User:Funcrunch

Funcrunch, aka Pax Ahimsa Gethen, can also be found at funcrunch.org and on Mastodon.



My current (2016–present) focus on Wikipedia is improving representation of marginalized people. Transgender/nonbinary people and Black people are my priorities. I have been active on the LGBT Studies and Women in Red WikiProjects and the Whose Knowledge? user group.

At the inaugural Bay Area WikiSalon in April 2016, I participated on a panel discussing transgender issues, and talked about my experiences and frustrations with trans coverage on Wikipedia. I gave presentations on this subject at WikiConference North America in October 2016 and at the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2017.

In June 2016, I created a proposal for the Inspire Campaign to combat harassment by protecting user pages from editing by anonymous and new users. Six months and an RfC later, this idea was implemented via an edit filter. You can read all about it in The Signpost. I also gave a presentation on this subject at WikiConference North America in August 2017.

In April 2019, I was one of the editors featured in a New York Times article about harassment on Wikipedia. For more context and details about the harassment I experienced, see my post on Medium.

In August 2023, I was named Media Contributor of the Year for the 2023 Wikimedian of the Year awards. (See also my post on Medium.) That same month, the Bay Area Reporter published an article about me and my contributions to the Wikimedia projects.

In October 2023, I was interviewed along with fellow nonbinary editor Tamzin for a WIKIMOVE podcast episode on transgender representation and harassment.

I contribute to Wikipedia (and Wikimedia Commons) on my own time; no one pays me to do so. If I do ever edit a page directly related to my employment, I will post a COI declaration as appropriate.

Articles I started (Not including redirects or disambiguation pages; full list here)

• #Steve Kirk (composer)

• #Heavy (TV series)

• #DietTribe

• #Matt Kailey

• #Cowspiracy

• #Direct Action Everywhere

• #Everyday Feminism

• #Morgan Spurlock Inside Man

• #Humane Party

• #A. Breeze Harper

• #pattrice jones

• #Joey Hollingsworth

• #Haile Thomas

• #Sylvia Rhue

• #Seba Johnson

• #Cary Gabriel Costello

• #Felicia Elizondo

• #Aldon Morris

• #San Francisco Transgender Film Festival

• #Steve Cutts

• #Vivian Bonnell

• #Monica Roberts

• #David Downing (actor)

• #Tyler Ford

• #Sheila Wills

• #Hal DeWindt

• #Angelica Ross

• #Lucy Bradshaw (game developer)

• #Sally McConnell-Ginet

• #L. J. Roberts

• #Pidgeon Pagonis

• #Morgan DeBaun

• #Blavity

• #Leanne Pittsford

• #Amos C. Brown

• #Carol Anderson

• #Carolyn Craven

• #Helen G. Edmonds

• #Vy Higginsen

• #The Source (oratorio)

• #Sandra Lee Fewer

• #Gladys Hansen

• #sj Miller

• #Larry Marshall (actor)

• #Nevo Zisin

• #Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

• #D.C. and Maryland v. Trump

• #Megan Rohrer

• #Chase Strangio

• #Lisa Durden

• #Kaila Story

• #Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump

• #Nicola Yoon

• #Stone v. Trump

• #Meleko Mokgosi

• #Raquel Willis

• #Shay Neary

• #Annie Segarra

• #Leyna Bloom

• #Elle Hearns

• #Victoria Cruz

• #Ivory Aquino

• #Mia Satya

• #CNN v. Trump

• #TGI Justice Project

• #Aria Sa'id

• #Janetta Johnson

• #Imara Jones

• #National Trans Visibility March

• #The Game Changers

• #One Medical

• #San Francisco Community Music Center

• #Toni Newman

• #Imani Rupert-Gordon

• #Gina Chua

• #Leah Harvey

• #List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2022

• #Molly Kearney

• #Griffin Matthews

• #Quentin Bell (activist)

• #Oriaku Njoku

• #Krys Marshall

• #Coral Peña

• #Barbara Satin

• #List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2023

• #Jin Maley

• #Jay Graber

• #Henry Tse

• #Hope Giselle

• #Jamez McCorkle

• #Cynthy Wu

• #Claudia de la Cruz

• #Hajar Yazdiha

• #Laura Chambers

• #Asha Ward

• #Dahlia Belle

• #Jes Tom

• #Krishna Istha

• #Chloe Petts

• #List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2024

• #Angelina Spicer

Articles I've made significant contributions to (selected)

• 2016 Oakland warehouse fire

• Ajamu Baraka

• Alexandra Grey

• André Watts

• Berlinda Tolbert

• Bryant Terry

• Chelsea Manning

• Danica Roem

• Debbie Goddard

• François Clemmons

• Gethen

• Goldman Environmental Prize

• Haben Girma

• Jahi McMath case

• Josh Kornbluth

• List of people with non-binary gender identities

• Lynne Moody

• Marilyn Sachs

• October 2017 Northern California wildfires

• Reuben Zellman

• Ron Finley

• Sophie Labelle

• Tax March

• The Jeffersons

• White Rage


 * Thanks for the note! :-) Funcrunch (talk) 01:54, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks so much! :-D Funcrunch (talk) 23:07, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much! Funcrunch (talk) 05:03, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * +1 Pleasure meeting you this weekend! 'Til next time. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 23:37, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Likewise and thanks! Funcrunch (talk) 16:34, 11 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks much! Funcrunch (talk) 23:47, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your help with Draft:Asia Kate Dillon!

Cassolotl (talk) 20:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC) 
 * Aw thanks, glad to help :-) Funcrunch (talk) 21:03, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so much for being a loud voice among the Wikipedias for trans and nonbinary people!!

Mangostaniko (talk) 17:28, 14 August 2017 (UTC) 
 * Thanks very much! :-) Funcrunch (talk) 17:38, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

-Pete Forsyth (talk) 06:40, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks to both of you! I plan to blog about my ten year Wikipediversary later today. Funcrunch (talk) 14:05, 29 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Haha, you must have seen my post on Facebook :-) Thanks, I do love toast! Funcrunch (talk) 20:56, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, much appreciated :-) Funcrunch (talk) 18:51, 11 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much! :-) Funcrunch (talk) 16:22, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for all your work! <3

VatBatCat (talk) 15:25, 31 August 2023 (UTC) 
 * Aw, thanks! :-) Funcrunch (talk) 15:27, 31 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much! Funcrunch (talk) 16:47, 16 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much! Funcrunch (talk) 16:36, 13 February 2024 (UTC)


 * WikiProject Banner shell for talk pages
 * Talk header for talk pages
 * Gender identity notices for talk pages: Trans women, Trans men, Nonbinary peopole
 * Calculate birth year based on stated age
 * Anti-vandalism resources and warning templates
 * Contentious topics alert
 * Administrator intervention against vandalism
 * Requests for page protection