User:Curb Safe Charmer
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Hi, I am Curb Safe Charmer. My username is an anagram, in case you're wondering!
Organising information has been an interest of mine since I was eight years old when I volunteered in my primary school's library, helping make sure all the books were in the right order according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system.
As a boy I enjoyed the original
As a teenager, I became fascinated by computers, but when my friends were playing
It is not surprising that as an adult I spend time here, helping to build and curate the world's largest online encyclopedia.
What I do here
Wikipedia is
Unfortunately, some people try to use Wikipedia as free advertising for themselves, their business, organisation or cause. It is not always easy to tell what is
A particular frustration that I have is when people who work in public relations, marketing or
My AfC stats
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Most active reviewers
At the same time, and this is a part of the work that I really like, even though strictly it is not part of the Articles for Creation role, is when I have come across a few articles which have real potential but needed some help, and I have worked with the author to improve their draft so that it is accepted into Wikipedia. The best buzz is from the articles that I've helped with reaching '
Deletion
When I come across an article that at first glance looks like it doesn't belong in Wikipedia, I will often set about editing it, such as running
- Articles I have nominated for speedy deletion - there are many because I tend to do my AfC reviews from the back of the queue where I encounter a lot of 'quick fail' drafts
- Articles I have proposed for deletion
- AfD !vote stats - I tend to contribute to discussions about biographies and companies.
Articles for Creation
2+ months | There are 2,372 pending submissions pending AfC submissions. |
reFill
In March 2021 I responded to a request for help (T278211) and became a maintainer of reFill, a tool for expanding bare references. I since found the learning curve too steep to maintain the codebase, but contribute to the project in other ways.
Article creation
Some of the articles I've created:
- Saint Helier Harbour, the main harbour in Jersey
- Nukhba (Hamas), Palestinian terrorist group
- VALL-E, artificial intelligence system (stub)
- Feudalism in the Channel Islands
- Mount Bingham, hill in Jersey
- Disaster victim identification (stub)
- Mike Bracken, leader in digital government
- The American Jewish World, newspaper in Minnesota (stub)
- Pierre Horsfall, Jersey politician (stub)
- Robert MacRae, Jersey lawyer (stub)
- Google Lighthouse, web development software
- Timothy Le Cocq, Jersey lawyer (stub)
- STS Lord Nelson, tall ship
- GOV.UK Verify, identity system
- Jean Martell, Cognac merchant (translated from French Wikipedia article)
- Colin de Mowbray, yachtsman
- MSDAIPP, component of Windows (stub)
- Microsoft Sort, vintage Microsoft product
Some of the articles I've also substantially contributed to: