User:Mill 1

Archives

Births per date, period 1000 – 1199
Births per date, period 1200 – 1399
Births per date, period 1400 – 1599
Births per date, period 1600 – 1799
Deaths per date, period 1000 – 1199
Deaths per date, period 1200 – 1399
Deaths per date, period 1400 – 1599
Deaths per date, period 1600 – 1799

This editor is a
**Master Editor III**
and is entitled to display this
**Bufonite Editor Star**.

Are you thinking of creating a new 'Deaths in MONTH YEAR' article?
READ THIS FIRST !!

Babel user information

nl-N	Deze gebruiker heeft het Nederlands als moedertaal.

en-3	This user has advanced knowledge of English.

de-2	Dieser Benutzer beherrscht Deutsch auf fortgeschrittenem Niveau.

es-1	Este usuario tiene un conocimiento básico del español.

fr-1	Cet utilisateur dispose de connaissances de base en français.

Focus areas

Improving and standardizing the deaths per month lists regarding 1990 – 2005 (status: completed per 6 Nov 2024)
- Adding missing notable entries (semi-automated)
- Adding references to entries (semi-automated)
- Replacing some references by ones whose source is more durable/reliable, combatting WP:LINKROT (automated)
- Correcting thousands of bio's and Wikidata items during this process.
- Cleaning up the lists:
  - Reverting vandalism
  - Removing lesser figures from the list that are not (internationally) notable, f.i. (virtual) orphans.^[1]
  - Removing entries without corresponding enwiki articles: WP:REDLINKS
Creating bio's for fantastically obscure historical and contemporary figures
Adding photo's to articles of lesser known towns and villages I visited
commons:User:Mill 1
General fact-, spell- and grammar checking
Other contributions

TO DO

Progress
v t e Currently, this editor has earned the Master Editor III service award. To get to the next level, Master Editor IV, he needs to meet the editing requirement. Progress towards the next level (by edits): [ 4525 / 18000 ] 25.1% completed

64,525

This user has made 64,525 edits to the English language Wikipedia.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 14 years and 14 days.

This editor is a WikiGnome.

This user qualifies as a
nerd extraordinaire.

This user is a fan of Metallica.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Death.

This user has completed a 5k.

Ik draag bij aan de Nederlandstalige Wikipedia.

This user loves his 107

This user has created 170 articles on the English-language Wikipedia.

This user is a wikiarchaeologist and likes looking through page history for no particular reason.^±

This user is interested in the Vietnam War.

DGAF

This user
does not give a fuck.

This user knows that
Facts Matter

This user is one of the 3000 most active English Wikipedians of all time.

This user contributes using
Chromium.

—

This user knows the difference between a dash and a hyphen, and follows MOS:DASH.

This user believes that a user's edit count does not necessarily reflect on the value of their contributions to Wikipedia.

This editor is a Most Plusquamperfect Looshpah Laureate and is entitled to display this Book of All Knowledge with Secret Appendix and Errata Sheet.

X

This user is a member of
Generation X.

This user's smartphone is powered by Android.

This user is a history buff.

This editor has been awarded the
Tireless Contributor Barnstar

6	This user has set foot in 6 continents of the world.

Interesting links

Wiki links

Articles started by me

Galleries started by me

Completed private projects

/Project Chaining back the Years (almost; one more year approx.)
/Project Missing Medieval Link
/Project All Who Are Born Must Die
/Project Illustrate the Years

Chaining back the Years (of death dates)

Background info #1
Background info #2
The 1907 discussion

SPARQL

The SPARQL query discussion

Try it (change date following 'VALUES ?dod' en press play, works in Chrome)

Above result as JSON (works in Chrome)

other

Exceptions (not serious)

American District Judges
Australian rules football players
American Roman Catholic bishops
AAGPBL (no offence)
Politicians from Ontario, Canada
Finnish athletes

Project statuses

From a sanity point of view I found it more healthy to work on my projects simultaneously. To keep track of what I am doing next table shows the status per project.

Project name	From	To	Current	Status
Project Missing Medieval Link	101	1550	1550	Completed
Project All Who Are Born Must Die	1250	1664^[2]	1756	Completed
Project Illustrate the Years	1500	1800	1840	Completed
Project Chaining back the Years	December 2005	1990	July 2003	In progress

BTW: on 26 July 2017 I made my 10,000th edit.
Edit: 20,000th edit on 2 February 2019
Edit: 30.000th edit on 2 April 2021
Edit: 40.000th edit on 9 August 2022
Edit: 50.000th edit on 18 April 2023
Edit: 60.000th edit on 10 December 2023
Stay tuned for updates!

References

^ For more info on necessary list entry filtering see this discussion
^ From 1664 AD onwards the number of entries in the Births section violently decreases. I don't know why. Perhaps another private project.

[1] For more info on necessary list entry filtering see this discussion

[2] From 1664 AD onwards the number of entries in the Births section violently decreases. I don't know why. Perhaps another private project.

[1]

[2]