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 random page feature. Misspellings, poor prose, and failing to follow the Manual of Style reflect badly on Wikipedia and I like to wipe them out when I see them.
Bookmarks
- Manual of Style
- Images
- Naming conventions
- Tables
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles
- Wikipedia:Glossary
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Working with Stubs
- {{business-bio-stub}} - This biographical article about a business leader is a stub.
- {{Corp-stub}} - This corporation or company article is a stub.
- {{Edu-stub}} - This university, college or other education institution article is a stub.
- {{Museum-stub}} - This museum-related article is a stub.
- {{school-stub}} - This school-related article is a stub.
- {{Scientist-stub}} - This biographical article about a scientist is a stub.
- {{US-hist-stub}} - This United States history article is a stub.
- {{US-politician-stub}} - This article about an American politician is a stub.
- {{Illinois-politician-stub}}
- {{US-struct-stub}} - This United States building or structure article is a stub.
Deletion
- Wikipedia:Deletion policy
- Deleting articles
- Deleting images
- Speedy deletions
- Deleting redirects
- Deleting categories
Other shortcuts
- no extra links on disambig pages, see [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)]]
- {{subst:User:DS1953/Welcome1}} - for new users who added a vanity article put on AfD
- *{{imdb name|id=|name=}}
- [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Dates of birth and death]]
Notes to self
