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I'm Firsfron, short for Firsfron of Ronchester. I've got an [[Tad Williams|absolutely ridiculous username]], so feel free to call me Firs. I've been an active contributer to Wikipedia since [[2004]]. I had made a few edits in early 2004 prior to officially joining Wikipedia, under an IP address. |
I'm Firsfron, short for Firsfron of Ronchester. I've got an [[Tad Williams|absolutely ridiculous username]], so feel free to call me Firs. I've been an active contributer to Wikipedia since [[2004]]. I had made a few edits in early 2004 prior to officially joining Wikipedia, under an IP address. |
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I am editor '''#159''' on the [[WP:WBE|List of Wikipedians by number of edits]], which isn't too shabby, I guess. I am an [[WP:ADMIN|administrator]] on en.wikipedia.org. If there's something I can do for you, please let me know. |
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==My contributions== |
==My contributions== |
Revision as of 08:28, 27 July 2007
Firsfron of Ronchester
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I'm Firsfron, short for Firsfron of Ronchester. I've got an absolutely ridiculous username, so feel free to call me Firs. I've been an active contributer to Wikipedia since 2004. I had made a few edits in early 2004 prior to officially joining Wikipedia, under an IP address.
I am editor #159 on the List of Wikipedians by number of edits, which isn't too shabby, I guess. I am an administrator on en.wikipedia.org. If there's something I can do for you, please let me know.
My contributions
Many of my edits have been to articles on various dinosaurs. When I started on Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs, only a few decent articles had been created. That number has grown greatly in the past couple of months.
There are 223 180 63 0 dinosaurs left to create on the List of dinosaurs page (out of an original 1,100 or so). After all the articles have been categorized, verified, referenced, taxoboxed, received images, and are properly italicized, maybe I'll work on the remaining archosaurs. The list of dinosaur articles I created can be found here.
You may also have seen me on Wikipedia:WikiProject Television Stations, Wikipedia:WikiProject Buffyverse, on clean-up or vandalism revert duty, or elsewhere. I tend to get around Wikipedia. I've corrected over 1,000 incorrect "apostrophe's" on Wikipedia. :)
Good and Featured Dinosaur articles
Here are some articles I helped improve. Most of my edits were very minor, but I'd like to think I helped these articles reach GA or FA status. Almost all the Featured dinosaur articles have been collaborative efforts, with a half a dozen editors working to bring these articles up to snuff.
Template:FA-inline List of dinosaurs (120 edits)
Template:FA-inline Psittacosaurus (7 small edits)
Template:FA-inline Velociraptor (37 edits +image editing)
Template:FA-inline Tyrannosaurus (83 edits +image editing)
Template:FA-inline Stegosaurus (139 edits)
Template:FA-inline Diplodocus (54 edits)
Template:FA-inline Triceratops (63 edits +image editing)
Template:GA-inline Scelidosaurus (83 edits +image editing)
Template:FA-inline Iguanodon (90 edits +image editing)
Template:FA-inline Compsognathus (67 edits +image editing)
Template:FA-inline Archaeopteryx (67 edits)
Template:FA-inline Styracosaurus (117 edits)
Template:FA-inline Deinonychus (53 edits)
Template:FA-inline Daspletosaurus (16 edits)
Template:GA-inline Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event (84 small edits)
And not quite a dinosaur, but definitely extinct, and the only other article I have helped reach GA-status:
Template:GA-inline DuMont Television Network (290 edits)
Article milestones
Edit | Date | Article | When |
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#1 | December 27, 2004 | Proteus (moon) (small edit) | -- |
#1000 | March 8, 2006 | Gyposaurus (creation) | 426 days after edit #1 |
#2000 | March 23, 2006 | Lusitanosaurus (creation) | 15 days after edit #1000 |
#3000 | April 24, 2006 | Nqwebasaurus (creation) | 32 days after edit #2000 |
#4000 | May 20, 2006 | Patricosaurus (creation) | 26 days after edit #3000 |
#5000 | May 31, 2006 | Agujaceratops (expansion) | 11 days after edit #4000 |
#6000 | June 7, 2006 | Archaeornithomimus (expansion) | 7 days after edit #5000 |
#7000 | June 25, 2006 | Megalosaurus (expansion) | 18 days after edit #6000 |
#8000 | July 9, 2006 | Ferganocephale (expansion) | 14 days after edit #7000 |
#9000 | July 19, 2006 | "Liassaurus" (expansion) | 10 days after edit #8000 |
#10,000 | July 30, 2006 | Jiangshanosaurus (expansion) | 11 days after edit #9000 |
#11,000 | August 6, 2006 | Cathetosaurus (redirect) | 7 days after edit #10000 |
#12,000 | August 22, 2006 | Macrurosaurus (expansion) | 16 days after edit #11000 |
#13,000 | September 5, 2006 | "Lancanjiangosaurus" (expansion) | 14 days after edit #12000 |
#14,000 | September 11, 2006 | Huabeisaurus (expansion) | 6 days after edit #13000 |
#15,000 | September 22, 2006 | Blikanasaurus (expansion) | 11 days after edit #14000 |
#16,000 | September 29, 2006 | Pellegrinisaurus (expansion) | 7 days after edit #15000 |
#17,000 | October 5, 2006 | Monkonosaurus (expansion) | 6 days after edit #16000 |
#18,000 | October 8, 2006 | Mendozasaurus (expansion) | 3 days after edit #17000 |
#19,000 | October 20, 2006 | "Angloposeidon" (creation) | 12 days after edit #18000 |
#20,000 | October 31, 2006 | Huanghetitan (creation) | 11 days after edit #19000 |
#21,000 | November 16, 2006 | Chondrosteosaurus (expansion) | 17 days after edit #20000 |
#22,000 | December 4, 2006 | Karongasaurus (expansion) | 18 days after edit #21000 |
#23,000 | December 11, 2006 | Brachiosaurus (revert) | 7 days after edit #22000 |
#24,000 | January 8, 2007 | Procerosaurus (small edit) | 28 days after edit #23000 |
#25,000 | January 19, 2007 | Triceratops (small edit) | 11 days after edit #24000 |
#26,000 | February 2, 2007 | Giganotosaurus (expansion) | 14 days after edit #25000 |
#27,000 | February 16, 2007 | Compsognathus (expansion) | 14 days after edit #26000 |
#28,000 | February 22, 2007 | Maleevus (expansion) | 6 days after edit #27000 |
#29,000 | March 9, 2007 | Dryptosauroides (expansion) | 15 days after edit #28000 |
#30,000 | March 27, 2007 | Poposaurus (expansion) | 18 days after edit #29000 |
#31,000 | April 4, 2007 | Ceratosaurus (add italics) | 8 days after edit #30000 |
#32,000 | May 2, 2007 | Sonorasaurus (expansion) | 28 days after edit #31000 |
#33,000 | June 7, 2007 | Histriasaurus (expansion) | 36 days after edit #32000 |
WikiProject Buffyverse
I originally started working on the Buffyverse project because I was so disappointed with the horrible grammar, punctuation, and spelling mistakes on Buffyverse articles. It was a little embarassing. Everyone makes spelling mistakes and typos, but many of the articles were close to unreadable in their original forms. I particularly dislike apostrophe abuse, one of the hallmarks of early Buffyverse articles.
WikiProject Dinosaurs
In sharp contrast, the Dinosaur articles contained few typos: because they (mostly) didn't exist. It was a little overwhelming at first, seeing a list of 1,000 dead, red links. But we've slowly grown a community. We're slowly filling in the gaps, and it feels really rewarding.
WikiProject TV Stations
Wikipedia TV stations has been really straightforward. There are few grammatical errors, and the people who have written the articles are, in many cases, people at the stations themselves. That allows for a pretty accurate article (which is sometimes biased, however). Early TV history, however, still needs to be added to the majority of stations: many articles make no mention of early affiliations with the now-forgotten DuMont Network, even when a quick Google search easily pulls up many stations. I'm slowly rectifying the problem, but there are only so many hours in the day.
Administration
I am an administrator on en.Wikipedia. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any problems. I'll be happy to help, if I can.
The number of administrators on en.Wikipedia is currently: 859
Useful Links
16 May 2024 |
Most of these are shamelessly copied from User:Dinoguy2's user page, because they're... well.. useful. To me, anyway.
- Prehistoric bird
- Birds by classification cat
- Prehistoric birds cat
- Theropod database taxa
- Aves phylogeny
- Benton's taxonomy
- List of dinosaurs
And...
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs/missing
- Thescelosaurus!
- dinosaurs described by date
- Size comparison thing
- My Admin Coaching page
- Warning templates link, from Frymaster
- Page History Statistics
Useful Tools
Barnstars and WikiAwards
I'm really happy to have received each of these. The first three were awarded to me in April of 2006. I don't know what I did that month to receive not just one but three (Or perhaps I should ask myself what I was doing wrong all those other months...)! Thank you everyone.
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The Minor Barnstar - For taking time to vote in a Request for Adminship, it's a minor thing that helps keep this site ticking. --Tawker 06:14, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
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The Minor Barnstar - For asking kindly and making this edit. --HappyCamper 21:34, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Diligence - in appreciation of your herculean efforts, behind the scenes. --Ballista 12:38, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
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The Working Man's Barnstar For working tirelessly on converting all those ugly red links to pretty new blue ones. Thanks! Sheep81 02:25, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar for someone who has gone that extra mile, to help mop the troubled brows of two much-valued editors - Ballista 07:19, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
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The Working Man's Barnstar To a tireless image editor, who has transformed so many mundane dino images - (awarded in tandem with the 'Photographer's Barnstar')
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The Photographer's Barnstar For cheerfully tinkering behind the scenes with other editors' photos, thus greatly enhancing the dinosaur project - a potentially thankless task, without glory or reward - UNTIL NOW! - (awarded in tandem with the 'Working Man's Barnstar')- Ballista 05:51, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
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Dinosaur Barnstar For your excellent work on the Tyrannosaurus article when it needed it most & the numerous other dinosaur articles you strive to complete, I present you with the second ever WikiProject Dinosaurs Barnstar! Spawn Man 00:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC).
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11K - Hey, well done - that's ridiculous, though, in such a short time since 10K! You'll soon have done the whole WP on your own! To mark the occasion, you'll just have to cope with the 'mouldy sandwich' award... - Ballista 03:44, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar for just being civil, kind, and helpful to every Wikipedian. Always seems to be there to mediate disputes and just go the extra mile to help people out. CFIF (talk to me) 18:17, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
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Civility Barnstar For your brilliant defusion of the spat between Soo & myself -- Spawn Man 08:54, 12 September 2006 (UTC).
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Cool as a Cucumber For Firsfron for taking up the slack on Stegosaurus
there's a bottle of champers on ice if it gets Featured Article... :) Cas Liber 10:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC) -
The Editor's Barnstar Thanks for helping to sweep up the road others litter with good intentions! And for generally keeping on top of things around the dino project, of course!Dinoguy2 00:31, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar For your help in guiding me on my early edits and dealing with the vandal problem Ludahai 02:15, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
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I hereby award the Coming of the Cavalry Award for saving Stegosaurus after an ignominious fail...cheers, Cas Liber 20:06, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Good Humor ...for all round pervasive optimism. cheers Cas Liber 22:04, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
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I, Cas Liber award Firsfron Wikipedia's Imperial triple crown for superb editing contributions at Template:Did you know, WP:GA, and WP:FC. Thank you for your dedication to wikipedia
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The Working Man's Barnstar Awarded to Firsfron for his recent efforts on Styracosaurus. My 4.5 year old daughter is absolutely obsessed with all frilled horned Ceratopsidae, and she loves it when I read her all the excellent Wikipedia articles which you helped write. You rock! -- Y not? 03:38, 13 June 2007 (UTC)