User:Hallward's Ghost

Short bio of me
My real name is Kevin Bailey, and I have an eclectic career background, working mainly in education (at various levels, now in higher education), but also running my own business for several years, and (early on) working for a time in the medical field. This background has made me a bit of "a jack of all trades, but a master of none." The only area where I've achieved a bit of mastery is in a few narrow sections of literature, as well as on education-related topics.

My username derives from a character in one of my favorite novelas, The Picture of Dorian Gray. I love Oscar Wilde, both the man and his work--particularly De Profundis. If I make any mistakes, please drop me a line and I will fix them. I have edited Wikipedia since October of 2006, and have detailed my editing history here, with specific articles I've created over the years listed here.

Current

 * User:Hallward's Ghost/WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America work; my plan is to research these redlinks and redirects for the WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America to help turn them into stub- and start-level articles. I will keep track of this work in my userspace.
 * John Kahionhes Fadden; article I wrote for the above WikiProject--still needs expansion.
 * Dag Aabye; article I wrote, that I plan to expand over time.
 * Katie Beth Hall; article I wrote about the young actor, which I plan to expand as her career progresses.
 * User:Hallward's Ghost/Rough and Ready Guards; article I'm writing in this userspace for WikiProject North Carolina.

Planned

 * User:Hallward's Ghost/John Henry Lloyd-Planning to work John Henry Lloyd up to GA or FA, if possible. It is a "Top Importance" article for the Negro league baseball task force.
 * User:Hallward's Ghost/History of Kansas; At some point, I plan to rewrite History of Kansas in userspace, using History of Minnesota as a template to work this article toward Featured status.
 * User:Hallward's Ghost/Robert Smalls; a complete rewrite of the Robert Smalls article that I'm working on in userspace.
 * User:Hallward's Ghost/Los Tigres del Norte Translate the Spanish version of Los Tigres del Norte to expand the English version.

Articles written
For a breakdown of these articles by previous username, click here.


 * Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction - March 9, 2007
 * Tom Dula - October 18, 2007
 * Cliffside Lake Recreation Area - October 27. 2007
 * Elise Primavera - December 27, 2007
 * Capitol Offense (band) - January 8, 2008
 * Sorta (band) - January 14, 2008
 * Waiting (novel) - January 19-21, 2008
 * Lei Chen-Tzu - May 26, 2008
 * Edwards v National Coal Board - May 26, 2008
 * Sha Yexin - May 26, 2008
 * Doug Band - June 1, 2008
 * David Kresh - July 4, 2008
 * Woodstock Film Festival - July 6, 2008
 * Akihiko Hirata - July 10, 2008
 * Stone Mountain (North Carolina) = August 1, 2008
 * Luis Conte - August 3, 2008
 * John Koethe August 3-7, 2008
 * The Gospel According to the Son - August 4, 2008
 * Jerry Kennedy - August 8, 2008
 * Crystal City Internment Camp - August 10, 2008
 * Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl - August 17. 2008
 * Katherine Paterson bibliography - November 16, 2008
 * Midwest Kings - December 25, 2008
 * Josiah Leming - December 26, 2008


 * Fabulous Histories - January 18, 2009]
 * Appeal to loyalty - January 19, 2009]
 * The Black Robe - January 21, 2009]
 * List of English inventors and designers - January 29, 2009]
 * Poster Boy (street artist) - February 4, 2009
 * Danny Gokey - February 18, 2009
 * A Bit Off the Map - June 26-27, 2009
 * Eduardo Saverin - August 8, 2009
 * John W. Stephens - October 11-12, 2009
 * The Alleghany News - December 22, 2009
 * The Bladen Journal - December 22, 2009]
 * The Caswell Messenger - December 23, 2009
 * A Letter to Lord Ellenborough - December 24, 2009
 * George Paston - January 11, 2010
 * Clement Shorter - January 11-12, 2010
 * Song of the Trees - March 15-17, 2010]
 * Boot Hill Museum - July 9, 2011 - September 28, 2014
 * Val McCallum - July 14, 2014
 * Mick Harte Was Here - July 14 - September 17, 2014
 * Dag Aabye - October 18, 2018
 * Katie Beth Hall - April 29, 2020 - April 8, 2023
 * John Kahionhes Fadden - April 26 - May 6, 2023

Featured and Good Article work
 Note : I was not the primary'' contributor on these articles, but neither was my work on them insubstantial. As I've been working on this project for almost 8 years (I actually started out as a constructive IP editor in the latter part of 2006), it seems like I remember doing some other work on articles that achieved FA or GA, but I can't remember what (if any) articles these might have been.''

FA (2)

 * 1) To Kill a Mockingbird - October-November 2007 - Assisted User:Moni3 in working this article up to FA.
 * 2) John McGraw - 13 July-13 August 2008 - Famous figure in baseball; I did a lot of work on it during this time frame, in an attempt to prep it for a run at GA or FA, and other editors came in and finished the work.

GA

 * 1) James Blunt - January-February 2008 - Assisted User:Risker in working this article up to GA during my time using the Bellwether BC username.