User:Paul2520



Hi, I'm Paul! My pronouns are he/him.

I joined Wikipedia in 2013 after having experience with an internal MediaWiki site for an organization I worked for (it's worth noting that I'm happy to discuss why your organization or company might use a wiki as their intranet site/for internal documentation).

I enjoy starting new articles across a variety of topics, uploading images and audio files (here and on English Wiktionary), doing WikiGnome tasks (often reference-related fixes), and helping new editors. I really like submitting new/improved articles to Did you know.... Let me know if you are interested in collaborating!

My editing preference is to use the source editor (Wiki Markup). I know it well & sometimes use tools like Sublime Text,, and Notepad++ for more tedious tasks like finding & replacing text throughout a page's source. I also sometimes use Python and other command-line tools.

N.b.: I try and save a copy of references that I add or edit when they are not/cannot be archived in the Wayback Machine, archive.is, Megalodon.jp (a.k.a. gyo.tc), and/or ghostarchive.org. If you are in search of such a reference that I've cited/updated/etc. and cannot find it in one of these fantastic archival resources, let me know. I am an amateur archivist and recommend you check out Archive Team if you are interested to learn more.

My bookmarks/current tasks

 * Bigger initiatives
 * adding photos; see


 * Bookmarks/easy access
 * my tasks and tools
 * typing diacritics on macOS:

Contributions

 * See articles I've created, etc. @ User:Paul2520/contributions

Awards and other WikiLove

 * See User:Paul2520/awards

Contest participation

 * WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest (November 2017)
 * 2018 NPP New Year Backlog Drive (January 2018)
 * January 2024 New Page Patrol Article Backlog Drive

Things that make me happy [about Wikipedia]

 * Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Helps Close Gaps in Women's History
 * this fabulous individual working towards more LGBTQ+ content on the Persian WP via
 * people like Jessica Wade and Glenn Christodoulou
 * people mentioned in the #KnowledgeEquity advent calendar by Wikimedia Deutschland
 * Coronavirus updates in Hindi, Bangla, Tamil and 6 more Indian languages on Wikipedia: using Wikipedia to dispel misinformation
 * Magna Carta (An Embroidery) -- I highly recommend the 7.5-minute documentary
 * "10 Outrageous Wikipedia Articles That Will Send You Down a Rabbit Hole"
 * Rosiestep
 * Cool Freaks' Wikipedia Club
 * "Anyone feeling disillusioned with Wikipedia should come here occasionally to see how kind people are."
 * "Anyone feeling disillusioned with Wikipedia should come here occasionally to see how kind people are."


 * @depthsofwiki (she also has a great TikTok account!)

Opinion
I tend to empathize with User:Geo Swan/opinions/If you are considering initiating an xfd on material I started.

Other projects
In addition to Wikimedia projects, I also contribute to Common Voice, and occasionally other projects such as the Esolangs wiki, Fandom, and Google Crowdsource. While I typically use this username, I have seen cases of other people using this name on other websites.