User:Thebiguglyalien
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These sources are essential for articles I wish to work on. One day, I shall get my hands on them.
- Britannica Book of the Year, 2004. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2004. ISBN 978-1-59339-100-3. – Covers the events of 2003
- Britannica Book of the Year, 2005. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2005. ISBN 978-1-59339-246-8. – Covers the events of 2004
- Marvel's Fantastic Four: The First 60 Years. Titan Books. 2022. ISBN 978-1-78773-315-2.
- Walser, Harald (2021). Ein Engel in der Hölle von Auschwitz: Das Leben der Krankenschwester Maria Stromberger (in German). Falter Verlag. ISBN 978-3-85439-702-1.
I'm Thebiguglyalien (he/him), but I also answer to TBUA, BUA, and Alien. I'm a lifelong resident of Arizona, and I have a bachelor's degree in political science. I created my account in 2015, my first edit was in 2017, and I became a regular contributor in February 2022.
Most of my contributions involve content writing, often overhauling unloved articles to get them to good article status. I also engage in review work from time to time. You might see me around Women in Green, Good Article Nominations, or any one of the brief interests I pursue before moving on to something else.
I edit in several areas, but my main focuses are history and political science. I also edit extensively about Botswana, because I believe systemic bias is best fought with deep coverage rather than wide but shallow coverage. If you are reading this, I challenge you to pick an underrepresented country and write everything you can about it.
I do GAN reviews on request, but only if it's about a country where I've never done a review before (see the last column in my articles per country) and if your review/nomination ratio is greater than one.
Any allegations that I'm an alien from Mars bent on intergalactic conquest are entirely baseless and unfounded.
Useful links:
Wikipedia:Dashboard • Wikipedia 1.0 Server • WikiProject Cleanup Listings • XTools
Things I wrote:
Anyone can cook • April Fools Day 2023 • April Fools Day 2024 • Avoid contemporary sources • Good article reviewing guide • Letters from the editors • Stray thoughts
Articles per country • U.S. first ladies
- Anti-cabal – The project only works if the same rules are followed throughout. Cliques and closed spaces are functionally equivalent to cabals, whether it be in project space or a topic area.
- Communityist – A toxic community is an existential threat. Conversely, being kind and helpful to competent new users is invaluable.
- Exclusionist – Trivial information and poor quality additions can distract from the most important information in an article. Oftentimes, it is better to scrap weak content and rebuild from the ground up than to try and polish a turd.
- Mergist – Better to have information together than separate, and shallow coverage of many topics can be better covered in one place. Splits should be reserved for obvious differences in scope or articles that have become unmanageably long.
- Wikidemocrat – The community is paramount. While admins and other editors should exercise discretion when necessary, it should only be done if they believe the community would support it.
- Wikifederalist – So long as the community is functioning, the WMF has no jurisdiction over the English Wikipedia except to prevent damage to other projects and to comply with U.S. law.
- Wikipedian – Call me naïve, but I believe that despite its problems, Wikipedia is always improving and that the cause is a noble one.
- WikiPuma – A WikiPuma engages in massive article expansions and rewrites with occasional participation in cleanup efforts. Solitary and territorial but fears fire. Enjoys giving and receiving recognition. Liable to overwork itself.
- Conduct
- Maintenance and Writing
4 Featured Articles • 67 Good Articles (71 GAs promoted) • 1 Featured List
- First ladies of the United States
- Martha Washington
- Louisa Adams
- Emily Donelson
- Sarah Yorke Jackson
- Anna Harrison
- Jane Irwin Harrison
- Letitia Christian Tyler
- Priscilla Cooper Tyler
- Julia Gardiner Tyler
- Margaret Taylor
- Abigail Fillmore
- Jane Pierce
- Eliza McCardle Johnson
- Lucretia Garfield
- Mary Arthur McElroy
- Rose Cleveland
- Frances Cleveland
- Caroline Harrison
- Mary Harrison McKee
- Helen Herron Taft
- Lou Henry Hoover
- Bess Truman
- Mamie Eisenhower
- Barbara Bush
- History and social sciences
- Federalist Papers
- Entertainment and media
- Philosophers
- Misc
- Longest FA: Barbara Bush (8,019 words)
- Shortest FA: Leucippus (2,703 words)
- Most popular FA: Barbara Bush (1,775 daily views)
- Least popular FA: Leucippus (117 daily views)
- Longest GA: Political ideologies in the United States (7,133 words)
- Shortest GA: Leucippus (739 words)
- Most popular GA: Iron Man (2,991 daily views)
- Least popular GA: Trinidad Arroyo (14 daily views)
Current nominations
Good articles in progress
Featured articles in progress
Possible good topics
- The Federalist Papers (13/86)
- List of first ladies of the United States (28/53)
- History of the United States (1/~12)
- 2000s (1/11)
- Left–right political spectrum (1/8)
- Botswana (1/~7)
- Eleatics (1/4)
- Ryukyu dog (rev)
- Betty Hall (nom)
- Shannon Lucid (nom)
- The Immaculate Collection (nom)
- Rajani Pandit (nom)
- Katie Sierra free speech case (nom)
- The Bone People (nom)
- Agnes Weinrich (nom)
- Jessica Martin (nom)
- Rubel Phillips (nom)
- Daniel Parke (nom)
- Trust (Elvis Costello album) (nom)
- Handcream for a Generation (nom)
- Bernie Wrightson (nom)
- 30 Goes Around the Sun (nom)
- Knowledge (nom)
- Illusory Walls (nom)
- A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo (nom)
- Duran Duran (1981 album) (nom)
- Purple shore crab (nom)
- Presidential transition of John F. Kennedy (nom)
- Kandake of the Sudanese Revolution (nom)
- Redistricting in Texas (nom)
- Ellie Black (nom)
- Angela Farmer (nom)
- Hidilyn Diaz (nom)
- Where Is the Feeling? (nom)
- Yella Hertzka (nom)
- Mi Buen Amor (Gloria Estefan song) (nom)
- Everywhere (Michelle Branch song) (nom)
- Australiformis (nom)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (nom)
- Unwanted (album) (nom)
- Misanthropy (nom)
- Seven and the Ragged Tiger (nom)
- Dopethrone (nom)
- 1987 Forsyth County protests (nom)
- Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 (nom)
- Joe Camel (nom)
- The Night Before (song) (nom)
- 1922 Austin twin tornadoes (nom)
- Jorge Sampaio (nom)
- Captain America (nom)
- The Courage to Be Free (nom)
- Orangeburg massacre (nom)
- My Little Red Book (nom)
- When I Die, Will I Get Better? (nom)
- Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone (nom)
- KNP Complex Fire (nom)
- Treacherous (Taylor Swift song) (nom)
- Governor of North Carolina (nom)
- William L. Breckinridge (nom)
- Gatlinburg Bypass (nom)
- 2023 Djerba shooting (nom)
- Philosophy (nom)
- Bejeweled (song) (nom)
- Those Once Loyal (nom)
- 1989 Serbian general election (nom)
- Nicholas Russo (nom)
- Not the End of the World (song) (nom)
- Kim Janey (nom)
- Jack of All Parades (nom)
- No Saint (nom)
- Batal Hajji Belkhoroev (nom)
- La Tortura (nom)
- Gingham dress of Judy Garland (nom)
- Phil Harvey (manager) (nom)
- Kingdom Rush (nom)
- Scotland County, North Carolina (nom)
- KCPQ (nom)
- Incapillo (nom)
- Don West (wrestling) (nom)
- Nestor Makhno (nom)
- MLS Cup 2019 (nom)
- Raffles Place MRT station (nom)
- The Spider (magazine) (nom)
- Stronger Than Jesus (nom)
- Inez Robb (nom)
- Jessica Alexander (nom)
- Reigning Still (nom)
- Liz Truss (nom)
- Ashraf Dehghani (nom)
- Patricia Banks Edmiston (nom)
- Doom (2016 video game) (nom)
- Stefon (rev)
- Aguilera (volcano) (rev)
- Alice of Champagne (rev)
- The Moxy Show (nom)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (nom)
- Demon Attack (nom)
- Weird Faith (nom)
- Happiness Begins (nom)
- René Merino Monroy (nom)
- Shaban Suli (nom)
- August Palmisano (nom)
- Giant panda (nom)
- Hypericum aciferum (nom)
- Masopha (nom)
- Milestones
- Veteran Editor[lower-alpha 1]
- Imperial Triple Crown Jewels[lower-alpha 2]
- The Featured Article Medal[lower-alpha 3]
- Events, drives, and contests
- Vital Barnstar[lower-alpha 4]
- Tireless Contributor Barnstar[lower-alpha 5]
- Stub Barnstar[lower-alpha 6]
- Women in Green Editathon Barnstar[lower-alpha 7]
- The Teamwork Barnstar[lower-alpha 8]
- Women in Green Editathon Barnstar<ref group='lower-alpha'>Thank you for your excellent contributions to GA nominations Barbara Bush, Sarita Colonia, Sarah Yorke Jackson, Lucretia Garfield and Clara Stauffer, along with completing GA reviews for Ellie Black, Angela Farmer, Hidilyn Diaz, Where Is the Feeling?, Yella Hertzka, Mi Buen Amor and Everywhere at the latest WiG Wildcard Edition editathon!
- The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia[lower-alpha 9]
- WikiCup 2nd Place[lower-alpha 10]
- Women in Green Editathon Barnstar[lower-alpha 11]
- The Master Detective Barnstar[lower-alpha 12]
- The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar[lower-alpha 13]
- Acts of kindness
- The Original Barnstar[lower-alpha 14]
- A kitten for you![lower-alpha 15]
- The U.S. Barnstar of National Merit[lower-alpha 16]
- The DYK Barnstar[lower-alpha 17]
- Precious[lower-alpha 18]
- The Original Barnstar[lower-alpha 19]
- The Barnstar o'Lantern[lower-alpha 20]
- Content Creativity Barnstar[lower-alpha 21]
- The Original Barnstar[lower-alpha 22]
- Goddess Barnstar[lower-alpha 23]
- The Botswana Barnstar[lower-alpha 24]
- Editor of the Week[lower-alpha 25]
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