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I think the current page is dull, but you probably had a reason to come here. Therefore, I try to explain what I am doing on Wikipedia.

Long story short, my aim is to make Wikipedia tidy for the sake of readability and practicality rather than adding more content.

Things I Do on Wikipedia

Punctuation

When reading a book or an article, you read a long text written in a specific style and well copyedited. I believe copyediting is underrated here. It annoys me that people consider punctuation a trivial matter. When reading about a topic on Wikipedia, punctuation is imperative because we have to capture the content quickly, probably within a few sentences.

I have no claim on this matter, as I frequently make grammatical mistakes, but I care about it.

Grammatical and Typographical Errors

Sometimes I re-write a sentence for the sake of clarity while maintaining the original meaning.

I follow WP:ENGVAR to improve the consistency of an article. I comfortably write in both British and American English.

References

I believe Wikipedia has proved to be an excellent starting point for research (of any kind). An essential requirement is then the quick accessibility of pertinent references. I do my best to find and add the missing information in the references, particularly primary IDs, which can lead the readers to the article under consideration.

For this purpose, I use official sources such as the publisher, PubMed, arXiv, CrossRef, etc. If there is a mistake, most likely, I am reflecting a mistake in the official source. Of course, I usually double-check the information with different sources, but still, mistakes happen!

Things I Normally Don't Do on Wikipedia

Reverting Others' Edits

Many fierce editors regularly check the integrity of articles, as random people may add biased content.

Hot Topics

Many enthusiasts quickly update Wikipedia articles in the light of the news. While I think some pages receive little attention, I am not in the position to regularly check them.

Creating New Pages

I rarely create a new page unless I find a topic oddly missing, which is quite unlikely.