Bilorv (he/they) is a British Wikipedia editor. They joined Wikipedia in December 2013 and have been volunteering for around 45% of Wikipedia's existence. They have made around 35,000 edits (stats). Many of their edits relate to television, comedy, non-fiction books and other media.
Ten-year reflections
I have a lot of thoughts about Wikipedia, some of which I wrote down here. Ten things I am proud of from my first ten years:
Seeing Challenges catch on and inspire people to create content.
Taking part in the 2020 WikiCup during an extremely disciplined, productive and surprisingly happy period of my life in which I used newfound COVID-19 lockdown time to do things that mattered to me, including all this.
, a newcomer contribution that just needed a once-over by someone experienced in the style guide of Wikipedia.
Good Article
status.
Writing Queen's graph, an article about maths and chess.
Creating "The 1975" when I first heard the song, as I listened to it over and over for hours with a surge of melancholy, outrage and optimism running through me.
Working on Black Mirror articles, each marginally less worse-written than the last—an enormous undertaking over many years on a highly viewed topic.
The latest thing I've written, before the passion fades and resurfaces in a new topic.
I edited briefly prior to registering an account and have made occasional uncontroversial edits while logged out. I have never edited for pay or for a financial