User:Dr. Blofeld
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|File:Golden Hollywood.png|WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers
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|File:StNicholas-Ljubljana.JPG| WikiProject Slovenia
|File:Longleat House 2012.jpg| WikiProject Historic Houses
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I first arrived here in early 2005, although I didn't join formally and become very active until June 2006. I'm the founder of the Actors and Filmmakers project and the Historic Houses project. Fascinated in the Himalayas, Buddhism and the Far East, I started the Tibetan project and also made the Slovenian project an independent one, one of the last European projects to do so. In 2009 I started WikiProject Intertranswiki, a project intended to work towards translating articles from dozens of other language Wikipedias and ensuring that the English version has an article. In August 2015 I started Women in Green, a project intended to focus on improving the quality of existing women biographies, particularly core articles, and getting them to Good Article status.
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I am interested in dramatically improving the quality of the average article in the encyclopedia and consistency. I've staged contests, with the support of Wikimedia UK, with mechanisms which produce an extraordinary amount of article improvements and creations within just weeks. Awaken the Dragon (April 2016) and The Africa Destubathon (October-November 2016) produced well over 3000 articles combined. In August 2016 I established the The British and Irish 10,000 Challenge and The African 10,000 Challenge, which I've since broadened out to cover most regions globally, functioning under the umbrella 100,000 Challenge. As it's often difficult to get editors to focus as a group on expanding existing articles, in March 2020 I ran The Great Britain and Ireland Destubathon, covering all 134 counties of England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland as well as Jersey, Guerney and the Isle of Man in an effort to improve the average quality of articles, and ended with over 1000 articles expanded. Time permitting, I am considering running shorter one-two week contests in the future to target different areas of the UK, Europe and elsewhere, aiming for 200-250 improvements in a week as part of The 50,000 Destubbing Challenge, started in April 2020 which aims for 50,000 expanded stubs by 2030.
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|File:Kharaghan.jpg|15px 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake
|File:Tesem.jpg|15px Abuwtiyuw
|File:OldThatch-0491.JPG|15px Enid Blyton
|File:BramshillHouse(AndrewSmith)Jun2006.jpg|15px Bramshill House
|File:William Burges portrait.jpg|15px William Burges
|File:Daniel Craig on Venice yacht crop w Wilson.jpg|15px Casino Royale (2006 film)
|File:Castell_Coch_-_exterior.JPG|15px Castell Coch
|File:Frederic_Chopin_photo.jpeg|15px Frédéric Chopin (mainly the Liszt section and Paris in 1830s)
|File:Priyanka Chopra Promoting 7 khoon Maaf.jpg|15px Priyanka Chopra
|File:Priyanka Chopra Promoting In My City.jpg|15px Priyanka Chopra filmography
|File:Cloud gate construction.jpg| 15px Cloud Gate
|File:Rajini and Aishwarya Rai.jpg|15px Enthiran (copyedits)
|File:Amir Hamzah portrait edit.jpg|15px Amir Hamzah (some additions)
|File:Jay Pritzker Pavilion four fold composite.JPG|15px Jay Pritzker Pavilion
|File:Jimi Hendrix 1967.png|15px Jimi Hendrix (earlier additions)
|File:Philip_Seymour_Hoffman_2011.jpg|15px Philip Seymour Hoffman
|File:Irataba.jpg|15px Irataba
|File:Hattie Jacques Sandgate blue plaque.jpg|15px Hattie Jacques (some additions)
|File:Shahrukh_interacts_with_media_after_KKR's_maiden_IPL_title.jpg|15px Shah Rukh Khan
|File:Kareena at SDOBD book launch cropped.jpg|15px Kareena Kapoor
|File:John Le Mesurier - geograph 2847147.jpg|15px John Le Mesurier
|File:Bharat Mata bronze.jpg|15px Mother India
|File:Jahangir with portrait of Akbar.jpg|15px Mughal-e-Azam
|File:Audie Murphy.jpg|15px Audie Murphy (earlier additions)
|File:Cillian Murphy 2010.jpg|15px Cillian Murphy (sourcing overhaul and additions)
|File:Cecil_Aldin05.jpg|15px Florence Nagle (some additions)
|File:Carl_Nielsen_1917.jpg|15px Carl Nielsen (minor edits and additions)
|File:Nostradamus by Cesar.jpg|15px Nostradamus (sourcing overhaul)
|File:Deepika launches double issue of Women's Health 03.jpg|15px Deepika Padukone
|File:Peter Sellers at home in Belgravia, London, 1973.jpg|15px Peter Sellers
|File:Red_Skelton_1960.jpg|15px Red Skelton (film section)
|File:Rod_Steiger_Al_Capone_2.jpg|15px Rod Steiger
|File:Meryl Streep by Jack Mitchell.jpg|15px Meryl Streep on screen and stage
|File:Dario_Argento_2014.jpg|15px Tenebrae (film) (sourcing overhaul and additions)
|File:Trichy montage1.jpg|15px Tiruchirappalli
|File:Tower_House,_Melbury_Road,_Kensington.jpg|15px The Tower House
|File:PreityZinta.jpg|15px Preity Zinta
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Culture and art - 18 articles
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|File:Bajrang Dal Aloysius.jpg|{{icon|GA}} 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka
|File:Amir Hamzah wedding.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Buah Rindu
|File:Sammy Davis Jr. performing 1966.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Club Harlem
|File:Woman sewing a tivaevae, Rarotonga.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Culture of the Cook Islands
|File:Denmark Street in 2010, viewed from its junction with Charing Cross Road, by David Dixon, geograph.org.uk 1665474.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Denmark Street
|File:Green_Versace_dress_of_Jennifer_Lopez_2.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Jennifer Lopez's green Versace dress
|File:Boris Johnson cropped.jpg|{{icon|GA}} "Hooray Henry!"
|File:Femmes kanak2.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Kanak people
|File:Salvador Dalí 1939.jpg|{{icon|GA}} La Caravelle (New York)
|File:A4_Piccadilly_-_DSC04251.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Piccadilly
|File:Pitru Paksha 2007.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Pitru Paksha
|File:United States Capitol - west front.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Reportedly haunted locations in Washington, D.C. (minor additions)
|File:Munneswaram Sharabha.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Sharabha
|File:Hipp_hipp_hurra!_Konstnärsfest_på_Skagen_-_Peder_Severin_Krøyer.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Skagen Painters (minor additions and edits)
|File:Smalls_Paradise_postcard.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Smalls Paradise
|File:Sherman_Billingsley_at_Stork_Club_1951.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Stork Club
|File:Ved Vejen 1898.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Ved Vejen
|File:Pieter Bruegel de Oude - De bruiloft dans (Detroit).jpg|{{icon|GA}} The Wedding Dance
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|File:Martin_and_Lewis_Toast_of_the_Town.jpg|{{icon|GA}} 500 Club (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
|File:901 New York Avenue NW - Washington DC - south side - 2011-08-20.JPG|{{icon|GA}} 901 New York Avenue
|File:Alatskivi_loss_vaadatuna_väravast.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Alatskivi Castle
|File:Alcatraz Island photo Don Ramey Logan.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (also started it!)
|File:Alchi-Sonam-Dorje-01.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Alchi Monastery
|File:Althorp House.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Althorp
|File:Little White House DC.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House
|File:The Beverly Hills Hotel (2091607269).jpg|{{icon|GA}} The Beverly Hills Hotel
|File:Caesars_Palace_-_South_East_-_2010-12-12.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Caesars Palace
|File:Cal_Neva_Lodge.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Cal Neva Lodge & Casino
|File:Conwy Castle.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Castles in Great Britain and Ireland (minor fixes)
|File:Verteuil(1).jpg|{{icon|GA}} Château de Verteuil, Charente
|File:Rutgers University Schenck Observatory.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Daniel S. Schanck Observatory (minor additions)
|File:Desert_Inn_pool_1954.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Desert Inn
|File:Dorchester Hotel.jpg|{{icon|GA}} The Dorchester
|File:Van Alen House, Kinderhook, NY.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Dutch brick (minor edits)
|File:Iceland Keldur Earth covered homes.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Earth structure
|File:Europa Point Lighthouse and cottages.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Europa Point Lighthouse
|File:Mahdia mosquin.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Fatimid architecture
|File:Charles V Wall, 1608.png|{{icon|GA}} Flat Bastion
|File:Old Muscat (2).jpg|{{icon|GA}} Fort Al Jalali
|File:Steubenville, Ohio, Fort Steuben Bridge.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Fort Steuben Bridge
|File:The George Hotel, Crawley.jpg|{{icon|GA}} The George Hotel, Crawley
|File:Musei Vaticani.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Gregorian Tower
|File:Hilston Park - geograph.org.uk - 98334.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Hilston Park
|File:Hôtel de Crozat.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Hôtel Ritz Paris
|File:Valley Ho Hotel.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Hotel Valley Ho
|File:Bjarke Ingels 2012 designboom interview.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Bjarke Ingels
|File:The Willard Hotel.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Vlastimil Koubek (minor additions)
|File:LamuFort.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Lamu Fort (minor additions)
|File:Larabanga_Mosque_Ghana.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Larabanga Mosque
|File:South Building and Hotel - LEnfant Plaza - Washington DC.jpg|{{icon|GA}} L'Enfant Plaza Hotel (minor additions)
|File:Eglwys_Gadeiriol_Llandaf_01.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Llandaff Cathedral
|File:Mahamuni_Image.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Mahamuni Buddha Temple
|File:Newton_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_538627.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Newton House, Llandeilo
|File:Taktshang edit.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Paro Taktsang
|File:Phallic tombstone.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Phallic architecture (I erected this one too)
|File:Freddie Mercury performing in New Haven, CT, November 1977.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Pikes Hotel
|File:PunakhaDzongInSpring.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Punakha Dzong
|File:The_Ritz_(6902790412).jpg|{{icon|GA}} The Ritz Hotel, London
|File:Sands_Hotel_and_Casino_in_the_early_1960s.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Sands Hotel and Casino
|File:Sera Monastery4.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Sera Monastery
|File:St John's Church, Manchester, circa 1900.jpg|{{icon|GA}} St John's Church, Manchester
|File:Tawang_Monastery_(Tibetan_Buddhist).jpg|{{icon|GA}} Tawang Monastery (copyedits)
|File:Domkyrkan i Uppsalas stadsbild.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Uppsala Cathedral
|File:Calcutta .jpg|{{icon|GA}} Vidyasagar Setu
|File:Temple-Jagannath.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Vimala Temple
|File:Virginia House Drawing Room.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Virginia House
|File:Waldorf_Hotel_1893.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Waldorf–Astoria (New York, 1893)
|File:St_Bartholomews_and_The_Waldorf_Astoria_Hotel.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Waldorf Astoria New York
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|File:Le Voyage dans la lune.jpg|{{icon|GA}} A Trip to the Moon (1902)
|File:Woody Allen (2006).jpeg|{{icon|GA}} Annie Hall (1977)
|File:Charlton Heston in Ben Hur trailer.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Ben-Hur (1959)
|File:Amelia Bence classic image crop.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Amelia Bence
|File:Pritam niwas with.jpg|{{icon|GA}} The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
|File:BabyPoster2.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Bringing Up Baby (1938)
|File:Pierce_Brosnan_Deauville_2014.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Pierce Brosnan
|File:Claudia_Cardinale_1963.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Claudia Cardinale
|File:Walther PPK.svg|{{icon|GA}} Casino Royale (Climax!) (1954)
|File:Kiarostami-1940.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Cinematic style of Abbas Kiarostami
|File:Chaplin City Lights still.jpg|{{icon|GA}} City Lights (1931)
|File:Clint Eastwood - 1960s.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Clint Eastwood
|File:Cool Hand Luke 1.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Cool Hand Luke (1967)
|File:Dallas Buyers Club.png|{{icon|GA}} Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
|File:Darah dan Doa P&K Apr 1953 p28 1.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Darah dan Doa (1950) (minor additions)
|File:A_Dog's_Love.jpg|{{icon|GA}} A Dog's Love (1914)
|File:Emma Thompson 2009.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Emma Thompson
|File:Ray Mala.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Eskimo (1933)
|File:Fantasia theatrical trailer.png|{{icon|GA}} Fantasia (1940)
|File:The Ghost Ship 1943 Stone and Bowns.jpg|{{icon|GA}} The Ghost Ship (1943)
|File:Grant,_Cary_(Suspicion)_01_Crisco_edit.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Cary Grant
|File:William Powell and Myrna Loy in The Great Ziegfeld trailer 2.JPG|{{icon|GA}} The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
|File:Ettington Park - geograph.org.uk - 1230701.jpg|{{icon|GA}} The Haunting (1963)
|File:BOND BY GQ (Moscow, 2012, exhibition) by shakko 06.jpg|{{icon|GA}} James Bond filmography
|File:Dimple Kapadia 1.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Dimple Kapadia
|File:KatharineHepburninStageDoorCanteencropped.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Keeper of the Flame (1943)
||{{icon|GA}} Stanley Kubrick
|File:Little Nellie.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Bernard Lee (post additions)
|File:Carole Lombard in Nothing Sacred 2 cropped.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Carole Lombard
|File:Clive Mantle painting.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Clive Mantle
|File:NewAmbass.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Martin Miller (actor, born 1899)
|File:Nitanaldibain.jpg|{{icon|GA}} The Mountain Eagle (1927)
|File:சூப்பர்ஸ்டார் ரஜினிகாந்த் - Actor Rajinikanth.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Mullum Malarum (1978) (post copy-editing)
|File:Maureen_O'Hara_1947_2.jpg| {{icon|GA}} Maureen O'Hara
|File:Pinocchio 1940.jpg| {{icon|GA}} Pinocchio (1940)
|File:Dori and Sal.jpg| {{icon|GA}} The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (post additions and copy-editing)
|File:Frank Sinatra in 1955.jpg | {{icon|GA}} Frank Sinatra
|File:Meryl_Streep_(2071470089)_(cropped).jpg|{{icon|GA}} Meryl Streep
|File:Elmo_Tanner.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Elmo Tanner (minor additions and edits)
|File:Veloz_and_Yolanda_1.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Veloz and Yolanda (minor edits)
|File:Wings poster.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Wings (1927)
|File:The_Wrath_of_the_Gods_poster.jpg|{{icon|GA}} The Wrath of the Gods (1914 film)
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|File:Aalborg 2010 - 125 ubt.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Aalborg
|File:Aarhus_waterfront.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Aarhus
|File:FatimidCaliphate969.png|{{icon|GA}} Al-Mansuriya (minor additions)
|File:Ambrosden StMaryV SE.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Ambrosden
|File:Puente9.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Badajoz
|File:The Bangui City.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Bangui
|File:Lake Burton.png|{{icon|GA}} Lake Burton, Antarctica
|File:Chamba from across the river, Himachal Pradesh.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
|File:Zone portuaire calais phare.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Calais
|File:Kbh amalienborg mpazdziora.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Copenhagen
|File:Cortina_1971_2.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Cortina d'Ampezzo
|File:CwmLlanrothal02.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Cwm, Llanrothal
|File:Dal LakeVR.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Dal Lake
|File:Dwarakadheesh_Temple.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Dwarka (minor copyedits and additions)
|File:St Mary the Virgin, East Worldham - geograph.org.uk - 1493340.jpg|{{icon|GA}} East Worldham
|File:Mt. Elbert.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Mount Elbert
|File:Esbjerg harbour (8563661696).jpg|{{icon|GA}} Esbjerg
|File:White House Hotel, Herm 1968 - geograph.org.uk - 85.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Herm (post additions)
|File:Honiara general view.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Honiara
|File:Kajaani_Raatihuone_20090116.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Kajaani (post additions)
|File:Masimagam1.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Kumbakonam
|File:Lagskar.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Lågskär
|File:YangpachenValley.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Lhasa (prefecture-level city)
|File:Mount Jackson, Antarctica.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Mount Jackson (Antarctica)
|File:Koutbia.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Marrakesh
|File:Mogadishu.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Mogadishu
|File:ReginaldWingate.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Mongalla, South Sudan (minor additions)
|File:Msambweni Beach House1.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Msambweni
|File:Odense - Sankt Knuds kirke 2005-07-16.jpeg|{{icon|GA}} Odense
|File:Loktak Lake1.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Phumdi
|File:RD_fra_bispegaarden.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Roskilde
|File:WikiSalta.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Salta, Cumbria
|File:The Shawnee Inn.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania
|File:Sisimiut-centrum.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Sisimiut
|File:Skagen rooftops.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Skagen
|File:Avant Ayoun.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Ten Hamadi
|File:Fujeirah north 1501200713098 Tephrosia apollinea.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Tephrosia apollinea
|File:Thurso from the hill at Mountpleasant - geograph.org.uk - 8869.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Thurso
|File:Untersee (Wohlthatmassiv).jpg|{{icon|GA}} Lake Untersee
|File:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg|{{icon|GA}} United States (often the most visited article on wikipedia)
|File:Varanasi_collage.png|{{icon|GA}} Varanasi
|File:St Nicholas, West Worldham - geograph.org.uk - 1494523.jpg|{{icon|GA}} West Worldham
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|File:Wappen Salzburger Erzbischöfe Konrad I von Abensberg.jpg| {{icon|GA}} Conrad I of Salzburg
|File:Omar Derdour en 1936.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Omar Derdour
|File:The Cheltenham Ladies College.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Lilian Faithfull
|File:María_Teresa_Ferrari.JPG|{{icon|GA}} María Teresa Ferrari (minor edits)
|File:John_Warne_Gates.jpg|{{icon|GA}} John Warne Gates (minor edits)
|File:Audie-Murphy-Monument.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Military career of Audie Murphy (started)
|File:Modesta_Avila.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Modesta Avila
|File:Paco de Lucía 4.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Paco de Lucía
|File:Elsa_Maxwell_Marilyn_Monroe_April_in_Paris_Ball_1957.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Claude Philippe
|File:Robert Stroud photo.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Robert Stroud
|File:Mary_McLeod_Bethune_Council_House.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Sue Bailey Thurman (minor edits)
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|File:Sudan Map Oelgas.png|{{icon|GA}} Adar oilfield (minor additions)
|File:The Entrance Channel to Barry Harbour.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Barry Docks
|File:Dartford_Crossing_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1194694.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Dartford Crossing
|File:Paroairport.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Druk Air
|File:Flat Bastion Road, Gibraltar 1.JPG|{{icon|GA}} Flat Bastion Road
|File:Double écluse du rocher perçé avec maison de l'éclusier.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Givors canal (minor additions)
|File:Ipswich_Road,_looking_south_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1201194.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Ipswich Road, Colchester
|File:Darjeelinghimalayanrailway.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Mountain Railways of India
|File:Ocean Village berths with rock behind.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Ocean Village Marina, Gibraltar
|File:Old_Kent_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_770379.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Old Kent Road (minor additions)
|File:Park_Lane,_W1_-_geograph.org.uk_-_843250.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Park Lane, London
|File:Skagen_harbour.jpg|{{icon|GA}} Port of Skagen
|File:Morel Fatio caraque.jpg|{{icon|GA}} San Esteban (1554 shipwreck) (minor edits)
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Did You Knows? - 1667 articles - I've barely contributed to Did You Knows since 2015 but I'm still one of the most prolific contributors to it. We set a World Challenge to cover the whole A-Z of countries and entities, but it was never completed.
I've not received many of these since 2017 but I currently have 298 awards.
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1. Wikipedia is a gigantic project and major improvements cannot be made within a short period, so be patient. Wikipedia is the most ambitious project I've ever witnessed in this lifetime, the quest to collect the "sum of all human knowledge" is incredibly vast and it is truly a global project. But only a very small percentage of people ever edit Wikipedia in a meaningful way. It is frustrating that we can't attract more active editors, as the project could become 10 times larger and 10 times better in overall quality within a few years. But all we can do is be patient, try to build it brick by brick, and inject some love and affection into a few articles, and concentrate on improving the overall quality of each article slowly.
2. Article subjects with many brief mentions in books are probably notable. If an article subject has dozens of hits in reliable sources, even if brief, chances are the subject is notable. Too many editors and guidelines here expect to see massive amounts of coverage and for many topics this isn't possible due to time period or location in the world. If enough scraps of material can be compiled to write a credible start class encyclopedia article then the article is likely notable. I think the guidelines here should be updated to reflect this and that "extensive coverage" isn't always possible.
3. Red links are productive. However unsightly they are, it is VERY important that notable missing articles are red linked, which will in turn root out many more missing red links, a chain which needs to be in place if the encyclopedia is to reach its potential. Unfortunately many of our editors are ignorant about missing content or short stubs and assume that if an article is missing or short then it's probably not notable and should be deleted. I'm of the opinion that a considerable percentage of our existing articles need to be restarted/rewritten or partly rewritten from scratch and fully sourced. Very few people want to dismantle an extensive article on an important subject and rewrite it, something which needs to change if the overall quality of the website is to greatly improve.
4. Show your appreciation for others. Hitting the thank button occasionally and taking the time to award people for articles you like I think would go a long way towards raising the community spirit on here. Many of our editors are not appreciated enough. I try to thank different people a few times a week for good work I see on the main page.
5. Infoboxes can be useful, even essential in a lot of articles where there is a lot of data not easily put in prose. But in many arts biographies in particular, if there is no information about the career and it's little more than a list of wives and a cemetery I think it puts undue weight on trivia.
6. If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.
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