User:Loeba





What is a "Loeba"?
I'm not sure but it's my username. What do I do here? Truthfully, not a whole lot these days. I was fairly active between 2011 and 2013 but it's been intermittent since then, and I can't say editing Wikipedia is a priority for me now. I still think it's an amazing resource, and contribute gradually/periodically. As another user said, I "come and go as [I] please!" The thing that I'm obsessed with is films, of all eras and regions, and my major contributions have all been related to that (actors or directors, as you'll see below). Most of my minor edits and articles I've created are film-related as well. In 2016 I was the joint-subject of a Wikipedia interview, which was nice.

I try to stay out of the administrative/"behind the scenes" side of Wikipedia as much as possible, since it just gets frustrating and we're meant to be here for fun, right? Many editors get far too caught up in this stuff though. Having some distance from the site really makes you see that a lot of the policies and practices here are silly; most readers won't even notice these specifics. Let's all lighten up :) A perfect summary of how I regard this strange place has been written by another user – I think everybody should read The Wikipedia Bible.

Work

 * Featured articles


 * [[file:Cscr-featured.svg|15px]] Katharine Hepburn The main reason I signed up to wikipedia (after just using it casually for years) was to improve this page. I love Kate. I'm sure she would've driven me mad in real life, but she was so unique and charismatic; I find her fascinating. Her article was rather inadequate, so I started contributing towards it in the summer of 2011. I ended up rewriting the whole thing, and then carried on perfecting it until&mdash;somehow&mdash;it got promoted to featured article status in February 2012. I am very proud of this achievement. I get so much joy out of watching and reading about Kate, that it was a pleasure to give her a top-class article.
 * —Today's Featured Article, 12 May 2012 (Hepburn's 105th birthday), 82k views.
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 * [[file:Cscr-featured.svg|15px]] Julianne Moore This lady is my favourite working actress. I'll watch her in anything, even her dodgy films, because she's always good and just so likeable. Her article was far from great, so I started overhauling it in July 2012. Eventually (with two long wikibreaks inbetween) it was rewritten from top to bottom, and it was promoted to FA in September 2013.
 * — Today's Featured Article, 3 December 2013 (Moore's 53rd birthday), 70k views.
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 * [[file:Cscr-featured.svg|15px]] Charlie Chaplin Collaborative effort with User:TrueHeartSusie3. Boy was this a big undertaking! We began overhauling it in April 2012, and worked on it intermittently for...well, ages, eventually seeing it promoted to FA in January 2014. It was worth doing though, because Chaplin was an absolute genius and his life is fascinating. Very pleased to have given him the sort of article that he deserves.
 * —Today's Featured Article, 2 February 2014 (centenary of his film debut), 69k views (should have been more!)
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 * [[file:Cscr-featured.svg|15px]] Philip Seymour Hoffman Joint project with User:Dr. Blofeld. We were gutted when he died, he was such a marvellous actor, so decided to give him a proper article (it was pretty much useless before). We settled with GA for a while, but then decided to push for FA and it was promoted in January 2015. Cool beans!
 * —Today's Featured Article, 2 February 2015 (first anniversary of his death), 47k views.
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 * Good articles
 * Symbol_support_vote.svg Spencer Tracy This page was pathetically brief, so once Kate's article was finished (late 2011) I began on ST. You can't have a full Katharine Hepburn page and leave his so empty. He was a damn good actor as well. Promoted in June 2012.
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 * Symbol_support_vote.svg Emma Thompson Who doesn't love Emma Thompson? She's so lovely, and, as far as I'm concerned, her performance in Wit (2001) is the single greatest piece of acting ever committed to film. Began a complete overhaul in October 2013. Some content by Dr Blofeld, who took it through GAN when I was absent. Promoted in April 2014.
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 * Symbol_support_vote.svg Carole Lombard Wonderful comedy actress. I consider her sudden death at the age of 33 to be one of Hollywood's greatest tragedies. Began a complete overhaul in September 2013. Some content by Dr Blofeld, who took it through GAN when I was absent. Promoted in April 2014.
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 * Not reviewed
 * Wong Kar-wai Truly a brilliant filmmaker, he's become one of my absolute favourites. 2046 is one of the greatest films ever made IMO, and I love virtually all his stuff. Decided to start working on it early in 2015 and slowly made my way through (delayed by a big wikibreak) until it was all re-written. International film personalities (ie, not American/British/Indian) are severely neglected on here so I'm happy to counter the bias a bit.
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 * Gilmore Girls This is my comfort show, I love it to bits! If you ever need some charming and easy viewing, this is the one. There was some good content here already, but it needed a lot of adding/removing/organising. I also made some edits as an IP during a wikibreak. Overhauled in mid-2017.
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  film actresses

Thank you for quality articles on intelligent performers such as Katharine Hepburn Julianne Moore and Charlie Chaplin to the pleasure of millions of readers, for your love of your subjects (shown in your first username), for reviewing, and, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 3 December 2013 (UTC)



Because it's been a while since I toasted your fabulous contribution and great editorial judgement. We do need more editors like you. Thank you, Lobo, for all the time and effort you have donated over the months. Your work is seen and valued. Span (talk) 22:00, 11 February 2012 (UTC)