User:BWellsOdyssey
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Name | Ben Wells | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | February 24, 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current location | Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Time zone | Central Time Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Race | Caucasian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education and employment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
High school | Collinsville High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hobbies | Gaming, Vexillology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Religion | Humanist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Politics | Democrat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shows | Dragon Ball Z and Super, The West Wing, Stargate SG-1, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Avatar: The Last Airbender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Books | Harry Potter and Foundation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interests | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mass Communications, Political Science, Environmentalism | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joined | October 11, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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To Do
[edit]IL State Legislators Revamp
- Add Electoral History to all legislators and update district coverage of each legislator.
- Remaining House Legislators for electoral history: 56, 57, 60, 62, 63, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 102, 103, 105, 106, 108, 110, 113, 114, 115, 117
Review election results for IL State House and Senate and update pages if needed.
Illinois Legislative Districts Project
[edit]- Blue Books: http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb
- Political Graveyard: https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html
- Illinois Data by Legislative District: https://risk-and-reach.datamade.us/illinois-map/
- Legislative District maps (2003 & 2013): http://www.ediillinois.org/ppa/meta/html/00/00/00/05/59/91.html
- Guide to Apportionment in Illinois, 1818–2001: http://idaillinois.org/digital/collection/isl/id/30456/rec/1
- Vote Totals Download: https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/DownloadVoteTotals.aspx?MID=vvc3ru6lLPI%3d&T=637536467590233857
- Laws of Illinois 1818-1839: http://www.wiu.edu/libraries/govpubs/illinois_laws/1818_1839.php
- IL Elections 1820-1846: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004859552&view=2up&seq=13
- Legislative Roster: https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/illinois_bluebook/legroster.pdf
- Statistical Atlas: https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Illinois/Overview
- Old Illinois Maps: https://www.oldmapsonline.org/en/Illinois
- Municipal boundaries 2020 map: https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.html
- Legislative Districts Maps (2023): https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-maps/2022/geo/2022-sld-maps.html
I want to contribute to Wikipedia with my skills in mass communications and editing, hopefully resulting in an increased quality in articles and pages on here. I want to focus on local politics, such as with State Representatives and State Senators in Illinois.
Topics of Interest
[edit]- Politics of the United States
- Politics of Illinois
- Minor Fixes to Wikipedia Articles
Line of Work
[edit]I formerly worked as a canvasser for State Senator Rachelle Aud Crowe when she ran to replace Bill Haine's seat. So hopefully I'll be more involved in politics and helping out the wikipedia community.
Articles Created
[edit]Illinois State Representatives
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Illinois State Senators
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Elections
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Article Contributions
[edit]2018 Illinois House of Representatives election: Over 200 edits made involving writing descriptions of each district's boundaries, writing in descriptions of challenging candidates, creating map for election results, and inserting election data.
2018 Illinois Senate election: Over 54 edits made involving writing descriptions for remaining districts not covered, inserting election data, and creating map for election results.
Image Contributions
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2018 IL State House Results Map
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2018 IL State Senate Results Map
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IL Counties covering the Metro Lakeland Community
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IL Counties covering the Peoria metro
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IL & IA Counties covering the Quad Cities region
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Current IL State Representative Katie Stuart representing the 112th district.
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Former IL State Senator Rachelle Crowe representing the 56th district.
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Former IL State Representative Monica Bristow representing the 111th district.
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2020 IL State House Results Map
Barnstars
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
Awarded for your incredibly hard work and time on Illinois elections articles. I am grateful for the work you have done. Great job!!! TenorTwelve (talk) 08:46, 12 December 2020 (UTC) |
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