User:Mr. Stradivarius

Hello! I'm Mr. Stradivarius, and I've been editing Wikipedia since 2010. I started out by editing articles on second-language acquisition and language education, but these days I am mostly involved in writing Lua modules and templates. I started learning Lua in 2013, and I've now written more modules than I have articles; check below for an (incomplete) list.

I became an administrator in August 2012 (my RfA) and I help out with administrative tasks from time to time. You are most likely to spot me patrolling Category:Wikipedia protected edit requests or working at requests for page protection. If you have any questions about an administrative action that I've taken, please feel free to ask me about it on my talk page. If I've done something stupid I'll be happy to reverse whatever I have done. (And if it's particularly stupid you can leave me a nice, fresh trout-slap.)

Also, if you were wondering about my username: the "Mr." is so that people can avoid using things like s/he when talking about me, and "Stradivarius" is the name of a camel I once owned. (True story.) That, and I play the violin, although the one I play isn't actually a Stradivarius. A lot of editors here call me "Strad" for short, but I'll answer to most things.

Applied linguistics
• Communication strategies in second language acquisition

• Dictogloss

• Display question

• Elaine Tarone

• Focus on form

• Good language learner studies

• H. Douglas Brown

• Howard Giles

• Information gap task

• Interaction Hypothesis

• Interface hypothesis

• International Association of Applied Linguistics

• Larry Selinker

• List of common misconceptions about language learning

• Merrill Swain

• Multi-competence

• Natural approach

• Pit Corder

• Richard Schmidt (linguist)

• Silent period

• Silent way

• Skill-based theories of second language acquisition

Other
• Alejandro Mayorkas

• Coding (therapy)

• Depression Quest

• Graphetics

• Michael Wehmeyer

• New York University Abu Dhabi

• Nicklaus Design

• Performance calligraphy

• Sapporo Independent Christian Church

• UniFirst

Pages expanded
These are pages that I have significantly expanded or re-written:

• Armada 2526

• Enable Scotland

• Ryan Doyle

• Second-language acquisition

• Total physical response

• TPR Storytelling

Translations

 * Kaimiloa, from ja:カイミロア (砲艦)
 * Takenaga incident, from ja:竹永事件

Templates
• csdcheck - created

• db notice doc - created

• db-notice-multiple - expanded

• find sources multi - created

• Language teaching methods - created

• NewDRNsubmission - created

• SLA topics - created

• speedy deletion navbox - created

• speedy deletion notices - created

Modules created
(List generated from this query on Quarry)

Modules expanded or rewritten
• Module:Language/text

• Module:Coxeter–Dynkin diagram

• Module:Coordinates

• Module:Documentation

• Module:Math

• Module:Redirect

• Module:ScribuntoUnit

• Module:TimeAgo

• Module:Unsubst

• Module:Yesno

Modules still being written
• Module:Delink - being rewritten

• Module:RFPP - needs test cases

• Module:Set - usable, but not all functions have been written yet

Other links
• My sandbox

• My commons profile

• The Toolbox

• My userpage menu

• Twinkle CSD log

• Twinkle PROD log

• My RfA criteria

Alternative accounts
I have a few alternative accounts:
 * User:Mr. Stradivarius on tour, for use on public terminals
 * User:StradBot, for AWB editing and possible future bot work
 * Doppelgänger accounts: 1, 2, 3
 * User:Example3, an account I created for use in the documentation of NewDRNsubmission
 * User:Gypsyjiver, my old username, a homage to gypsy jazz - changed in December 2010
 * User:Rayjolt, a name used elsewhere on the interwebs

Things that every Wikipedian should know about

 * Wikipedia Reference Search - a Google search that only returns sites vetted by Wikipedians.