User:Mahanga/contributions
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Hi, I'm User:Mahanga from Wikipedia! You may remember me from other Wikimedia projects such as Commons, Wikiquote, and Wikibooks. My instant messaging username is available upon request.
I edit mostly on technology, computer science, sports, and things that relate to me or people I know. Recently, I've been trying to get involved in policy and proposal pages, such as WP:1.0. I avoid controversial topics since it seems to be the reason most people leave WP. I like welcoming new users and occasionally doing clean-up tasks (dabs, typos, stub sorting).
[edit] Edit count
- My edit count (10,000+) (23:49, 2 April 2006 (UTC))
- 1st registered edit - 03:19, December 17, 2004 (had a few before this, but was unregistered).
- First article creation
- Most recent edit
[edit] Tools
Here are tools that have been of great aid to me.
- Mozilla Firefox browser - tabbed browsing is a must
- Wikipedia Google search and Wikipedia Google Feeling Lucky - Add keywords to those bookmarks and you'll never use the Wikipedia search and go ever again
- Wikipedia:Tools/Browser_integration#Search_within_Textarea_Extension and bookmarklet - allows you to search within textarea. the bookmarklet allow regex and search and replace! (add a keyword to the bookmarklet)
- Undo close tab extension - I've accidentally closed tabs I was working one, I can simply reopen them in the previous state.
- User:Lupin/Anti-vandal tool - great way to find and remove vandalism
- #wikipedia - when you want to chat, ask a question, or eat popcorn during the flamefests
- mIRC script - click links on irc
- Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups - haven't used these that much, but I hear they're great
- Answers - when WP is going slow and you need to look something up (make a keyword)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types is bookmarked for quick access.
- Flickr Creative Commons search (ok for Wikimedia Commons) - [1] [2]
Requests:
- Automatic Bot to fix common spelling mistakes. Theoretically shouldn't make any errors (recieve -> receive, didnt -> didn't, etc).
- Automatic Bot to fix ambiguous links based on category and/or template. Especially useful for music terms (pop, rock, etc). These usually come from the album infobox and can be converted automatically to its music equivalent. (rock -> rock music, pop -> pop music, etc). Again 99% error-proof.
- Tool for cleaning up DAB pages - search:
(.*?\[\[.*?\]\].*)\[\[([^\]\|]*?\|)?(.*?)\]\]replace:$1$3
[edit] Significant contributions
A * denotes an article I've created. Roughly in chronological order. All could use a quick proof-read. ;) 
means an especially good article.
Antarctica - expanded greatly (90%) — Featured on the main page on April 9, 2006- New England Patriots - early years, peer review, and *many* reverts (User:Deckiller was primary editor) — Featured on the main page on April 3, 2006
- Cantinflas - expanded greatly
- Black River Public School* - created from scratch, one of my first articles.
- Holland, Michigan - added most of the information
- Okkervil River - added some biographical information and created album pages. Also my favorite band!
- Rescue Me - music and ep summaries
- List of portable software* - from scratch
- Encarta articles - created around 20 articles
- Requested articles - created around 20 music articles requested for more than a year
- Andes mountains - expanded some
- Literature of Mexico
- Cinema of Mexico - expanded greatly
- Museum
- Toy
[edit] Article creations
40 articles
Black River Public School · List of portable software · BioMetal · Denton Record-Chronicle · Ray LaMontagne · M-Clan · Chuck Coleman · Okkervil River albums · Fiction Plane · Michael Liebowitz · Liebowitz social anxiety scale · Homeboy Industries · CryWar · Avoidance response · Liebowitz · Clinical Global Impression · U.S. Pharmacist · The Shyness Clinic · Roboform · John B. Denton · Richard Heimberg · Shearwater (band) · Chemistry World · José Jiménez · José Goméz Ortega · Grupo Límite · Raphael (singer) · Leo Dan · Duelo · Los Fugitivos · Jagjaguwar · Boy Hits Car · Avalanch · Barricada
[edit] Missing articles
·Gaston Baty ·Georg Kaiser ·Jo Jones ·Jo Mielziner ·John Arden ·John Kane ·John Weaver ·Jonathan Belcher ·Michael Pacher ·Nicholas of Verdun ·Nora Kaye ·Paul Dessau ·Tun Perak ·Lysva ·African Theatre ·Bark painting ·Berliner Ensemble ·Ivory carving ·Lithuanian literature ·London Group ·Minton Ware ·Novgorod School ·Plateresque ·Pont-Aven School ·Stuttgart Ballet ·Compurgation ·Latin American Economic System ·Charles Wakefield Cadman ·Sangihe Islands
- Wikipedia:Articles requested for more than a year - 21 articles
·De leagăn ·Gallos ·Gamelan selunding ·Gamelan semar pegulingan ·Hat chau van ·Hyers Sisters ·Kadans ·Kollington ·Konpa direct ·Lam saravane ·Lingdian (genre) ·Modinha ·Palitos ·Panchai baja ·Paramana Strangers ·Pop sunda ·Ppongtchak ·Qasidah modern ·Sadistic Exploits ·Togaku ·Tumba Francesca
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/List of notable albums - ~200 (see history pages)
[edit] Regular contributions
[edit] Vandalised (3)
[edit] Friends
- Allan_McInnes (talk • contribs • count), an intelligent engineer who restarted the CS WikiProject
- Bruxism (talk • contribs • count), a kind folklorist who recommended some Latin music for me
- Chris_the_speller (talk • contribs • count), a very nice helper who fixes typos and cleans up disambiguation pages
- Commander_Keane (talk • contribs • count), the disambiguation king who hangs out at #wikipedia-bootcamp a lot helping new users
- Deckiller (talk • contribs • count), an ambitious Rhode Islander with a good attitude who does everything related to Star Wars and the New England Patriots
- Mathwiz2020 (talk • contribs • count), a math wizard who helped me with some regexes
- Maurreen (talk • contribs • count), a good female who comments and contributes to WP:1.0
- Phaedriel (talk • contribs • count), a very sweet girl who created WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America. Inactive since March 2006.
- Qirex (talk • contribs • count), a friendly user (now inactive) who edited music-related articles
- RadioKirk (talk • contribs • count), tireless worker with two FAs
- Reflex_Reaction (talk • contribs • count), contributes greatly to Missing encylopedic articles
- Rockero (talk • contribs • count), a Chicano who creates much needed Latin-American and Chicano articles
- Walkerma (talk • contribs • count), a tireless chemist who practically coordinates WP:1.0
- Wesmills (talk • contribs • count), an affable resident of Dallas with an engineering background
Missing Wikipedians, those who have left Wikipedia. Best regards.
