Thinker78 is a user, since late 2015, of a Wikipedia editor who started editing anonymously when the project came out in 2001. He believes in fairness, rational and honest debate, admitting mistakes, and the necessity of giving explanations for one's actions. Among other things, he is an investigator,[a] a translator,[b] a former union official, a syncretist veg'n, and a free thinking skeptic. In college he was one of the top students in classes of Logic, Math, and Statistics. Since he was a kid he has felt passion for the written word and its analysis. His first account was User:WonderingAngel-aesc78, but sadly he didn't continue editing with it and has since lost the password.
Due to Thinker78's trying to be impartial and unbiased in his analysis and editing, sometimes editors tend to accuse him ironically of being partial and biased, more specially in controversial topics. This is because he tries to think and analyze independently, questioning what he thinks needs to be questioned and playing the Devil's advocate, without trying to adopt, or make exception to his skepticism, the majority's position only because it is the majority's or popular position. This is not to say he won't adopt the majority or minority position if he thinks it is the proper thing to do based on logic and Wikipedia's guidelines and policies. These two latter for some reason in his opinion seem to be often ignored in favor of a single page's status quo or editors' personal opinions.
Basic information
The person behind this user has been a registered user of Wikipedia since at least 29 January 2008. |
This user has been registered in Wikipedia since November 29, 2015. |
This user has made over 5,000 edits to Wikipedia. |
ESU | 98.1% for major edits and 98.9% for minor edits. – Last update: 18 June 2022 (UTC). |
Skills
es- gt-5 | Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel profesional del español chapín. |
en-5 | This user can contribute with a professional level of English. |
- | This user is a translator from Spanish to English on Wikipedia:Translation. |
To do
Regular actions
Check daily:
- change online and mood statuses
- reset checklist
- watchlist
- tasks working on
- pending consensus
- pending other action (it's empty 1 Aug 2022)
- planned tasks
- updated edits and bar (change weekly; next 8 August)
Action | State |
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Change status | x |
watchlist | x |
tasks working on | x |
pending consensus | x |
pending other action | x |
planned tasks | |
checked/updated edits and bar | x |
Tasks in process
These are some tasks I am currently working on, but not necessarily include all.
Working on
- Talk:Louis X of France#First sentence
- Draft:MOS:LEADLENGTH table modification. 17:45, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Done Make statistical analysis using whatamidoing data.Make statistical analysis of articles per types. 19:20, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
- Make statistical analysis with relevant formulas to develop another lead size table.
- Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:MOS:LEADLENGTH table modification
- Guatemala City twin cities 18:03, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
- Add latest info to Silvia Valdés. 5 August 2022 (UTC)
Pending consensus
Implement changes after 7 days if there is consensus. After 7 days, if there is no editors' input in the relevant talk page thread and no sign of opposition to my latest entry, post a notice that change will be implemented in 7 days, per WP:IMPLICITCONSENSUS.[c] But remember, per WP:TALKDONTREVERT, "Consensus cannot always be assumed simply because editors stop responding to talk page discussions in which they have already participated."
- Template talk:Leadcite comment 2 Aug 2022. Post notice on 9 August.
Pending other action
Tasks to do pending other action.
- RFC in 7 days (11 Aug 2022) Talk:Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal#The current first sentence is irrelevant 00:40, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- RFC in 7 days (11 Aug 2022) Wikipedia talk:WikiProject History#Input needed Louis VIII 15:19, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikipedia essays 6 August 2022. Contact other participants, if no answer, on 11 Aug 2022
Planned tasks
If you are a visitor in my profile page, you are most than welcome performing these tasks.
2019-2021
- Add section of the effects of United States foreign aid[2]
- Work on Marc Dutroux16:19, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
- Work on all the lists of English and Spanish language newspapers (long term project) 03:36, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
- Make table at List of newspapers in Mexico 16:19, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
- Take picture of asentamiento in Guatemala
- Merge Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino and Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo 01:05, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
- Make custom welcome template 23:34, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
- Discuss rule change to allow administrator, arbitrator, Wikimedia and similar elections canvassing and recommendation of candidates 13:27, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
January to June 2022
- Fix references problems at Spanish–American War, including broken links and refs not matching in edit mode 16:19, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- Bring Álvaro Arzú to Good Article class. 17:44, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
- Join WikiProject Grammar after taking refresher course. 19:33, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
- Request inclusion of Wikiprojects in welcome templates to have more specialized support from new editors. 19:33, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
- Add persecution section to article Jainism. 17:19, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
July 2022
- New page reviewer. 18:11, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
- Open thread in relevant talk page to discuss adding guideline or information page advising that articles about politicians should have certain sections and information. 15:34, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
- Discuss in relevant venue whether Wikipedia:Closing discussions applies also to regular talk page discussions, per closure challenge. 00:00, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
- Cerebellum.17:14, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
- Open a new thread in the article talk page of Donald Trump to discuss the Political legacies edit addition. 23:16, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
- Open a discussion in relevant talk page about process of closing regular talk page discussions. 23:16, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
- Analyze the consensus to have only one sentence in the first paragraph of Elizabeth II. 17:12, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
- Add example for MOS:PRONPLACEMENT 15:35, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
August 2022
- Create page for Guatemala's Supreme Court President Beatriz de León. 02:55, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
Tasks done
These tasks only reflect some edits I planned on doing for later, which may be just a fraction of my total edits overall.
Done Cleanup Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus Finished 16:44, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
Done Comment in controversy of talk page of Rape in Islamic law
Done Add info of danger of high dose of vitamin c 16:33, 4 August 2021 (UTC) Finished 19:50, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
Done Customize my signature 16:41, 23 August 2021 (UTC) Finished by 19 June 2022 (UTC)
Done Move draft by coi editor. 05:31, 14 October 2021 (UTC) Finished 03:45, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
Done Work on MOS:LEADSENTENCE to fix cluttering in example. 18:04, 4 January 2022 (UTC) Finished 02:40, 25 January 2022 (UTC) reverted. Done2 16:48, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
Done Work on lead sentence of Vaccination policy.17:30, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
Done Discuss Donald Trump article paragraphs talk page section. 18:56, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
Done Add page history to Marquisate of Villena redirect and check my original page creation. 17:40, 21 June 2022 (UTC) Finished 23 June 2022
Done Add kb and words columns to table in MOS:LEADLENGTH (under the heading article length). 18:16, 8 June 2022 (UTC) Scheduled to implement on 27 June 2022. Done 27 June 2022.
Done Challenge in the proper venue the closure by Specifico of the "Political legacies" thread in the talk page of Donald Trump. 17:00, 30 June 2022 (UTC) Done 1 July 2022
Done Finish modifying instructions in How to copyedit page of the Guild. 21:18, 26 June 2022 (UTC) Implement on 2 July 2022. Done on 3 July 2022
Done Contact administrator for advice regarding noticeboard "Political legacies" closure challenge.17:19, 3 July 2022 (UTC) Do on 6 July 2022. Done on 6 July 2022
Done Work on lede of Nancy Pelosi. Done 8 July 2022
Done Work on lead sentence of Nicholas I. 18:10, 4 January 2022 (UTC) Done 10 July 2022
Not done Discuss birth issue on lede of Elizabeth II 18:55, 16 April 2020 (UTC) Not done 10 July 2022
Done Check resolution of "Political legacies" closure challenge. 19:41, 6 July 2022 (UTC) Done 20 July 2022
Done Discussion in thread titled, Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section#In a long lead, is it good practice for the first, short para to be a summary of the rest? 21 July 2022
Done Analyze discussion about change in Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section#Seeking consensus for table modification. 21:17, 5 July 2022 (UTC) Done 20:05, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
Done Create page for Guatemala's Supreme Court President Silvia Valdés. 17:44, 21 June 2022 (UTC) Done 31 July 2022
Done Copyedit first sentence of Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal.16:54, 14 February 2022 (UTC) Done 3 August 2022
Done Work on lead of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, including reducing number of paragraphs. 21:54, 29 June 2022 (UTC) Done 5 August 2022
Done Archive my talk page. 5 August 2022. Done 5 August 2022
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Wikipedia philosophy and learning
This user believes that edits need |
This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know. |
<ref> | This user recognizes the importance of citing sources. |
This user believes that new editors who commit vandalism should be treated with love, patience, tolerance and understanding. |
This user believes that an editor should be humble, and weigh arguments by their rationality and not solely by the seniority of the other editor. |
This user thinks it is a sad day when an editor, specially an administrator, doesn't want to seek consensus and unreasonably refuses to provide verifiable evidence of what they say. |
This user has discovered that some contributors have been Wikipedia editors for more than ten years with thousands of edits, and they still use unreliable sources... |
This editor has learned that a single revert may be edit warring. |
This user has learned to have in mind specific examples before making proposals to modify policies or guidelines. |
New words learned in Wikipedia
Betoken: to give evidence of.[3] [d] 21:52, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
Bowdlerization or expurgation: form of censorship that involves purging anything deemed noxious or offensive from an artistic work, or other type of writing or media. 22:04, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
Guillemet: pair of punctuation marks in the form of sideways double chevrons, « and », used as quotation marks in a number of languages. 22:26, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
Talk page guidance
Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines
Enforced essays
General philosophy
V | This user is vegan. Share the compassion! |
This user is an antinatalist, who believes people should choose not to have children. |
This user may be an antinatalist, but he strongly believes people should have the right to have the number of children they want. |
This user is a skeptic, who believes a true skeptic questions everything, not just minority views. |
This user is a freethinker, but mainly a free thinker. |
DEATH | This Wikipedian believes that there is nothing after death. |
According to the Political compass, this user is Economic Left (−4.13) and Social Libertarian (−5.74). |
This editor is an agnostic who nevertheless beseeches supreme entities of Good and Justice. |
Memberships and roles
This user is a member of WikiProject Guatemala. |
This user participates in WikiProject User Warnings. |
This user is a Wikipedia tipster. |
This user is a member of WikiProject Politics. |
This user is a member of the Guild of Copy Editors. |
This user is a member of the Kindness Campaign. |
This user is a member of WikiProject Cleanup. |
This user is a member of WikiProject Central America. |
This user is a member of WikiProject Latin America. |
This user is a member of WikiProject Russia. |
This user is a member of WikiProject Maryland. |
This user volunteers at the Wikipedia Help Desk |
This user is a member of the Montgomery task force. |
This user is a member of WikiProject Veganism and Vegetarianism. |
This user is a member of the WikiProject Unreferenced articles. |
Special forums entries
Administrators' noticeboard, arbitration and similar forums entries.
Milestones and deeds
This editor is a Registered Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge. |
This editor is a Signator and is entitled to display this Scroll of Signatures. |
This user has autoconfirmed rights on the English Wikipedia. |
This user has extended confirmed rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) |
This editor is a Yeoman Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge. |
This user has participated in 2 Backlog Elimination Blitzes and 2 Backlog Elimination Drives with the Guild of Copy Editors. |
On July 2018, this editor realized he had enough pages in the watchlist and started unwatching pages. |
2021 | This user voted in the Wikimedia Foundation Board Elections 2021 |
Service progress
Update weekly (last updated 25 July 2022).
53.2% completed
Articles created or translated
- Miguel Aldana Ibarra
- Marquisate of Villena (redirected)
- Pedro Perebal (deleted)
- Xocomil (weather)
- Álvaro Arzú Escobar 14:39, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
- Allan Rodríguez 05:23, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
- Silvia Valdés 18:06, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
Timekeeping
- It took me almost 12 hours throughout a week to work 22 edits or 246 words of "readable prose size" of the article 1990s—on average, about 2 edits per hour, half an hour (0.5h) per edit, or 20 words per hour, 3 minutes per word. 22 April 2022
- It can take me 2 hours of analysis to reply to a talk page post.
Challenges
June 22, 2018: Transclusion. In Talk:Noah's Ark#Myth vs account or story controversy, it took me more than two and a half hours to figure out how to properly format it, given that initially text was just copied from the help desk to the talk page of Noah's Ark. Initially I was just looking at which way was more proper to indicate that text was "moved". I thought about hatnotes, but I spent a long time analyzing the guideline to see if it was proper use. I figured out that I could use a transclusion hatnote. But soon I got embroiled in finding a way to indicate which text was actually moved, because a new discussion was started. I found out about boxes. But then I realized I would have to actually transclude the text. Which I finally managed to do, transcluding the text. Yay!
Wikiawards
The Minor Barnstar | ||
This barnstar is awarded to Thinker78 for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE March 2018 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 19:31, 3 April 2018 (UTC) |
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
Hey there! This is for how nice you were on my page to such a newbie. Good on ya! Rexlikescheese (talk) 22:47, 24 July 2018 (UTC) |
The Modest Barnstar | ||
This barnstar is awarded to Thinker78 for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE July 2018 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 23:12, 3 August 2018 (UTC) |
The Copyeditor's Barnstar | |
For cleaning up Dhvani Desai. Keep contributing. :) Nizil (talk) 04:39, 1 October 2018 (UTC) |
The Modest Barnstar | ||
This barnstar is awarded to Thinker78 for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE September 2018 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 20:17, 4 October 2018 (UTC) |
Funny!
"Moose? A 'common household pest'. Really? All over the livingroom, are they?" Comment made by Anna Frodesiak (talk) on List of common household pests, on 26 January 2016 (UTC).
Warnings
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Notes
- ^ Non-government investigator, not a university-educated scientist, not a private investigator in the mainstream concept (https://web.archive.org/web/20200430051544/https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/investigator).
- ^ By training but not certified (didn't do the exam)
- ^ "An edit has presumed consensus until it is disputed or reverted. Should another editor revise that edit then the new edit will have presumed consensus until it meets with disagreement."
- ^ Infinitive: to betoken, preterite: betokened, past participle: betokened[4]
References
- ^ |https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHRNrgDIJfo
- ^ http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-1009-foreign-aid-20171005-story.html
- ^ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/betoken
- ^ https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-english-verb-betoken.html
- ^ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/wikipedia-editor-allegedly-forced-by-french-intelligence-to-delete-classified-entry/