user:a lad insane

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Identified as a precious editor on 21 July 2019.
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This user uses Twinkle to fight vandalism.
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Were you looking for User:Aladdin Sane? (There's no relation, just a similar taste in music apparently).


This user prefers when spoilers for new media are not present in edit summaries.

This editor is a
Yeoman Editor
and is entitled to display this Service Badge.

Just in general, about me

Hey. Glad you're reading this, I guess. Sorry it's a mess - I haven't bothered to fully revamp the userpage in years.

I'm an adult, I live in the Pacific Northwest. Right now a lot of my editing is "backstage" type. Archive links, vandal reverting, that sort. I don't edit particularly consistently or on any sort of schedule, but I'll try to respond to talk page messages (and emails - but talk page is almost certainly faster) in a timely fashion. I used to work the

top 25
- I might still in the future, but it's not anything I actively do right now. I also used to archive noticeboards, but.. eh. There's bots for that.

I'm interested in a lot of topics relating to music - this reflects in the articles I choose to edit, I guess. I play a few instruments myself, though nothing professional.

I have a variety of mental atypicalities. That said, I expect to be held to exactly the same editing standard as anyone without those atypicalities.

Refer to me however you'd like. I generally use he/him or they/them pronouns - but I don't really mind anything. As long as you

assume good faith
, that is. :)

You can browse through my userboxes for more about me, if you want. Some are a bit more useful than others.

various opinions

This user assumes a spherical cow
  • Names of living (famous) people shouldn't be in the titles of news articles about dead people
  • New editors are amazing! Sure, they don't really know what they're doing a lot of the time, but did you?
  • The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is cool, I guess, but also needs more prog-rock
  • RfA shouldn't focus so much on content creation. Handling deletion, blocks, technical overrides, permission requests, why does anyone need to know how to write a FA to do that?
  • Rollback should be easier to get, it doesn't do much that Twinkle doesn't and pretty much anyone who isn't a sockpuppet or brand-spanking-new can get that
  • Pseudoscience has no place on Wikipedia
  • People's first edits have little-to-nothing to do with their competency

Userboxes I made that you could use

User:A lad insane/Userboxes I've made

Wikilove

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank you for your friendly messages on my talkpage. That really makes Wikipedia seem like a friendly place! SunChaser (talk) 05:09, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
I just read the annual report, and I want to say thank you to everyone who has worked on these reports this year. It's amazing you guys do this all year round and then so particularly well at the end of the year to boot. The annual report is a particular example of proper teamwork. —TheDJ (talkcontribs) 15:39, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
The Signpost Barnstar
Thank you for the Signpost obit for
ping
}} me in replies) 19:23, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
Space Pioneer Pin
Please enjoy this well-deserved award for excellence in the field of aerospace.
The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Thank you so much for your amazing template work in response to my question in the Teahouse! (my query about pronouns in the service awards). <3 SunnyBoi (talk) 11:55, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for your Teahouse advice about the circa template! (I always learn a lot from you) :D SunnyBoi (talk) 23:39, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
Fellow Aspie!
Rock on!! Mac Henni (talk) 15:15, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
Hey lad -- same here about ADHD.  ;-P

Wikipedia is the right place for that!  :-)

& for having fun with multi-tasking etc.!

I like "How 2 ADHD" by Jessica McCabe

Peace out :-) Follow.your.inner.heroes.2.the.work.you.love.2021 (talk) 22:39, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Hello there! Glad to see you take on those vandals! Thanks!
Littlest Pet Shop and My Little Pony
Fan) 15:23, 31 March 2022 (UTC)



"Since my customary farewell would appear oddly self-serving, I shall simply say, good luck." _ -Ambassador Spock, Star Trek (2009)