user:paul2520

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paul2520

— Wikipedian —
Pronouns	he/they
Current location	Minneapolis, MN
Account statistics
Joined	July 5, 2013 (my first edit came before that)

Userboxes

This user knows that
Black Lives Matter.

=This user ardently supports
DEI

Paul2520 is part of the LGBTQ+ community.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies.

Talk | To do | Alerts | Watchlist

Mind
the
GapThis editor wants to close Wikipedia's gender gap.

This user is from Earth.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Minnesota.

This user attends or attended Marquette University.

This user loves a good cup of tea.

This user loves to read.

This user is a bibliophile.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Libraries.

This user is interested in open access to research literature.

This user contributes using Firefox.

This user runs macOS.

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Android.

This user contributes using Linux.

This user contributes using Ubuntu.

This user uses Microsoft Windows under duress.

py-5This user is a professional Python programmer.

TeXThis Wikipedian is a TeX user.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Statistics.

This user is interested in fractals.

This user is an Eagle Scout,
class of 2007.

This user loves elephants.

fireflyThis user is a Browncoat.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 13 years and 26 days.

This user uses JavaScript Wiki Browser to quickly make repetitive edits.

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This user supports the use of the
Oxford comma.

This user is a member of the Welcoming Committee of Wikipedia!

This user is not an administrator.

Paul2520 likes to turn Wikipedia Green.

This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know.

tyop
typoThis user is a member of the
Wikipedia Typo Team.

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no ads

This user stands against advertisements on Wikipedia.

This user scored 128 on the Wikipediholic test (revision 699045394).

KILROY WAS HERE!

Hi, I'm Paul! I joined Wikipedia in 2013 after contributing to and administering an organization's internal MediaWiki site. I've also served as administrator of the public wiki of a software I used for work.

I enjoy starting new articles across a variety of topics, uploading images and audio files (here and on English Wiktionary), doing WikiGnome tasks (often reference-related fixes), and helping new editors. I really like submitting new/improved articles to Did you know.... Let me know if you are interested in collaborating!

My editing preference is to use the source editor (Wiki Markup). I know it well & sometimes use software like Sublime Text, vim, and Notepad++ for more tedious tasks like finding & replacing text throughout a page's source. I occasionally use Python and other command-line tools for my edits. I do not use AI for editing, though I don't have major concerns with with using it to help develop useful scripts.

N.b.: I try and save a copy of references that I add or edit when they are not/cannot be archived in the Wayback Machine, Megalodon.jp (a.k.a. gyo.tc), and/or ghostarchive.org. If you are in search of such a reference that I've cited/updated/etc. and cannot find it in one of these fantastic archival resources, let me know. I am an amateur archivist and recommend you check out Archive Team if you are interested to learn more.

My bookmarks/current tasks

Bigger initiatives

• adding photos; see [1]

Bookmarks/easy access

• my tasks and tools
• typing symbols and diacritics on macOS:

symbol/diacritic	command	examples
accent	⌥ Option+e (+ letter)	Á/á, É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó, Ú/ú
degree symbol	⌥ Option+⇧ Shift+8	°
tilde	⌥ Option+n (+ letter)	Ñ/ñ
umlauts	⌥ Option+u (+ letter)	Ä/ä, Ë/ë, Ï/ï, Ö/ö, Ü/ü
section sign	⌥ Option+6	§
em dash	⌥ Option+⇧ Shift+-	—
en dash	⌥ Option+-	April–June
approximately equals sign	⌥ Option+x	≈
interrobang		‽

Contributions

See articles I've created, etc. @ User:Paul2520/contributions and my photo/image gallery at User:Paul2520/gallery.

Awards and other WikiLove

See User:Paul2520/awards

Meetup participation

I have participated in 16 meetups.

1. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/African American Artists/Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)
2. Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2017/Minnesota
3. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/To Wikipedia, With Love/Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)
4. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/Quatrefoil/Wiki Loves Pride 2018
5. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/WikipediaDay
6. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon/Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)
7. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Native American Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon/Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)
8. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minnesota/Wikipedia Editathon for Pride and Black Lives Matter/Zoom
9. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/Walker Art Center Virtual Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
10. Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCROWD/BlackWikiHistoryMonth21
11. Wikipedia:Meetup/OregonStateUniversity/BlackHistoryPNW2021
12. Wikipedia:Meetup/OregonStateUniversity/WS2021
13. Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada Lovelace Day (Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/211, to be specific!)
14. Wikipedia:Meetup/OregonStateUniversity/BlackHistoryPNW2022
15. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minnesota/Chisholm/Northland Minnesota History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
16. Wikipedia:Meetup/Minnesota/November 2024 Minnesota User Group Meeting

Contest participation

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest (November 2017)
• 2018 NPP New Year Backlog Drive (January 2018)
• January 2024 New Page Patrol Article Backlog Drive

Things that make me happy [about Wikipedia]

• Adams, Caralee (April 15, 2025). "Brewster Kahle Accepts Project Uil Award from Dutch Wikipedia Community".
• Cassidy Villeneuve (February 14, 2023). "Amplifying the voices of Indigenous women on Wikipedia". Retrieved February 20, 2023.
• Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Helps Close Gaps in Women's History
• this fabulous individual working towards more LGBTQ+ content on the Persian WP via [2]
• people like Jessica Wade [3] and Glenn Christodoulou
• people mentioned in the #KnowledgeEquity advent calendar by Wikimedia Deutschland
• Coronavirus updates in Hindi, Bangla, Tamil and 6 more Indian languages on Wikipedia: using Wikipedia to dispel misinformation
• Magna Carta (An Embroidery) -- I highly recommend the 7.5-minute documentary
• "10 Outrageous Wikipedia Articles That Will Send You Down a Rabbit Hole"
• Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
• Cool Freaks' Wikipedia Club
• "Anyone feeling disillusioned with Wikipedia should come here occasionally to see how kind people are."
• @depthsofwiki (she also has a great TikTok account!)
• Richard Cooke (February 17, 2020). "Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet".

Opinion

I agree with User:Geo Swan/opinions/If you are considering initiating an xfd on material I started.

Other projects

In addition to Wikimedia projects, I have also contributed to Common Voice, and occasionally other projects such as the Esolangs wiki, Explain XKCD, Fandom, and Google Crowdsource. While I typically use this username, I have seen cases of other people using this name on other websites.

Footnotes

Committed identity: 107beb8a4de2b428a4d03da37a19b8f01433f1e4c6fbd6ed724ea96eb2be16b850dfbbfad5e54c654e6fe3407a0c644a26499dca5e3cc81d1f3ed9e8922474ea is an SHA-512 commitment to this user's real-life identity.

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