offset slightly above the section, and sometimes new users get confused and think it belongs to the section above it. When you click on the edit button, the edit window opens up, displaying the source text from the section immediately below the edit button. Please use these whenever you can. You can set your preferences to have the section headers themselves to act like the [edit] links.


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[edit] Tools

[edit] Personally acquired links

cl:Category:Wikipedians looking for help

[edit] Welcome Templates

[edit] The generic tool list

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{{subst:Copyvio|url=*source}} {{delete}} {{db|...}} {{no source}} {{no license}}
Dispute
Delete
{{afd}} {{cfd}} {{ifd}} {{tfd}} {{rfd}} {{mfd}} {{prod}}
Community
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List of all the WP pages - Other wikipedia links.

[edit] Martial Law's tools and links

The following tool list is courtesy of User:Martial Law


WP:AMA - Among other things, Wikipedia lawyers.
WP:UBX - Userboxes
Wikipedia:Questions - any questions ?
WP:TTALK - Project templates.
WP:AMDB - Admins who will make difficult blocks. Lets hear it for these Admins.
WP:RFI - Request for investigation.
WP:SW - Spoiler Template for films, movies, games.
WP:FU - Fair use guidelines.
Wikipedia:Paranormal Watchers - Wikipedians who have had paranormal experiences, and/or interested in these matters. ( New Wikipedian Organization )
WP:VP - Village Pump - One section links to the Tech area.
WP:CJ - Community Justice (New Wiki-organization )
WP:ASR - Avoid Self References.
WP:WEB - Web Reference guide
WP:QI - Quick index
Uncyclopedia - For those who insist on being a vandal
WP:BIO - Notability(people)
WP:RFAR - Request for arbitration
WP:PP - Protected page protocol
m:Help:Template - create Templates
WP:UP - User page protocol
WP:U - Usernames protocol
WP:FA - Featured Articles
WP:OFFICE - Wikipedia's Offices
WP:PP - Protected page
WP:H - Help
WP:POST - The Signpost: Wikipedia's Newspaper
WP:KC - Wikipedia Kindness campaign
WP:VAND - Spotting, Terminating Vandalisim
WP:BP - Wikipedia's Blocking Protocol
WP:SUB - Sub. Templates
WP:UTM - Warning Templates
WP:TT - Templates
CAT:UW - Warning Templates
WP:SUG- The Wikipedia Welcome Wagon
WP:BAN - Wikipedia Penalty
WP:ARCHIVE - archive things, like the user Talk page.
WP:RS - Reliable resources
WP:AGF - Assume GOOD faith
WP:ABF - Assume BAD faith
WP:HOAX - Hoax aricles.
WP:DR - Resolving disputes
WP:RD - Reference Desk
WP:PR - Peer review.
WP:EL - External links protocol.
WP:BARN - Barnstar awards
WP:FN-Foot notes. CAUTION:This protocol is still under development
WP:PAIN- Personal Attack Intervention Noticeboard
WP:SPAM- Spam protocol
WP:UBX- Userbox protocol
WP:RCP- RC Patrol protocol
WP:MVP- Most Vandalised pages
WP:SD- Speedy Deletions
WP:EW- Edit War protocol
WP:RV- Revert protocol
WP:SB - Sandbox(For the unmentionables)
WP:WTA - Words to AVOID
WP:ANI - Admin. Incident Report Center
WP:BITE - Don't Bite Newbies. Some REALLY need help, NOT scorn, ridicule.
WP:CON - Consensus
WP:FAC - Featured article canidates
WP:VPP - Village pump(policy)
WP:NLT - NO legal threats
Wikipedia policies - Policies and Guidelines
WP:SPP - Semi page protection protocol
WP:RFP - Full Page protection protocol
WP:RFC/SOC - Request for Comments/Wikipedia Society and Law
WP:WQT - Wikipedia Ettiquite
Wikipedia:Introduction - Introduction
Wikipedia:Introduction 2 - More on Introduction
Wikipedia:Introduction 3 - Still more on introduction
Wikipedia:Tutorial - Tutorial
WP:V - VERIFY sources, etc. on this format.
WP:SOCK: Tool usually used by vandals to vandalise votes, articles, attack people.
WP:AN - Noticeboard run by Admins., others. They deal with all manner of things. Caution: They are currently experiencing a backlog.
WP:VIP & WP:VAND - Anti Vandalisim protocol. Incl. policies on newbies as well as on vandals.
WP:CVU- Counter Vandalisim Unit: These people go after vandalism anywhere. To be in this, one must NOT be a vandal.
WP:BJAODN - Bad Jokes and Nonsense on Wikipedia.
WP:WIN - What Wikipedia is 'NOT'
WP:AGF - Assume Good Faith.
Wikipedia:Administrators - Click on the "List of Administrators" to contact a Administrator.
WP:NPA - NO personal attacks
WP:CITE - Cite Sources
WP:RFAr/AER - Request for arbitration/Admin Enforcement Requested
WP:RFAR - Requests for Arbitration
WP:Arb - Wikipedia: request for Arbitration
WP:ArbReq - Wikipedia: Request for Arbitration
Wikipedia:Bug report - Report bugs, such as Why is this site malfunctioning 1/2 the time ?
WP:ANB - Administrators' Noticeboard. See WP:AN
WP:AIV - Administrators intervention against vandalisim
WP:NPOV - Neutral Point of View
WP:RFA - Request for Administratorship. Think this one over people.
WP:GRFA - Want to be a Admin. ?! Read this carefully.
Wikipedia:Bureaucrats - These people have more power than even a Administrator.
m:stewards - creates "user 'bots' ", among other things.
Wikipedia:Requests for page protection - Option employed to protect a article from vandalisim,etc.
WP:POINT - Don't Disrupt Wikipedia to make a point.
WP:IRC - Wikipedia Channels
WP:QI - Quick Index
WP:RPA - Remove Personal attacks.
Wikipedia:Profanity - Profanity protocol.
WP:CIVIL - User Civility protocol.
Wikipedia:Administrators noticeboard/Incidents - used to report incivility, personal attacks.
Wikipedia:Resolving disputes - Protocol to resolve disputes.
Wikipedia:User Bill of Rights - Wikipedia Use protocol for Users.
WP:ArbCom - Arbitration Committee
Jimbo Wales Wikipedia BOSS
m:Board of Trustees - Wiki bosses under User Jimbo Wales.
Wikipedia:Blocking policy
WP:3RR - Three Revert Rule.
WP:AN/3RR - Report Violations of 3 Revert Rule.