User:Phoenixrod

I finally registered on Wikipedia in February of 2006. Previously, I had made minor changes to articles; we will see if I undertake more ambitious projects. Feel free to drop me a line (politely, I hope!) on my talk page.

As far as I can tell by the welcome messages, I registered a mere nine minutes before Wikipedia's one millionth user. So close to fame....

I have found that people like to ask about my user name. No, I'm not Harry Potter. And no, I don't live in Arizona. The answer is much more mundane: Back in the '90s, I liked to play a computer game called Heretic, and I rather liked the weapon called the Phoenix Rod. Something about lighting enemies aflame brought out the vicarious pyro in me, I guess.

I tend to prefer making minor changes. Does that make me a WikiGnome? Meh.

I rarely edit these days.

For my own use:

Edit count

 * My edit count can be found here. On second glance, the information does not seem to get updated. I'm positive I have more edits that that. Anyone know where I can go to find out?


 * Aha! Here is a newer tool that does for now. My particular user stats with this counter:


 * A faster counter, without the cool graphs is here.


 * Another option: Wikichecker.


 * To break down Wikipedia page history statistics:.


 * Wannabe_kate is down. Here's a new one with a similarly cool monthly graph feature: Soxred93's tool. And a new version.

How often is a particular page viewed?
Wikipedia article traffic statistics: http://stats.grok.se/.

Template messages for user talk
These can be found at Template_messages/User_talk_namespace.

Great lines from Wikipedia
From the article on trousers: "Removing one's trousers in public is, in the main, considered taboo."

Fantastic edit summary: pun indented.

From Serial_comma: "This is ambiguous as it stands, but even if a serial comma were added Mandela could still be mistaken for a demigod."

From Falsifiability: "It is impractical to observe all the swans in the world to verify that they are all white."

Funny edits
Here's an amusing bit of vandalism:.

Also:           Rickroll Home Taping Hitler Has Only Got One Ball where a catapult takes aim.

Userboxes
Are a waste of time. Mine and yours.