User:Red Phoenix

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About me
Hi, I'm Red Phoenix, an administrator on the English Wikipedia. I have been a Wikipedian since 2007, although there have been a few years in between then and now when I was not actively editing. As an editor, my primary focus is on video games, particularly those by Sega but I've also helped out with others. I help out in several areas in my role as an administrator, but I spend the most amount of time at WP:UAA with some help at WP:AIV and speedy deletion requests.

I'm in my early thirties and currently reside in Indiana, my home state. I enjoy retrogaming, from both video game consoles and arcade cabinets, as well as pinball machines. Outside of Wikipedia, I'm a sales representative for a delivery company and a self-published author of my own fantasy fiction novel series. I don't, however, contribute to any of the number of retro gaming video game projects on the internet. Wikipedia is the only project to which I contribute. That being said, I'm oftentimes quite busy outside of work, as I have a family and a job that takes up a lot of my time. I do my best to contribute when I can and how I can.

I picked my username as a teenager because it sounded cool. Initially, I registered on Wikipedia as Redphoenix526 but I usurped Red Phoenix in 2008 when I saw an opportunity. Shortly after joining, I became affiliated with WikiProject Sega - now the Sega task force of WikiProject Video games - and since then I've been the longest active member of the group. I'm still proud to be a member of the Video games WikiProject and believe I have my own niche there. In July 2020, I passed a request for adminship, nearly 13 years after initially registering my account.

As an editor, I have editing philosophies, as most editors do. I'm a firm believer in quality over quantity, and always strive to make the articles I edit the best they can be. I'm particularly fond of our featured and good article processes and how they improve our articles if they're done correctly. Many of my edits are WikiDragon style, which is part of why I have never had a high edit count and why I place little value in an absolute count of edits a user has. I also sometimes call myself a "WikiPhoenix" for my bold editing style and history of going inactive and returning to edit boldly again. The resulting pun on my username from that is not intended, merely coincidental.

I love collaborating on articles and I'm always glad to help out, so feel free to reach out to me on my talk page if I can ever be of assistance.

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Projects I've worked on
Sega topics
 * Sega Genesis
 * Sega video game consoles

Video game consoles
 * Sega Genesis
 * Sega CD
 * 32X
 * Master System
 * Sega Saturn
 * Game Gear
 * Genesis Nomad
 * Dreamcast
 * Sega Pico
 * SG-1000
 * WonderSwan with Lucia Black

Video game companies and divisions
 * Sega
 * History of Sega
 * Sonic Team
 * Sega AM1
 * Sega AM2
 * Sega AM3
 * Sega Technical Institute
 * United Game Artists
 * Hardlight
 * Tectoy

People
 * James Scott (boxer)

Video games, arcade games, and services
 * Daytona USA
 * Sonic X-treme
 * List of Sega Genesis games
 * List of Sega CD games
 * List of 32X games
 * Sega Channel
 * Sega Meganet
 * Periscope (arcade game)
 * Monaco GP
 * Hang-On
 * Out Run
 * Super Monaco GP
 * Rad Mobile
 * Altered Beast
 * Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II
 * Sonic Drift
 * Tails' Skypatrol with Namcokid47
 * Indy 500
 * Supreme Warrior
 * NASCAR Arcade
 * Escape Velocity Nova
 * Sonic Dash
 * Hotel Mario (rebooted from GAR)

Video game miscellanea
 * Sega v. Accolade
 * Crush 40
 * Segata Sanshiro

Roads in Indiana
 * Interstate 469
 * Indiana State Road 930
 * U.S. Route 30 in Indiana

Articles created

 * Sega Technical Institute (from redirect)
 * United Game Artists (from redirect)
 * History of Sega
 * Hardlight
 * List of Sega arcade system boards (from merger of 20+ short articles)
 * Supreme Warrior
 * Golf Magazine: 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples
 * Outtrigger
 * Toughman Contest (video game)
 * Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000
 * Darxide

Current projects

 * Dreamcast ->
 * Rewrite of Sega development studios, currently in progress in my sandbox
 * Combating vandalism on a more regular basis
 * Reference and structure maintenance on previous FAs and GAs.