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56independent

Joined 10 October 2020
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56independent is a Wikipedia user, who enjoys making Wikipedia a better place for all.

I wish to help Wikipedia when I can, like when I find a sentence that does, not flow correctly, I find vandalism Skool sucks!, find a page with a missing link, see sloppey speling, or notice alarming amounts of naughty, evil bias, the worst thing in the world.

I own my own server, and use it to host many things. due to this, I have more experience with DokuWiki syntax. I may make simple errors here. sorry! i was raised with namespaces/directories and not categories, // instead of whatever '' is.

I took part in the Wikipedia project because it is huge. I do, however, find that some aspects are disorienting. One such example is the sheer size and amount of recent edits per minute. There are upwards of 1 articles, and for me to be a volunteer in the upkeep of this vast library is amazing.

Because i have ADHD and Autism, these two things contribute to my life being an organised mess. I'll do one thing and then get distracted doing other things. Also, i might dive into wikipedia and edit it for days at a time before launching away.

Sé solo poco Español, pero yo estudiar el idioma y quiero hablar más bueno. Ahora, no hablo Catalan, pero (o però :p) quiero estudiar Catalan porque vivo en Cataluña y la idioma es muy importante para vivir aquí.

Current Projects

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Below are my current projects:

  • Figuring out how to extend Wikipedia articles
  • Citing and proofreading
  • Vandalism removal
  • Translation of Spanish pages into English using the tool from the toolbox below

As a 16-year-old, I feel it would be prudent to make money. Since I am living in Spain and absorbing the language at an ever-increasing rate, I have decided to select translation. Because I have basically no experience apart from one tiny translation [1] (COI: I love Advtrains and would love to write a wiki page about it, but first I have to convince newspapers to write about it), I have decided I will begin to take up Wikipedia translation to gain experience on the subject. Expect to see short, stubby English articles for Spanish things being extended.

Note: This should not be a COI violation as I am not directly being paid for extending Wikipedia articles, only indirectly through having a portfolio and experience. The entire goal of this is to improve my translation skills and experience and write "Expanded >50 English encyclopaedia articles from Spanish encyclopaedia articles through a remote editing interface" on my CV.

Eventually, i would like to branch out to extending Catalan and Spanish Wikipedia from English as i slowly approach C1 level. Other edits, such as vandalism control or grammar checking can contribute to my CV as well.

Menu

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  • Guestbook - As a underground informal place behind Wikipedia.
  • Personal Sandbox - A place for me alone to vandalise beyond belief

Drafts Index

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Name Category Desription
WikiToken Humor Goes into detail about WikiTokens, part of wikifauna.
Double Negation Humor Goes into why you should never not use no double negatives

Translation Project Pages

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I am learning Spanish and would like to put it to use. My aim is a few sections per day.

Here are some pages i made:

Translated Pages
Status Link Work Needed Pay based on €0.05 per word of target language
Finished ABC Colour Final Verification €35
AD Sant Romà de Sau Final verification before publication €41
AD Independence of Cuenca Wikisyntax fixing before publication €25.40
WIP A Coruña Translation


Languages

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Babel boxes off to the side here do not talk about CEFR ratings or history. Let's now, in chronological order.

Language CEFR rating Status Reasons
English A1 Native speaker Born and raised in the Wales
Russian A2 Can speak with family, cannot write with good spelling, romanized or cyrillic Mother's side of family are from the USSR
Welsh 0 Forgotten, wishes to relearn Forced to learn it in Welsh school, but forgot it in a stupid act of childish rebellion
Spanish B1 Learning Moved to Catalonia and decided to learn the lingua franca of the whole country, and focus on the second biggest language of the country later
Catalan 0 A dream I wish to learn it but am waiting for my Spanish to get good enough that i won't confuse the two languages.

Adding Wikipedia to your CV

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Don't just say "i volunterred fur wikipedia pls hire me", be creative! Why not try one of these carefully-selected examples?

  • "Worked for x period on improving encyclopedia articles as an unpaid contributor, gaining experience in technical writing, citations, and markup syntax"
  • "Spent x period volunteering to various encyclopedic articles, using technical writing, citation, and markup syntax skills"
  • "Placed y amount of edits to various articles in the world's biggest online encyclopedia, using technical writing and research skills to help improve volunteer reliability"

And if you get a barnstar, you can also do this:

  • "Has achieved rewards for volunteering to the world's biggest encyclopedic project"
  • "Achieved acclaim for value of my copyedits on a large encyclopedia, including citating, writing in formal tone, and using markup syntax.

Toolbox

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This section is where i keep templates, external links, and pages.

Steve's Toolbox
Thing Category Usecase
{{subst:db-spam-notice|PageName}} Template For pages in need of deletion
New Pages Special Page For getting the new pages barnstar
"All pages on wikipedia are public property, and as such, i assume ownership of every unprotected page." Quote Joke for talk pages
Warning Templates Template Page For Warning vandals
Wikipedia:Citing sources Help Page When copyediting gets boring and i begin citing
{{Clarify}}, {{Explain}}, {{Confusing}}, {{Examples}}, {{Why}} or {{Non sequitur}} Templates Alternatives to {{citation needed}}
Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol Help Pag Help with the expanding and bleeding edge of wikipedia
https://doublecheck.wikiloop.org/ Recent Change Patrol To attack vandals where it hurts the most
STOP Emergency Stop Button for Wikipedia Destroys Wikipedia. DO NOT PRESS.
Wikipedia:Backlog Backlogs To help destroy problems.
{{Expand Spanish|title|time}} Template Template to help expand pages using someone else's work
Articles quien quieres un más grande version en Inglés Category To allow the selection of articles to translate
Translation Software CAT Software Used to help translate Wikipedia pages
Category:Wikipedia_translation_templates Category Translation templates for translated pages
  1. ^ "[es] Bolétin de Octubre 2022 [Advanced Trains]". advtrains.de. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
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