User:Estarriol

About me
I'm a 30-something English IT consultant living in a leafy suburb of London, although I have a degree in Genetics and a wide variety of interests. I have a fairly low attention span, which means I haven't got close to taking one article to Good or Featured standard, but makes me quite effective as a roving cleaning/anti-vandal/minor article improvement janitor. This roving around Wikipedia has, much like the Marauders of Harry Potter fame, led to my understanding of most of the less-travelled pathways of Wikipedia, and I like to help out on the Helpdesk and New contributors' help page. Other than that, I keep an eye on my watchlist, fix and improve where I can, get frustrated with vandals and try to help with the wikify mountain.

If there's any way I can help you, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page.

Oh, as for the user name, it comes from a supporting character in A Wizard of Earthsea, one of the very best books I read as a child, and one of the more influential on my life.

Incidentally, I am mentoring my girlfriend on Wikipedia, she is User:Lynnathon; should our areas of editing overlap, that is why. Neither of us is a sockpuppet of the other, and we don't always agree of Wikipedia issues! :-)

Interests
A small cross-section of some the subjects I'm interested in:-


 * City of Heroes
 * Roleplaying
 * Glorantha
 * Live Roleplaying


 * Movies
 * Bookbinding
 * Computer Programming
 * Computer Games
 * Science Fiction
 * Mixed Martial Arts

Thanks to everyone who contributes to this great encyclopedia - something that pulled the web out of its first Dark Age, and is likely the greatest collaborative learning experience in human history. pinpricks of light in the darkness of human ignorance...

That's all for now.

Articles I promised myself I'd work on at some point

 * Floo Network Authority, Floo Network
 * - http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizworld/floo_network.html
 * - http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizworld/transportation.html
 * - http://www.hp-lexicon.org/ministry/ministry-transportation.html


 * Strike Force (video game)! - write an article, even if just a stub
 * Greg Stafford
 * Liam Cunningham
 * Richard Francis Burton
 * Triluminary - find an image
 * Dungeon Master (computer game)
 * Chaos Strikes Back

Welcoming committee
I found myself constantly welcoming new users, so thought I may as well sign up here. Lots of useful links on the department page.

WP:WIKIFY
This is, at the time of writing, the biggest backlog of work in the wiki. Please help out if you can!

Typo
This is a list of the typo correction actions I've taken as part of the typo correction team.


 * "noteriety" (23), "fourty" (5), "valueable" (3) &mdash; 15:23, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * "immitate" (6) --16:40, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * "satrical" (5) --23:21, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * "Scandanavia" (3) --23:24, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Mixed martial arts

 * Started Matt Lindland article &mdash; 2006-05-25 16:31:03
 * Created Template:MMA-bio-stub, Template:MMA-stub and Template:WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts &mdash; 12:35, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Created Ryan Bennett article for recently-deceased broadcaster. RIP.  &mdash;  Es  tarriol  talk 23:40, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Created WikiProject Mixed martial arts/List of fighters that need full articles, and Andrei Semenov stub. &mdash; Es  tarriol  talk 11:35, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Personally acquired links
cl:Category:Wikipedians looking for help

Welcome Templates

 * Welcome templates - the complete list
 * Template:Welcomeg - nice graphical welcome with lots of good links

The generic tool list

 * List of all the WP pages - Other wikipedia links.

Martial Law's tools and links
The following tool list is courtesy of User:Martial Law


 * WP:AMA - Among other things, Wikipedia lawyers.
 * WP:UBX - Userboxes
 * Questions - any questions ?
 * WP:TTALK - Project templates.
 * WP:AMDB - Admins who will make difficult blocks. Lets hear it for these Admins.
 * WP:RFI - Request for investigation.
 * WP:SW - Spoiler Template for films, movies, games.
 * WP:FU - Fair use guidelines.
 * Paranormal Watchers - Wikipedians who have had paranormal experiences, and/or interested in these matters. ( New Wikipedian Organization )
 * WP:VP - Village Pump - One section links to the Tech area.
 * WP:CJ - Community Justice (New Wiki-organization )
 * WP:ASR - Avoid Self References.
 * WP:WEB - Web Reference guide
 * WP:QI - Quick index
 * Uncyclopedia - For those who insist on being a vandal
 * WP:BIO - Notability(people)
 * WP:RFAR - Request for arbitration
 * WP:PP - Protected page protocol
 * m:Help:Template - create Templates
 * WP:UP - User page protocol
 * WP:U - Usernames protocol
 * WP:FA - Featured Articles
 * WP:OFFICE - Wikipedia's Offices
 * WP:PP - Protected page
 * WP:H - Help
 * WP:POST - The Signpost: Wikipedia's Newspaper
 * WP:KC - Wikipedia Kindness campaign
 * WP:VAND - Spotting, Terminating Vandalisim
 * WP:BP - Wikipedia's Blocking Protocol
 * WP:SUB - Sub. Templates
 * WP:UTM - Warning Templates
 * WP:TT - Templates
 * CAT:UW - Warning Templates
 * WP:SUG- The Wikipedia Welcome Wagon
 * WP:BAN - Wikipedia Penalty
 * WP:ARCHIVE - archive things, like the user Talk page.
 * WP:RS - Reliable resources
 * WP:AGF - Assume GOOD faith
 * WP:ABF - Assume BAD faith
 * WP:HOAX - Hoax aricles.
 * WP:DR - Resolving disputes
 * WP:RD - Reference Desk
 * WP:PR - Peer review.
 * WP:EL - External links protocol.
 * WP:BARN - Barnstar awards
 * WP:FN-Foot notes. CAUTION:This protocol is still under development
 * WP:PAIN- Personal Attack Intervention Noticeboard
 * WP:SPAM- Spam protocol
 * WP:UBX- Userbox protocol
 * WP:RCP- RC Patrol protocol
 * WP:MVP- Most Vandalised pages
 * WP:SD- Speedy Deletions
 * WP:EW- Edit War protocol
 * WP:RV- Revert protocol
 * WP:SB - Sandbox(For the unmentionables)
 * WP:WTA - Words to AVOID
 * WP:ANI - Admin. Incident Report Center
 * WP:BITE - Don't Bite Newbies. Some REALLY need help, NOT scorn, ridicule.
 * WP:CON - Consensus
 * WP:FAC - Featured article canidates
 * WP:VPP - Village pump(policy)
 * WP:NLT - NO legal threats
 * Wikipedia policies - Policies and Guidelines
 * WP:SPP - Semi page protection protocol
 * WP:RFP - Full Page protection protocol
 * WP:RFC/SOC - Request for Comments/Wikipedia Society and Law
 * WP:WQT - Wikipedia Ettiquite
 * Introduction - Introduction
 * Introduction 2 - More on Introduction
 * Introduction 3 - Still more on introduction
 * Tutorial - Tutorial
 * WP:V - VERIFY sources, etc. on this format.
 * WP:SOCK: Tool usually used by vandals to vandalise votes, articles, attack people.
 * WP:AN - Noticeboard run by Admins., others. They deal with all manner of things. Caution: They are currently experiencing a backlog.
 * WP:VIP & WP:VAND - Anti Vandalisim protocol. Incl. policies on newbies as well as on vandals.
 * WP:CVU- Counter Vandalisim Unit: These people go after vandalism anywhere. To be in this, one must NOT be a vandal.
 * WP:BJAODN - Bad Jokes and Nonsense on Wikipedia.
 * WP:WIN - What Wikipedia is 'NOT'
 * WP:AGF - Assume Good Faith.
 * Administrators - Click on the "List of Administrators" to contact a Administrator.
 * WP:NPA - NO personal attacks
 * WP:CITE - Cite Sources
 * WP:RFAr/AER - Request for arbitration/Admin Enforcement Requested
 * WP:RFAR - Requests for Arbitration
 * WP:Arb - Wikipedia: request for Arbitration
 * WP:ArbReq - Wikipedia: Request for Arbitration
 * Bug report - Report bugs, such as Why is this site malfunctioning 1/2 the time ?
 * WP:ANB - Administrators' Noticeboard. See WP:AN
 * WP:AIV - Administrators intervention against vandalisim
 * WP:NPOV - Neutral Point of View
 * WP:RFA - Request for Administratorship. Think this one over people.
 * WP:GRFA - Want to be a Admin. ?! Read this carefully.
 * Bureaucrats - These people have more power than even a Administrator.
 * stewards - creates "user 'bots' ", among other things.
 * Requests for page protection - Option employed to protect a article from vandalisim,etc.
 * WP:POINT - Don't Disrupt Wikipedia to make a point.
 * WP:IRC - Wikipedia Channels
 * WP:QI - Quick Index
 * WP:RPA - Remove Personal attacks.
 * Profanity - Profanity protocol.
 * WP:CIVIL - User Civility protocol.
 * Administrators noticeboard/Incidents - used to report incivility, personal attacks.
 * Resolving disputes - Protocol to resolve disputes.
 * User Bill of Rights - Wikipedia Use protocol for Users.
 * WP:ArbCom - Arbitration Committee
 * Jimbo Wales Wikipedia BOSS
 * Board of Trustees - Wiki bosses under User Jimbo Wales.
 * Blocking policy
 * WP:3RR - Three Revert Rule.
 * WP:AN/3RR - Report Violations of 3 Revert Rule.