User:56independent
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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
[edit]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.
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Menu
[edit]- Guestbook - As a underground informal place behind Wikipedia.
- Personal Sandbox - A place for me alone to vandalise beyond belief
Drafts Index
[edit]| 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
[edit]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:
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]This section is where i keep templates, external links, and pages.
| 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 |
- ^ "[es] Bolétin de Octubre 2022 [Advanced Trains]". advtrains.de. Retrieved 2022-11-10.