User:Funcrunch

Funcrunch, aka Pax Ahimsa Gethen, can also be found at [https://funcrunch.org/ funcrunch.org] and [https://me.dm/@funcrunch on Mastodon].See [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:RealMe these instructions on MediaWiki] for verifying links used on user pages.

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My current (2016–present) focus on Wikipedia is improving representation of marginalized people. Transgender/nonbinary people and Black peopleOf course, these groups do overlap, as I know from [https://funcrunch.medium.com/becoming-a-black-man-in-america-5b494473d5a4?sk=3fcca6937ed07d5f19a316535703f2e5 firsthand experience]. are my priorities. I have been active on the LGBT Studies and Women in Red WikiProjects and the Whose Knowledge? user group.

At the inaugural Bay Area WikiSalon in April 2016, I participated on a panel discussing transgender issues, and talked about my experiences and frustrations with trans coverage on Wikipedia. I gave presentations on this subject at [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2016/Main_Page WikiConference North America] in October 2016The Transgender Gap: [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Submissions:2016/The_Transgender_Gap:_Trans_and_non-binary_representation_on_Wikipedia Abstract], [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15uy-RfPT24aPzIdSAcaPWykxpweE-lQuymoebHxsQd8/ Google Slides presentation], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Transgender_Gap_-_October_2016.pdf PDF] and at the [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_QueERG/LGBTQ%2B_Speaker_Series Wikimedia Foundation] in June 2017.Living Persons: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhafGHTg6I YouTube video], [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C4w7-S1oc888vp5Ap-lqRjULR2ONKIyCLhkTQQRjhxg/ Google Slides presentation], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Living_Persons_-_Trans_Lives_and_Wikipedia_June_2017.pdf PDF]

In June 2016, I created a [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Protect_user_space_by_default proposal] for the Inspire Campaign to combat harassment by protecting user pages from editing by anonymous and new users. Six months and an RfC later, this idea was implemented via an [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Userpage_AbuseFilter edit filter]. You can read all about it in The Signpost. I also gave a presentation on this subject at [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2017/Main_Page WikiConference North America] in August 2017.Facing Defacement: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K35L2OEaD83PBakN1SYz5Yfy_XkI9GS_kco8PtCmgBA/ Google Slides presentation], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facing_Defacement_-_August_2017.pdf PDF], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facing_Defacement_-_August_2017.webm video]

In April 2019, I was one of the editors featured in a New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/us/wikipedia-harassment-wikimedia-foundation.html article about harassment on Wikipedia]. For more context and details about the harassment I experienced, see [https://funcrunch.medium.com/victim-and-survivor-c75d5c6de4d4?sk=fbd85816083ea0db1ac5adffabad9067 my post on Medium].

In August 2023, I was named Media Contributor of the Year for the [https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/08/16/celebrating-the-2023-wikimedian-of-the-year-winners/ 2023 Wikimedian of the Year] awards. (See also my [https://funcrunch.medium.com/visibility-and-resistance-on-wikipedia-in-fifteen-photos-5851e2cd7216?sk=a991de61f510e746e3215e20b5b7c873 post on Medium].) That same month, the Bay Area Reporter published [https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=news&id=327961 an article about me] and my contributions to the Wikimedia projects.

In October 2023, I was interviewed along with fellow nonbinary editor Tamzin for a WIKIMOVE podcast episode on transgender representation and harassment.

In February 2025, I wrote a piece for the trans publication Assigned Media, "[https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/trans-issues-wikipedia-bulwark-against-disinformation On Trans Issues, Wikipedia is a Bulwark Against Disinformation]", focusing on trans and nonbinary Wikipedia editors handling the onslaught of transphobia from the Trump administration.

I contribute to Wikipedia (and Wikimedia Commons) on my own time; no one pays me to do so. If I do ever edit a page directly related to [https://www.linkedin.com/in/funcrunch/ my employment], I will post a COI declaration as appropriate.

Articles I started

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | I've followed your work for a while, but didn't know you were on WP. I found your userpage just now after Googling to see if there was finally enough sourcing to write a bio for A. Breeze Harper, and discovering somebody had done a better job than I could have. Thanks for all your contributions! FourViolas (talk) 01:52, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

:Thanks for the note! :-) Funcrunch (talk) 01:54, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | The Original Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thanks for contributing such a fine article about Felicia Elizondo! Sandbergja (talk) 23:06, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks so much! :-D Funcrunch (talk) 23:07, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | The Real Life Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Excellent presentation today. Thanks. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 04:56, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

:Thanks very much! Funcrunch (talk) 05:03, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

: +1 Pleasure meeting you this weekend! 'Til next time. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 23:37, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

::Likewise and thanks! Funcrunch (talk) 16:34, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | The Editor's Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Outstanding job on the article for Amos C. Brown. It looks great! Scorpion293 (talk) 23:45, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

:{{replyto|Scorpion293}} Thanks much! Funcrunch (talk) 23:47, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you for your help with Draft:Asia Kate Dillon!

Cassolotl (talk) 20:04, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

:{{replyto|Cassolotl}} Aw thanks, glad to help :-) Funcrunch (talk) 21:03, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you so much for being a loud voice among the Wikipedias for trans and nonbinary people!!

Mangostaniko (talk) 17:28, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

:{{replyto|Mangostaniko}} Thanks very much! :-) Funcrunch (talk) 17:38, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | The Barnstar of Diligence

style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Thank you for all that you do for Wikimedia projects and free knowledge. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:19, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

{{Like}} -Pete Forsyth (talk) 06:40, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{replyto|Cullen328|Peteforsyth}} Thanks to both of you! I plan to blog about my ten year Wikipediversary later today. Funcrunch (talk) 14:05, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Congrats on hitting 10,000 and thanks for all your work!

And don't worry, the butter on this toast sandwich is vegan butter :) Astrophobe (talk) 20:54, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

:Haha, you must have seen my post on Facebook :-) Thanks, I do love toast! Funcrunch (talk) 20:56, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | The Purple Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | I've seen you targeted by two absolutely unwarranted attacks in the past week. Thank you for your continued efforts to improve Wikipedia, and here's hoping that your future volunteered time is met with less vitriol. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 18:47, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, much appreciated :-) Funcrunch (talk) 18:51, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar

style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for all of your work to protect the encyclopedia, including the Lia Thomas article. Beccaynr (talk) 16:22, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

:Thanks very much! :-) Funcrunch (talk) 16:22, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

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Thank you for all your work! <3

VatBatCat (talk) 15:25, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

:{{replyto|VatBatCat}} Aw, thanks! :-) Funcrunch (talk) 15:27, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: bottom; height: 1.1em;" | The LGBT Barnstar

style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Thanks for your tireless work on building our encyclopedia and for your compassion and attentiveness to human rights. Long overdue. Cheers! BBQboffin (talk) 06:02, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

:Thanks very much! Funcrunch (talk) 16:47, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

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style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Awarded for posting to Mastodon about new articles you're writing. I think this is a great way to promote participation in the project as well as to improve collaboration here. DJ Cane _(he/him) (Talk) 07:37, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

:Thanks very much! Funcrunch (talk) 16:36, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

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