User:87Fan

About Me
Hi there, I'm 87Fan. I joined Wikipedia in 2009.

I am here on Wikipedia to update topics that I care about (isn't everyone?) and if you couldn't guess from the name, it centers on stuff around the mid- to late-80's.

In my youth I saw the movie Labyrinth and was instantly hooked by David Bowie - instantly and permanently, apparently. Anyway, as there was no Internet back then, I had to get all my information about the people and bands I cared about the old fashioned way - through magazines and newspapers. So, I would buy them and read them - and save them. I have a whole trunk of clippings, magazines and reviews from about 1987 through 1997. Around 1997 usage of the Internet exploded and it was no longer as important to get information from print media, so I stopped collecting them.

Anyway, I now spend my time updating articles on my favorite topics:
 * Alphaville and their many albums and singles
 * Depeche Mode
 * David Bowie and his many albums and singles, with a focus on the 80s and 90s

I am by no means a Wikipedia expert, but I have learned a lot since I started editing back in late 2009. Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions about anything I've updated or published.

Pages brought up to Good Article Status

 * Never Let Me Down (1987)
 * Glass Spider Tour (1987)
 * "Day-In Day-Out" (1987)
 * "Time Will Crawl" (1987)
 * "Never Let Me Down" (1987)
 * Glass Spider (1987)

Good Topics

 * Never Let Me Down (topic)

Pages I've started

 * David Bowie's art collection (2016)
 * Lazarus (The Musical) (2016)
 * Death of David Bowie (2016)
 * David Bowie Is
 * Spying Through a Keyhole (2019)
 * "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" (2015)
 * "Blackstar" (2015)
 * Loving The Alien (1983-1988) (2018)
 * Is It Any Wonder? (EP) (2020)

Pages I've a vested interest in maintaining

 * List of highest-grossing concert tours
 * All Good Things... (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Pages to which I've been a contributor

 * Albums


 * Let's Dance (1983)
 * Tonight (David Bowie album) (1984)
 * Tin Machine (1989)
 * Tin Machine II (1991)
 * Black Tie White Noise (1993)
 * Outside (1995)
 * Hours... (1999)
 * Heathen (David Bowie album) (2002)
 * Reality (2003)
 * The Next Day (2013)
 * Blackstar (2016)


 * Singles


 * "Blue Jean" (1984)
 * "Loving the Alien" (1985)
 * "Underground" (1986)
 * "Magic Dance" (1987)


 * Tours


 * Diamond Dogs Tour (1974)
 * Serious Moonlight Tour (1983)
 * Tin Machine Tour (1989)
 * Sound+Vision Tour (1990)
 * It's My Life Tour (with Tin Machine) (1991)
 * Outside Tour (1995-96)


 * Videos / Other


 * Jazzin' for Blue Jean (1986)
 * Sound + Vision (box set) (1989)
 * Tin Machine (1989-92)
 * Nat Tate: An American Artist 1928–1960 (1998)

Good stuff
I'm very happy to have gotten the pages for Never Let Me Down and the Glass Spider Tour promoted to Good Article status in 2013. The entire series of articles was promoted to Good Topic status in 2018. Thanks to all the editors and reviewers who have helped.

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