User:Reidgreg

WP:Keep It Simple

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W:Wikipedian for 8 years, 4 months and 5 days

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Eventualist

Mesopedian

Wolf Cub

56k

Free-Net

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W:TROUT

WHT:319

STOOGES

K.I.S. Contributor

WP:TYPO

WP:GOCE

GOCE Coordinator

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Awards

DYK

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This editor is a "senior editor" which means thatthis editor should know better.If doing wrong, this editor may be (virtually)whacked with a trout.

This editor believes that the Wikipedia Community is a collegial anarchy in which no one holds any authority which is not also held by everyone else. This editor is aneventualistand believes that there's no need to panic and that issues with articles can be resolved in due course. This editor believes thatsystemic biasmay be overcome when articles are written over time by a broad variety of editors. However, this editor dislikesedit conflictsand tends to sandbox fully developed articles (in part to qualify articles forWP:DYK). This editor endeavours to be kind and to appreciate kindness from others, and tries to followthe wiki wayand the precepts ofWP:DGAF.This editor seldom utilizesWP:BRDbut fervently practiceswhat editors mean when they say you have to follow BRD.While initially anexopedian,this editor has gradually become more involved with WikiProjects as amesopedian(approx. 55% of edits to mainspace and 20% to projects). This editor generally contributes through cleanup tasks and assisting a small number of WikiProjects, while continuing to learn how The Project works.

This editor is a member of theWP:Guild of Copy Editors(served as a coordinator from Jan 2018 to Jun 2020), and is also a member of theWP:Typo Team(focusing on apostrophe-related typos) andWP:Canada(promoted its10,000 Challengeand developed an award system for contributors). This editor has also participated in editing events withWomen in Red,WP Military history,Wikimedia Ukraine,andGood Article review drives,and answersThird Opinion requests.

This editor has received118 barnstarsand 130 other awards, and has given over 900 barnstars to deserving editors. This editor has written eighty-nine articles,one of whichisfeatured.This editor has three entries on theDYK leaderboardand is among thetop 5,000 Wikipediansby edit count. This editor was namedEditor of the Weekacross consecutive years.

Reidgreg's personal high-points as a Wikipedian

Receiving my first barnstar.(diff) Having my first GA cited in a heated talk page discussion.(permalink) Subsequently receiving aFour Awardand successfully nominating the article atToday's Featured Articlefor the event's10th anniversary. Learning that an article I expanded had received a quarter-million page views.(permalink) Subsequently having this article listed onIn the news.(more) Learning that a new editor I'd encouraged had made contributions far exceeding my own.(diff) Leading the GOCE coordinator team and ending my term with anEddyand a five-year high in recorded support.(permalink) Completing a four-year streak (Nov 2016 – Sep 2020) ofcopy-editing driveswithout falling off the leaderboard. Successfully nominating special-occasion DYKs:April Fool's 2019(more),Canada Day 2019(more),2021(more),2023(more)and2024(more),Canadian Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Day 2021(more),10th La Poutine Week(more),20th Free Comic Book Day(more),andRefugee Rights Day(more). Completing a series of articles for the first 19 editions of theCanadian Comedy Awardsafter revamping the main article. Creating a small buthumorouseaster eggpage on Wikipedia.(Can you find it linked on this page?) Finding that a paragraph I'd written was copied verbatim by an Internet news site, and getting them to credit Wikipedia and link to the article.(link)