User:Raskuly

Howdy, I'm Raskuly, or just Rask! I go by the name Brandon, and I like to edit Wikipedia pages as a hobby. I've really increased my activity on the site as of late, and I've been trying to learn more about Wikipedia. I'm always learning and I will make mistakes, so please approach me politely about anything I've done wrong!

Originally, I mainly contributed to lists, and I still do, but I've shifted to writing proper sections of articles instead. Typically, I write about tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin, crime in the United States, and association football.

If I were to fully dedicate my Wikipedia activity to one topic, it would be gun violence in the United States. While I am fortunate enough to not have been directly impacted by gun violence, I do not believe that is an excuse to look the other way. As a Wikipedian, in order to bring awareness and hopefully lessen the impact of gun violence on Americans, I believe that I can simply write about it and bring light to the frequency and brutality of it all.

I've often read things along the lines of "I never thought it would happen to me" or "I never thought it would happen here" in regard to gun violence, but I will not live, or die, with a false sense of security. I know it is statistically unlikely that it will happen to me, but I would be foolish to pretend that I would think it would be impossible or implausible. I'm working on creating a website dedicated to highlighting all incidents of major gun violence in the United States going back to the nation's founding–though I know it would never be complete because of how often these incidents are forgotten.

I also understand that there are other major issues in the United States, let alone the world, and I have sympathy for those issues as well, but this is what I have chosen to dedicate the majority of my time to on Wikipedia. I am one person and a person can only achieve so much on their own.

I should receive my associate's degree relatively soon, but I'm unsure what I want to do after that. I've thought of studying history, photography and videography, and social work among other things, but I remain undecided.

Cool Wikipedians
If you're not on this list chances are I just haven't seen enough of your activity to conclude you're cool, even though you probably are!

Editing milestones
My 500th edit was undoing my own edit after I screwed up the template map for the List of mass shootings in the United States in 2022 article by accidentally adding an extra negative sign to a longitude value on March 4, 2022.

My 1,000th edit was correcting my own grammar mistake on the article for storm chaser and businessman Josh Morgerman after I unnecessarily capitalized "de" in Boca de Yuma on September 22, 2022.

My 1,500th edit was updating Wrexham footballer Paul Mullin's injury situation, noting that he had recovered and made two appearances on September 17, 2023.

My 2,000th edit was simply altering the description for a photo I added to the Orlando City article featuring the club's ultras on March 8, 2024.

My 2,500th edit was adding Markeis McGlockton, manslaughter victim, to the Boca Ciega High School notable alumni list on May 21, 2024.

My 3,000th edit was responding to a Wikipedian in a talk page who suggested deleting the Attempted assassination of Donald Trump article on July 14, 2024.

Created articles

 * 1966 Rose-Mar College of Beauty shooting
 * Shooting of Payton Washington
 * 1967 Clinton County, Pennsylvania shootings