DS1953

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I began editing Wikipedia in 2004. Most of the articles I have created from scratch are people (particularly Illinois governors) or or places relating to [[Illinois]]. I have also researched and expanded several articles, many of which were being listed for deletion at the time they came to my attention. However, many of my edits have been simply cleaning up articles that I find by using the [[Special:Random|random page]] feature. Misspellings, poor prose, and failing to follow the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] reflect badly on Wikipedia and I like to wipe them out when I see them.

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'''Bookmarks'''

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I am also '''DS1953''' on:

* [[:m:User:DS1953/To do|My "to do" listMetawiki]]

* [[:commons:User:DS1953|Commons]]

* [[:b:User:DS1953|Wikibooks]]</small>

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I began editing Wikipedia in 2004. Most of the articles I have created from scratch are about people (particularly Illinois governors) or or places relating to [[Illinois]]. I have also researched and expanded several articles, many of which were being listed for deletion at the time they came to my attention. However, manymuch of my editsediting have beenis simply cleaning up articles that I find by using the [[Special:Random|random page]] feature. Misspellings, poor prose, and generally failing to followobserve the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] reflect badlypoorly on Wikipedia and I like to wipefix themthose outproblems when I see them.

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|width="25%"|'''Bookmarks'''

*[[Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library|Wikipedia Library]]

*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]

*[[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|Images]]

*[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|Naming conventions]]

*[[Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles|Citing sources]]

*[[Help:Table|Tables]]

*[[Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articlesGlossary|Glossary]]

*[[Wikipedia:GlossaryVandalism#Warning templates|Warning templates]]

|width="25%"|'''Deletion bookmarks'''

*[[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|Deletion policy]]

*[[Wikipedia:Articles forProposed deletion|DeletingProposed articlesdeletion]]

*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Deleting articles]]

*[[Wikipedia:StubCategories for discussion|Deleting categories]]

*[[WPWikipedia:IFDImages for deletion|Deleting images]]

*[[WP:RFD|Deleting redirects]]

*[[WP:CSD|Speedy deletions]]

*[[Wikipedia:Deletion review|Deletion review]]

|width="25%"|'''Cleanup bookmarks and shortcuts'''

*[[Wikipedia:Cleanup resources|Cleanup resources]]

*[[Wikipedia:Categorization|Categorization]]

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types|Stub types]]

|width="25%"|[[Image:Chicago Cultural Center.jpg|210px|right|thumb|Chicago Cultural Center<br>[[User:DS1953/Gallery|View my photo gallery]]]]

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'''Working with Stubs'''

*[[Wikipedia:Stub]]

*[[Wikipedia:Perfect stub article]]

*[[Wikipedia:Stub categories]]

*[[:Category:Stub_categories]]

:* <nowiki>{{business-bio-stub}}</nowiki> - ''This biographical article about a business leader is a stub.''

:* <nowiki>{{Corp-stub}}</nowiki> - ''This corporation or company article is a stub.''

:* <nowiki>{{Edu-stub}}</nowiki> - ''This university, college or other education institution article is a stub.''

:* <nowiki>{{Museum-stub}}</nowiki> - ''This museum-related article is a stub.''

:* <nowiki>{{school-stub}}</nowiki> - ''This school-related article is a [[Wikipedia:Perfect stub article|stub]].''

:* <nowiki>{{Scientist-stub}}</nowiki> - ''This [[biography|biographical]] article about a [[scientist]] is a [[Wikipedia:Perfect stub article|stub]].''

:* <nowiki>{{US-hist-stub}}</nowiki> - ''This United States history article is a stub.''

:* <nowiki>{{US-politician-stub}}</nowiki> - ''This article about an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] is a [[Wikipedia:Perfect stub article|stub]].''

::*<nowiki>{{Illinois-politician-stub}}</nowiki>

:* <nowiki>{{US-struct-stub}}</nowiki> - ''This United States building or structure article is a stub.''

'''Deletion'''

*[[Wikipedia:Deletion policy]]

*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Deleting articles]]

*[[WP:IFD|Deleting images]]

*[[WP:CSD|Speedy deletions]]

*[[WP:RFD|Deleting redirects]]

*[[WP:CFD|Deleting categories]]

'''Other shortcuts'''

'''Other personal editing shortcuts'''

* no extra links on disambig pages, see <nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)]]</nowiki>

* <nowiki>{{subst:User:DS1953/Welcome1|}} ~~~~</nowiki> - for new users who added a vanity article put on CSD or AfD

* <nowiki>{{subst:User:DS1953/Welcome2|}} ~~~~</nowiki> - for new registered users who experimented on an article

* <nowiki>{{subst:User:DS1953/Welcome3|}} ~~~~</nowiki> - for new ''unregistered'' users who experimented on an article

* <nowiki>*{{imdb name|id=|name=}}</nowiki>

* <nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Dates of birth and death]]</nowiki>

* <nowiki>{{subst:Test2-n|}} ~~~~</nowiki> - for those who add nonsense

'''Notes to self'''

* [[User:DS1953/Contributions|My contributions]]

'''Notes to self...'''

* [[User:DS1953/To do|My "to do" list]]

{{Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/RfA Report}}

* [[User:DS1953/Contributions|MyArticles contributionsI started or significantly improved]]

* [[User:DS1953/To do|My general "to do" list]] and ones for [[User:DS1953/Business law|business law]] and [[User:DS1953/Mergers and acquisitions terms|m&a]] topics

* [[User:DS1953/Sandbox|My personal sandbox]]

** [[User:DS1953/Business law|business law]] and [[User:DS1953/Mergers and acquisitions terms|m&a]] sandbox

* [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kateinteriot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki&user=DS1953&dbname=enwiki_p UselessInteriot's informationTool]

* [[User:Dragons flight/RFA Summary|RFA summary]]

**[[User:Interiot/Tool2/code.js|Interiot's Tool2]]

**[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate?site=en.wikipedia.org&username=DS1953 Interiot's "Wannabe Kate" Tool]

* [[User:Dragons flight/RFA Summarysummary|RFA summary]]

[[Image:Indulgence.PNGpng|thumb|200px|left|[[Indulgence|'''''One Plenary Indulgence''''']] awarded by Essjay in recognition of your great work!]]

[[Category:Wikipedians in Illinois|DS1953]]

[[Image:Indulgence.PNG|thumb|200px|left|[[Indulgence|'''''One Plenary Indulgence''''']] awarded by Essjay in recognition of your great work!]]