Alphabeter

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Major update to my userboxes and a whole new layout for them. Major revamp of this and all my {user} pages is complete. I'm dealing with theCounter Vandalism Unittoo.

After a long dry spell, I'm going to be coming on more frequently and editing pages for the Cleanup Taskforce again.

About Me

The facts are these:I'm awriter/technical engineer/informationanalystfrom theUSA.This account was created primarily as a means of correcting the occasional grammar, spelling and factual errors I happened to stumble across, but I appear to have accidentally let myself become more involved with the project than I originally intended. I don't have a particular specialist subject, but I tend to gravitate towards film and television articles in the wee hours.

Alphabeter

Alphabeter is a user id that was coined by a multiple pseudonymned writer in 1987. It has been used nearly exclusively by her since the early days of the ISCABBS and eWorld in the late 1980s. It means "one who uses Alpha bets".

Alphabeter often uses the sig file of: Writing is a lot like sex. At first you do it because you like it. Then you're doing it for a few close friends and people you like. But if you're any good...you end up doing it for money.

Alphabeter was an early adopter of wikipedia and regularly contributes to wikimedia projects.

My Projects

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Useful links

• How to satisfy Criterion 1a- a guide to writing excellent prose

Special interest

Personal to-do list[edit]

Specific tasks I need to tackle:

Eranthia

• Consolidate citations. Many now redundant.
• Punch-up the lead section to reflect actual content of article.
• Give it all a thorough copy-edit, especially the recent additions to the filming section.
• Find thecolor guardphotograph referenced by Macdonald in the filming section; incorporate it into section with appropriate critical commentary (note: author of cited article doesn't know which photo it is either). Maybe check some Canadian photo-buff forums?
• Look throughCommonsfor other useful images to add (already found a couple of promising ones of theRosslyn Metro station).

Babylon 5

• Copy edit
• Finish writing properly-citedThemessection (fromDreams and visionsonwards).
• Finish rewrite and reorganisation, properly citing everything (mainly from Themes section down).
• Run through GA checklist on article's talk page.

Miscellaneous

• Keep a bloody close eye onGrimaldi;add properly-cited info as it comes up.
• Finish reviewingPartners in Crimeforits FAC.
• Add a couple more reviews to(film).
• Finish getting(film)up to GA status (using to-do list on its talk page).
• Look throughCommonsfor any useful images to use inChangelingarticle.
• Quick rewrite ofBigBellyto read less like an advert, based uponEureka Magazinecite.
• Spend a solid chunk of time clearing backlog of prods and AfDs of not-in-production films listed atWikipedia:WikiProject Films/Future films.
• CreateMy Enemy's Enemy.

Interludes and examinations

• Films I haven't hated this year include:
• Films I haven't enjoyed this year include:
• Recommendedcurrenttelevision shows include:

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