User:Matthewedwards/Sandbox/NPD

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Hi, I am Matthewedwards. Thank you for visiting my page time and reading my profile.

About me

I am a thirty-one year old Englishman living in California. I was born in

Whangarei, New Zealand
. I stayed on at Read School, returning to New Zealand in the school holidays.

After leaving school, I spent a year living in New Zealand before returning to Barnsley, where I took up an apprenticeship at Armstrongs Restaurant, which was listed in

Formula 1 drivers, team principals, technical directors, the fabulous commentator Murray Walker, and – oh yes – the Formula 1 Girls!

In 2000 I returned to Barnsley again and began working as a pastry chef at Brookland's Hotel, home of the famous

Barnsley Chop. Two years later I moved to Chevin Country Park Hotel & Spa in Otley, West Yorkshire. After that I worked at Bagden Hall Hotel in Scissett, West Yorks, then the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate
, North Yorks. Coincidentally, both are now part of the Classic Lodges group, although neither were when I worked for them.

In 2006 I emigrated to the United States, and began living permanently with my son and girlfriend (now wife). Spending obscene amounts of money on airfare every two months wasn't really the smartest idea! Since living in the US I have owned an

ice cream truck and a hot dog cart, moved back into the hotel industry and transferred from back of house to front of house becoming a conference and banqueting manager; however, I am now a stay-at-home dad
with two sons, an 8-year-old and a seven-month-old.

What I do here

I created my account on May 10, 2007, although I had been editing Wikipedia as an Anon for about a year prior to that. In 2008 I was asked to be a director of

WP:Manual of style breaches. Upon request, I will try to carry out any other review or if I'm feeling particularly generous, copy edit. Additionally, if you need an image to be mapped
, I'm happy to do that, too.

After spending the last two years not editing Wikipedia much, I'm trying to get back into it but looking after two boys makes it hard! I've noticed that a lot of editors who were here before have now left the project

VandalSniper, WikiBench and Huggle
just annoy me.

With regards to my editing, I am usually doing something within the scope of the WP:WikiProject Television, though I quite often venture into something entirely different. If you look through my contribs, it's likely that you'll see I don't edit in the mainspace a lot; instead I write my edits down on paper, then type them out into my sandbox, and then make one large edit to an article. This is especially true for new articles or complete article re-writes.

When I get writer's block, I try to help out with behind-the-scenes stuff that isn't usually noticed by the average editor. There are a number of backlogs which always need attention. I tend to go for redundant media, merging and splitting articles, cleanups, renaming images, orphaned articles and images, and the occasional French to English translation.

I'm also an administrator, although to be fair I've never done much administrative tasks. I stay away from

WP:Deletion discussions, Wikipedia:Requests for page protection, Wikipedia:Requests for permissions, Wikipedia:Requested moves, Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets, and Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention. I infrequently go through Category:Candidates for speedy deletion and Category:Proposed deletion
.

Some other things that keep me busy from time to time are

  • CAT:SHORTFIX (Replacing {{shortcut|[[WP:A]]}} with {{shortcut|WP:A}}, and {{shortcut|[[WP:A]]<br>[[WP:B]]}} with {{shortcut|WP:A|WP:B}} in {{shortcut}} and its sister templates)
  • WP:NOWRAP (Replacing {{nowrap|Entry 1}}{{·}} {{nowrap|Entry 2}} with {{nowrap begin}}Entry 1{{·w}} Entry 2{{nowrap end}}, and {{·}}{{wrap}} and {{·wrap}} with {{·w}} in Navboxes
    )
  • I need to create a new list for this

When I'm bored of all that, User:Sardanaphalus and User:Davidgothberg often have a list of things that need to be done.

Articles

The following articles are ones which I created or expanded considerably.

Good article nominations

I have nominated a handful of articles at

WP:GAN
, and I have reviewed a large number of articles, too

GAs
Article Page Reviewer Date started Date ended Status
1 Degrassi: The Next Generation (GAN) Albacore March 15, 2008 March 15, 2008
2 "Mother and Child Reunion" (GAN) 97198 August 15, 2008 August 17, 2008
3 Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel (GAN) Mitchazenia January 17, 2009 January 17, 2009
4 The Million Dollar Homepage (GAN) Mitchazenia February 8, 2009 February 8, 2009
5
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 1)
 (
GAN
) 		Chzz May 30, 2009 June 12, 2009
6 "Already Gone" (Kelly Clarkson song) (GAN) HJ Mitchell November 28, 2009 December 7, 2009
7 "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" (GAN) Hunter Kahn February 16, 2010 February 24, 2010
8 The Boys from Baghdad High (GAN) SMasters April 17, 2010 April 21, 2010

GA reviews

Article Review Nominator(s) Date started Date ended Result
1 Sierra Highway (GA1) Moabdave January 5, 2009 January 13, 2009
2 Clay Aiken (GA1) Maria202 October 16, 2009 October 16, 2009
3 Eric McCormack (GA1) ThinkBlue October 15, 2009 October 18, 2009
4 "Señorita" (song) (
GA1
) 		ThinkBlue October 20, 2009 October 22, 2009
5 Javine Hylton (GA1) Judo112 October 20, 2009 October 20, 2009
6 SexyBack (GA1) ThinkBlue October 22, 2009 October 26, 2009
7 "The Best of Both Worlds" (song) (GA1) ThinkBlue October 22, 2009 October 26, 2009
8 Betty Williams (Coronation Street) (GA1) Frickative April 1, 2010 April 3, 2010
9 Body piercing (GA1) Moonriddengirl April 1, 2010 April 6, 2010
10 "Lovely" (Desperate Housewives) (GA1) Hunter Kahn April 1, 2010 April 10, 2010
11 "Bang" (The Good Wife) (GA1) Hunter Kahn
Opark 77 		April 1, 2010 April 11, 2010
12
Fox Sports Detroit
 (
GA1
) 		TomCat4680 April 1, 2010 April 11, 2010
13 Gordonstoun (GA1) RudolfSchmidt April 1, 2010 April 11, 2010
14 Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini (GA2) Mootros April 1, 2010 April 11, 2010
15 "Video Phone" (song) (GA1) Legolas2186 April 1, 2010 April 11, 2010
16 "Easy" (Sugababes song) (GA1) Jezhotwells April 11, 2010 April 11, 2010
17 "The Chase" (Desperate Housewives) (GA1) Hunter Kahn April 1, 2010 April 13, 2010

Featured content

Featured Articles

Article Date of first edit Date promoted Status Main page
1 Degrassi: The Next Generation October 26, 2007 April 30, 2008 checkY
2 "Mother and Child Reunion" August 6, 2008 September 23, 2008 checkY
3 Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel December 3, 2008 January 31, 2009 checkY
4 The Million Dollar Homepage January 29, 2009 February 24, 2009 checkY
5 The Boys from Baghdad High August 22, 2009 August 31, 2010 ☒N

Featured lists

Article Date of first edit Date promoted Status Main page
1 List of Degrassi: The Next Generation episodes September 27, 2007 October 14, 2007 ☒N
2
Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 1)
 October 12, 2007 February 14, 2008 ☒N
3
Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 2)
 October 12, 2007 February 23, 2008 ☒N
3
Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 3)
 October 12, 2007 March 10, 2008 ☒N
4
Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 4)
 October 12, 2007 March 8, 2008 ☒N
5 Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office March 12, 2008 March 24, 2008 ☒N
6 List of Scripps National Spelling Bee champions March 8, 2008 March 24, 2008 ☒N
7
Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 5)
 October 12, 2007 April 15, 2008 ☒N
8
Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 6)
 September 22, 2007 April 15, 2008 ☒N
9 List of Blue Peter presenters July 3, 2008 July 16, 2008 ☒N
10
Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 7)
 September 23, 2007 August 14, 2008 ☒N
11 List of 24 episodes January 1, 2009 January 17, 2009 ☒N
12 Tokio Hotel discography January 3, 2009 January 17, 2009 ☒N
13 Girls Aloud discography October 26, 2008 January 20, 2009 ☒N
14
List of First Ladies of the United States
 January 10, 2009 January 27, 2009 ☒N
15 List of FIFA World Cup finals January 29, 2009 February 18, 2009 ☒N
16 Sigur Rós discography February 13, 2009 February 28, 2009 ☒N
17
Rihanna discography
 February 14, 2009 February 28, 2009 ☒N
18 Jamelia discography April 3, 2009 April 25, 2009 ☒N
19 List of winners of the London Marathon May 12, 2009 June 2, 2009 ☒N

Featured Pictures

Nominations
File Creator Date Promoted Status
1 File:Burned mobile home neighborhood in California edit.jpg
FEMA
/ Michael Mancino 		January 14, 2009
2 File:Peter Levy BBC.jpg John Byford January 20, 2009

Featured sounds

Own work
File Nominated by Date created Date Promoted Status
1 File:Barack Obama inauguration speech 2009.ogg Self January 20, 2009 February 1, 2009
2 File:Barack Obama Oath of Office.ogg Self January 20, 2009 February 1, 2009

Featured topics

Topic Date promoted Status
1 Seasons of Degrassi: The Next Generation April 26, 2008

Awards

Unfortunately, I think it speaks volumes that I haven't had a barnstar since 2008! lol

The WikiProject Scotland Award of Excellence
This award is given with many thanks to
Featured List from Ben MacDui
, 4 May 2008.


Ray of Sunshine Award
You,
Degrassi-related articles! Thanks again! - Keng - t | c
- 18:27, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your fine
Lost WikiProject. –thedemonhog talk • edits
04:33, 28 May 2008 (UTC)


The Reviewers Award The Reviewers Award
To Matthewedwards, for your useful reviews of every nomination at
WP:FLC. They are much appreciated. Thank you! Crzycheetah
08:56, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


The Guidance Barnstar
Thank you for helping me setting up a committed identity! NuclearWarfare contact meMy work 14:57, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Languages

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
en-GB
-N		This user is a native speaker of British English.
en-us
-4		This user has a near-native understanding of American English.
en-us
-ca-4		Even though this person is so faking their California English, they're totally undetectable. I mean, you can't even tell.
fr-2Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.
es-2Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español.
de-2Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse.

Wikipedia

This user has been on Wikipedia for 16 years, 11 months and 19 days.
WikipediaI support the English language Wikipedia with my contributions.
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15 years, 9 months and 14 days.
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Slap me with a trout if necessary. Go ahead; whack away!
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This user has created a global account. Matthewedwards/Sandbox/NPD's main account is on Wikipedia (in English).
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integrates
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Personal

44YThis Wikipedian was born on 27 March 1980 and is 44 years, 1 months, and 2 days old.
This user does not smoke.
This user has a wife.
This user is
left-handed
.
This user lives in or hails from the U.S. State of California.

Hobbies

STAR TREKMatthewedwards is a fan of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.DS9
STAR TREKMatthewedwards is a fan of Star Trek: Voyager.VOY
STAR TREKMatthewedwards is a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation.TNG
This user is interested in maps.
This user enjoys photography.

Travel

208 countries in the world
.
the United Arab Emirates
.

Computing

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Blue Screens of Death
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F@HThis user crunches numbers with
Folding@Home
.
This user contributes using Firefox.
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<html>This user can write HTML.
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wireless connection
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broadband
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